Microsoft seeks antivirus fix
Microsoft is working behind the scenes with leading antivirus software vendors to improve the way desktop security software
works with its next major operating system, code-named Longhorn.
IBM hitting pay dirt with software push
While IBM's software group isn't the company's largest revenue producer it's a major profit engine.
Variety of VPN services on tap from Verizon
Verizon is mustering a managed VPN push that will offer customers more advanced service choices and further distance itself
from once-close IP partner Genuity.
Cisco's first storage switch raises the bar
Cisco has entered the storage market with a bang, introducing a feature-rich, director-class switch that in our tests delivered
some of the best performance metrics we've ever recorded.
VCON's IPNexus
Companies concerned about security threats with public instant-messaging services are looking at enterprise instant-messaging
products as a way to allow for real-time text communications without sacrificing security and manageability. A product on
the short list for companies should be VCON's IPNexus system.
PoliVec Suite
Establishing and maintaining security policies across an enterprise network is a necessary hassle. The good news is that PoliVec's
suite of security tools - Builder, Scanner, and Enforcer - smoothes out the process.
LapLink's LapLink Everywhere
The LapLink Everywhere service hopes to answer the call for remote access in a simple, secure and inexpensive fashion.
Pipal purchase pumps Riverstone's plan
Riverstone Networks' recent acquisition of start-up Pipal Systems underscores the company's strategy to use Multi-protocol
Label Switching as the underpinning of the metropolitan Ethernet aggregation capability of its routers
Lucent seeks IP partnerships
Lucent is lining up partnerships to fill in the gaps in its IP/Multi-protocol Label Switching portfolio after the recent cancelation
of its multiservice core packet switch.
The Edge Briefs
News from Equipe and the MPLS Forum.
Air Force streamlines electronic paperwork
Air Force spends $6.7 million to overhaul its obsolete electronic forms system
VPN software is not created equal
Advanced features require advanced corporate network planning
AT&T's Bernard talks about her new role
AT&T Business head Betsy Bernard talks about her management style, what's driving AT&T's growth these days, what it's like
being a female leader in a male-dominated industry, and more
Vendors show what's in store for retail
Retail IT show features revenue-enhancing software
Rivalry doesn't rankle Cisco, 3Com
Who's afraid of Dell? "Not us," say the leading network switch vendors.
Alliance members test ID mgmt. spec
After more than a year spent crafting a specification, the Liberty Alliance Project now has some of the largest end-user companies
and banks in the U.S. testing it to see if Liberty can deliver on the promise of a federated identity management system.
Cisco enlists IBM for storage push
IBM customers will have new choices for storage gear as a result of a deal Big Blue inked with Cisco last week to resell the
network giant's recently announced Fibre Channel switches
Cisco takes aim at new competitors
Cisco signals its readiness to take on new rivals that are moving into the network giant's traditional network equipment markets
Enterprise Applications briefs
News from OASIS, Application Security and PeopleSoft.
Network Associates bags antispam firm Deersoft
Network Associates started the year by putting spam in the crosshairs. The company last week announced the acquisition of
Deersoft, a maker of antispam software, for an undisclosed sum.
Microsoft unwraps new Exchange server
Microsoft last week made available the first public beta-test version of its newest Exchange Server that polishes the user
interface, integrates mobile support, aligns with real-time collaboration features being added to the Windows operating system
and refines administrative controls.
IBM pitches supercomputing to go
Plus Al Zollar leaves Lotus for a new IBM post; and news from Lotus, SSAC, Network-1, Aprisma and Smarts.
AT&T Wireless taps the brakes on 3G rollout
Experts say lack of customer demand is primary reason for go-slow approach.
Service Providers Briefs
News from AT&T, Verizon and more
Infrastructure Briefs
News from SGI and Polywell
