Opinion

Why managed e-mail services are likely to do well

* Managed e-mail services have several pluses in their column

Common causes of downtime in IP networks

* Router misconfigs are often downtime culprit

Sector spending

* A look at some findings regarding IT spending by sector

Become a data center diplomat

* Diplomacy is important for data center managers

A win for the other red team in Massachusetts

* Novell wins a surprise award

Resources and news on illegal downloads

* Internet resources covering illegal downloads and acceptable-use policies

IT staffs use fear to sell security

* Survey says IT managers use fear to persuade execs to increase security

Taking the regulatory reins

* FCC's Powell says state commissions should be disconnected from VoIP

Is it too late for home networking services?

CORRECTION: Google patches hole

* Patches from Google, SuSE, Mandrake Linux, others * Beware latest Rbot and Forbot variants * VoIP security a moving target, and other interesting reading

Logical partitioning: A whole new kettle of fish

* What is logical partitioning?

NetFlash: VoIP security a moving target

* VoIP security a moving target * A chief who lacks clout * Cingular, DOJ reach agreement on AT&T Wireless * Microsoft revises, AOL accepts anti-spam plan revisions * Today on Layer 8

Microsoft users catch price break

Bag of chips

* Network processors and other chips

Pricing – DIY vs. Purchased

Vendors and developers donate expertise to build accessible Web sites

* Nonprofit organizations benefit from generosity of IT community

Coming to terms with components

Security is everyone’s business

Equant offers hybrid VPN service

* Equant enables customers to mix and match among its WAN and access techs

Microsoft bolsters mainframe integration tools

* Microsoft's Host Integration Server

Site surveys for new implementations

Hot spots gaining enterprise-class security

* T-Mobile delivers 802.1x; iPass to follow

Dangerous things

Making sense of service-oriented architectures

Keeping traffic on a local segment

Knitting legal patchwork quilts

On the brink of hosted VoIP

DSL hell redux

The most worrisome VoIP security issue

* Potential for DDoS attacks tops list of concerns over VoIP security

Windows is too much for just one person

* The source of your patching problems