NetFlash: EMC announces surveillance management application

EMC Tuesday announced that it has begun offering a package geared to manage and analyze surveillance data. The company’s decision reflects a greater focus within the IT industry not only on software security but on physical security as well, and comes as EMC continues its effort to branch out from storage into other sectors such as research management and physical security data analysis. EMC announces surveillance management application http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080905-emc.html?net&story=080905-emc

EMC Tuesday announced that it has begun offering a package geared to manage and analyze surveillance data. The company’s decision reflects a greater focus within the IT industry not only on software security but on physical security as well, and comes as EMC continues its effort to branch out from storage into other sectors such as research management and physical security data analysis.

EMC announces surveillance management application

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080905-emc.html?net&story=080905-emc

DKIM fights phishing and e-mail forgery

E-mail fraud is a global problem that plagues consumers and businesses, costing millions of dollars in direct losses, technology expenditures, lost productivity and network downtime. With phishing attacks on the rise, leading companies are working to develop e-mail authentication protocols that protect users from e-mail fraud. DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is one such e-mail authentication protocol.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/080805techupdate.html?net&story=080805techupdate

Sprint, Nextel expect to finish merger Friday

Last week, Sprint and Nextel, two of the largest mobile phone service providers in the U.S., got merger approval from the FCC and the Department of Justice. The companies Tuesday announced that they plan to finalize their merger this Friday, Aug. 12.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081005-sprint-nextel.html?net&story=081005-sprint-nextel

Microsoft fixes Print Spooler, Plug and Play flaws

Microsoft  has released patches for six flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer, some of which could allow an attacker to gain control of a computer system. Three of the six vulnerabilities have been rated as “critical” by Microsoft, and all six comprise Microsoft’s regular patch releases for August.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080905-microsoft-patch.html?net&story=080905-microsoft-patch

Q&A: McData CEO scopes out CNT acquisition, Fibre Channel market

Storage switch maker McData in January acquired CNT, a leader in WAN extension and long-distance data replication technology. Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor recently sat down with McData CEO, Chairman and President John Kelly to chat about the reasons why McData acquired CNT and the state of the Fibre Channel switch market.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080905-mcdata-ceo.html?net&story=080905-mcdata-ceo

Today on Layer 8, wishing you a Happy National Underwear Day:

AOL, MS give spam booty away to users; Southwest’s Ding service, headed to your network?; Opera announces mobile browser; and the celebration of National Underwear Day; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8

All the headlines from LinuxWorld

To keep up on all the latest news coming out of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo this week in San Francisco, go to:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/linuxworld.html?net&story=linuxworld