Sarbanes-Oxley seen as biggest IT time waster

All the week's news about network standards, 08/24/05
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Sarbanes-Oxley seen as biggest IT time waster, 08/23/05

IBM users expect compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley rules
governing U.S. public companies to prove to be the least
effective or the most wasteful use of their IT resources,
according to the results of an online poll of Share members
released late Monday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5821>

WiMAX testing nears starting blocks, 08/23/05

The WiMAX Forum should finish validating its system for
certification testing next week, a senior official said Monday,
the latest milestone on the road to a technology that at times
has suffered from overly optimistic expectations.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082305-wimax.html?nl>

Opinion: The FCC and DSL: New murk? 08/22/05

The FCC finally has reached the goal that former Chairman
Michael Powell set years ago: bimodal competition between cable
companies and RBOCs. Let's see whether it works.
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/082205nolle.html?nl>

Opinion: Online privacy: The fool's gold ring of safety,
08/22/05

The coming national discussion on this will be a hard one
because it will be difficult to watch Congress toss out our
basic freedoms to reach for the fool's gold ring of safety.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5822>

NIST launches new vulnerability database, 08/17/05

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched
a new vulnerability database to help security professionals
learn about and correct vulnerabilities.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5823>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco preparing management play
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5824>

2. IT staff shortage looming
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5367>

3. Questions surround smartphone security
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5825>

4. Google goes berserk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5365>

5. CLECs play a new tune
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5826>

Today's most-forwarded story:

IT staff shortage looming
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre5827>
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