Here is this week's Editors' Choice; look for Readers' Choice later this week.
EDITORS’ CHOICE
From the front page of Network World
Cisco looks to push high-end IP video
Cisco this week is expected to launch its long-anticipated video communications technology – a combination of life-size displays and high-definition IP video designed to let customers replace in-person meetings with long-distance virtual powwows.
Top 10 security companies to watch
Security is such a strategic issue for enterprises that few are willing to put their money behind a young company that doesn’t already have a few Fortune 500 entries on its customer list.
Fake network gear
Counterfeit network gear has appeared in the channel in increasing numbers and could be in your organization.
In depth
The New Data Center: Wireless and mobility
We help sort out exciting, but also potentially confusing, options – Will WiMAX supplant Wi-Fi? But also, we provide a case study – how McDonald’s is using wireless internet as a business driver. And we take a look at the state of wireless standards and hot apps and cool tools for wireless in the enterprise.
New approach to virtualizing x86s
Native virtualization uses hardware assists.
When Karl Kaiser took over as CIO for the city of Minneapolis, he found a dysfunctional IT organization. The staff was all caught up in technology for its own sake, and very few brains or dollars were focused on the business of running the city.
Review
WideBand managed Ethernet switch: Affordable and fast
Network managers driven by frugality, patriotism or both, might want to consider the WideBand WB28GMPRO, a low-cost managed Gigabit Ethernet switch made in the American heartland.
From the blogs and forums
Deb Radcliff writes about the use of human engineering by phishers. Paul McNamara looks at a new image-based technique used by spammers to bypass anti-spam tools. Layer 8 cannot believe Boy Scouts in Los Angeles will be able to earn merit badges in fighting copyright violations. Alpha Doggs figure up possibly faulty digital-divide figures.
Audio/video
Makin’ Copies
Have to produce a CD or DVD in a flash? Keith makes marketing happy with the Primera Bravo SE Disc Publisher, which can mass-produce CDs or DVDs and professionally print directly on the disc as well.
A blind-eye to Web applications?
IT people see only 1% of the application errors that plague end users. Coradiant co-founder tells you why and how you can fix that in this week’s Network World Hot Seat.
Twisted Pair podcast: Viruses, zombies, IE flaws … oh my!
Security news dominates Jason and Keith’s discussion.
More news
Sendmail enters messaging security
On the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Internet e-mail, Sendmail is announcing plans to extend beyond its message transfer agent base into the world of e-mail security.
SonicWall boosts remote-office device with wireless support
SonicWall plans to introduce a remote-office appliance that eliminates the need for wired connections to the sites where it is deployed.
EMC to roll out new virtual tape libraries, preview new Symms, Celerra NAS
EMC next week plans to roll out three new virtual tape library appliances that back up data faster and have greater capacities than previous Clariion disk libraries, allowing customers to back up more data faster to disk.
RFID can help locate that misplaced server, HP says
Ever find yourself scouring rows of data center racks for a particular device that was retired from its initial function but might be suitable for a new project? There’s an easier way to zero in on the location of IT gear, HP says.
Cisco launches unified network-access client
Cisco this week launched network access-client software that gives users a single-logon interface for attaching to wired, wireless or remote-access networks.
Lottery organization bets on management appliance
The network managers behind the organization responsible for doling out Powerball and Lotto numbers across about 31 states don’t want to take any chances on their network-monitoring tools.
Extreme CEO looks to converge networking with computing in data centers
When a former server/storage executive takes over a networking company, you can expect things to change. This process is happening at Extreme Networks, where Mark Canepa began working as CEO in August after a stint as the executive vice president of Sun’s data management group. He spoke with Network World Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth about his plans for Extreme, how the company will compete with Cisco, and the convergence of data center technologies. The following is an edited transcript.
How well do you know your network?
The information security officer for a network of healthcare centers in New York found an employee sending confidential payroll information to a recruiter. A California-based semiconductor manufacturing technology provider caught a worker e-mailing PowerPoint slides detailing product plans to a former colleague at a competitor to show off the ‘cool things’ he was working on. A network administrator for a school district in Indiana nabbed a student trying to finagle school lunch account information stored on an off-limits server.
