* Getting the presidential cell of approval * Technology Insider: Patch Management * Fibre Channel switch maker McData acquires CNT * Barracuda Networks firewall protects outgoing e-mail * Today on Layer 8
This week’s presidential inauguration is a huge event in Washington, D.C. – and helping to pull it off is Nextel. Network World’s Carolyn Duffy Marsan gives us a glimpse of the cellular carrier’s preparations, preparations that have been in the works for months. “It’s like building a city overnight,” says a Nextel vice president. Getting the presidential cell of approval http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/011705widernetinauguration.html?net
This week’s presidential inauguration is a huge event in Washington, D.C. – and helping to pull it off is Nextel. Network World’s Carolyn Duffy Marsan gives us a glimpse of the cellular carrier’s preparations, preparations that have been in the works for months. “It’s like building a city overnight,” says a Nextel vice president.
Getting the presidential cell of approval
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/011705widernetinauguration.html?net
Technology Insider: Patch Management
Vendors don’t make perfect software – that’s just a fact of life. That means there will inevitably be patches to fix bugs and vulnerabilities, and the challenge for IT managers is to get those patches to the right systems as quickly as possible. With that in mind, Network World this week presents a guide to patch management – the automated tools, the start-ups that make them, test results of Microsoft’s patching product, and of course the Buyer’s Guide.
https://www.nwfusion.com/techinsider/2005/0117patch.html?net
Fibre Channel switch maker McData acquires CNT
Storage switch vendor McData Tuesday acquired Computer Network Technology in a $235 million deal.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0118mcdatacnt.html?net
Barracuda Networks firewall protects outgoing e-mail
Barracuda Networks Monday released a new version of its anti-spam appliance that prevents unwanted e-mail and viruses from being sent out of a corporate network while keeping sensitive data, trade secrets and other company information inside the organization.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0118barracuda.html?net
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