Opinion

Key points of FCC’s Vonage ruling

* Analysis of FCC ruling on Vonage and VoIP

Three mistakes that drive support guys nuts

How small business owners are abusing their PCs

WiMax as fiber replacement

Low dollar or high service? Part 2

The case for a provisioning management information base

* Letter from Thor Technologies' Ranjeet Vidwans

Betting on virtualization

A few final points about the election

NetFlash: Wireless LAN product barrage on tap

* Wireless LAN product barrage on tap * Desktop search engines threaten SSL VPN security * Mitel scales up its IP PBX * ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect * Today on Layer 8

New Firefox browser fixes flaws in beta releases

* Patches from Cisco, HP, Debian, others * Beware latest Rbot variants * Tool fights wireless, wired worm outbreaks, and other interesting reading

The real impetus for offshoring

* The real impetus for offshoring * Rethinking sales * Suits settled and unsettled * Parting shots

Rapid changes in network change and configuration market

* Network change and configuration market isn’t standing still

Consolidation vs. virtualization

Wireless LAN product barrage on tap

Solaris 10 garners positive reviews

ITIL best practices gain growing interest

NetFlash: Practitioners unlock the secrets of a growing hobby for network pros

* Practitioners unlock the secrets of a growing hobby for network pros * U.N. creates Internet governance working group * SBC outlines Project Lightspeed fiber plan * ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 st

How one user employs IM

* Several good reasons for using instant messaging

Low dollar or high service?

* Choosing Web hosts, avoiding scams

It’s all good as Novell offers free Linux training for top resellers

* Novell invests in Linux training for top third-party stars

VPN Consortium performs interoperability tests for storage traffic

* Ensuring interoperability of gear used to protect storage traffic

The pros and cons of IPSec

* IPSec's remote-access drawbacks

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Residential: They’re not ‘consumers’ – they’re ‘producers’

* Broadband service providers need to do more to keep up with their residential customers

App acceleration tools evolve

* Application acceleration devices becoming key network component

Software licensing negotiations

* Tips for negotiating software contracts

The half-life of data

* The changing value of data

INFOSEC Year in Review database

* Resource for security topics

NetFlash: IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack

* IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack * Network World Fusion Radio: Search engines * E-mail authentication: Cost, standards remain problems * Panel: Gov't backing of supercomputers can aid business * Today on Layer 8

Mailbag: Voice over WLANs

* Readers lend insightful comments on running voice over WLANs

Cisco IOS and Microsoft patches

* Patches from Microsoft, Mandrake Linux, others * Beware new MyDoom variant * Spyware stoppers target biz networks, and other interesting reading