Juniper tunes software to better support security policies, application performance
Juniper is upgrading software for its firewall/VPN device, and intrusion detection and prevention gear to make it easier to apply application-performance policies across corporate networks, the company says.
Start-up targets data-center Ethernet congestion
Start-up Teak Technologies debuted a 10G Ethernet switch for blade servers this week. The hook is a new traffic-management and congestion-detection technology built into the hardware, which, the company says, eliminates latency and makes standard 10G connections look slow.
Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service
A fire started by a homeless man knocked out service between Boston and New York on the experimental high-speed Internet2 network Tuesday evening.
Verizon Business unveils VoIP assessment service
Verizon Business this week launched a service for its MPLS VPN customers that allows them to better assess and manage voice quality on their networks.
Network start-up funding stuck in neutral
While venture funding across industries broke out of its long-held range to top $7 billion during the first quarter, investments in network-related companies are holding steady at the quarterly rate of roughly $2 billion to $3 billion.
IBM gives peek at blade workstation
IBM is developing a blade workstation, set to hit the market later this year, that moves the workstation from under a desk into the data center.
Microsoft makes its biggest RFID splash
Microsoft Tuesday inched closer to releasing its RFID platform when it shipped the first public beta of BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
Case studies
Biotech firm plans all-Catalyst 6500 net
Biotech researchers strive for consistent, predictable results in their work – deviation and outliers are the enemy. This concept is trickling down from the labs into the campus LAN under construction at PDL BioPharma. The biotech company is standardizing on Catalyst 6500 switches at every layer of the LAN as it builds its new corporate headquarters.
School system taps Novell to control network identity
The Fairfax County School District in Virginia, with more than 200 schools and 164,000 students, this week announced it will begin upgrading its legacy network provisioning and password management system with Novell’s Identity Manager.
Blogs
Buzzblog: Don’t bet on repeal of gambling prohibition15-year plan for boosting investment in technology and science.
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has filed legislation that would repeal the grossly hypocritcal prohibition on Internet gambling, but it’s chances of passing are just about nil. … Meanwhile, a U.S. high-tech trade organization says the Chinese government has ripped a page from America’s response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik with its
Today on Layer 8 where we love Florida, even if it can’t get its IT straight:
Florida lawmakers, fed up with failed IT projects and the inability to peg responsibility for tech problems, has voted to create a new state technology agency with the governor and cabinet in charge.
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From Microsoft Subnet: Dell & Ubuntu, sitting in a…..
Hasn’t this been a whirlwind 2 weeks or so for Dell? Today comes the Next Big Thing: Dell to preload systems with Ubuntu. Is this guy/company joking?
