| In depth Entitlement management: Access control on steroids
A new set of tools, called entitlement management, provide fine-grained access control and help companies deal with compliance and insider security threats. Dashboards and the human condition
Dashboards can unlock the value of decades of IT investments by linking your ERP, business intelligence and analysis tools to humans who can act on the information. But as the interface between systems and business decisions, dashboards have to accommodate human behavior to add value. Review Tools cure IP address-management headaches
IP address management tools aren't sexy, but they can certainly take the tedium out of the necessary and difficult task of tracking IP addresses and DNS names across an enterprise network. Blogs Rus Healy considers the value of certification - from the certification candidate's point of view. Michael Morris wonders, will Cisco's Master Architect Certification test leadership? Brad Reese considers Dynamips emulation software and Cisco IOS. Joe Panettieri analyzes Cisco's annual conference for resellers. Mark Gibbs has a radical proposal for companies with large numbers of inactive accounts with balances of under a dollar. Adam Gaffin wonders how important it is to LiveJournal users that the network is now owned by a Russian concern. James Gaskin discusses fun with domain names. Mitchell Ashley looks at VoIP security lessons Microsoft OCS can learn from Vonage and others. Tyson Kopczynski has some, er 'fun' with Microsoft Genuine Advantage. Patrick Regan details what's in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, due out in three months. Micronet posts research info indicating Windows Server 2008 could flop. Miles Baska wonders if anybody's surprised that story about the guy killed by an exploding cell phone turned out to be false. Keith Shaw loves that AT&T released a nugget of iPhone news before Apple. Greg Royal writes that if Google wins its 700-MHz spectrum bid, it would mean nothing less than the re-invention of the Internet. Craig Mathias looks at Verizon going with LTE. Forums Would you replace your existing wired infrastructure with an 802.11n wireless network? Users debate. Users also debate single-source vs. best-of-breed networks and consider how Sun came to control the OpenDS directory-service project. How to Ron Nutter helps a user set up a new small business with a network. Jeff Prince discusses how to fend off VoIP security problems on your LAN. Video Rack 101
The rack is a rite of passage. When a company buys a computer rack or cabinet they establish the importance of their systems and the need to better manage and protect computer assets. James Gaskin interviews Michael Lucas, of Knurr Environments for Electronics (recently acquired by Emerson), on what companies should look for when buying their first cabinet or their tenth. More news Greenest data centers: What works and what doesn't
A peek inside the nation's greenest data centers shows that these facilities are a mix of high-tech and low-tech, innovative and obvious ways of cutting back on electricity and creating more environmentally friendly IT operations. Outsourcing moves closer to home
Cultural barriers, frequent staff turnover and cost concerns have Indian offshore service providers looking to Latin America, Canada and the Philippines as alternative locations for outsourcing contracts. Can Verizon really change its stripes?
Verizon's decision to give customers the option of connecting to its network through outside devices is, to say the least, a departure from its past views on open-access rules. Nortel bolsters security, business process gear
Nortel this week unveiled new and enhanced products designed to improve security and further optimize the network for business processes. First large-scale 802.11n wireless LAN now operational
Morrisville State College has 720 802.11n access points deployed, the first large-scale 11n deployment. IT staff and users are starting to see the results: faster applications, more of them, more bandwidth-hungry applications and more-reliable connections. Open source's future: More Microsoft, bigger talent shortages
The open source industry in 2008 will be marked by more news out of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and other big IT vendors, less start-up funding, more M&A activity, and an increasingly serious talent shortage. Which certifications are worth your time?
For years, the key to jumpstarting a network professional's career was getting a Cisco, Microsoft or other technical certification. But now CIOs, IT recruiters and salary specialists say demand is waning for hardware- and software-oriented certifications. | 
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