Opinion

Dual WAN router testing: Good and bad about load balancing

* Initial tests of a dual WAN router

Mailbag: Soft skills

* Readers react to the need for soft skills in their companies

ICSA Labs to put SSL VPN gear to the test – again

* ICSA Labs prepares second round of testing for SSL VPN gear

Report pits real against synthetic performance testing

* Best performance tests come from measuring real transactions, report says

What’s ahead for the year in telecom

* Predictions for the future of wireless carriers, cable and more

New work-at-home jobs site mixes truth with fiction

* If you’re legitimate, shouldn’t your paid advertising be too?

Some strong actions from Novell in 2004

* Novell in 2004

A grim forecast for spam

* Postini looks at spam in 2004, and what it all could mean for 2005

Welch’s reaps benefits from server virtualization

* Grape juice maker consolidates and virtualizes

A closer look at Google Desktop Search

* Report on Google Desktop Search

Look for integrated products from Symantec-Veritas deal

* Potential benefits of Symantec’s proposed acquisition of Veritas

Why does broadband need ISP services anyway?

NetFlash: IBM’s PC unit lost money from 2001 onwards

* IBM's PC unit lost money from 2001 onwards * Network Life: Where do routers come from? * EBay drops Microsoft's Passport * Pew study: Blogs busted out in 2004 * Today on Layer 8

HP moves up in Gartner’s ‘Magic Quadrant’

* HP improves its standing in Gartner’s eyes

Apple ships SAN file system, upgrades server

Two Flash items from Macromedia

Finally… TiVo To Go

ActivShopper toolbar automatically compares shopping prices

* ActivShopper hunts for cheaper prices

Linux predictions for 2005

* Linux thrives on the desktop but may struggle with security

NetFlash: A powerful start to the New Year

* The 50 most powerful people in networking * Despite tsunamis, outsourcers stay in Chennai * VeriSign: Online shopping up 24% this year * AOL members report significantly less spam in 2004 * Today on Layer 8

How ‘management’ may take on new meaning at Cisco, Part 2

* More from Cisco’s analyst meeting

3G wireless broadband service comes to small businesses

How Microsoft did in 2004

* Microsoft juggled security and open source issues in 2004

New work-at-home jobs site mixes truth with fiction

If you’re legitimate, shouldn’t your paid advertising be too?

The basics of the home-based business

SMBs in 2005: Still adored or ignored?

How we did with our identity management resolutions

* The year in identity management

Web services require collaboration between net, app staffs

* Web services play role in convergence that requires collaboration

Wireless pop quiz: Reviewing 2004

* The wireless year in review

The Power Issue empowers readers

* The Power Issue empowers readers * Network World’s Power Poll: funny, yes; scientific, no * The most excellent network * Look at me!