Microsoft IP PBX still needs to grow up
VoIP capabilities within Office Communicator Server 2007 from Microsoft can offer significant business advantages for corporations, but it’s not all plug-and-play yet.
InfoSec: Security professionals share tips
At the InfoSec Conference here this week, security professionals shared tips for tackling some of the biggest issues they face, such as minimizing risks associated with outsourcing, selecting a network-access control mechanism and deploying identity management technologies.
Cisco upgrades optical platform, forges ahead
Cisco this week unveiled upgrades to its ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform designed to enable service providers and enterprises to improve service delivery, network scalability and management.
Nacchio defense plans to call former cybersecurity chief to the stand
The defense team of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio plans to call former U.S. cybersecurity chief Richard Clarke to the stand in Nacchio’s $100 million insider trading trial in a Denver federal court.
InnerWireless buys PanGo Networks
One of Network World’s Start-ups to Watch was watched by InnerWireless, which apparently liked what it saw: The two companies are merging.
How to make a honeypot network security system pay off
Honeypots have largely been relegated to use by academia and antivirus vendors because most enterprise IT teams figure they’re too expensive to run and could land their companies in legal trouble. But honeypots aren’t as scary as all that, according to an expert on the topic who spoke at the InfoSec World Conference & Expo in Orlando Tuesday.
Liberty Alliance releases client specifications for identity
The Liberty Alliance, a consortium of users and vendors developing identity standards, Wednesday released a set of specifications that define new ways for clients to present identity information.
Femtocells use set to soar
Indoor base stations – often referred to as femtocells – are set to cause fundamental changes and will drive fixed-mobile substitution, according to a new report from research company Analysys.
IPv6 sensor nets gain new products, standards work
Comware works with the Arch Rock platform and has just got the beta version of Primer Pack/IP. “Those little [sensor] motes are running IP,” Retz says. “They have SNMP, NetStat, Echo, all the Telnet-like functions are running on those motes.
Video
Doing flips over the FlipStart
Three years in the making, the FlipStart mobile PC is finally out. Keith gives you a tour of this full-featured Windows system that comes in a small package.
Blogs
Buzzblog: The Freakonomics of routing
OK, we’re talking about bus routes, not networks, but congestion is the bane of both and you’ll forgive me the liberty if you’ve read “Freakonomics.” In a blog post one of the authors describes the nightmarish Manhattan bus commute he and his daughter were enduring to get her to school, and the counterintuitive solution that granted them a measure of relief. And I’ve got one for those who commute by car.
From Cisco Subnet: Cisco confirms IP phone DoS vulnerability
Cisco has confirmed that its IP Phone 7940/7960 firmware is vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.
