NetFlash: Virtual Showdown: No patching panacea 11/29/04 In this issue:
* Virtual Showdown: No patching panacea * One man's trash is another's cheap PC * Report: Microsoft paid CCIA official * Polycom, Edgewater work to overcome firewalls, NAT systems * Today on Layer 8 * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Empirix "Obtain the key to your Web management strategy" Leverage your HPOV investment and manage these services from the perspective that matters the most - the End User. Click below to read this new HP OpenView Integration white paper http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=89319 _______________________________________________________________ COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK/SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT RESOURCE Go to NW Fusion's Research Center for detailed information on network/systems management. Find the latest breaking news, case studies, white papers, commentary, reviews and more. Topics on ITIL adoption, stress-testing, managing blades and more are all found in the Research Center. Click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=89256 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso Welcome back to the grindstone. I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was enjoyable, restful, safe and chock full of turkey goodness. If, in the pre-holiday rush, you missed Network World's recent online event - the Virtual Showdown on patch management - you can get all the highlights in our official write-up. It turns out that while patch management software vendors have their differences, they also agree on a lot as well. Virtual Showdown: No patching panacea <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112904patch.html?net> One man's trash is another's cheap PC I'd also like to point you to last week's A Wider Net, which featured a great little story about the market for used PCs - as seen through the eyes of Goodwill. People donate their old computers, and you can sometimes find huge bargains, or at least an obsolete part that you need to fix an old clunker. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/112204widernetgoodwill.html?net> Report: Microsoft paid CCIA official The anti-trust settlement between Microsoft and the Computer and Communications Industry Association announced earlier this month included a payment of $9.75 million to the CCIA's president, according to a report published Wednesday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1124msantit.html?net> Polycom, Edgewater work to overcome firewalls, NAT systems Polycom and Edgewater Networks have teamed to help users get over one of the biggest hurdles when it comes to IP videoconferencing adoption: Getting through firewalls and network address translation (NAT) systems unscathed. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1124polycom.html?net> Today on Layer 8, now in the throes of tryptophan withdrawal: Families battle over PC use; more annoying features heading for your cell phone, Lycos battles spammers with screensavers; and the winner of the latest 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. 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