Remembering every instant in time
Continuous data protection takes apps back to any point in time for unbeatable recovery.
The MPLS answer
How to make the most of this robust WAN technology.
IT monitoring with a twist
Business activity monitoring tools strive to turn threatening events into non-issues.
Filling the app gap
Tech entrepreneur Bill Coleman discusses the promise of automated application management.
The new data center by the numbers
From autonomic computing to virtualization, new data center technologies rate with readers.
The new business continuity
Gone are the days when a comprehensive business-continuity plan meant mailing back-up tapes to a hot site a few miles away.
Today, businesses are always on, running at break-neck speed 24/7. And their business-continuity plans need to reflect that
reality.
Downtime no more
Server clustering and virtualization give users a better road to dependability.
Talk it up
Disaster recovery gets the floor in this ongoing roundtable discussion among IT execs.
Awesome in Austin
Oracle's Austin facility wins our New Data Center Award for grid use and more.
Enterprise honorable mentions
The New Data Center Awards, co-sponsored by AFCOM and Network World, yielded these four notable enterprise data center designs.
Networks drive car of the future
Already 30% of the cost of a new car is in the electronics: the chips, wires and networks that support features ranging from
automatic door locks to anti-lock brakes to airbag deployment. Today's cars have more computing power than was used in the
Apollo moon landing more than 30 years ago.
Avaya CEO on VoIP issues
Avaya CEO Donald Peterson recently discussed the company's evolution, as well as current trends in the enterprise VoIP market,
with Network World Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth.
Vonage readies first business service
Those familiar with Vonage and its unlimited $25-per-month VoIP service for consumers might want to know that the service
provider is readying an offer for businesses.
In brief: SMC rolls out 10G switch
Plus: NetIQ unwraps new security compliance tools; Accellion announces appliances for encrypted file transfer; Vontu upgrades
data-monitoring app.
ESnet turns to high-speed optical MANs
The Energy Sciences Network is adding 10G Ethernet metropolitan-area networks in key U.S. cities in a move that could increase
commercial development of this emerging technology.
Web-based collab pack gains features
Advanced Reality this week is upgrading its browser-based collaboration package with features for letting customers integrate
document sharing, VoIP, e-mail and instant messaging systems.
Chip vendor unites WLAN, VoIP techs
SyChip this week will announce a module that will let vendors offer dual-mode phones that can use a cellular network or, with
VoIP, a wireless LAN to make voice or data calls.
3Com to upgrade IP PBX software
3Com this week is expected to release an update to its NBX operating system, as well as four IP phones aimed at deployments
as varied as a CEO';s office and a warehouse loading dock.
BMC overhauls management software
At management software vendor BMC, these days it's all about streamlining.
Start-up touts on-demand resources
A handful of former Nortel executives have launched a company they say combines telecom-class networking with high-performance
computing to create a nearly unlimited pool of server resources that can grow and shrink in response to application demands
Web filtering tools handling ever-larger jobs
From the time the World Wide Web took off in the mid-90s, corporations began looking for ways to filter out access to its
more lurid displays, but IT managers who use filters today say they're good for much more than blocking access to porn.
Telemedicine helps victims of stroke
A Massachusetts company is looking to use videoconferencing technology to extend critical care to stroke patients in rural
hospitals.
New appliances put squeeze on data
Privately held Data Domain last week rolled out high-end versions of its back-up and recovery system - offerings that exploit
compression technology to make backing up data on disk cost competitive as compared with tape, the company says.
Utility energizes applications
CenterPoint Energy isn't accustomed to being an early adopter of new technologies. But when the Texas Legislature voted
to deregulate the state's electric industry, the Houston electric utility faced big changes to its operating model - changes
that exponentially increased the integration demands on CenterPoint's IT systems.
In brief: Movement afoot on E911 services
Plus: IBM, Nortel to collaborate on telecom; IEEE 802.11n task group makes decision; Google releases enterprise desktop search;
SAP wins adherents for its SOA.
Intel preps PC mgmt. advances
Intel plans to release a chipset and network adapter designed to bring new IT management technologies to business PCs.
Montilio looks to reduce file server latency
Storage start-up Montilio is set to announce a network adapter and software it says will accelerate file server performance
by as much as three to six times.
IBM introduces configuration mgmt. software
IBM last week rolled out a series of products aimed at helping customers better track changes to and monitor for problems
with business applications.
Verizon Wireless revamps pricing
Verizon Wireless last week announced new data pricing for enterprise customers, and software to push wireless e-mail to work
groups and large organizations.
In brief: ECI to acquire Laurel Networks
Plus: Qwest to service federal housing department.
In brief: Fujitsu ships faster servers
Plus: PalmOne makes interim CEO permanent; HP rolls out SMB server blades
IBM, Red Hat target Solaris with Linux
IBM and Red Hat last week announced a range of initiatives designed to woo users of Sun's Solaris operating system over to
Red Hat Linux.
Microsoft targets small retailers
Microsoft last week unveiled point-of-sale software designed to help small retailers automate sales, inventory and store management
tasks.
