VON trade shows may be in trouble
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Interop customers talk up videoconferencing benefits

Free net monitoring tool gets a makeover

Blue Coat to acquire Packeteer for $268M

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VOICECON: Extreme Networks, HP boost VoIP security

Qwest adds to VoIP product suite

Cisco to launch ASR 1000 router in Second Life demo

FileWave adds Linux support to the mix

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5 ways insiders exploit your network
Internal data theft and sabotage can result in hard costs, compliance-related problems, legal fees, productivity loss and, possibly most costly, loss of reputation.

Opinion: Network managers: good worries, disappointing lapses
VanDyke Software survey shows concerns of network pros, but some issues should be getting more attention than they are.

Lab test: VoIP phone systems walk the talk
These five IP PBX appliances are reasonably priced and easy to administer and use. Some can be installed without the need for expert help. And their telephony features -- typically configured and accessed from a browser or lightweight desktop application -- are all remarkably sophisticated.

Microsoft Pits S+S vs. SaaS
Mark Hall hears from Microsoft why S+S is better than SaaS.

OPINION: Avaya's small business phone ploy
Unified Communications strategy doesn't include products never seen before, but they are newly bundled, newly organized and now cost less.

The truth about people and cameras: Beware videoconferencing pitfalls
There has been a big increase in enterprise use of videoconferencing systems over the past couple of years, but the early pioneers have some advice to the newcomers to ensure a successful project and avoid disaster.

10 great free downloads for your network
Whether you've got a home network, small network, enterprise network or anything in between, these 10 freebies can make it more secure, run better and easier to manage. They're useful, easy to learn ... and you certainly can't beat free.

Wireless whiz weighs in on Wi-Fi, RFID, 802.11n
A longtime wireless expert talks about a topics ranging from 802.11n and municipal Wi-Fi to the future of wireless technology.

10 Gigabit Ethernet secures border at Niagara Falls
There's a lot of high-tech monitoring going on behind the scenes at the busy border crossing, including some 170 cameras that generate between 42.5Mbit/sec. and 53Mbit/sec. of traffic on the network.

Specialists have retrieved about 99% of the data on a disk drive on board the crashed space shuttle Columbia. Don't miss the photographs of the recovered drive. These big ideas were supposed to revolutionize technology, but they never actually appeared. In a few cases, you'll be glad they didn't. Nearly 20 years after the first Internet worm, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes stock of the malware/anti-malware landscape and spotlights how the two sides are approaching the battle. Though some thought it was released too soon, Mac OS X 10.5 has matured into a solid operating system, says reviewer Michael DeAgonia.

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