http://www.networkworld.com/topics/software.html The latest software news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2009/070609id1.html The buzz around Identity as a Service is heating up. I'll be discussing this in an online Webinar later this month ("Externalizing Identity into the Cloud,") but there are a couple of things I want to mention today that should be of interest. Dave Kearns 2009-07-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2009/062909wireless2.html Wireless LANs rarely allow for simple direct cost comparisons. In addition to variable pricing structures among vendors, one reason is that product architectures differ. That means some systems have different components than others. So how can you compare them, tit for tat? Joanie Wexler 2009-06-30T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062909-cloud-email-security.html Cloud-based disaster recovery has become a viable option for safeguarding e-mail, but IT shops need to ask tough questions about data security and resiliency before committing to a vendor, analysts say. Jon Brodkin 2009-06-30T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2009/062909id1.html Lots of announcements hitting the wires over the past couple of weeks, so we'll do a quick roundup in this issue and the next, and then go in depth in later issues for the announcements that warrant it. Dave Kearns 2009-06-26T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2009/062209nsm2.html Open source IT automation and management software maker Reductive Labs secures $2 million in venture capital funding from True Ventures and other private investors to further develop its Puppet product. Denise Dubie 2009-06-24T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062409-palm-delays-mojo.html With little explanation, Palm has delayed the release of Mojo, the software development kit for its webOS platform, until the end of the summer. John Cox 2009-06-24T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2009/062209convergence1.html XCast Labs caught our attention earlier this month when it closed on a $2.7 million financing deal. The company targets smaller cable operators, competitive local exchange carriers, and others who want to offer integrated IP-based services to their users. Larry Hettick and Steve Taylor 2009-06-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2009/062209-tech-update.html Over the past decade video surveillance has migrated from analog closed circuit television systems with point-to-point connections to modern digital systems that run on IP networks. Enterprise video surveillance systems can scale to hundreds or thousands of cameras spread across geographically dispersed facilities, but this presents bandwidth, processing and storage challenges. Nik Gagvani 2009-06-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/061709-pc-mac-war.html Macs vs. PCs vs. Linux arguments are dominating two mailing lists I'm on. The vitriol may be slightly less than in the past, but many of the same attitudes exist with subjective arguments trumping logic on both sides. James E. Gaskin 2009-06-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/accel/2009/061509netop1.html In a survey conducted last month, 90% of respondents reported monthly SAP performance problems. Ann Bednarz 2009-06-16T12:00:00-04:00