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• DECT phones and POS terminals are vulnerable
  And so is son of DECT, the super-digital CAT-iq
• Mobile web use hits an upward curve at last
  People expect web access everywhere, says Opera CEO.
• Brocade finally completes Foundry takeover
  LANs become SANs
• Troubled Nortel looking to sell metro Ethernet unit
  Report names Cisco among others.
• Trapeze buys Newbury Networks
  Ten green wireless LAN companies, hanging on the wall...
• Users hit by 'huge increase' in IE attacks
  Hacked porn sites helping spread vulnerability
• Another company cuts back on WiMax investment
  Alcatel-Lucent opts for LTE.
• Aastra looks to merge mobile comms into office networks
  Touts boost for smaller businesses.

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• Unified communications won't displace insecure IM
  Business-grade unified communications software offers security, but dealing with external clients often means leaving the light on for AIM, Skype and the like.
• 10G Ethernet: can copper cut the mustard?
  10GBase-T and other specs for 10G Ethernet over copper cabling are coming, but could this be the generation where fibre connectivity remains dominant?
• Too much network control is a bad thing
  Network admins with too much control are a common problem - and one that needs fixing, CIOs warn.

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• Predict Wi-Fi performance and plan your wireless LAN
  Radio is fundamentally uncertain, and even the best site survey only goes so far in setting up a good network.
• How to upgrade a home office router
  Your small router may be capable of tricks that powerful enterprise routers can do but thanks to the firmware in your router, you can't get at them? This article shows you how to.
• Take a new tack for better IT
  Four tactics to improve IT and get better app performance.

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• Controlling Recreational Peer-to-Peer Traffic on Corporate NetworksNew
  

  Find out how the most effective WAN optimization solutions can detect and suppress recreational P2P traffic to preserve application performance and control Internet communications costs.

• Best Practices in Optimizing WAN PerformanceNew
  

  Improve your WAN performance with this helpful best practices guide

• Livewire - Full-Server Protection and Recovery in Real-Time
  

  Simplify the restoration process and reduce the time and effort involved with server recovery.

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• Get tough on telecommuting: 6 questions to ask before you say yes
  Proceed cautiously - teleworking can change office dynamics in ways you hadn't anticipated.
• Why Quality of Experience matters to network managers
  It's not your job alone, but you can't run a decent VoIP service without keeping track of QoE.
• Outsourcing your WAN optimisation
  When is a managed WAN-optimisation service the best option?

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• Losing your ID at the office Xmas party 
  
• Controlling a phone remotely via VNC 
  
• When is last place actually first place? When you're Seagate... 
  

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• Zeus ZXTM 5.0
  ZXTM combines a whole heap of features in one box - or as one software product if you prefer - and makes installing the whole shebang a simple job. We find that the virtual appliance works a treat ... who needs a box?
• SolarWinds ipMonitor 9.0
  The are plenty of network monitoring tools around, the trick is finding out which one works best for you. SolarWinds has always made much of its being designed intuitively for network engineers and, as we find, this is not a hollow boast.
• DrayTek Vigor 2820Vn router
  A remote office or small office router with ADSL, WAN and 3G failover that doesn't cost the earth? Not possible they said. DrayTek's latest Vigor can do all this and more.
• Aagon Client Management Platform
  A nicely-designed client manager for Windows-based PCs, with central monitoring and a good GUI, and which should scale well, thanks to being based on a proper DBMS.
• 4ipnet MSG100 wireless office controller
  A handy and inexpensive device for multi-zone security, including enforcing access control on both wired and wireless network users.

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• Proxim plans to buck the standards
  There's no hurry for 802.11n Wi-Fi, and no need to stick to the WiMax standards, says Proxim's chief executive, Pankaj Manglik
• Tracking the truth of unified communications
  We talk IP comms and email vacations with Shoretel MD Mark Swendsen.
• The challenges of in-building wireless coverage
  Attempts to make buildings more energy-efficient in terms of heating and cooling could backfire badly on the networking front, if radio expert Daniel Lewing is to be believed.

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• Network behaviour analysis secures university
  Seeking better visibility into the traffic crossing its extensive network, Wayne State University turned to NBA software from Q1 Labs.
• Amazingmail drops Cisco to cut costs
  Cisco routers are out and Juniper gear is in at Amazingmail.
• The sweet smell of WAN acceleration
  Global perfumer Coty used WAN appliances to improve its download speeds and remove the need for caching servers.

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