Inside Lucasfilm's network; Microsoft closes its biggest acquisition ever

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Nevis Networks Webcast: Cut Through NAC Hype Over the past few years, network access control has evolved to encompass a large number of endpoint security compliance, malware detection, access control and authentication products with very different focuses. Cut through the hype and confusion to find real-world NAC answers. Network World Daily News: PM, 08/13/07 Breaking news IT optimization the Lucasfilm way Even with a server farm of more than 4,000 machines and a WAN with 10Gbps links, Lucasfilm Ltd.'s network group still finds ways to optimize. AQuantive shareholders approve Microsoft acquisition Shareholders of aQuantive Inc. have approved Microsoft Corp.'s plan to purchase the company, effectively closing the biggest deal ... Get Up to Speed on the Latest in WLANs Easily stay on top of the latest developments and issues in WLAN technology, standards, security, telephony, management and more with Network World's latest Executive Guide, "Keeping Up With the Wireless Whirlwind." Click here to download! Part-time jobs scarce in IT The availability of part-time IT positions lags behind other professions, but employers may need to consider such flexibility to attract sparse talent. The Philadelphia experiment Last week, users started reporting their experiences with Philadelphia's municipal wireless system. Read their reports. If you're in Philadelphia, try out the wireless and fill out our quick form on your experience - we'll add to the discussion and our interactive map. It all starts on our Philadephia page. From the blogs and forums Jeff Doyle looks at responsible edge policies. Greg Royal notes that VoIP continues to grow. Ken Presti discusses Cisco specialization requirements in the channel. Brad Reese explains why you should be wary of new Cisco gear offered for sail on eBay. John Obeto writes: Behold: The ascendancy of IIS. Colin Spence considers SharePoint 2007 design best practices. Susan Hanley points out qualitative and quantitative measures for collaboration solutions. Paul McNamara has been tracking weird, infuriating Verizon happenings. Joshua Levitt looks at power-saving hard drives from Western Digital. Adam Gaffin plays "Minesweeper: The Movie." Michael J. Morris plays One Sentence to Describe Each Telco. The Alpha Doggs sniff out the superest of supercomputers. Miles Baska explains why Homer Simpson lives - at Los Alamos. Jamey Heary considers stealth malware. Users ponder the case of the porn site that keeps suing search engines and consider a recent Cisco Web-site outage. They wonder how far cyberwar could go and look at protocol issues in 700-MHz wireless. Do you have an enterprise issue to discuss? Go to NetworkWorld Community and browse existing topics or create an account and start your own discussion. How to Zeus Kerravala of the Yankee Group answers the question: "Before I recommend a NAC implementation at my company, I'd like to know more about what NAC can and can't do." Twisted Pair Kittens stopping spam: Wave of the future Keith and special guest co-host Jonathan Summey talk about the new security threats coming out of recent hacking conferences, whether big vendors are having a Linux Love Affair, and why videos of kittens might put an end to all of your spam. More news SCO says it's down but not out in Linux case The SCO Group acknowledged being dealt a significant blow Friday in its lawsuit against Novell, but it indicated that it may not be done ... Spam surge sways stock market Last week saw the Internet's biggest-ever spam surge in a single day, and also offered a lesson on why "pump and dump" stock-market spam campaigns have ...

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