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This week on Network World Fusion, 06/30/03

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Microsoft taking on identity mgmt

OP: the next IP?

* OP: the next IP? * Too much information * Staff costs are still there * A matter of IT

Prices drop for high-end net gear

Microsoft taking on identity mgmt.

NetFlash: Exchange 2003 set for release to manufacturing next week

Expand 2750 WAN Accelerator

* The Network World Test Pilot program is alive and well

Where to turn for IT services?

* How one small company chose its technology partner

Junior associates

* A new program for those seeking credentials from the Information Systems Security Certification Consortium

Vendors discuss MPLS in the enterprise

* AT&T, Cisco, EDS and others at MPLScon

Improving communication

* An IT consultant recommends tips for improving communication with business management

FaceTime joins line of IM, P2P monitoring tools

* Tools to monitor IM and P2P activities

Barriers to entry for spammers quite low

* Getting into spam business is frighteningly inexpensive

Akamai customer takes WebSphere to the edge

* How Internet Broadcasting Systems is using Akamai-IBM technology

Top 10 Web app vulnerabilities

* Buffer overflows and error handling are top vulnerabilities in Web apps

Valuing data: When is data less useful?

* Deciding whether data is old or just useless

ICANN reforming the WHOIS database

* How ICANN’s recommendations concerning WHOIS could affect you

Getting your problem solved at Novell.com is hard work

* What's up with Novell's TIDs and Knowledgebase?

Supercomputer serves up the weather

* National Weather Service gets new supercomputer from IBM

Open all access

* Connecting VPN sites with those using frame relay or ATM

Microsoft fixes multiple Windows Media flaws

* Patches from Microsoft, Red Hat * Beware W32/Magold-D, a virus that spreads via every means possible * Symantec under fire for bugs, flaws, and other interesting reading

NetFlash: Novell gives Linux a nod

3Com’s enterprise network revenues drop

* 3Com reveals sales of enterprise network gear

NetFlash: Trade shows look to lure buyers, not big turnouts

Are self-managing WLANs coming?

* Approaches to easing WLAN configuration

How to save JavaScript code fragments as Bookmarklets

* Bookmarklets originate from Netscape

Catching customers with home nets, Part 2

* Why telcos are ahead of cable companies in providing broadband managed home networks

Proposed Oracle-PeopleSoft deal could change the face of outsourcing

* Combined Oracle-PeopleSoft-J.D. Edwards could present formidable services firm

Ethernet as metropolitan

* Ethernet in the carrier realm

Linux usage on the rise, at least in Network World readers’ nets

* Linux results from Network World 500 survey