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Avocent buys LANDesk for $416 million
Big price for the former Intel division.
Smoothwall adds malware-blocking web filter
Latest release stops web-based spyware and viruses
Network management's newest tools
Whether its VoIP analysis, LAN troubleshooting or just seeing what's up or down.
Carphone Warehouse to launch indoor GSM
Mobile call charges to plummet.
Transparent SSH for mainframes
Encrypted access to any zSeries and MVS application.
Finalists make best use of technology
Shortlist for Techworld awards announced.
10 Gig Ethernet promised on copper
Solarflare wants to be first to 10GBase-T.
Neterion virtualises Ethernet in hardware
10Gig blade NIC to support virtual I/O for security and resource sharing.

Users need application-aware networksNew
Networks have to become app-aware if they are to provide demanding businesses with the performance they need, argues Cisco's engineering director.
Users do not need application-aware networksNew
Tying WANs to specific apps makes them less flexible, and hinders the enterprise, argues Ciena's technology director.
IP address management gets serious
Tracking your organisation's IP addresses can be a mammoth task, but it's one that can usefully be automated.

A Linux primer for networkers
If you need a network monitor, Linux on a spare PC is an ideal starting point - and it's nowhere as hard to get going as some might claim.
Know your wireless enemy
Defending your WLAN is a lot easier if you know how it can be attacked.
Building the branch office from the ground up
Sometimes there is no alternative to locating your branch IT within the branches themselves, but there is no reason why you need to manage it from within the branch as well.

The Business Value of Performance - the Riverbed Experience
Do Wide Area File Services deliver real benefits? This NetForcast report looking at Riverbed customers says they do.
Buyers' guide to application delivery solutions
What criteria do you use when deciding to buy a network acceleration or wide area file system product?
The Mobile Edge - how to converge networks
The mobile edge is a way of connecting users to information beyond the enterprise network perimeter. This white paper from Aruba discusses how it can be used to provide users with access to information and services wherever they need it - in head office or a branch office, at home and on the road.

Patch proxy can ease update pressure
A network-based proxy intercepts traffic and makes unpatched systems act as if patched.
SyncML links communications devices
This platform-agnostic standard provides a way to synchronise servers and a wide range of clients - especially mobile devices - across a network.
Power and heat issues hit IP telephony deployments
Now your plans for installing new equipment need to include adding up its heat output - and getting the extra aircon in there early.

Soft DSPs spread VoIP further
More powerful embedded chips will make VoIP cheaper and ubiquitous.
More than just a gesture
Sometimes it's not cost that's the main block to greater IT usage.
Networking is still a special skill
Don't undervalue yourself - or your network.

Itheon Portable Network Consultant and Itheon QoS
A well presented and simple to use tool that lets you gather IP traffic and performance data, report on the results, set off alerts when something goes wrong - and then diagnose the problem too.
A networking Swiss Army knife
A set of tools for security testing, forensics, network reconnaissance and information gathering, plus everyday network analysis and diagnostics too.
Sunbelt's networked fail-over
Double-Take allows you not just to replicate or mirror servers over the LAN, but you can fail-over and fail-back as well.
Cisco delivers 10Gig Ethernet to the closet
If you want Gig Ethernet to the desktop, you probably need 10Gig to the closet, and that's just what Cisco's latest supervisor engine for its Catalyst 4500 switch is designed to deliver.
WatchGuard FireBox SSL VPN
A simple VPN device for remote access that can be set up by non-experts. It grew on our reviewer.

Turning up the heat on identity managementNew
HP's CTO for identity management explains why authentication and identity are such hot topics for anyone involved in building and managing networks, applications and systems.
EMC says ILM means tiered networks too
EMC's CTO, Ken Steinhardt, talks about tiered storage networks and virtualising network tiers.
A view from the networking trenches
A veteran network administrator offers his thoughts on how to persuade bosses, support users, protect data and plan ahead.

Securing a US university's networkNew
Berkeley's comms and network services director tells how the university is working to rebuild its reputation for IT excellence.
When your VoIP vendor goes bye-bye
References and specs aren't enough; check the financials before hiring a company to do a major installation.
What makes Harvard's net tick
A university network that's bigger than many enterprise networks - or even ISPs.