This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 09/26/05

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) Carriers are key to VoIP prominence

2) IT pros share their tales of making ITIL work

3) The Buzz Issue: Networking hotness

4) The all-new Gibbsblog: Mark Gibbs around the clock

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Preparing a disaster recovery plan

6) Is Skype dangerous to your network?

7) Tech Update: WMM addresses wireless quality of service

8) DEMOFall: Recapping the new stuff

9) Case study: Teleworking takes off in Atlanta

10) User: Oracle upgrade goes smoothly

11) New products promise painless patching

12) What IMS promises enterprises and carriers

13) ONStor, 3Par merge NAS and SAN

14) Groups try to chart future of IP nets

15) Magnum shows off new Advantage

16) WAN optimization start-up boosts app performance

17) Qwest charges SBC with anti-competitive tactics

18) VoIP start-up leans on Fidelity’s software

19) HP launches LAN core, edge switches

20) Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ

21) VON offers glimpse at new VoIP wares

22) Yahoo working to bring customers intelligent presence.

23) Wave Systems unveils encryption software

24) Vendor pumps up anti-virus, anti-spam

25) RealOps extends automation features

26) Small businesses lack broadband options, survey says

1) Carriers are key to VoIP prominence

The true value of convergence won’t be realized until self-contained corporate VoIP networks are linked in to the larger IP world through carriers, network professionals said at last week’s Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo.

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2) IT pros share their tales of making ITIL work

Enterprise companies tackle the arduous task of implementing organizational change across distributed networks.

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3) The Buzz Issue: Networking hotness

Our annual guide to the hot technologies stirring up the industry, from RFID and SOA to holographic storage and ransomware.

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4) The all-new Gibbsblog: Mark Gibbs around the clock

Read his weekly columns, then jump in with your comments – and see what else Mark posts each week.

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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Preparing a disaster recovery plan

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita might have you taking a new look at your recovery plans.Ron Nutter gives some tips.

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6) Is Skype dangerous to your network?

Kevin Tolly raises the question because Skype works in part by using resources on the PCs of subscribers: “It might come as no surprise that you could be carrying Skype traffic for your user base, but are you are aware that your LAN and WAN links might be carrying VoIP traffic of complete strangers?” What do you think? Discuss.

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7) Tech Update: WMM addresses wireless quality of service

The Wi-Fi Alliance provides prioritization of data packets to clear the way on wireless networks.

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8) DEMOFall: Recapping the new stuff

We’ve got everything you need to know about new products demoed at the show, along with comments from our reporters and bloggers in attendance.

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9) Case study: Teleworking takes off in Atlanta

Nonprofit groups create a telework start-up program loaded with incentives.

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10) User: Oracle upgrade goes smoothly

For one longtime PeopleSoft customer, last year’s Oracle takeover came at an awkward time: The Center for Remote Enterprise Systems Hosting in Sioux Falls, S.D., was in the process of spinning out from Dakota State University, and was about to sign the first commercial contract for its hosted PeopleSoft applications services.

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11) New products promise painless patching

New products let users patch systems at their convenience.

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12) What IMS promises enterprises and carriers

The latest buzzword in telecommunications isn’t the name of a box, an application or a service. Instead, IMS is a way of organizing all those elements and more.

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13) ONStor, 3Par merge NAS and SAN

Network-attached storage vendor ONStor and storage-area network vendor 3Par last week said they have joined forces to deliver an offering that combines the best of both of their technologies.

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14) Groups try to chart future of IP nets

Pressing issues to be discussed include the future architectural and governmental directions of the Internet, the impact of peer-to-peer applications on business IP networks, and retooling these infrastructures into service-oriented architectures (SOA) supporting Web-based services and XML message-based routing.

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15) Magnum shows off new Advantage

Magnum Technologies last week upgraded its management software with enhanced discovery and application-mapping capabilities that the company says can help customers better track how IT service performance affects businesses.

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16) WAN optimization start-up boosts app performance

WAN optimization start-up Silver Peak Systems has rolled out hardware aimed at speeding application and file-transfer performance between remote sites and a central data center.

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17) Qwest charges SBC with anti-competitive tactics

Qwest is charging SBC with anti-competitive practices, including strong-arming carrier business partners not to entertain acquisition offers from “restricted” SBC competitors, such as Qwest.

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18) VoIP start-up leans on Fidelity’s software

A start-up whose VoIP software portfolio comes in part from technology developed within Fidelity Investments’ IT department is set to debut this week.

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19) HP launches LAN core, edge switches

HP this week is expected to launch several Ethernet switch and network access control products targeting businesses looking to deploy advanced security and QoS features at the LAN edge with high-bandwidth pipes in the core.

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20) Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ

Looking to fill out its management offerings, HP last week said it would pay $425 million to add Peregrine Systems’ asset management technology to its software suite.

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21) VON offers glimpse at new VoIP wares

MCI used the Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo in Boston last week to announce a Managed IP PBX service with partners NEC and Cisco.

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22) Yahoo working to bring customers intelligent presence.

A Yahoo official last week said the company has new services on tap with major traditional phone carriers that will blend its IP technology with the public switched telephone network.

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23) Wave Systems unveils encryption software

Wave Systems last week rolled out an upgrade to its PC-based encryption and authentication software that adds a way for customers to remotely manage security policy and receive copies of user-generated keys as a corporate backup.

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24) Vendor pumps up anti-virus, anti-spam

Proofpoint is planning an upgrade to its e-mail security platform that includes a new anti-virus module and enhancements to its anti-spam filtering techniques.

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25) RealOps extends automation features

RealOps last week updated its automation software and introduced an add-on module the company says will help customers use software to tackle common daily operations tasks, such as checking a server for availability.

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26) Small businesses lack broadband options, survey says

More than three-quarters of U.S. small businesses in rural areas don’t have access to cable-modem or DSL broadband Internet services, according to a survey released last week by satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems.

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