NetFlash: Which unified messaging product is best?

NetFlash: Which unified messaging product is best?
06/16/05

In this issue:

* Tech Insider: VoIP
* MCI shareholder starts proxy fight to block Verizon
* Sun patches critical Java flaws
* Q&A: Sun exec explains StorageTek acquisition
* Cisco introduces dual-band home WLANs to Europe
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

Our most-read story yesterday was a Clear Choice Test on unified
messaging products, complete with ratings of the top vendors. We
also peek at where IP telephony is going and take an in-depth
look at SIP. Check it all out in this week's Tech Insider.
Tech Insider: VoIP
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2652>

MCI shareholder starts proxy fight to block Verizon

If you think MCI should have taken Qwest's higher bid instead of
Verizon's, you're not alone. A shareholder that owns 5% of MCI
is trying to drum up opposition to the planned acquisition.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2653>

Sun patches critical Java flaws

Sun issued alerts this week about vulnerabilities in its Java
platform that security researchers describe as critical that
could allow attackers to execute malicious code on targeted
computers.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2654>

Q&A: Sun exec explains StorageTek acquisition

Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor caught up with Mark
Canepa, executive vice president of Sun's Network Storage
Products Group, at Gartner PlanetStorage this week in Lake Buena
Vista, Fla. They chatted about Sun's $4.1 billion acquisition of
StorageTek.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2655>

Cisco introduces dual-band home WLANs to Europe

Over two years after the products appeared in the U.S., Cisco
has introduced the Linksys Wireless A+G range of home networking
products to Europe. The dual-band devices support the 2.4-GHz
802.11g standard and the 5-GHz 802.11a standard for wireless
LANs.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2656>

Today on Layer 8, blogging live from the Batcave:

Lost-laptop student gets to graduate; McDonald's tries to be
hip; AOL rejiggers strategy; and finding the perfect poker
robot; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>
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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. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by Hewlett Packard
Choosing the Best Architecture

Learn how controller-based architecture for tape libraries best
meets reliability and interoperability requirements in
enterprise storage area networks. Details include how the
introduction of the HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library
Architecture defines the next generation of tape libraries in
enterprise SAN environments. Download the white paper now!
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=106721
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