Latest Trade Show news
* NEWS FROM INTEROP NEW YORK:
Interop panel: NAC holds promise, but tread lightly, 09/20/06
While network access control is generating great interest at Interop, show-goers were told Tuesday they need to carefully evaluate their need for NAC before jumping in — and then to do so only carefully.
VoIP converts say good riddance to Centrex, 09/20/06
Organizations still leasing Centrex phone lines could be wasting money and holding back advanced telephony and collaboration features from employees, said a pair of IT professionals speaking at Interop this week.
Juniper’s Kriens urges customers to build flexible networks, 09/20/06
Businesses need to embrace service-oriented architectures, outsourced services and flexible-network infrastructure to respond effectively to uncertain commercial forces, said Juniper Chairman and CEO Scott Kriens, who delivered a keynote address at Interop Tuesday.
Sprint beefs up wireless security services, 09/19/06
Sprint is expected to announce a new suite of security services for its wireless users on Tuesday that includes authentication, threat protection and policy enforcement on smart phones from any wireless service provider.
8e6 Technologies adds threat analysis product, upgrades enterprise reporting, 09/19/06
Internet filtering vendor 8e6 Technologies this week at Interop is expected to share details of new and upgraded products designed to analyze threats in real time and better report on Internet activity over time …
Network Physics hones application management focus, 09/18/06
Network Physics says network engineers are experts on ports, packets and protocols. Where they could use some help is in quickly identifying the impact of specific applications on network performance.
Spotlight to shine on network, application management at Interop, 09/18/06
Hot technologies, such as VoIP, security and wireless, will get their share of attention at this week’s Interop conference in New York City, but it is the often-overlooked area of network management that could steal the show.
Antepo adds SIP support to messaging platform, 09/18/06
Real-time collaboration vendor Antepo plans to extend the protocol support in its instant messaging and presence server in order to open up its back end to more client choice and VoIP options.
GroundWork upgrades open source monitoring software, 09/14/06
GroundWork Open Source next week will use the Interop conference in New York to showcase the latest version of its flagship software that the company says now provides better reporting and network management features.
* NEWS FROM HP TECHNOLOGY FORUM:
HP e3000 users try to get source code, 09/19/06
Ever since HP in 2001 announced the end of life of the HP e3000 server, a tenacious group of users and system consultants has been fighting to keep its MPE proprietary operating system alive and supported for as long as users run it. While the users …
HP pledges to connect better with customers, 09/18/06
HP president and CEO Mark Hurd, speaking at a user conference Monday in Houston, told customers the company’s goal is to listen to them more and respond to their needs more quickly.
* NEWS FROM CYBER SECURITY EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE:
Cross-site scripting the top security risk, 09/18/06
Web administrators beware: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are now far more attractive targets than more notorious bugs such as buffer overflows, according to new figures from Mitre, a U.S. government-funded research organization.
* NEWS FROM SIMPOSIUM:
IT budgets, salaries going up in 2007, CIOs say, 09/18/06
IT budgets, staffing and salaries are expected to increase again in 2007, according to a survey of CIOs and other IT executives that are set to be released this week.
SIMposium report: Ensuring the future growth of IT, 09/20/06
Network World asked the Society for Information Management whether a couple of its members could share their views from the organization’s annual meeting in Dallas this week. Stephen Pickett is SIM’s president.
SIMposium report: Education key to maintaining competitive edge in global market, 09/19/06
(Special to Network World) The move to a global economy is taking away jobs in America: That view is not accurate, says former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, even if it is the prevailing sentiment among many …
Why CIOs are optimistic about 2007, 09/18/06
CIOs are upbeat about the prospects for IT departments in 2007, according to a recent survey conducted by the Society for Information Management that predicted increased IT budgets and salaries along with new technology deployments.
* NEWS FROM CTIA WIRELESS & ENTERTAINMENT:
Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless gear up for next gen wireless net support, 09/18/06
Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless, the leading EV-DO wireless service providers in the United States, both announced at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment in Los Angeles this week plans to bolster support for EV-DO Revision A.
* NEWS FROM HACK IN THE BOX SECURITY CONFERENCE:
Schneier: We are losing the security war, 09/20/06
Companies are losing the battle to secure their IT systems from attacks by hackers and other threats, warned Bruce Schneier, the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security.
VoIP presents major security risk, expert warns, 09/20/06
Banks and other companies switching their phone systems to VoIP are making themselves vulnerable to phishing attacks for which there are currently no effective detection or prevention tools, a security researcher warned Wednesday.
Security advances not keeping pace with technology, 09/19/06
Trying to lock down your company’s applications and protect your systems from attack? If so, security scanners and source-code analysis tools are not up to the job — despite vendor claims to the contrary.
Security measures seen doing more harm than good, 09/18/06
Many of the security measures put in place after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York are doing more harm than good, said two speakers scheduled to present at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) this week.
* LATE NEWS FROM GRIDWORLD:
IBM readies scheduling software for virtual environments, 09/15/06
IBM on Tuesday introduced new software in its Tivoli line designed to help users better manage their grid environments. The announcement was made at the GridWorld conference in Washington, D.C.
* LATE NEWS FROM DIGITAL ID WORLD:
Higgins lays out road map for open source identity project, 09/14/06
IBM, Novell and a group of academics working on an open source project designed to tie together applications and identity systems plan to ship the first release of their code next summer.
Microsoft InfoCard aims at changing where corporate access controls originate, 09/14/06
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.
Sun mixes auditing controls into provisioning software, 09/14/06
Sun this week unveiled the next version of its provisioning software, which features integrated auditing tools to help users meet compliance needs.
* LATE NEWS FROM VON:
VON spreads wings, embraces IP video, 09/18/06
The Voice on the Network conference celebrated its 10th anniversary in Boston last week, with founder Jeff Pulver noting that the first show attracted 224 attendees while this one was expected to draw more than 10,000.
* UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS (Sept., Oct., Nov.):
IT Security World Conference & Expo 2006
Sept. 25-27, San Francisco
Sept. 25-27, San Diego
Sept. 25-28, Boston
Sept. 26-30, Washington D.C.
Sept. 27-29, Phoenix, Ariz.
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo/US/Fall
Oct. 8 – 13, Orlando
Fall Microprocessor Forum. Program
Oct. 9 – 11, San Jose
Business Objects Global Summit
Oct. 15-17, Orlando, Fla.
MPLS 2006 Conference
Oct 15-18, Washington D.C.
Oct. 22-26, San Francisco
Nov. 7-8, San Francisco
Nov 7-9, Los Angeles
Yankee Group’s 2006 Telecom Industry Forum
Nov. 13-14, New York
The Gartner Enterprise Networking Summit
Nov. 14-16, Las Vegas
Gartner 25 Annual Data Center Conference
Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, Las Vegas
The Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit
Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, Las Vegas
* FREE NETWORK WORLD SEMINARS:
IT Roadmap San Francisco
Nov. 30
Your day starts with an all-star IT panel hosted by Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix. Then you pick a morning technology track—and an afternoon track—where you’ll gain knowledge and share in the breakout for the latest case studies from IT’s best independent analysts, most-experienced end users, and innovative technology partners. Between sessions, visit the private IT Expo.
Network & Application Acceleration: Shifting to a higher gear
Oct. 10-19, various cities
For every obvious advantage, a hidden pitfall. For every best practice, an advocate of the opposite. Which means for every manager demanding results, there’s only one sure-fire answer: Attend Network & Application Acceleration: Shifting to a Higher Gear the new Network World LIVE Technology Tour event coming in October. Let industry expert Jim Metzler accelerate your understanding of the truths and tradeoffs.
