* Microsoft nears completion of Virtual Server 2005 * Security titans intensify rivalry * Vendors, users launch Linux InfiniBand effort * AMD readies dual-core Opteron * Testing volunteers needed * Today on Layer 8
* HP switches fit into bundles
* Switches taking on new security roles * Fibre Channel storage boxes set to get smarter * Aprisma beefing up network mgmt. package * Start-up looks to undercut frame, IP VPN prices * Today on Layer 8
* Externalization changes everything * Redefining customer loyalty * Keep it simple - extremely simple * Enforcing acceptable-use policies means monitoring
* Cisco to buy Procket assets * EMC to offer tape * HP ships dense blade server * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
* Arrest warrant issued for former Symbol CEO * DOJ won't appeal telecom network-sharing ruling * Pharmaceutical industry banking identity standard on PKI * CipherTrust unveils reputation-based e-mail filtering tool * Today on Layer 8
* 10 Gig start-up Force10 Networks gets $75 million in venture funding
* Juniper ready to pop Pepsi * Profitability a year away for HP software group * SBC unwires McDonald’s * Wells Fargo to use Adobe for digital signature service * Today on Layer 8
* MPLS adds lift to Boeing net * Microsoft, SAP say they considered merging * Dell expands 64-bit offering with four-way Itanium * Confusion surrounds Cisco-Linksys wireless hole * Today on Layer 8
* The worldwide market for WLAN equipment continues to swell
