Opinion

Do Layer 3 capabilities belong in your wiring closet?

* The Layer 3 wiring closet debate

Peer-to-peer traffic – friend or foe?

Court rules against encrypted file trading

* Madster could be liable for copyright infringement by users swapping encrypted files

NetFlash: EMC snatches up Legato

Net Know-It-All

So you think you're a Net Know-It-All? Take this week's quiz and find out.

Sobig a fool as that?

* Beware the Sobig worm

Conectiva issues four patches

* Patches from Conectiva, Immunix, others * Beware e-mail virus with subject line "UPDATE" * ID mgmt. poised for next stage, and other interesting reading

On the customer service line, no one can hear you scream

* On the customer service line, no one can hear you scream * ‘Do not urinate’ * Swords to plowshares * Vertical leap

Supply chain net bulks up

* Mega-retailers spark supply chain registry momentum

802.11 Planet vendors battle interference

* Should you wait for "better" access points?

Browse 3D portrays dynamics of browsing

* Browse 3D offers unique graphical metaphor for the browsing sequence you follow

Enabler for voice over cable

* An underpinning of voice over cable explained

Where’s the war dividend?

No one here but the sales department

Summertime reading (and working)

* Tools that let you work up a sweat on the beach

Microsoft identity mgmt. announcement is puff

* Identity management penny drops over at Redmond

Getting Vertical

How to get real answers from service providers

The usefulness of ‘do not’ signs

Authenticating Web visitors with SSL

Nextel top bidder for MCI’s fixed wireless assets

* Nextel to buy MCI's fixed wireless assets for $144 million

Intel Itanium 2 bandwagon rolls along with Linux on board

* Itanium 2 is latest platform for Linux

What’s next for Wi-Fi?

Expect reliable multimedia capability early next year.

New group aims to ease standards bloat

Making sense of servers, Part 1

What to do when you outgrow your peer-to-peer network.

KVM in, Linux server up, we install the WLAN

Synching user accounts/passwords between servers

Looking past fear, fragmentation and doubt

* Drogseth looks to get past hurdles to IT management progress

What spam really costs, Part II

Never saying never