* Service-oriented hype to meet hard realities * Switch vendors crunch Gigabit chips * HP to detail product integration, plans * Microsoft readying simpler ID management * Today on Layer 8
* Electronics in the election * How good is your planning? * Dissecting the enterprise service bus * Data explosion
* Dawn of the digital dead * Wiki start-up JotSpot draws crowd for product beta * The New Data Center: Automation * Case study: IM helps connect healthcare company * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
* Biometrics early adopters reveal secrets, challenges * The 'Net hits ripe, old age of 35 * ICANN moves closer to approving .post, .travel * Start-up Ping Identity unveils federation server, hooks up with IBM * Today on Layer 8
* Foundry Networks’ WLAN improvements
* Cingular, AT&T Wireless close $41 billion merger * Cisco PBX adds encryption support for VoIP devices * Kerry would be more hands-on than Bush on IT issues * Phish scam targets Red Hat Linux administrators * Today on Layer 8
* VoIP security a moving target * A chief who lacks clout * Cingular, DOJ reach agreement on AT&T Wireless * Microsoft revises, AOL accepts anti-spam plan revisions * Today on Layer 8
* Network processors and other chips
