NetFlash: Zinc whiskers in the data center 11/05/04 In this issue:
* Zinc whiskers in the data center * Feature: E-mail at a crossroads * Co-chairman departs Novell * IBM unveils SOA management services * Today on Layer 8 * This week's top 5 stories * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia NW Special Report: Preparing an Infrastructure for Mobile Applications. Mobility, properly done, increases productivity and decreases operating costs. So get up to date information about building a mobile infrastructure, dealing with security issues, the latest networking options, connectivity alternatives and operational support enhancements. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=85960 _______________________________________________________________ WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET AHEAD? An IT recruiter outlines the actions you should take to advance your career. Learn how you can gather the enduring respect of colleagues, clients and business associates without coming off as pompous or self-serving. Click here to find out what you need to do to get ahead: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=86104 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso When you take new, high-powered blade servers with high heat output and massive cooling fans and put them into older data centers, they could start failing - but not for the reason you might suspect. It may be that their fans are sucking in zinc whiskers. What's a zinc whisker, you ask? Read this week's A Wider Net to find out. Zinc whiskers in the data center http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104widernetwhiskers.html?net> Feature: E-mail at a crossroads "What is at stake is no less than the protection and preservation of the Internet as we know it," says an ITU adviser, and I don't think he was overstating the case. He was talking about e-mail - specifically, the threats from spam, phishing and viruses that are chipping away at one of the most significant technologies of our time. <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/110104email.html?net> Co-chairman departs Novell Novell Co-chairman Chris Stone - whom many assume was the heir-apparent to Novell Chairman and CEO Jack Messman - has left the company. Stone rejoined Novell in March 2002 and is credited with Novell's Linux strategy. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104novell.html?net> IBM unveils SOA management services IBM Thursday announced its services division has created a practice aimed at helping enterprises migrate to a service-oriented architecture. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104ibmsoa.html?net> Today on Layer 8, fun for all ages: Christmas comes early - Star Wars III trailer released; CNN site subtly zings Bush; flight attendant blogger fired by airline; and Apple store reviews its own products; and all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net> This week's top 5 stories so far: 1. Testing your mettle: Zinc whiskers in the data center http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104widernetwhiskers.html?net> 2. Group tallies more than 1,100 e-voting glitches <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1103grouptalli.html?net> 3. Service-oriented hype to meet hard realities <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104soapart1.html?net> 4. Cisco looks ahead to home networking boom http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/1102homecis.html?net> 5. Feature: E-mail at a crossroads <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/110104email.html?net> ______________________________________________________________ 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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