NetFlash: Enterasys’ new wireless gear, hole appears in Snort, Microsoft DPM gets reviewed and more

Enterasys this week introduced a wireless LAN switch and two access points – all of which tie into the company’s wired/wireless security strategy. Enterasys floats wireless LAN gear http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-enterasys.html?net&story=101805-enterasys

Enterasys this week introduced a wireless LAN switch and two access points – all of which tie into the company’s wired/wireless security strategy.

Enterasys floats wireless LAN gear

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-enterasys.html?net&story=101805-enterasys

Data Protection Manager is a decent step for Microsoft

Do you trust Microsoft with your data? The company has taken its first big swing at backups, restores and archiving by releasing Data Protection Manager. This week’s test shows how Microsoft did.

http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/101705-dpm-test.html?net&story=101705-dpm-test

Sourcefire discloses buffer-overflow vulnerability in Snort

Sourcefire, which oversees the open-source intrusion-detection system Snort and makes commercial products based on it, Tuesday disclosed a major vulnerability in Snort along with corrective measures to mitigate the risk.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-snort.html?net&story=101805-snort

IBM acquires DataPower

IBM Tuesday announced it has acquired XML networking vendor DataPower for an undisclosed amount.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-ibm-datapower.html?net&story=101805-ibm-datapower

Microsoft releases another beta of Windows Server 2003 R2

Microsoft late Monday made available what could be the final beta of Windows Server 2003 R2, which is slated to ship by year-end.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101805-microsoft-r2.html?net&story=101805-microsoft-r2

CA buys e-mail archiving software

Computer Associates this week made public its acquisition of an e-mail archiving software vendor whose technology CA says will help round out its BrightStor storage management suite.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102405-ca-archiving.html?net&story=102405-ca-archiving

SBC follows Cingular to Lucent for IMS

SBC on Tuesday followed sister company Cingular Wireless in announcing that it will deploy a next-generation network architecture from Lucent.

http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/101805-sbc-lucent.html?net&story=101805-sbc-lucent

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