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Breaking news
Extreme launches LAN, WLAN gear and management software
Extreme Networks this week is pitching wiring closet switches aimed at users who prefer advanced features – such as Power over Ethernet, 802.1x and IPv6 – over Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop.
Wi-Fi cloaks the City of London
The City of London is home to a new Wi-Fi network that is not only one of Europe’s largest but also among the first to give users mobile coverage similar to a cellular network.
CA chief preaches management simplification
The IT industry has seen much innovation over the years, none of which reduces the complexity of managing distributed environments, said the head of CA.
In depth
Virtual security virtually missing
Deployment of products that transform physical servers into “virtual machines” has resulted in nothing short of a data center revolution. But virtualization of everything from operating systems to applications increasingly has critics asking: Where’s the security?
Weaving a better Web
From Vint Cerf to Tim O’Reilly to Johna Till Johnson, experts take a stab at how the Internet might look down the road.
From consultant to senior IT executive
Earlier this year, Michiel Espach was promoted to vice president and CIO for IT at Tesoro. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, the Fortune 500 company is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Recently, he spoke to Network World about how he worked his way up from a contractor to a senior executive in the company.
Review
In 2004 we tested several wireless LAN protocol analyzers and found two distinct characteristics: Those dedicated and built from the ground up for WLANs, and those that were modest add-ons to what were then labeled classic protocol analyzer products. Three years later, much has changed, but much has remained the same.
From the blogs and forums
Paul McNamara wonders about Joe Firmage’s latest venture – an earth portal. Brad Reeese looks at IBM’s managed maintenance solutions for Cisco products. Mark Kadrich suggests many security “failures” are actually the fault of other processes. Paul McNamara explains why RIM owes one guy a girlfriend after last week’s BlackBerry outage. Adam Gaffin writes that no, the mayor of Boston is not personally keeping city visitors from connecting to a site called Boing Boing. James Gaskin tries to find software for his Mac. Mark Gibbs presents the worst press release of the year (so far).
Users discuss data leakage via Google Calendar and other Web-enabled applications. One user is burned out by his IT job. Another wonders who Verizon will go after next. We learn that destroying CDs in a microwave is really pretty but leaves an awful smell.
How to
Joshua Wright explains how to use PEAP sucessfully as an authentication system on a Windows-based wireless network. Ron Nutter helps a user figure out why a printer attached to an NT server doesn’t always work. Vasu Murthy ponders how to protect your data from wandering USB devices.
ITVideo
Management appliance keeps lean IT staff efficient
The small IT staff at GotVMail Communications uses network management appliances from Kace to support four data centers and 30,000 customers. Company CTO David Hauser talks about the decision to go with Kace and the benefits of using a management appliance on this week’s Voices from IT Roadmap.
More news
Experts say losing e-mail is difficult
Putting politics aside in the brewing White House e-mail scandal, the real question is: Can e-mail really get lost these days?
What VMware thinks about security
Enterprises should be able to adapt their security practices pretty naturally to VMware environments, an executive at EMC’s virtualization outfit says.
