| Carriers mobilize for $24B in military telecom contracts
It's the high-tech spoils of war: The U.S. military plans to award telecommunications contracts worth as much as $24 billion, and the top-tier carriers are signing up to get a piece of the action. Network skills in high demand
IT professionals proficient in networks could find themselves in demand next year, because a majority of CIOs polled cite network administration among the most sought-after skills. Blog: Cisco's latest CTO comes with less-than-shining background
Padmasree Warrior, former CTO at struggling Motorola, replaces Charlie Giancarlo as Cisco CTO. Cisco speeds up security device
Cisco is introducing an intrusion-prevention sensor that is twice as fast its previous high-end device designed to protect high-speed connections to data centers and WAN links without slowing traffic. EPA's CIO talks green
It’s hard to find an organization that’s greener than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s National Computer Center in North Carolina was one of the first data centers to receive a silver certification from the U.S. Green Building ... Forget sticky notes, Microsoft using inkblots as password reminders
Microsoft Research is investigating if the inkblot is a better idea than the sticky note when it comes to remembering passwords that aren’t easy for others to crack. Google integrates AIM into Gmail
Google has integrated AOL's popular AIM instant-messaging service into its Gmail Web-based e-mail client, the company announced on Tuesday. Trend Micro puts its name to data leak prevention
Trend Micro is putting the focus on user security education with the first upgrade of data-leak prevention software acquired when it bought Provilla in October. PODCASTS Ron Nutter's Help Desk Tool Chest
On this edition is Mail Call, where listeners questions are answered. This week's Tools of the Trade is Safari Books Online. In Hot off the Press, new Products or significant announcements are discussed. We also get a chance to talk with Zulfikar Ramzan, senior principal researcher at Symantec Security Response. (63:45) Enterprise 2.0: New thinking or fresh paint on an old idea?
WaveMaker CEO Chris Keene talks with Network World's Jason Meserve about "Enterprise 2.0". Is it just a buzzword or a true shift in software development for corporate IT shops? We find out. (9:53) BLOGS Today on Microsoft Subnet
Microsoft's next generation WPA aims to annoy software users. Plus, a tribute to one of the security professionals founding members, Office 2007 SP1 might be available next week (and other SP news), and virtualization predictions Forrester forgot. Today on Cisco Subnet
Nortel asks: Why are you stuck in the Cisco rut? We announce the winners of 'MPLS VPN Security' book (this month's competition details here). Retired Army lieutenant general now leading Cisco IP routing charge. Cisco wants to teach you how to market yourself to your peers and colleagues. Plus: Cisco gaining ground in Juniper's core routing market? Buzzblog: High-earning spammers face tougher sentences
More big-time spammers -- hoisted on their own ill-gotten gains -- may find themselves doing longer stretches behind bars if a federal judge's first-of-its-kind sentencing decision in a Denver case becomes widely applied. | 
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