Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
* Akamai blames 'global DNS attack' for disruptions * IronPort extends spam-detection tool * HP details OpenView plans * Visual Networks adds app monitoring to gear * Testing volunteers needed * Today on Layer 8
* I’m InTouch lets you check in from the road without lugging around a PC
* What are the costs associated with offering multi-factor authentication?
* Hands-on Microsoft security training at a city near you
* Slower-moving economy changes management vendors’ approach
* More on Erlanger Health System’s convergence efforts
* Remote-worker support issues
* Study compares licensing and support cost of Windows vs. Linux
* AT&T points to its trial of 40G transmission in July 2002
* The three basic architectures that Web apps can assume
* Why it could pay to outsource upgrade projects to specialists
* Virtual LANs alone don't solve QoS
* Microsoft nears completion of Virtual Server 2005 * Security titans intensify rivalry * Vendors, users launch Linux InfiniBand effort * AMD readies dual-core Opteron * Testing volunteers needed * Today on Layer 8
* HP switches fit into bundles
* Nortel and Juniper fortify and fill out their edge offerings
* Readers share their experiences with buying used gear
* New work “club” offers the best of both worlds
* Redline Networks’ appliance handles SSL for secure access
* Three places to defend against viruses and worms
* A NetWare server hardware upgrade should be relatively straightforward ...
* TruTunnel prepares to take another stab at the VPN market
* Dell doubles the Itanium 2 processors in latest server
* IronPort Systems slows virus-like traffic as anti-virus companies develop antidotes