This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 08/29/05

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) IBM eyes SOA management

2) Google dives deeper into networking

3) What summer break? Net projects kept higher-ed IT pros cramming

4) The ASP reincarnation

5) Test: SCO’s OpenServer 6 picks up security, but needs polish

6) Forum: The evilness of open Wi-Fi

7) IT Borderlands: Technographer?

8) Tech Update: Federation gateway bridges identity standards

9) McAfee readies home Wi-Fi security

10) ELI simplifies small office security

11) VoIP season about to heat up

12) Intel eyes Wi-Fi security

13) Hosted service simplifies basic RFID

14) 3Com airs workgroup switches

15) Changes ahead for Microsoft’s Virtual Server

16) Cisco aims to simplify switch management

17) Stonefly to roll out SAN starter kit

18) Novell gussies up management suite

19) Platform Solutions peddles mainframe

20) Open source databases grow

21) LANDesk revamps mgmt. software suites

22) Case study: Sabre flies with SSL

23) VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns

24) QWAN services: Vanco making its mark in U.S.

25) Symantec revamps multi-purpose boxes

1) IBM eyes SOA management

IBM Tivoli executives last week said the company would by year-end deliver software to keep tabs on service-oriented architecture-enabled applications.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-tivoli-soa.html

2) Google dives deeper into networking

No longer content with indexing billions of items on the Web, Google during the past year or so has been expanding its offerings into areas such as desktop search, 3-D mapping and location-aware services.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-google.html

3) What summer break? Net projects kept higher-ed IT pros cramming

Summer vacation has a special meaning for network professionals at U.S. colleges and universities. It means redoubling efforts to get big projects finished before students and faculty return in the fall.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905widernet.html

4) The ASP reincarnation

The application service provider name dies out, but the concept lives on among second-generation companies offering software as a service.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/082905-asp.html

5) Test: SCO’s OpenServer 6 picks up security, but needs polish

The SCO Group’s recently released OpenServer 6 leverages updates to a newly minted Unix System V Release 5 kernel, performs reasonably well in the 32-bit realm and supports new security features. However, SCO needs to take some time to smooth out some functionality details.

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http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/082905-sco-test.html

6) Forum: The evilness of open Wi-Fi

Mark Gibbs prompts quite the discussion with his Swiftian suggestion that people who don’t lock down their Wi-Fi connections should be punished – and then hanged. What do you think?

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http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/2609

7) IT Borderlands: Technographer?

Ken Fasimpaur has been in IT for 10 years. But he writes he’s never heard of a job position called “technographer.” Until now. Discuss what weird job titles you’ve seen.

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http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/2593

8) Tech Update: Federation gateway bridges identity standards

In an environment where federated identity management standards are still evolving, a federation gateway enables companies to deploy federated identity management with the confidence of knowing they can seamlessly connect with their business partners irrespective of protocol.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/082905techupdate.html

9) McAfee readies home Wi-Fi security

All home Wi-Fi gear comes with the bricks and mortar to put up at least a basic security wall against intruders and eavesdroppers, but McAfee wants to sell teleworkers a better trowel for building it.

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http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/news/2005/082905-mcafee.html

10) ELI simplifies small office security

An enterprising start-up has hatched a plan to make wireless LAN security both simple and strong for small-business users, teleworkers and consumers. The plan, from Electronic Lifestyle Integrator (ELI), marries an appliance that has an integrated set of network functions with a hosted security update service.

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http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/news/2005/082905-eli.html

11) VoIP season about to heat up

September should be a big month for VoIP technology, with vendors expected to launch a host of offerings at a pair of big trade shows focused on converged networks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-voip.html

12) Intel eyes Wi-Fi security

Intel is developing a way to locate a Wi-Fi user by timing how long it takes for packets to travel to and from a wireless access point, which could prevent users outside a house or office from accessing a Wi-Fi network indoors.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-wireless-intel.html

13) Hosted service simplifies basic RFID

Germany-based Seeburger AG will next month unveil a hosted radio frequency identification service designed to let companies jump-start basic RFID programs without breaking the bank.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-hosted-rfid.html

14) 3Com airs workgroup switches

3Com is filling out the lower end of its workgroup switching gear with the introduction of two switches designed for small offices in large corporations that need to manage the gear remotely.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-3com.html

15) Changes ahead for Microsoft’s Virtual Server

Microsoft last week scrubbed the Service Pack tag off the next release of its Virtual Server and said the software would now be released as a new product that will carry a licensing fee for some users.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-microsoft-virtual.html

16) Cisco aims to simplify switch management

Cisco is upgrading software on its Catalyst 6500 switches so individual processes on the devices run separately, allowing customers to reboot processes without taking the entire switch offline.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-cisco-catalyst.html

17) Stonefly to roll out SAN starter kit

Stonefly Networks this week is expected to launch an entry-level IP storage-area network that provides an alternative to pricier Fibre Channel offerings.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-stonefly.html

18) Novell gussies up management suite

Novell, continuing to push hard on its open source agenda, last week announced an upgrade to its management suite that includes improved Linux support.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-zenworks.html

19) Platform Solutions peddles mainframe

IBM has dominated the mainframe market for years, but a group of ex-Amdahl engineers is preparing to shake things up with an Itanium 2-based system that analysts say could change the mainframe landscape by providing end users – a more cost-effective option for important workloads.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-itanium.html

20) Open source databases grow

While open source databases are nothing new – Postgres, for example, has been around for 20 years, and MySQL celebrated its 10th anniversary in April – the projects are getting more enterprise-level features.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905opendb.html

21) LANDesk revamps mgmt. software suites

LANDesk this week is set to unveil upgrades for its systems management software suites that are designed to help customers secure remote access and manage servers when their networks are down.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-landesk.html

22) Case study: Sabre flies with SSL

Travel services giant Sabre wanted to give customers access to its data center without having to provision, install, manage and maintain remote access gear, and it found the answer in SSL VPNs.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-sabre.html

23) VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns

Things are about to heat up at Charter Steel. We’re not talking smelters here, but network wiring closets.  Over the next few months, the company plans to roll out hundreds of IP phones to corporate desktops, with Power over Ethernetswitches to run electricity to the devices. The company recently upgraded its Avaya Definity phone switch to a network of Avaya S8700 IP PBXs, which are tied together over IP. This is where things could get hot.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-poe-heat.html

24) QWAN services: Vanco making its mark in U.S.

The telecom business is not an easy one today, although it seems a little bit more manageable for one company that while light on physical assets has a growing enterprise customer base. Vanco is a virtual network operator  from the U.K.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-vanco.html

25) Symantec revamps multi-purpose boxes

Symantec this week plans to unveil three all-in-one gateways that combine VPN/firewall, anti-spam, anti-virus, Web filtering and other security functions.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-symantec-gateway.html