NetFlash: Group tallies more than 1,100 e-voting glitches 11/03/04 In this issue:
* Group tallies more than 1,100 e-voting glitches * Technologists push Ethernet to new areas * Cisco looks ahead to home networking boom * Q1 Labs tackles intrusion prevention * Internet Explorer keeps losing market share * Today on Layer 8 * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by NetScout The deployment of VoIP is well underway and unstoppable, but the implementation and ongoing support is extremely challenging. To successfully support VoIP and other demanding applications, IT organizations need to change their approach to network management. 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Some are saying that the machines listed the wrong candidate on the verification screen - and in some cases it was very difficult to correct it. But how many people caught the error? Are we seeing a statistically insignificant number of mistakes - or, as one observer put it, "the tip of the iceberg"? Group tallies more than 1,100 e-voting glitches <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1103grouptalli.html?net> Technologists push Ethernet to new areas Ethernet isn't what it used to be; it's far better. And nowhere was that more evident than at the Next Generations Networks conference this week. Phil Hochmuth reports from Boston on all the latest iterations of the ever-popular technology for the LAN (and beyond). <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102ethernet.html?net> For more news, visit our Router/Switch Research Center <http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/routers.html?net> Cisco looks ahead to home networking boom Cisco is looking to grab a chunk of the customer premises equipment market when converged IP residential services catch on and demand blooms for multifunction home appliances, the company's home-gear president says. http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/1102homecis.html?net> Q1 Labs tackles intrusion prevention Q1 Labs this week plans to release the latest version of its flagship software as well as add-on software that the company says enables its security management tool to not only detect security issues but also prevent them. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1102q1labs.html?net> Internet Explorer keeps losing market share Although Microsoft still dominates the Web browser space, its Internet Explorer continues to lose market share to open-source rival Mozilla. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1103interexplo.html?net> Today on Layer 8, where we're always campaigning for the popular vote: High-tech job numbers are out; a roundup of rejected limited edition iPods; forget the Nielsens, technology reveals top TV shows; and mystery political Web site developer reveals himself; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. 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