* Wishing you a Happy SysAdminDay * Verizon, others offer IMS extensions: Now comes the hard part for A-IMS * Microsoft finalizes acquisition of VPN vendor Whale * Google to launch ad-free open source project site * Insightix NAC gear aims to discover all devices on a net * Today on Layer 8
Wishing you a Happy SysAdminDay
Beleaguered sysadmins, rejoice! July 28 is System Administrators’ Day, when IT staffers are given the respect they deserve – and, one hopes, maybe some cake and ice cream or a nifty T-shirt. Click here for free T-shirt, I mean, more on this story.
Verizon, others offer IMS extensions: Now comes the hard part for A-IMS
Now that a group of wireless vendors, led by customer Verizon Wireless, have proposed extensions to an evolving industry specification for converging IP-based wireline and wireless services, the hard part will be in garnering further support for their work. Click here for more.
Microsoft finalizes acquisition of VPN vendor Whale
Microsoft has finalized its purchase of SSL VPN vendor Whale Communications, a deal Microsoft hopes will be viewed not only for its remote access potential but also its ability to improve application performance over VPN links. Click here for more.
Google to launch ad-free open source project site
Google is adding open source project hosting to its menu of services, said Greg Stein, a Google engineer and chairman of the Apache Software Foundation. Stein was scheduled to announce the launch in a talk Thursday at O’Reilly Media’s Open Source Convention in Portland, Ore. The new service, to be located at code.google.com, competes with VA Software Corporation’s SourceForge.net. Unlike SourceForge.net, which carries both text and banner ads on project web pages, Google’s service will be ad-free. Click here for more.
Insightix NAC gear aims to discover all devices on a net
Start-up Insightix hopes to make its mark in the network access control market by incorporating its software that discovers all the devices on a network into an overall NAC deployment.Click here for more.
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