Fireman's Fund lights up apps
Insurance provider Fireman's Fund Insurance hopes to set its industry ablaze with a project that will turn its mainframe applications
into a set of network services that provide real-time transactions over the Web to its thousands of independent agents.
3Com quarantines malicious traffic
3Com also is announcing a new switch family.
AT&T's security head wears many hats
AT&T's Chief Security Information Officer Ed Amoroso recently spoke with Network World senior editors Denise Pappalardo and
Ellen Messmer about his job heading up security for one of the largest telecom companies in the world, as well as the topics
of patch management, intrusion-prevention systems and worm attacks.
Business market stoked for Ethernet services
There might be no hotter data service now than Ethernet.
Study: Networks to get their fill of iSCSI
A new IDC study finds that even limited use of the iSCSI protocol to route block-level data across IP networks could result
in as much as a sixfold increase in traffic.
Vendors tout vulnerability mgmt. wares
Bolstering network vulnerability remediation and the ability to track down problems more quickly are the focus of a variety
of products expected to be announced this week.
Gaining speed, Citrix buys NetScaler
Citrix last week said it would acquire application acceleration hardware vendor NetScaler for about $300 million in cash and
stock.
Verizon extending switched Ethernet service
Verizon this month plans to announce enhancements to its switched Ethernet service designed to make it more reliable for enterprise
applications.
Qwest seen having eyes for XO
Qwest eyeing XO as a possible acquisition?
HP to release mgmt. barrage
HP this week is set to unveil products designed to help customers better manage compliance across their network infrastructure
and monitor service-oriented applications from development to deployment, as well as new and upgraded switches.
Juniper adds IPSec to its SSL platform
Juniper is upgrading its remote access platform to support IPSec or SSL sessions, deciding on the fly which technology is
better suited for the current connection.
News briefs: Cisco, Yahoo team up vs. spam
Also: Office 12 to feature XML formats for Word, Excel and more; Intel to show WiMAX base station at Supercomm; McAfee acquires
start-up; and more
Sun nabs StorageTek in blockbuster
Looking to stem losses and significantly boost its data protection, management and storage wares, Sun last week dug deep and
acquired Storage Technology (StorageTek) for $4.1 billion.
Microsoft seeks to sync up software
Microsoft this week will use its annual TechEd conference to give IT executives a clearer picture on how it plans to integrate
its developer tools and Windows infrastructure in hopes of supplying the uptime and security that corporations demand from
their networks.
MCI offers network protection service
MCI this week is expected to officially launch its WAN Defense distributed denial-of-service detection and mitigation service
aimed at helping keep networks safe from attacks that can bring services to a grinding halt.
Supercomm looks to build on telecom momentum
Supercomm organizers this year hope to build on the telecom revival evident at last year’s conference.
Aruba corrals foreign wireless LAN clients
Users can corral foreign wireless LAN clients trying to connect to corporate networks, and grant them limited access to specific
resources, using new software from Aruba Wireless Networks and Sygate.
In brief: Nortel offers vulnerability fix
Nortel is offering a fix for a vulnerability that could let an attacker crash its VPN routers with a single malformed packet.
In brief: Verio to support IPv6
Also: Good Technology teams with Cingular
In brief: Quest to buy Vintela
Also: Unisys, SupplyScape to track pharmaceuticals via RFID
In brief: HP puts finishing touches on HP-UX update
Also: AMD launches dual-core Athlon 64 processor
IBM scales up Xeon server
IBM this month is expected to begin shipping a Xeon-based server that can scale up to 32 processors for running high-end databases
and enterprise applications or to serve as a platform for server consolidation.
