Here is this week's Editors' Choice; look for Readers' Choice later this week.
EDITORS’ CHOICE
From the front page of Network World
Juniper aims new gear at branch office, Cisco
During the next 18 months, Juniper Networks plans to roll out branch-office devices that integrate MPLS routing, VoIP and WAN acceleration capabilities – a combination designed to streamline architecture and reduce administrative costs.
Explorer still chasing the Firefox
After five years in the making, IE 7 has a distinct new look and an improved security posture, but our initial test shows that the Microsoft browser still nips at the heels of Firefox’s feature set and its Web development standards support.
On a Web and a prayer
“Will you now open your laptops to the Web page in your program and recite the following passage. . . .”
Guide to ILM
Initiative calls for thorough process planningStorage buyer’s guide (free registration required) will let you find the right products for your implementation.
Our in-depth look at information lifecycle management shows you how to get ready and offers tips from users who have adopted ILM. Plus, our
In depth
Initiative calls for thorough process planning
Information life-cycle management is grabbing the attention of IT executives, because the discipline promises to reduce the cost of many IT operations through automation and deployment of policy-based IT systems and tools. In theory, QoS improves, while management and equipment costs for storage, replication, classification and security diminish. ILM also aids in protecting data for regulatory-compliance initiatives.
802.11n speeds wireless LANs
As a proposed wireless standard for high-throughput enhancements, 802.11n has been viewed primarily as a consumer technology. However, 802.11n has key applications applicable to the enterprise and is widely expected to drive the next generation of deployments.
What’s in a title? When you work in IT, apparently, not much.
New security columnist
In his first Stiennon on Security, Richard Stiennon addresses an open letter to Check Point CEO Gil Shwed on what the vendor must do to turn itself around. Read his letter, then see what Network World security tester Joel Snyder thinks – and add your thoughts.
How to
Ron Nutter helps a user keep his daughters from using neighbors’ open wireless access points to get to sites he doesn’t want them to see.
From the blogs and forums
See the mask that won our first Halloween Alpha Geek costume contest (and read more about its creator and see our Halloween ideas for networking types). Paul McNamara wonders who at the Securities and Exchange Commission is editing a Wikipedia entry for a Tennessee senate candidate. James Gaskin reports on SMB in Kansas City. Keith Shaw looks at a USB device for protecting granny from phishers. Layer 8 says: Skype founders plot LameTube. Jason Meserve ponders: Did Cisco invent telepresence? The Alpha Doggs dig up a dual-brained printer from Xerox.
ITVideo
Keeping insider information inside
PortAuthority’s appliance-based approach to data protection helps keep company secrets from getting out. PortAuthority President and CEO Pete Foley explains how it all works on this week’s Network World Hot Seat.
Honey, they shrunk the PC
Keith Shaw blames Star Trek for the trend in miniaturizing the PC — although the Sony UX Micro PC is fun to look at.
More news
Blogging about church IT
Church IT professionals aren’t just busy optimizing Web sites for their congregations – they’re also blogging to benefit their peers.
Microsoft clarifies Vista licensing; users still irked
Microsoft on Thursday finally attempted to clear up confusion over licensing of Windows Vista for power users who rebuild their PCs on a regular basis. But the answer from the software vendor did little to placate some users, who are still upset about Microsoft’s one-machine transfer policy for Vista.
VoIP, hackers, botnets among challenges cyberprotectors face
A legal system rife with outdated laws never designed to cope with such new technologies as VoIP is just one of the worries facing Stephen Treglia, chief of the technology crime unit in the district attorney’s office of New York’s Nassau County.
Workshare extends content security
Workshare this week unveiled software designed to help companies keep sensitive information from being copied or distributed without authorization via portable devices.
Cable companies intensify enterprise service ambitions
Cable multisystem operators (MSO) are increasingly investing in and targeting enterprise businesses to broaden their market and take competition with the phone companies beyond the residential market.
