Opinion

Managing priorities

* Net execs outline their top concerns in a tight economy

Check Point probes deeper to protect enterprise nets

* Check Point readies Generation with Application Intelligence

Still confused over NetWare and Linux?

* Your thoughts on Novell's Linux plans

NetFlash: SCO drops Linux, warns Linux users

BEA releases patches for WebLogic line

* Patches from Red Hat, SGI, others * Beware another version of Lovegate * Security firms accept debate challenge, and other interesting reading

Routers grow faster than wireless LANs

* High-end routers grew faster than wireless LANs last quarter, Dell’Oro says

When to move management into the storage network

* What can intelligent switch platforms do for your network?

SCO Web-enables apps for small enterprises

* SCO outlines SCOx development framework for SMB-targeted Web apps

Internet2 Update

Standardizing IT skill sets

* Your chance to help shape the standards for IT skill sets

IBM-Akamai deal sheds new light on Web hosting business

* IBM-Akamai allows enterprises to offload Web app functions onto Akamai net

Share the power

* Virtualization and grid computing

What SALT can do for multivendor unified messaging environments

* The difference between SALT and Voice XML

Convincing upper mgmt. of the benefits of identity management

* Why the Liberty Alliance Specification is right for your organization

Spam is on the up

* Spam is spam, however senders may dress it up, survey says

Little-known WPA tidbits

*From the mouths of N+I panelists

The saga of Blackcomb and Longhorn continues

* What is happening with Microsoft's future Windows releases?

Snap into embedded Linux

* Embedded Linux for NAS

At your service

Lucent wants to be your network integrator

NetFlash: Budget woes fail to deter statehouse net execs

Sorensen releases Squeeze 3.5

IBM debuts first Itanium 2

* IBM introduces xSeries 450 based on Itanium 2 server

Spam and the Law of Unintended Consequences

* How antispam laws could potentially go too far

Honeypots, Part 1

* First in a series on honeypots - definition

Efficient Networks rethinks retail

* Selling home network gear to consumers is tougher than it looks

Apple takes e-commerce up a notch

* Steve Jobs hits a high note with iTunes

Cisco rolls out certification community

* New online certification community from Cisco offers many resources

Akamai helps make IBM edgier

* Akamai, IBM unveil edge computing

Managing better meetings

* How to ensure you leave your meeting with what you need

A five-year WAN retrospective

* What has changed since the birth of this newsletter?