Tuesday, September 04, 2007

The life of a CIO: not pretty; iPhone would be even better if more open

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Voices of Networking




Voices of Networking, 09/03/07

By Jeff Caruso

Anderson: The life of a CIO: It’s not pretty, 08/28/07: Want one of the worst jobs in American industry? Try chief information officer, a job with a lofty title and plenty of landmines, almost all of them more related to Machiavelli than technology.

Bradner: Apple’s iPhone would be even better if it was more open, 08/28/07: Apple’s iPhone, for all its good features, would be a lot better if it could work on different networks, columnist Scott Bradner writes.

Insider Threat: How to know where the intellectual property is - and then protect it, 08/27/07: I have the thankless job of protecting company secrets from breaches. My efforts are increasingly the spotlight with every new article on the TJX breach. How can large companies, like mine, know where their intellectual property is and how to protect ...

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Tolly: Unified communications - battle royal, 08/28/07: For me the recent VoiceCon show in San Francisco gave new meaning to the words "unified messaging." As I made my rounds to close to two dozen analyst meetings, almost every executive was focused on laying out their company's "Unified Communications" ...

Antonopoulos: Security-oriented architectures? 08/28/07: SOA is one of those buzzword acronyms that mean so many things to so many people it’s hard to pin down what it is. Nevertheless, many large enterprises are integrating applications and building applications using XML, Web services and rudimentary ...

Guardians: NAC's price of pre-admission, 08/27/07: When it comes to NAC and LAN security, I hear people talk about pre- and post-admission. What are the benefits of each?

Nutter's Help Desk: Taking the next career step, 08/27/07: I just finished a post grad. certificate in Wireless communications and also, hold a CCNA certificate. Based on the current job market, what do you suggest my career path should be? Should I go further for CCNP or would a certification in wireless be ...

Gearhead: Feedback: CD cataloging and Outlook to iCal, 08/29/07: CD cataloging and solution for exporting Outlook calendar data to iCal.

Dr. Internet: Eclipse plug-in for syntax highlighting, ASP editing, 08/29/07: I have an old legacy ASP application that I need to make some changes to. I have been using the Eclipse IDE from www.eclipse.org for development work and am now looking for an editor plug-in for Eclipse that can handle syntax highlighting and ...

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Microsoft blames human error for glitch
2. Airline puts Linux PC in every seat
3. MPLS proposal spawns IETF, ITU turf war
4. Psst... Wanna buy a data center?
5. Hacks hit embassy, government e-mail worldwide
6. Secrets of vendors' pricing plans
7. Bank of India site hacked
8. ISPs to rural U.S.: Live with dial-up
9. Notes from OPNETWORK 2007
10. How close is World War 3.0?

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Airline puts Linux PC in every seat


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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 jcaruso@nww.com



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