* Cisco finally brings security push to LAN * RSA boosts security of single sign-on * Review: Data Protection Manager is a decent step for Microsoft * New appliance lets users control remote PCs * IBM and BEA make RFID moves * Radio: HP's Mark Potts on SOA * Today on Layer 8
Cisco is late to the LAN authentication game, with other vendors way out in front with this. But Cisco is also the big kid on the block, so perhaps it can afford to be late with Network Admission Control Phase II (written with a Roman numeral for added importance). What do you think? Cisco finally brings security push to LAN http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-cisco.html?net&story=101705-cisco
Cisco is late to the LAN authentication game, with other vendors way out in front with this. But Cisco is also the big kid on the block, so perhaps it can afford to be late with Network Admission Control Phase II (written with a Roman numeral for added importance). What do you think?
Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-cisco.html?net&story=101705-cisco
RSA boosts security of single sign-on
RSA is integrating SecurID with its Sign-On Manager – and that means saving a step for users authenticating via RSA’s popular SecurID technology.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-rsa-security.html?net&story=101705-rsa-security
Review: Data Protection Manager is a decent step for Microsoft
Microsoft has made its first attempt at tending to enterprisewide data protection. In our Clear Choice Test of the newly released Data Protection Manager 1.0, we found that it does a respectable job at data backup/restore, archiving and management, but it’s strictly limited to Microsoft-only machines and does not yet support Microsoft’s full range of applications.
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/101705-dpm-test.html?net&story=101705-dpm-test
New appliance lets users control remote PCs
A start-up is launching an appliance that lets help desk staff take control of remote computers without the time-consuming tasks of installing and maintaining dedicated software on the remote machines.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-network-streaming.html?net&story=101705-network-streaming
IBM and BEA make RFID moves
As consumer goods companies and other businesses feel the pressure to advance their RFID efforts from pilot to large-scale production mode, IBM and BEA Systems are among vendors standing by with new wares.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-rfid.html?net&story=101705-rfid
Radio: HP’s Mark Potts on SOA
Senior Editor Denise Dubie talks with Mark Potts, CTO of HP’s management software business, about his role with the company and HP’s view on the state of service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementations in customer sites. Listen in:
http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/1017radio.html?net&story=1017radio
Today on Layer 8, where we wonder why there hasn’t been a new iPod released in the past 10 minutes:
You’ll never guess where the country’s biggest Wi-Fi cloud lives; does e-mail make you fat?; finding the biggest concentration of geeks in the U.S.; and the winner of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
