* The 50 most powerful people in networking * Despite tsunamis, outsourcers stay in Chennai * VeriSign: Online shopping up 24% this year * AOL members report significantly less spam in 2004 * Today on Layer 8
* The Power Issue empowers readers * Network World’s Power Poll: funny, yes; scientific, no * The most excellent network * Look at me!
* Looking back and looking ahead
* Imagine Santa’s IT issues * A predilection for predictions * The man, the myth, the PC * E-commerce still customer-service-challenged
* Network World’s 2004 Holiday Gift Guide * These networks are history * Verizon takes next big step toward VoIP * Microsoft fixes 'critical' XP firewall issue * Radio: Voice over IP gains traction * Today on Layer 8 * This week&rsquo
* IMC Networks’ media converter connects PoE and fiber optics
* Symantec-Veritas deal blends security, storage mgmt. well * Holiday prep 2004: Wine.com refines Web search * Default passwords on Cisco products could pose risks * SSL VPN gear certified * FCC adopts new network-sharing rules * Today on Layer 8
* Sprint, Nextel agree to 'merger of equals' * NYSE unveils wireless trading platform * Oracle says PeopleSoft merger ready to roll by January * ICANN enters negotiations on .mobi, .jobs domains * Today on Layer 8
* Dell’Oro: Ethernet switch sales up 24% over same period last year
* Cisco eyes larger data center, IT services roles * Oracle faces daunting challenges integrating PeopleSoft * 3Com to acquire TippingPoint for $430 million * The WLAN standards alphabet keeps growing * Sony Computer CTO on the new PSP * Today on Lay
