Cisco preparing management play
Cisco is looking to expand its proprietary network monitoring tools into enterprise-scale management products that can tackle
multi-vendor networks, advanced IP applications and business services.
Questions surround smartphone security
Wireless vendors are rolling out a new generation of handheld computers called smartphones for corporate users, but many network
executives say they won't consider them until the means to manage and secure them are clear.
Net access security plans sow confusion
The worms that threatened Windows computers last week made clear once again that vulnerable desktops and laptops pose a serious
threat to network security - but the answer to shoring them up remains murky.
Long view of the law
A forward-thinking group of law enforcement elite, academic types and technology executives called The Society of Police Futurists
International grapple with balancing security and civil liberties
The New Data Center: Spotlight on Advanced IP
The road to the new data center is paved with advanced IP, from hearty transport connections like MPLS to sophisticated applications
like voice or video over IP. Discover what it takes to create today's all IP infrastructure.
University overhauls student portal
Northeastern University builds streaming apps, storage portal
F5 CEO talks Layer 4-7 growth
F5 CEO John McAdam talks about where the vendor stands in the ever-shifting Layer 4-7/application acceleration market.
Convergin promotes cellular-Wi-Fi mix
Convergin is offering carrier software that could help speed mixed cellular/Wi-Fi phone services that can save businesses
money and support multimedia services.
Start-up builds wireless mesh net
Wireless start-up PacketHop next month plans to release software that uses current wireless LAN adapter cards to create a
peer-to-peer mesh network, without the need for conventional access points.
Oracle/IBM battle beyond the database
No longer satisfied with its role as the corporate database leader, Oracle has been building out its middleware portfolio
through R&D and acquisitions and is increasingly going head-to-head with IBM.
StorageTek enhances service designed for healthcare industry
StorageTek this week is expected to announce an expanded remote managed storage service that relieves IT personnel of some
of their more burdensome responsibilities.
Exchange update to push e-mail to mobile devices
Microsoft last week released a preview of the forthcoming Exchange Server update that will push e-mail directly from the e-mail
server to Windows Mobile devices.
Zotob fizzles while new worm emerges
Was it the worm that wasn't or the worm that was? That seemed to be the big question last week when the Zotob worm appeared
just three days after Microsoft released patch MS05-039 to close a vulnerability in the plug-and-play feature in various flavors
of the Windows operating system, with Windows 2000 the most vulnerable.
News briefs: UBS amends timetable for Cisco release
Also: Microsoft blogger downplays renamed RSS; spammer convicted; Finland battles wireless security; Googel stock sell kicks
off speculation
OnFiber unveils alternative local access offering
Metropolitan area network provider OnFiber this week is expected to unveil a local access offering designed to provide customers
with an alternative to incumbent carrier facilities.
IBM targets data integration with new WebSphere release
IBM has released the latest version of WebSphere DataStage TX, data integration software it acquired from Ascential, as part
of its effort to make it easier for businesses to manage and use information from a variety of data sources.
Microsoft desktops get help from DesktopStandard
DesktopStandard this week is expected to add access control and centralized administration features to its software for managing
configuration of Microsoft desktops and servers. In addition, the company will unveil plans to upgrade its patch management
wares.
Intel pulls Sarvega into software effort
Intel last week added another component to its developing strategy of using software to enhance its chipset and other products
such as network adapters.
Intel backs global initiative to aid municipal wireless net
Intel publicly lined up behind municipal wireless network projects last week, kicking off an initiative with hardware, software
and network partners to help communities around the world carry out the sometimes controversial rollouts.
Juniper upgrades firewall/VPN modules
Juniper last week beefed up its security offerings with faster and more-capable hardware modules for its high-end firewall
and VPN platforms.
Secure Computing acquires rival CyberGuard for $295m
Secure Computing last week announced it had reached an agreement to acquire CyberGuard for approximately $295 million in a
cash and stock transaction.
Iin brief: Foundry, Myrinet partner
Also: Webroot updates anti-spyware software; GreenBorder updates GreenBorder Professional
Infoblox offers net authentication
Company upgrades appliances with software to lock down network access.
EMC to acquire NAS virtualization vendor
Looking to help customers manage an ever-increasing number of storage devices, EMC last week announced that it would acquire
Rainfinity in a deal valued at "less than $100 million."
Carriers bolster e-mail, DSL services
Business customers last week got a raft of new carrier services aimed a reinforcing e-mail, DSL support and hosted IP offerings.
In brief: Speakeasy deploys Juniper routers
Also: Nexagent joins MFA Forum; Comcast launches security offering
In brief: Netuitive announces new mgmt. software for MOM
Also: Abexo releases Complete Registry Cleaner 3.0; BluePhoenix Solutions unveils mainframe Java conversion software
Winternals helps keep servers, desktops fit
While Microsoft works to add more and more fancy features to its operating system, partner Winternals Software is bolstering
its centralized management tool designed to keep desktops and servers running at their optimum.
Eight pass Liberty's SAML interoperability test
The Liberty Alliance, which is developing models for the sharing of identities across corporate boundaries, announced last
week that eight vendors have passed its first interoperability test based on an emerging identity standard.
In brief: JMR unwraps IP SAN
Plus: Crosswalk upgrades Storage Manager; HP resells Emulex Fibre Channel gear for blades.
Nexsan launches secure compliance array
Nexsan Technologies last week launched the first of its compliance and data retention devices that let IT professionals encrypt
and store fixed content.
