* Microsoft cuts intellectual-property chains from Web services protocols * Northrop Grumman snares NYC wireless deal * Former Novell head Messman quits board early * Microsoft InfoCard aims at changing where corporate access controls originate * Carriers unite for future mobile networks * Buzzblog: Hypothetical death match: E-mail vs. the Web * Today on Layer 8
News Podcast: Network World 360
This week we look at Cisco and Microsoft’s partnership on network access control, take stock of the state of NAC ahead of this week’s Digital ID World, test intrusion-prevention systems, get a preview of the Voice on the Net conference, and see CIsco and IBM win a deal to bring wireless to the San Francisco peninsula. (8:41) Listen now.
Microsoft cuts intellectual-property chains from Web services protocols
In a move mostly designed to open up its identity infrastructure, Microsoft said Tuesday that it would drop intellectual-property and patent claims to 35 Web services protocols it has developed making them available license-free for anyone to use. Click here for more.
Northrop Grumman snares NYC wireless deal
In a blow to Motorola, New York City has selected rival Northrop Grumman for a five-year, $500 million contract to provide a broadband wireless network for first responders. Click here for more.
Former Novell head Messman quits board early
Novell’s former Chairman and CEO Jack Messman, who was ousted from those positions in June, has quit the company’s board of directors a month and a half earlier than had been previously announced. Click here for more.
Microsoft InfoCard aims at changing where corporate access controls originate
Microsoft says the enterprise goal of its forthcoming InfoCard technology is to strip access control from centralized deployments and return it to the owners of specific network resources. Click here for more.
Carriers unite for future mobile networks
Some of the world’s biggest cellular operators have gotten together to promote their vision of what next-generation mobile technology should look like. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: Hypothetical death match: E-mail vs. the Web
If you had no choice but to choose, which would you give up: access to e-mail or the Web? Both still exist, just not for you. See how Buzzblog readers are defending their decisions – and how a few just refuse to choose. Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, where no one wants to spy on us:
Rock on, IT; cell phone fight ends via bear repellent; tech vendors must stop enabling John Madden; and does your laptop match your decor?; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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