Network World columnistsEnterprise networking's best analysis and commentary, from NetworkWorld.com.Communal security- June 24, 2008 Ive visited quite a few countries in Asia over the last two years. In the various airports I passed through I often saw people wearing surgical masks. I also saw fever checkpoints in most major airports. These checkpoints have infrared cameras that show a thermal false color picture of passengers as they are funneled through immigration. The signs surrounding the checkpoints indicated that the purpose was to identify people with a fever so as to screen for various types of flu (avian or other)..http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062408-antonopoulos.html?fsrc=rss-columns Alls well with U.S. broadband deployment (says FCC)- June 24, 2008 Earlier this month, the FCC finally got around to releasing the U.S. broadband deployment report it approved in March. This fifth in a series "examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans" is just as silly as its predecessors. But the report and accompanying order (and further notice for proposed rule-making) on data collection about broadband data services may mean, assuming that the data they get is reasonably analyzed, that future reports...http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062408-bradner.html?fsrc=rss-columns 'Quality of Experience' revisited: What it means for network managers- June 23, 2008 Building towards QoE with a good combination of technical metrics and a healthy dose of customer dialog is a fine art.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062308-emamgmt.html?fsrc=rss-columns Preventing data breaches not a technology issue- June 23, 2008 When security people see headlines about data losses at TJ Maxx, ChoicePoint, DuPont, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, they quickly assume that preventing such loss is a technology problem. It clearly is not. It is an information problem.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062308insider.html?fsrc=rss-columns With Amazon's Kindle, it's love at first byte- June 19, 2008 It's not that often electronics can change your life but it happened to me a few days ago, when I bought an Amazon Kindle.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061908johnson.html?fsrc=rss-columns Consumerization of small business IT- June 19, 2008 During the Altiris user conference in April, I watched a lunch panel discuss the "consumerization of IT" and whether that's a good thing. My initial thought was that it was probably bad for enterprises that want to control everything, but may be good for smaller businesses.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061608gaskin.html?fsrc=rss-columns Debt collectors mining your secrets- June 19, 2008 Gibbs gets a call from a debt collector and learns about skip tracing and the largely unregulated industry behind it.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061908-backspin.html?fsrc=rss-columns Data leaks out . . . and lawyers rake it in- June 19, 2008 What made the Ameritrade data breach particularly memorable was not that 6.3 million customers had their personal info compromised and inboxes stuff with spam as a result. No, what made it memorable was that the company had received multiple warnings from IT professionals over more than a year that its database had been compromised -- yet took no action before the bits hit the fan last fall.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061908-buzz.html?fsrc=rss-columns BlackArmor protects data; KR2 makes data mobile- June 18, 2008 It's hard to see a more secure way of protecting data on a portable storage device than with Seagate's Maxtor BlackArmor USB portable hard drive. And Kyocera Wireless' KR2 Mobile Router is great for groups of people who need quick access to a network in areas where either Wi-Fi doesn't exist or who want to share a wireless WAN connection.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061808-cool-tools.html?fsrc=rss-columns Reader feedback, erasing stress, and WhatsUp Gold- June 18, 2008 Gibbs responds to a reader's letter to the Gearhead column on Jott, Twitter, RSS feeds and Goosh; de-stresses with Stress Eraser; and starts reviewing WhatsUp Gold, a network management tool from Ipswitch.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061808-gearhead.html?fsrc=rss-columns |