* Welcome to the afternoon edition of Network World Daily News.
Breaking news
Vendor aims to ‘cloak’ WEP
New software from AirDefense is designed to protect a widely used but flawed wireless LAN encryption protocol.
In depth
The complete guide to an MPLS migration
Unless you’ve been living under a router for the past few years, you’ve heard about the benefits of services based on Multiprotocol Label Switching, or MPLS. If you’re considering MPLS-based services, Johna Till Johnson provides the complete guide to an MPLS migration.
Working toward compliant provisioning
Since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act became law in 2002, it has altered radically the way public companies manage their procurement, accounting, auditing and other internal processes, especially those that are tied to financial reporting.
Inside advice
It may be a job seeker’s market, but IT executives say prospective candidates better show their business chops if they’re going to command an employer’s attention and money.
From the blogs and forums
Paul McNamara gets a first-person account on how free Web hosting services profit from phishing. Corey Donovan reports on counterfeit Cisco gear being offered in the open.
Michael Cooney wonders, should felons be allowed to run IT departments? Read up on a Nebraska case, then vote and discuss. One user doubts the possibility of 100G Ethernet over copper outside of a rack. What do you think? Mark Gibbs isn’t buying the idea of solar-powered data centers as a way to seriously reduce our reliance on oil.
Brad Reese analyzes a report claiming Cisco will mop the floor with competitors in the VoIP over wireless space. James Gaskin doesn’t think much of the way Circuit City is laying off salespeople. Linda Musthaler is amazed at how Google Maps has reverted to pre-Katrina maps of the Louisiana coast. One user says hardware is the only way to truly secure computing.
Review
Newbury Location Appliance is adept at tracking Wi-Fi gear
With an invisible fence, a barking dog runs right up to an unseen barrier and stops cold. Underground is a ropelike antenna that defines a perimeter and shocks the pet if it attempts the cross the boundary. Our Clear Choice Test of Newbury Networks’ Newbury Location Appliance found it has a similar effect on wireless traffic.
How to
Ron Nutter helps a user determine if bonded T-1s are a better deal than fractional DS3. Jerry Ervin discusses policies against distribution of proprietary information.
Interview
Q&A: HP focuses on data center automation
HP’s software business accounts for less than 2% of revenue, but that makes it a $2 billion business, meaning HP is the sixth largest software vendor worldwide. HP says its software assets, anchored by the OpenView management toolset, is central to its efforts to help companies automate IT. Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie sat down with HP’s Ann Livermore, executive vice president of the Technology Solutions Group, to learn more.
