Nine skills in high demand; Can you spot a phish?

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Surviving the IT Avalanche, Part I We all know that technology is changing our world, but most people may not fully grasp the magnitude of that change. The changes in technology we see today are coming with ever-accelerating magnitude and velocity. Network World correspondent Mark Gibbs and Dave Evans, Chief Technologist of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) will talk about: Explosive growth that we see today in storage, bandwidth, computing technology and the sheer volume of information available in the world as well as challenges that come from that growth. Network World Daily News: AM, 09/26/07 Nine skills in high demand Networking and wireless LAN experts are hot commodities, closely followed by those versed in open source and data center technologies, our annual salary survey finds. Read the story and get the stats. Can you spot a phish? Play Carnegie Mellon’s game and see A Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student has developed an online game to educate Internet users about phishing threats. Cisco rolls out branch office router, LAN switch, security gear Cisco this week is unveiling a raft of products designed to allow customers to implement a consistent set of security, unified communications, application acceleration and wireless services at remote sites. Storage Trends Explained Learn how IT shops can optimize their current storage systems with new tools and practices in this informative Webcast, Storage Trends and Options. Listen to industry experts explain the latest developments and address the hype surrounding future storage platforms. Click here for more information. Seven ways to improve enterprise search Bad enterprise search is a common problem in businesses, but it’s not always the vendor’s fault. Here are seven ways customers can maximize the effectiveness of enterprise search. GPL lawsuit may be settled out of court Monsoon Multimedia and the Software Freedom Law Center are discussing a settlement regarding Monsoon's open source licensing violation, but a deal isn't certain. HP unleashes wireless network traffic monitoring HP claims to be the first to implement a technology designed to improve traffic monitoring in wireless networks. 'Fraudster' posts confidential eBay member data on forum Someone used an eBay Inc. discussion forum on Tuesday to post confidential information about eBay users along with what may be their credit card numbers. AirMagnet strengthens WLAN defenses AirMagnet unwrapped the new version of its enterprise wireless LAN security defense application. New features protect against more attacks, and make it simpler to manage complex WLANs. Vonage loses Sprint-Nextel patent suit, plans appeal A federal court ruled on Tuesday that struggling VoIP provider Vonage infringed on patents owned by Sprint Nextel. VIDEO NAC standards: Where are we now? Steve Hanna, a Juniper distinguished engineer and co-chair of NAC standards groups at the IETF and the Trusted Computing Group, discusses the progress of the NAC standards effort and Cisco's lack of involvement. LIVE CHAT Chat with Amazon.com’s CTO live If ever there were a man that knew how to eek out capacity and secure a data center, it would be Werner Vogels, vice president & CTO of Amazon.com. Join him for a live chat on Monday Oct. 1 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EDT. No registration is required, but those who RSVP “yes” to community editor Julie Bort in advance will be eligible for a Network World T-shirt. CHAT IM is the biggest, most overlooked threat Messaging guru Michael Osterman discusses the overlooked IM threat, the best low-cost archiving solutions and how social networking affects the enterprise in this chat transcript. BLOGS Today at Cisco Subnet Cisco wants to become a $50 billion company by 2010 - how? Start-up Dimdim challenges Cisco WebEx. Cisco furthers home-networking ambitions with China home appliance company. IP routing expert Jeff Doyle mulls fast reroute without MPLS. Cisco trainer Wendell Odom asks: Can a VTP client cause a VTP server to update its VLAN database? Plus: Why is Cisco Subnet blogging about Kiefer Sutherland's DUI arrest?  Today on Microsoft Subnet OpenOffice.org bug targets Linux, but Macs and Windows not safe either; Office 2008 for Mac to launch Jan. 15 and cost $400; Microsoft Subnet welcomes new blogger, certification trainer Ron Colanna. Got training or cert questions? Fire away! Or check out his post on navigating Microsoft’s certification FAQ. Buzzblog: Those video-happy Pats; countering Photoshop; and life after 51 Busy day at DEMOfall07 Tuesday: First we have an ironic technology investment from the owners of my favorite pro football team. Next an interesting defense against photographic fakery. And, finally, a look at a new social-networking site targetted at adults but marketed in such a way as to have me wondering how long I'll be welcome. Today on Layer 8, where we think this supersize-everything trend has got to end somewhere: Now here is something we didn’t need. U.K.-based Ad-Air launched a service that will let companies advertise on five-acre plots near the runways of some of the world's busiest airports. On its Web site, the company proudly proclaims its ads are nearly four times the size of the Dallas Cowboys’ football field and that “such size leads to an unprecedented audience impact; they are quite simply overwhelmed by the scale of the advertisement.”

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