This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 08/22/05

1) Cisco covets anti-spam role 2) Investors target systems management 3) A Wider Net: Life’s rich in telecom… 4) Future-proof your network 5) How to prevent pharming 6) Test: QCD’s InterStructures plug-ins mind the OS gap 7) Technology Update: Classifying packets in a single pass 8) Management Strategies: IP intellec 9) Microsoft tunes SMB licensing 10) Sprint’s devotion to wireless raises questions 11) City finds big savings in Linux 12) Appliances replace DNS, DHCP software 13) Sun grows open source offerings 14) Start-ups reinforce storage intelligence 15) Nutter’s Help Desk: Windows 2003 DNS servers 16) Test shows VoIP lagging in quality 17) Ebbers’ sentence a strong deterrent 18) Start-up takes aim at low-cost security offerings 19) Demo shows ID specs can coexist 20) Tightening video integration with Microsoft 21) Industry looks to tackle spyware 22) Riverbed keeps remote offices up 23) Cisco speaks apps language 24) Microsoft bolsters auto application software 25) HP pumps up ID management suite 26) Netli touts faster Web services 27) Start-up adds continuous data protection software 28) Network World Radio: Moonlighting musicians

1) Cisco preparing management play

2) Questions surround smartphone security

3) Net access security plans sow confusion

4) The New Data Center: Spotlight on Advanced IP

5) CLECs play a new tune

6) Nutter’s Help Desk:VoIP on a network

7) Network World Radio: Windows worms, flaws plague users

8) Security and rights: Long view of the law

9) Xirrus XS-3900 offers out-of-this-world Wi-Fi capacity

10) 802.11r strengthens wireless voice

11) Retaining your employees: Training and benefits

12) University overhauls student portal

13) F5 CEO talks Layer 4-7 growth

14) Convergin promotes cellular-Wi-Fi mix

15) Start-up builds wireless mesh net

16) Oracle/IBM battle beyond the database

17) Zotob fizzles while new worm emerges

18) OnFiber unveils alternative local access offering

19) IBM targets data integration with new WebSphere release

20) Intel pulls Sarvega into software effort

21) Juniper upgrades firewall/VPN modules

22) Infoblox offers net authentication

23) EMC to acquire NAS virtualization vendor

24) Winternals helps keep servers, desktops fit

25) Eight pass Liberty’s SAML interoperability test

26) Nexsan launches secure compliance array

1) Cisco preparing management play

Cisco is looking to expand its proprietary network monitoring tools into enterprise-scale management products that can tackle multi-vendor networks, advanced IP applications and business services.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-cisco-management.html

2) Questions surround smartphone security

Wireless vendors are rolling out a new generation of handheld computers called smartphones for corporate users, but many network executives say they won’t consider them until the means to manage and secure them are clear.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-smartphone.html

3) Net access security plans sow confusion

The worms that threatened Windows computers last week made clear once again that vulnerable desktops and laptops pose a serious threat to network security – but the answer to shoring them up remains murky.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-symantec.html

4) The New Data Center: Spotlight on Advanced IP

The road to the new data center is paved with advanced IP, from hearty transport connections like MPLS to sophisticated applications like voice or video over IP. Discover what it takes to create today’s all IP infrastructure.

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http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/ndc5/

5) CLECs play a new tune

Competitive local exchange carriers revamp their business models in order to stay alive.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/082205-clecs.html

6) Nutter’s Help Desk:VoIP on a network

Ron Nutter helps a user figure out how to get it to work

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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/082205nutter.html

7) Network World Radio: Windows worms, flaws plague users

ith multiple worms released last week to exploit the recently patched Windows Plug and Play (PnP) flaw and a new details on an Internet Explorer vulnerability that’s not patched, users and administrators have a lot on their plates. We’re joined by Johannes Ullrich of the Internet Storm Center and Eric Yoshizuru of Panda Software to discuss the latest security threats. Listen in.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0822radio.html

8) Security and rights: Long view of the law

A forward-thinking group of law enforcement elite, academic types and technology executives called The Society of Police Futurists International grapple with balancing security and civil liberties

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205widernet.html

9) Xirrus XS-3900 offers out-of-this-world Wi-Fi capacity

Imagine 1,000 Wi-Fi users in a conference room or airport connected to a single device and not hearing complaints about their connection speed. That’s the heart of the Xirrus XS-3900, a wireless switch with 16 discrete access points encased in a ceiling-mounted housing.

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http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/082205-xirrus-test.html

10) Tech Update: 802.11r strengthens wireless voice

The 802.11r standard is designed to speed handoffs between access points or cells in a wireless LAN.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/082205techupdate.html

11) Retaining your employees: Training and benefits

As IT talent wars re-emerge, employers aim to retain their staffs by exposing them to new technology and offering improved benefits.

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http://www.networkworld.com/careers/2005/082205man.html

12) University overhauls student portal

Northeastern University builds streaming apps, storage portal

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-northeastern-portal.html

13) F5 CEO talks Layer 4-7 growth

F5 CEO John McAdam talks about where the vendor stands in the ever-shifting Layer 4-7/application acceleration market.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-f5.html

14) Convergin promotes cellular-Wi-Fi mix

Convergin is offering carrier software that could help speed mixed cellular/Wi-Fi phone services that can save businesses money and support multimedia services.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-convergin.html

15) Start-up builds wireless mesh net

Wireless start-up PacketHop next month plans to release software that uses current wireless LAN adapter cards to create a peer-to-peer mesh network, without the need for conventional access points.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-packethop.html

16) Oracle/IBM battle beyond the database

No longer satisfied with its role as the corporate database leader, Oracle has been building out its middleware portfolio through R&D and acquisitions and is increasingly going head-to-head with IBM.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-oracle-ibm.html

17) Zotob fizzles while new worm emerges

Was it the worm that wasn’t or the worm that was? That seemed to be the big question last week when the Zotob worm appeared just three days after Microsoft released patch MS05-039 to close a vulnerability in the plug-and-play feature in various flavors of the Windows operating system, with Windows 2000 the most vulnerable.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-zotob.html

18) OnFiber unveils alternative local access offering

Metropolitan area network provider OnFiber this week is expected to unveil a local access offering designed to provide customers with an alternative to incumbent carrier facilities.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-onfiber.html

19) IBM targets data integration with new WebSphere release

IBM has released the latest version of WebSphere DataStage TX, data integration software it acquired from Ascential, as part of its effort to make it easier for businesses to manage and use information from a variety of data sources.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-ibm-websphere.html

20) Intel pulls Sarvega into software effort

Intel last week added another component to its developing strategy of using software to enhance its chipset and other products such as network adapters.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-intel-sarvega.html

21) Juniper upgrades firewall/VPN modules

Juniper last week beefed up its security offerings with faster and more-capable hardware modules for its high-end firewall and VPN platforms.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-juniper-firewalls.html

22) Infoblox offers net authentication

Company upgrades appliances with software to lock down network access.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-infoblox.html

23) EMC to acquire NAS virtualization vendor

Looking to help customers manage an ever-increasing number of storage devices, EMC last week announced that it would acquire Rainfinity in a deal valued at “less than $100 million.”

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-emc-rainfinity.html

24) Winternals helps keep servers, desktops fit

While Microsoft works to add more and more fancy features to its operating system, partner Winternals Software is bolstering its centralized management tool designed to keep desktops and servers running at their optimum.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-winternals.html

25) Eight pass Liberty’s SAML interoperability test

The Liberty Alliance, which is developing models for the sharing of identities across corporate boundaries, announced last week that eight vendors have passed its first interoperability test based on an emerging identity standard.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-saml-liberty.html

26) Nexsan launches secure compliance array

Nexsan Technologies last week launched the first of its compliance and data retention devices that let IT professionals encrypt and store fixed content.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-nexsan.html