BMC CTO talks IT management
BMC Software CTO Tom Bishop, formerly CTO of Tivoli Software, talks about his plans and directions for the company.
Atempo adds encryption to data manager
Atempo last week introduced software that lets customers encrypt data on storage devices and protect it from tampering and
eavesdropping.
Big strides for small net firms
While market leader Cisco is looking beyond its core LAN switching market for growth, smaller competitors with brands found
more often in the isles of Best Buy and Circuit City are gaining ground in small and midsize businesses.
Wireless products gravitate to mesh
Cisco and a group of other vendors are releasing mesh network products based on the 802.11 wireless LAN standard.
Sun has a lot riding on UltraSPARC T1 chip
Sun promises high-throughput, low-power demands with new chip
Start-ups look to horn in on net control
LAN security appliances enforce policies at access switches.
Conference to put spotlight on compliance
As compliance responsibilities fall more in the laps of security professionals, vendors are responding with products and services
designed to make understanding and reporting on risk and compliance more accessible.
Cisco service targets small business
Cisco looks to small business for billion-dollar growth
CipherTrust appliance protects corporate resources
Messaging security vendor CipherTrust this week is expected to announce an initiative to extend its outbound communication
protection beyond e-mail.
U.S. pitches wireless highway safety plan
The U.S. Department of Transportation and automakers are attempting to garner participation from the telecom industry in an
ambitious project to enable nationwide wireless communication between cars and roadside facilities with the goal of heading
off accidents and alleviating traffic congestion.
Start-up tackles SOA management
Start-up TrueBaseline this week is expected to debut its first product, which is aimed at helping companies keep IT resources
and business processes in shape to comply with myriad regulatory, competitive and operational requirements.
News briefs: Vendors unite to keep Linux patents open
Also: Google looks to integrate enterprise search, maps; Yahoo no longer interested in AOL; CFO leaves Oracle for investment
company; SuSE Linux founder resigns from Novell
Ozzie memo highlights Microsoft's moves
A memo written by Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie sheds more light on directions in which the company has been moving to make sure
it doesn't miss the opportunity of the next generation of Web-based services, which industry analysts have dubbed Web 2.0.
At long last Microsoft ships database, development tools
Microsoft last week released two of the cornerstones for what it says will be its business application platform for the future.
Linux promoted for mobile phones
A new vendor group plans to create specs for Linux-based phone services.
In brief: Web services Linux worm spreading
Also: Palm pledges more development for PDAs, smart phones
NetIQ adds monitoring, auditing to directory tools
NetIQ last week released software that tracks changes in Active Directory. The tool is intended to provide corporate users
with another weapon for handling compliance regulations.
Office systems undergoing big changes
Hacking copiers, software focus raised at document management conference
Vendor upgrades mail-filtering software
BorderWare is adding new filters to its MXtreme Mail Firewall to help customers better block spam, viruses and network flooding
attacks.
In brief: McAfee betas policy enforcer
Also: Reconnex updates iGuard content-monitoring appliance; CheckPoint announces Integrity Anti-Spyware
In brief: CA sells Ingres database technology to equity firm
Also: Info Vista announce sever capacity planning software; Lucid8 releases CDP software for Exchange
Broadwing beefs up managed security
Broadwing this week plans to extend its new managed security portfolio with a service designed to mitigate viruses and spam.
In brief: BellSouth taps Lucent for VoIP infrastructure
Under the multiyear agreement, Lucent will help build out the system that will enable VoIP services to consumers over BellSouth
FastAccess DSL Internet service.
XO spins off wireline to go wireless
XO Communications this week said it is spinning off its wireline assets to focus on fixed broadband wireless service to businesses
and service providers.
Good puts security management on the air
The handheld devices used in enterprises traditionally have been like an executive's company car, leased and maintained by
the employee, though paid for by the boss. But in some cases they're evolving into a corporate asset tightly controlled by
the IT department, for security as well as productivity reasons.
Poll cites converged-IP security concern
As viruses and malicious software bloom, senior executives across a range of industries see security as their top concern
in implementing converged IP networks, according to a joint study released Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit and
AT&T.
Microsoft targets spyware
Microsoft gave an official name to its software for protecting computer users against spyware. The software, which has been
known as Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1, will be called Windows Defender when the finished version becomes available next year,
a Microsoft spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Sniffer gets enterprise-scale upgrade
Network General last week uncrated product enhancements that make it possible to centrally manage distributed copies of its
popular Sniffer protocol-analysis tools.
