This Week: The fall of AT&T and more, 10/31/05

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

l1) AT&T: Fall of an icon

2) Case study: Chevron has had it with passwords

3) From IMS to fiber, RBOCs tout promise of next-gen services

4) NetworkWorld.com turns 10

5) Wireless Notes now updated daily

6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Wireless woes

7) Cisco in space

8) Review: Bountiful Router offers plentiful wireless range

9) How to deal with discontinued gear

10) Users assess disaster plans

11) Industry group plans VoIP best practices

12) Vortex 2005: Debate swirls around getting an edge from IT

13) Case study: Kane County converges to clean up network problems

14) IBM taps VMware, Citrix to create blade PCs

15) But wait, there’s more!

Editor’s note: In addition to the breaking news, analysis and reviews you expect, this week we also have a look back at 10 years of enterprise networking (NetworkWorld.com turned 10 last week) and a newly expanded Wireless Notes blog with daily updates from Senior Editor John Cox. Let me know what you think.agaffin@nww.com

— Adam Gaffin, executive editor,

1) AT&T: Fall of an icon

Interviews with former AT&T insiders, regulators, analysts and other observers concluded one thing: It didn’t have to end this way.

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2) Case study: Chevron has had it with passwords

Chevron early next year plans to eliminate the last of 50,000 network passwords, finalizing a transition to a smart card-based system designed to dramatically increase security and privacy while cutting costs.

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3) From IMS to fiber, RBOCs tout promise  of next-gen services

Look for the RBOCs to sidestep a number of technological obstacles and make significant progress on IP Multimedia Subsystems, wireless broadband and fiber-based video initiatives over the next year, a sign that compelling new services for businesses and consumers are imminent.

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4) NetworkWorld.com turns 10

We launched what is now NetworkWorld.com at NetWorld+Interop Atlanta – where Bay Networks and Cabletron both had booths. We’ve compiled a year-by-year timeline of key networking news of  the past decade – and started a forum to answer the question: Where were you 10 years ago (and where do you think you’ll wind up in the next 10 years)?

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5) Wireless Notes now updated daily

We were already posting daily news to our Wireless Research Center. Now Senior Editor John Cox tells you what it means – and what to look for – in the Wireless Notes section, updated daily as well.

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Wireless woes

Ron Nutter helps a user whose laptop can no longer find the Internet.

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7) Cisco in space

If you are a router company with as much as 80% market share and a $3.2 billion R&D budget to play with, why not bolt a router to a rocket and shoot it into orbit?

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8) Review: Bountiful Router offers plentiful wireless range

Bountiful Router offers generous wireless range, stingy management features.

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9) How to deal with discontinued gear

Think about your options before equipment is discontinued.

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10) Users assess disaster plans

Amid the devastation of Hurricane Wilma last week, IT professionals appraised their disaster-recovery and data-protection plans and said their strategies are in flux, regular testing is necessary and funding is still hard to get.

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11) Industry group plans VoIP best practices

An industry group is working toward a best-practices document that will spell out for businesses how to build secure VoIP networks using specific makes and models of equipment.

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12) Vortex 2005: Debate swirls around getting an edge from IT

IT does matter – and it matters in a big way.

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13) Case study: Kane County converges to clean up network problems

When Roger Fahnestock started work in 2002 as IT director of Kane County, Ill., he found a mishmash of antiquated voice and data networks so sorely in need of an upgrade that almost any change would have been an improvement.

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14) IBM taps VMware, Citrix to create blade PCs

After spending the past few years on the sidelines, IBM has finally jumped headlong into the blade PC market, announcing partnerships with Citrix and EMC’s VMware subsidiary to provide customers with the means to manage desktop PCs from a secure, centralized location.

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15) But wait, there’s more!

You’ll find even more news and analysis on our This Week page: Where’s MIMO?; Review: Thunderstone chases Google’s search watermark; Force10 bulks up with 10 Gigabit Ethernet; Microsoft’s future in BI market unclear; Trend Micro, eSoft tout anti-spyware products; Postini to offer new threat-ID service; NetPro adds group policy management to Active Directory; Sierra Club grows open source application; Start-up takes aim at online prevention; Red Hat CTO peers into future; Cisco pushing gear  for Ethernet services; Alert Logic takes aim at security threats; Cellular, WLAN convergence finds rough spots; Telecom deals clear DOJ hurdles; Botnets turning into spyware enemy No. 1; Bring on the wireless apps, users tell WiMAX World; Suite tracks employee communications; Proposed standard eases WLAN management.

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