This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 09/12/05

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) Key spyware call: Where to protect?

2) Taxpayers, disabled to gain as paper pushers go digital

3) Vendors reacting as VoIP nets mature

4) Face-off: Buying vulnerability information

5) IT Borderlands: Dumbing things down too much

6) Nutter’s Help Desk: T-1 vs. cable modem

7) Phone tossing: Who hasn’t wanted to?

8) McAfee, Tech Assist top anti-spyware test

9) XRIs resolve identity management dilemma

10) The rise of the IT architect

11) High-tech air travel soars

12) Sendmail guards e-mail

13) BellSouth works to repair damage

14) VoIP, servers to the rescue

15) Powering up a new kind of broadband

16) IBM/Lotus releases next version of Notes/Domino

17) Microsoft weaves workflow plan

18) Chambers lectures on China, buyouts

19) NetApp rolls out Oracle back-up tool

20) Sun using AMD chips to spark servers

21) HP to add management to virtualization tools

22) Check Point eases security update steps

23) IMlogic offers messaging virus filter

24) CA enhances storage management

25) Sybase readies revamped database

26) Vendor bolsters wireless CRM offering

1) Key spyware call: Where to protect?

With spyware threatening corporate networks, whether it be adware hogging bandwidth or malicious code logging personal data, network executives are being forced to define their defensive strategies.

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2) Taxpayers, disabled to gain as paper pushers go digital

With one of the largest content management systems ever built, the Social Security Administration is reaping the rewards of migrating to a paperless office.

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3) Vendors reacting as VoIP nets mature

Vendors are readying tools that move beyond helping companies prep their networks to handle VoIP and that focus instead on how well VoIP networks are running.

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4) Face-off: Buying vulnerability information

Should vendors pay people for information about potential holes in their software? ISS CTO Christopher Rouland says companies should never buy vulnerability information because it leaves them open to further exploits by hackers. But 3Com CTO Marc Willebeek-LeMair says there are times when it makes sense. Read their opinions, then jump in with your comments.

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5) IT Borderlands: Dumbing things down too much

Ken Fasimpur says a warning label on speaker cables that came with some new Dell PCs goes too far in trying to warn people about something. Do you have examples of warnings gone awry?

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: T-1 vs. cable modem

Ron Nutter helps a user at a K-12 school pick the best broadband connection.

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7) Phone tossing: Who hasn’t wanted to?

A dedicated band of phone lovers and haters work to make Finland’s annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships a must-see event

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8) McAfee, Tech Assist top anti-spyware test

To find which anti-spyware product is best for your corporate network, we tested 18 products from 16 vendors, and we also looked at the beta version of Microsoft’s Windows AntiSpyware tool.

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http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/091205-spyware-test.html?tw

9) XRIs resolve identity management dilemma

The Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI ) specification establishes an interoperable framework for expressing, resolving and establishing equivalence between identifiers of any kind for any resource type, including people, applications, network devices and corporate assets.

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10) The rise of the IT architect

Demand grows for leaders who can take a broad view of the enterprise.

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11) High-tech air travel soars

Almost half of the world’s airlines plan to offer some form of in-flight communication for passengers by the end of 2007, with most favoring Internet access, e-mail and short messaging service, according to the Airline IT Trends Survey released last week.

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12) Sendmail guards e-mail

Sendmail’s Sentrion e-mail gateway appliance, slated for release in early October, takes the features of the company’s Mailstream Manager gateway software and makes them available on a high-performance, secured appliance

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13) BellSouth works to repair damage

Carrier recovers half of lines knocked out by hurricane; cost estimates at $600 million.

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14) VoIP, servers to the rescue

How one IT exec designed a $2.5 million communications infrastructure that is looked upon by the state of South Carolina as the model other county governments should follow when creating advanced E911 systems.

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15) Powering up a new kind of broadband

It still registers barely a blip on the broadband radar screen. But momentum is starting to build behind broadband over powerline as a viable high-speed Internet access alternative.

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16) IBM/Lotus releases next version of Notes/Domino

IBM/Lotus last week released Notes/Domino 7.0, the newest version of its collaboration software and the latest step in its plan to merge the platform and its Java-based Workplace initiative.

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17) Microsoft weaves workflow plan

Professional Developers Conference expected to emphasize realignment of capabilities.

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18) Chambers lectures on China, buyouts

In a wide-ranging talk for students and faculty, Chambers said China poses great opportunity for Cisco, as the country has an increasingly higher-educated pool of engineers and is training 10 times as many workers in engineering, math and science as the U.S.

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19) NetApp rolls out Oracle back-up tool

Network Appliance this week is expected to introduce software that automatically backs up Oracle databases, thus dispensing with complicated, error-prone manual processes.

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20) Sun using AMD chips to spark servers

Sun this week hopes to step up its position in the exploding low-end server market by introducing its Opteron-based Galaxy machines, with a focus on high performance, better cooling and advanced manageability.

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21) HP to add management to virtualization tools

HP this week is set to announce new and upgraded products that it says will help companies more easily roll out and manage virtualized servers.

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22) Check Point eases security update steps

By the end of the year Check Point plans to release software and a service that will let customers more easily update its security platforms.

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23) IMlogic offers messaging virus filter

With viruses, worms and malware targeting instant messaging, IMlogic last week released software designed to thwart infection and the spread of attacks.

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24) CA enhances storage management

Computer Associates last week announced enhancements to its storage management software, including a new management console and support for more environments.

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25) Sybase readies revamped database

Sybase is preparing to release this week a major new version of its database software, Adaptive Server Enterprise 15. The update offers customers greater security and scalability features, with significant advances in areas such as encryption and manageability, according to the company.

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26) Vendor bolsters wireless CRM offering

EAgency last week released updated versions of two products that let mobile workers wirelessly update CRM and other corporate data.

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