CEOs rake in perks despite pay backlash Executive compensation is under fire, but CEOs are still enjoying perks such as company jets, personal security, financial planning advice and club memberships. Layoffs leading to more self-employment There are signs that an increasing number of people who have been forced out of their jobs are starting their own businesses. F5 platform takes a la carte approach to application delivery F5's new Big-IP 3900 lets midsize companies consolidate application acceleration, security and optimization services on a single 1U platform. Has unified mobile management for business arrived? Whether IT likes it or not, mobile devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile families are becoming part of IT's job to manage. But the tools are uneven and scattered. Is your resume being sold by recruiters to other recruiters or companies? I was given a tip about the problem of recruiters posting fake jobs; this was just to get a 1,000 or more resumes to sell. I guess I did not know this, but there is a nice business going on now in this area. So to see what would happen we made up three resumes of fake people. Cloud-based identity services taking on a different look as they grow Cloud-based identity services are starting to gain a foothold among corporate users, but the evolving architecture looks nothing like the platforms companies have been building internally, according to Bob Blakley, vice president and research director at the Burton Group. XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python and GNOME libraries Security vendor Codenomicon has found flaws in XML parsers that enable denial-of-service attacks, corruption of data, and even delivery of a malicious payload. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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