Latest management news.
IBM expands service-management tools, 10/06/06
IBM today rolled out new products and updated existing software with an eye toward to helping customers get a better handle on how IT is responding to business demands.
Is your DNS server configured wrong?, 10/09/06
More than half of the Internet’s name servers are configured incorrectly, leaving networks vulnerable to pharming attacks and enabling servers to be used in attacks that can wipe out DNS infrastructure.
Layer 7’s XML appliances provide clear upgrade path, 10/09/06
Layer 7 Technologies on Monday unveiled its new line of XML appliances, which are designed to make it easy for enterprises to purchase only the XML acceleration, security and networking features they need.
Network/Systems Management Newsletter: Why we need an ‘iTunes’ for inventory management, 10/09/06
Welcome to my inaugural Network World column. In a past life, I’ve worked for Gartner and RHK (the latter acquired in 2005 by Ovum, the former the …
In Microsoft partnership, Nortel marries up, 10/09/06
In Nortel’s 100-year history, it has never partnered with another firm on the same scale it plans with Microsoft.
Opinion: Managing an MPLS migration, 10/09/06
Last week, we discussed some of the “lessons learned” from early adopters who are moving toward MPLS. This week, we’re covering some of the specifics for migrating to MPLS from legacy services, particularly frame relay.
‘Net Buzz: IVR hell: ‘Oh, great, now you tell me’, 10/09/06
So I’m on the phone to my health insurance provider, Cigna HealthCare, and I’m dealing with one of those fancy-pants IVR systems that utilize voice-recognition technology so that you don’t have to keep punching buttons.
Face-off: Application acceleration does not belong in the network infrastructure, 10/09/06
While application acceleration belongs in the network rack, it doesn’t belong in packet-delivery devices, such as routers and firewalls, but rather in a new class of products focused on application delivery.
Face-off: Application acceleration belongs in the network infrastructure, 10/09/06
By deploying acceleration at the network level, organizations can optimize performance equitably by distributing intelligence across the entire infrastructure.
No outsourcing today: Strike closes India’s tech center, 10/05/06
Political strife led to a shutdown yesterday of most major outsourcing companies in Bangalore, the heart of India’s business community.
Planning for the flu season – and a possible pandemic, 10/05/06
With October being the official kickoff of the annual flu season, some organizations are taking steps to prepare for a pandemic of the seasonal or avian flu by beefing up communications capabilities and planning for employees to work remotely.
Network Optimization Newsletter: Colgate Palmolive betting on Crescendo to help speed intranet traffic, 10/05/06
Colgate Palmolive plans to have much better application performance on its corporate intranet in the coming months, according to Arthur …
