NetFlash: HP targets Linux management with RLX buy

NetFlash: HP targets Linux management with RLX buy
10/04/05

In this issue:

* HP targets Linux management with RLX buy
* Microsoft at 30 moves toward services
* Outsourcing managers' group touts ethics code
* New California law makes phishing illegal
* Radio: Challenging Skype
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase

It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116868
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ARE HOLOGRAMS IN YOUR STORAGE FUTURE?

Imagine storing 20,000 X-ray images on a disk the size of a
credit card. That's one grand promise stirring up the buzz over
holographic storage for the enterprise. For more on the
differences between polytopic recording and collinear
holography, and whether or not holographic storage can withstand
the test of time, click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116065
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

It was really only a matter of time before someone bought RLX
Technologies, ever since the blade server maker got out of the
hardware business to focus on the management aspect of blades.
And it was only a matter of time before HP came knocking.
HP targets Linux management with RLX buy
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8085>

Microsoft at 30 moves toward services

Microsoft has revolutionized computing since its birth in 1975.
After such amazing success, the next logical question is, now
what? The answer may just lie in services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8086>

Outsourcing managers' group touts ethics code

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals
(IAOP) has released a code of ethics and business practices
that's designed to help companies improve outsourcing
contracting and management.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8087>

New California law makes phishing illegal

The state of California has passed the country's first
anti-phishing law, making this form of identity theft punishable
by thousands of dollars in fines.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8088>

Radio: Challenging Skype

This week we catch up with Damaka to find out more about its
VoIP offering, how it differs from Skype and how the company
plans to make money with a free service. Joining us is Damaka
Senior Advisor Alastair Westgarth. Listen in:
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8089>

Today on Layer 8, where our caffeine-free experiment is over:

The lucrative world of the technology expert witness; Belgium
rules online behavior can be brought as evidence in divorce;
R.I.P. Sprint Trench Coat Guy; and the start of our latest
Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7614>
2. Nortel faces uphill battle
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8090>
3. Cisco pushes new security software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8091>
4. Verizon CTO lays out next-gen network plans
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7947>
5. Next-gen net seen at a crossroads
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8092>

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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>
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase

It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116867
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ARCHIVE LINKS

NetFlash breaking news:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/netflash.html
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Optimize your WAN, save cash, and simplify your life: Case
studies from the real world.

Organizations across all industries are finally realizing that
they can achieve LAN-like performance on their WANs. Examine in
detail the ROI and benefits of Wide area Data Services (WDS)
technology
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116051
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FEATURED READER RESOURCE

IT PROS SHARE THEIR TALES OF MAKING ITIL WORK

Running an enterprise network is challenging. IT organizational
change can be even more so if managers don't balance efforts
proportionally across people, process and technology.
Implementing best practices frameworks such as Information
Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) can help, but they
introduce their own set of challenges. Click here for more:

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092205-itil.html>
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