NetFlash: HP forms new blade group 09/21/04 In this issue:
* HP forms new blade group * Microsoft CFO: Expect us to make more big acquisitions * AOL, RSA, VeriSign push authentication services * RFID joins wireless lineup at UPS * Today on Layer 8 * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by World Data Products Inc Just Released >>> New '04/'05 Cisco Router & Switch Poster Hot off the press! The World Data Products' poster of Cisco routers and switches has been updated with new Router and Catalyst switch models. This definitive guide provides information on model capacities, interface cards and available features. A great resource for product selection and network planning. Get yours today! 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HP forms new blade group <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921hpforms.html?net> Microsoft CFO: Expect us to make more big acquisitions When Microsoft revealed that it had been in talks to merge with SAP, the industry was shocked that Microsoft would even go there. But now the company's CFO is saying Microsoft's cash is burning a hole in its pocket, and it might make "a few" acquisitions at more than a billion dollars apiece. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921microcfo.html?net> AOL, RSA, VeriSign push authentication services Responding to a scourge of online fraud and identity theft that threatens to undermine public confidence in Internet commerce, major companies are rolling out new services to encourage the adoption of better technology to identify customers, business partners and employees online. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921aolrsa.html?net> RFID joins wireless lineup at UPS Wireless technologies have been a critical part of the way UPS does business since the $33 billion company started using scanners to track packages in 1985. Now UPS is looking into the latest wireless technologies to infiltrate the world of logistics: radio frequency identification. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004upsrfid.html?net> Today on Layer 8, where we're off at lunchtime getting our geek on as well as our copy of the Star Wars DVDs: The connection between WLANs and wild cats; AOL offers greater security - kinda; teen foils bomb plot online; and the start of a new Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso 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. 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