Julie Bort

Oracle's Austin, Texas, facility wins our New Data Center Award for grid use and more. One of Oracle's crown jewels -- a state-of-the-art data center in Austin, Texas -- recently earned recognition as Data Center of the Year in an award program cosponsored by AFCOM, a group of data center professionals, and Network World. And no wonder. The 3-year-old facility houses an impressive array of new data center technologies, protected by James Bond-like security systems.

Just because your company has a bonus program, don't assume your staff knows how to make the most of it. These tips can help your employees get better bonuses.

Your check stub should give you reason to smile. Despite an economy that is only now crawling out of its years-long doldrums, network professionals' pay has continued to grow far faster than the rate of inflation. Top this off with a broadening set of long-term career options (with more C-level IT positions created every year), and you can count on networking as a good living for years to come.

The extended enterprise concept is as old as networking itself, and as young as e-commerce. Few companies typify that old/young dichotomy better than Travelocity.com LP, the Internet child of Sabre Holdings

Despite strained IT budgets, the continued onslaught of network security threats and general industry doldrums, U.S. network executives today say they are less anxious about major aspects of their jobs than they have been in years. That

Despite strained IT budgets, the continued onslaught of network security threats and general industry doldrums, network executives today are less anxious about major aspects of their jobs than they have been in years. That's one of the findings from our fourth annual Top Concerns survey.

Now that the majority of corporate North America is neck deep in e-business, network executives are beginning to move their companies into the next phase.

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