Opinion

End the week on a fun note

Home theater PCs

Go national

Verizon announces completion of IP backbone

NetFlash: Network pros: You oughta be in pictures

A look at the service providers’ financials

The Doogie Houser of technology

Skateboarding dog

More productivity drain

NetFlash: Juniper unveils ‘infranet’ council

Vendor developing copper cabling for 10 Gig

* Systimax working on cabling system for 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper

Sun’s UltraSparc V is out; Rock, Niagara are in

* Sun outlines processor roadmap, ditches UltraSparc V

Combination of two trends could lead to disaster

* Disintermediation plus lack of critical thinking equals trouble

ClearSight analyzes 10G

* ClearSight Networks unveils protocol analyzer for 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Small businesses have messaging-threat needs, too

* A couple of vendors selling messaging threat protection to small businesses

Packeteer, Sitara enhance traffic management gear

* WAN traffic management requirements heat up

Getting noticed

* Using unconventional methods to get a potential employer's attention and land the job

Clearpath dives into VPN devices market

* Clearpath begins selling VPN appliances

Blue Lance develops auditing tool for eDirectory

* Blue Lance LT Auditor+ for eDirectory

Testing fast wireless routers

* If you’re still running an 802.11b network, now’s a good time to upgrade

IBM evolves its storage line

* Storage happenings at IBM

Go national

* Verizon announces completion of IP backbone

TCP vulnerability uncovered

* Patches from Debian, Mandrake Linux, Slackware, others * Beware new minmail variant * Task force issues more cybersecurity goals, and other interesting reading

Dell PowerConnect 6024

* The Reviewmeister takes a look at Dell's PowerConnect 6024 Layer 3 switch

RSS and video

Red Herring’s take on the RealNetworks-Apple saga

Adobe Encode DVD book

Tax invaders

Do you need commercial DNS software?

* Why some organizations use commercial software to accelerate DNS look-ups

The value of your service provider’s expertise

* How do you measure the value of your provider's expertise?

Wireless Services

* The number of wireless connections to network services is expected to eclipse that of wireline connections