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This week on Network World Fusion, 12/20/04

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Imagine Santa’s IT issues

* Imagine Santa’s IT issues * A predilection for predictions * The man, the myth, the PC * E-commerce still customer-service-challenged

Sizing up the Sprint/Nextel deal

Small firms struggle with WLAN security

Cisco snaps up security start-up

CA, IBM frame identity management strategies

Wireless routers and cable modems

* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass offers advice on wireless routers and cable modems

New IE hole could perfect phishing scams

Cisco rolls out branch office storage

China: ISPs report major growth in 2004

* Sales of IP VPN services are booming in China and India.

Just say no to Service Pack

NetFlash: Network World’s 2004 Holiday Gift Guide

* Network World’s 2004 Holiday Gift Guide * These networks are history * Verizon takes next big step toward VoIP * Microsoft fixes 'critical' XP firewall issue * Radio: Voice over IP gains traction * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories

Merger mania

Dealing with dealers

* Three questions to help get to the root of product recommendations

More on Intel’s ‘*T technologies’

* Intel’s *T technologies: LaGrande and Vanderpool

Cisco File Engine aims to speed up file access for remote users

* Cisco claims File Engine's WAN file transfer speeds rival throughput of LAN

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IMlogic, Postini help secure messaging

* IMlogic, Postini separately further the cause of secure messaging

Swan Labs grabs Pivia

* Swan Labs to buy Pivia

The ethics of network detection

* Ethical dilemmas in a wireless network world

Cisco to add IPSec support to 7200 series routers

* Cisco plans enhancements to 7200 series routers

Marketing 101

* Tips on how to market yourself and your abilities to potential employers

Wireless 411: A double-edged sword

* Beware the security risks of wireless 411

What every NetWare manager should stuff in his holiday stocking

* Some popular and useful 'missing utilities' for NetWare

Tony Li returns to Cisco

* After eight-year absence, routing software engineer back working on projects based on new IOS-XR operating system

IMC marries power and fiber

* IMC Networks’ media converter connects PoE and fiber optics

Novell Linux Desktop

* Product Peek at Novell Linux Desktop

NetFlash: Symantec-Veritas deal blends security, storage mgmt. well, analysts say

* Symantec-Veritas deal blends security, storage mgmt. well * Holiday prep 2004: Wine.com refines Web search * Default passwords on Cisco products could pose risks * SSL VPN gear certified * FCC adopts new network-sharing rules * Today on Layer 8

A Mac convert

Verizon’s victory in Pennsylvania will be short-lived

* Incumbents should innovate, not quibble