Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Top 10 IT turkeys; Are your servers vulnerable to DNS attacks? AT&T's telework commitment questioned

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Top 10 IT turkeys
In honor of Thanksgiving, Network World presents the top 10 turkeys of 2007. Check out our picks, and see who has the dubious distinction of being ranked number 1.


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