NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON THE VOICES OF NETWORKING 08/16/04 Today's focus: Blade servers: thumbs-up or thumbs-down?
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * Blade servers: thumbs-up or thumbs-down? * These patches really are 'critical' * Completeness key to security * Could phishing ruin e-mail? * Links related to Voices of Networking * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Dupont(TM) In the event of a fire, securing your business uptime is critical, introducing DuPont(TM) certified limited combustible cable. To learn more, read the DuPont(TM) whitepaper now, Limiting the Plenum Cable Fire Risk, no registration required. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=72586 _______________________________________________________________ CHECK OUT NW FUSION'S NEW WHITE PAPER LIBRARY Just launched: NW Fusion's White Paper Library with new features and improved capabilities! 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Driggers <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0816faceoffyes.html?vo> Adelson <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0816faceoffno.html?vo> These patches really are 'critical' If you haven't seen Network World's continuing coverage of how computer problems affect healthcare systems, you're missing one of the biggest stories of the year. The controversy centers around the fact that software patches are needed to make sure that healthcare systems can't be attacked by computer viruses and such - but these patches need to be adequately tested to make sure they work. And in healthcare, lives could be at stake. Editor-in-Chief John Dix explains in this week's editorial. <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/081604edit.html?vo> Completeness key to security To guard your network and systems, you can't just build a virtual wall around your enterprise. Outsiders will probably find a way in, and many enemies of corporate data are insiders. That's why we need a complete strategy for data defense, says Johna Till Johnson in this week's Eye on the Carriers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/081604johnson.html?vo> Could phishing ruin e-mail? Some companies are considering policies of not asking customers questions in e-mail - because phishing scams have made the public leery of any such queries. 'Net Buzz's Paul McNamara looks at how phishing is ruining e-mail for the rest of us, and how one company is trying to fight that trend. <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/081604buzz.html?vo> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. 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