NetFlash: Open source management arrives

Open source management arrives

Six open source companies and project sponsors last week founded an industry organization to elevate the status of open source management tools in enterprise IT shops. Click here for more.

How to protect your VoIP network

Security is important in every context, but especially when you’re replacing the world’s oldest, largest and most resilient and available communications network. While no individual security measure will eliminate attacks against VoIP deployments entirely, a layered approach can meaningfully reduce the probability that attacks will succeed. Click here for more on VoIP security strategies.

Verizon wants to manage your bills

Verizon Business this week will launch a comprehensive telecom expense-management service, the first such offering from a major carrier. Click here for more.

Symantec bids to be data center ‘standard’

Symantec executives used their Vision 2006 customer conference last week to tout the breadth of the company’s data center management offerings made possible by last year’s acquisition of Veritas – but some customers and industry analysts said they still see gaps in the lineup. Click here for more.

Microsoft taking storage to next level

The company hopes that its iSCSI products – the Microsoft iSCSI initiator, the Microsoft/IBM iSCSI Software-enabled Remote Boot and its WinTarget software – will lead it into enterprise storage markets that want to blend Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs. Click here for more.

Today on Layer 8, your sweeps week winner:

Will high-def choke the ‘Net?; do you work in one of the Top 10 Most Bored Cities?; movie studio strikes odd deal with P2P player; and the winner of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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