Enterprise Networking Planet Opinion: Sun's Thumper and Thor provide outstanding performance and value, but if the company thinks it's going to pick off NetApp customers, it needs to provide some polish.

 A USB flash drive loaded with your favorite plug-and-play applications can be a handy alternative to lugging a laptop around when you travel.

 Data Domain is giving users of its data storage de-duplication technology faster performance for free.

 This new Wi-Fi-enabled NVR simplifies residential or small business video surveillance.

 New MobilEnterprise FMC solution lets mobile operators offer enterprises a full range of SIP functionality both within the enterprise and on their mobile phones.

 Users of Asterisk and other IP PBXs, mobile phone users, and the rest of us can now phone into the proprietary Skype world.

 Tech professionals vote for their favorites in a broad array of IT categories, including Network and Systems Management, Cloud Computing Product, Office Productivity software, and more.

 Sorce Intranet had a phenomenal year, winning two categories--Document Management and Intranet Design--with large margins of victory.

 Older devices often pose a challenge for network administrators trying to track the most detailed performance data. PacketTrap's ptFlow helps them speak up by providing NetFlow-formatted records.