Oracle's spree changes CRM landscape
Oracle's CRM gamble raises stakes for corporate users
Client systems get better management tools
Adding to the management challenge, client systems demand much more than availability monitoring. IT managers must track end-user
systems for security, compliance, software license and inventory purposes, among other things.
Yipes scales Ethernet service
Addition of VPLS designed to enable greater multipoint reach.
Management vendors to push best practices
Show to highlight products for automating processes, monitoring SLAs and extending ITIL support.
Microsoft looks to secure digital IDs with InfoCard
Looking to ease the way customers manage their digital identities, Microsoft has begun working to integrate its InfoCard authentication
technology with Internet Explorer and is in discussions with the Firefox and Safari browser developers to have them include
the technology on their platforms.
Shavlik adds anti-spyware to lineup
Shavlik Technologies, long known for patch management software, is adding anti-spyware capabilities to its platform.
News briefs: Microsoft, AOL said to be in talks
Also: Cisco to revamp skills certification program; Microsoft adds Vista licensing caveat; Vista Enterprise Edition users
will have to use Software Assurance licensing program; Sprint Nextel: Post Katrina tab could hit $200 million; Nortel announces
WiMAX partnerships
Continuous data protection finds supporters
Demand for continuous data protection is growing as more businesses realize they not only need to back up the data on their
networks as changes are made but also be able to recover that data quickly. Nearly every storage vendor has acknowledged developing
a continuous or near-continuous data protection scheme for retrieving even the most recently saved data.
Wireless: Volunteers give voice to evacuees
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a volunteer group of network and wireless experts has moved from outfitting small northeastern
Louisiana shelters with wireless Internet access and VoIP phones to preparing a desperately needed 45M bit/sec wireless pipe
for the entire relief effort in devastated Bay Saint Louis, Miss.
Cisco targets SMBs with convergence
Cisco this week is expected to launch bundled IP voice and switching gear for small and midsize businesses looking to roll
out converged networks quickly and at a low cost.
ConSentry controls 'Net access
ConSentry is shipping a security box that enforces policies on LANs without requiring customers to upgrade switches, which
they must do if buying into comprehensive plans from some large network vendors.
Sigaba upgrade secures outbound e-mail
Sigaba's e-mail security software upgrade focuses on the outbound
Determina protects without patches
Intrusion-prevention vendor Determina this week is expected to roll out software that shores up server vulnerabilities, buying
network executives time until they can install permanent patches.
In brief: Accton Technology announces new switch
Also: ActivCard announces new SSO software; NetIQ adds new federal security policy templates
Cisco tackles RFID
Cisco last week took the first step in building into its network hardware new software that will help users more easily handle
RFID traffic.
Copper conundrum
LAN cabling experts and vendors say that organizations installing copper cabling in data centers should investigate new unshielded
twisted-pair products that can support future high-bandwidth technologies such as 10G Ethernet.
Might SBC become the 'new AT&T'?
According to published reports, SBC is considering ditching its own brand - SBC stands for Southwestern Bell Communications
- and replacing it with the better known AT&T name.
In brief: Nexagent joins TeleManagement Forum
Network management vendor Nexagent last week said it has joined the TeleManagement Forum.
Quantum, ADIC boost backups
Quantum and ADIC announced separately last week products designed to let customers use a mix of tape cartridges to archive
data and support information life-cycle management.
Intradyn beefs up ComplianceVault
Plus: Permabit picks up new funding; Quest unwraps Exchange storage and compliance wares; Sun to roll out new UltraSparc servers.
Start-up takes aim at Salesforce.com
A start-up that delivers applications over the Web, iRadeon aims to beat Salesforce.com at its own game by bringing a lower-cost,
easy-to-deploy alternative to the CRM software market - and it's doing it with a twist: open source.
In brief: Kace announces next-gen mgmt. software
Also: Peregrine Systems announces Enterprise Discovery 2.0
