Opinion

Enterprise IM use up, despite concerns

* Rise in IM use troubles enterprise IT managers

City of Austin bounces back

* After layoffs and restructuring, telework is growing again

Leucadia divests 5% stake in MCI

Aventail eases the definition of group access

* Restricting users to specific sets of resources

IT staffing increases

* Findings from the report, "U.S. IT Staffing Up, But Outsourcing Takes a Toll"

Report: Novell behind schedule on Windows-to-Linux migration

* Novell slowly migrating Windows desktops to Linux, according to reports

Vendors track IT usage and calculate costs

* Evident Software, NetQoS separately address IT costs

Location and presence take identity mgmt. to next level

* Location and presence technologies open up possibilities

Grid lock-in

* Proprietary and non-proprietary storage grids

Ammasso improves adapter

* Start-up Ammasso speeds up RDMA-enabled Gigabit adapter

NetFlash: Microsoft leaves colleges vulnerable

* Microsoft leaves colleges vulnerable * 3Com, Toshiba launch convergence gear * Super-connected users could aid IM worms * EMC introduces products to replicate data * Today on Layer 8

Azul Systems to launch Java appliance

Mapping IT services to business processes

* Introducing the IT Infrastructure Library

Getting patching right: A debate

What’s the right fit for SMBs?

* Good management products for small businesses can be elusive

VoIP hitting prime time

* Big VoIP deals are all the rage

SLAs: AT&T improves availability, latency

* AT&T guarantees five nines of availability

Cisco takes on managed services

Video on demand on the horizon

Mobile wars intensify

* Verizon ups mobile ante

Skype moves from P2P to P2PSTN

* Skype enables calling between PC and PSTN-connected phones

Is part of the future of VoIP open?

Getting an Eclipse plug-in to work

A few things to know before presence really takes off

Get to know IT issues that could affect the election

Enigma manages maintenance

* Software to manage equipment maintenance

Still going at a Klip

Spam control on an AIX server

ScriptLogic aims to ease security policy enforcement

* A look at ScriptLogic Service Explorer Version 2

The final word on ‘policy’

* Experts give their definition of 'policy'