Opinion

Advice from the field: Getting your skills in order

* Readers weigh in on the skills issue

Level 3 launches VoIP-based call center service

* Level 3 expands suite of voice over IP offerings

Realistic 3D delivery with NGRAIN

* 3D rendering with NGRAIN Mobilizer

Where to get Active Directory expertise

* NetPro Directory Experts' Conference

Stick with standards – if you can find ’em

* Vendors in glass houses...

Bastille Linux head preaches Linux lockdowns

* Audit and verify the security of your software, says Linux security expert

Cuts at MCI

Carrier will reduce workforce by 3% this year

Europe sets date for Oracle-Peoplesoft decision

Aruba looks to take WLAN to the next level

IBM offers ‘on demand’ data-center remote management

Sun preps second version of Java desktop

ComNet shifts focus from carriers to corporate nets

* Breaking news from ComNet 2004 * Breaking news from Lotusphere 2004 * News from LinuxWorld * Links to upcoming trade shows * Links to free Network World Technology Tours

A security goal for VoIP

* Laying out the security and reliability goals for voice over IP

When considering desktop outsourcing options, think about the future

* Would desktop outsourcing work if you've outsourced your data center?

Thor takes a stab at best of breed provisioning

* Provisioning: Best of breed from multiple suppliers or homogenous suite from a single vendor?

SLAs – hammer or helper?

* Focus in SLAs should not be on punishment

Options shrink for ID mgmt.

* There's a race among major vendors and upstarts to create suites of identity management products

Good-bye paper charts

* Microsoft small business tools help Advanced Pediatrics increase efficiency

Polycom, Tandberg make enhancements

Keynote adds QuickTime support

Bad move, RIAA

Thank goodness for rampant data growth

* Why virtualization is good

ArcSight

* The Reviewmeister looks at security event management product ArcSight 2.5

Threat protection costs small enterprises

* Just how much does defending against viruses and spam cost small enterprises?

Destroying disk data

* In the business of destroying disk data, how meaningful are “DoD standards”?

Getting people to the seat, Part 1

* Ways to remove the barriers to federal telework center use

Mirror Image unveils targeted content services

* Mirror Image’s content-delivery services cut down on programming

NetScreen’s latest low-end VPN gear offers Layer 7 security

* NetScreen adds two low-end appliances to its firewall/VPN family

Linux vendors intro Opteron servers

* Appro and Pogo unveil multiprocessor AMD Opteron servers

NetFlash: New, fast-spreading worm spells ‘doom’ for many