Welcome to This Week on NW Fusion, featuring breaking news, info, and tips from Network World Fusion, the most comprehensive enterprise networking resource on the Internet. See below for the week's biggest stories and check out our other e-mail newsletters at http://www.nwfusion.com/focus
————————————– 1) Users still bullish on Web services ————————————– We catch up with the companies profiled in last year’s Web Services Early Adopters series (http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0415webservices.html) to see if they’re reaping the benefits promised. Two out of three give an enthusiastic thumb’s up. DocFinder: 5944 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0519revisited.html
1) Best of the tests: Best Products 2005
2) Satellite services improving but demand for them still iffy
3) Govt. braces for key security standard
5) Network World Radio: Writing about work online
4) Nutter’s Help Desk: Creating a small VPN
6) Solaris 10 heads for Linux territory
7) Software streaming revamps desktop
8) IBM expanding Workplace realm
9) Case study: Dartmouth retools for Wi-Fi video
10) MCI beefs up traffic prioritization
11) IBM strengthens storage mgmt. line
12) Firetide unveils WLAN mesh net
13) Aerospace firms take to offshoring
14) Juniper hiring hints at company’s buyout plans
15) Internap offer supports links to multiple ISPs
16) Neterion launches another 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
17) Wireless to take off at Vegas airport
18) EMC adds quick search, chargeback functions
19) IBM to enhance WebSphere information integration wares
20) Spim arrest spotlights growing problem
21) User group champions telecom user interests
22) Start-up unveils configuration mgmt. tool
23) Software upgrade adds WAN load balancing to Foundry switches
24) Packeteer device could set off price war
25) Intel-based servers get IBM revamp
26) Renovator’s Award: Enter your network project
1) Best of the tests: Best Products 2005
Tops in performance, features and real-world applicability – we honor great network products and feature the winners of the 2005 Best of the Tests Award in our annual roundup.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/best/2005/?tw
2) Satellite services improving but demand for them still iffy
A new battery of high-bandwidth satellites holds the promise of broadband wireless access to corporate networks, but land-based technologies such as DSL and wireless alternatives like WiMAX could leave providers of satellite-based very small aperture terminal services frustrated trying to drum up additional customers.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805satellite.html?tw
3) Government. braces for key security standard
The National Institute of Standards and Technology last week raced to meet a weekend deadline to issue a smart-card standard that will be the basis for products that give federal employees and contractors secure access to networks and buildings.
DocFinder: 5982
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805fips201.html?tw
5) Network World Radio: Writing about work online
Writing about your employer in a personal Weblog can have harsh consequences, just ask Mark Jen or Ellen Simonetti, fired from Google and Delta, respectively. Joining the program to discuss the employer/employee blogger relationship is Chris Cobey, senior counsel with the law firm Littler Mendelson.
DocFinder: 5983
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0228radio.html?tw
4) Nutter’s Help Desk: Creating a small VPN
Ron Nutter helps a small non-profit organization set up a way for its distributed participants to safely share information.
DocFinder: 5984
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/022805nutter.html?tw
6) Solaris 10 heads for Linux territory
We found that Solaris 10 has been torn from its SPARC-only roots now runs very quickly and very easily on generic 32-bit x86 Intel- and 64-bit Advanced Micro Devices-based servers. It also has new security features and supports a range of Linux applications. And it’s free.
DocFinder: 5985
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/022805solaristest.html?tw
7) Software streaming revamps desktop
Software streaming capitalizes on network advances to dramatically improve software distribution and desktop management. By centralizing control of operating systems and applications, software streaming slashes management and support costs while providing users with systems that are fast, flexible and dependable.
DocFinder: 5986
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2005/022805techupdate.html?tw
8) IBM expanding Workplace realm
While IBM/Lotus has assured users that Notes/Domino has a future, it also has made it clear that the company’s Workplace strategy is its next-generation platform.
DocFinder: 5987
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-ibm-workplace.html?tw
9) Case study: Dartmouth retools for Wi-Fi video
Dartmouth College has embraced Wi-Fi for data so enthusiastically that the school’s IT chief is leaping into voice and video over Wi-Fi. A venture that calls for tripling the number of access points on campus, swapping out old wireless gear for smarter equipment and partnering with a start-up that is still putting the finishing touches on its technology.
DocFinder: 5988
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-dartmouth.html?tw
10) MCI beefs up traffic prioritization
MCI Private IP customers now can set more specific traffic prioritization over their Multi-protocol Label Switching-based VPNs, while also getting a better view into end-to-end performance with new monitoring tools.
DocFinder: 5989
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805carrmci.html?tw
11) IBM strengthens storage mgmt. line
IBM has upgraded its tape and disk systems as well as its storage management software in an effort to help customers more efficiently and economically handle data from creation to deletion.
DocFinder: 5990
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-ibm-ilm.html?tw
12) Firetide unveils WLAN mesh net
Firetide is releasing new wireless mesh hardware and software that lets users create a widespread wireless mesh Ethernet network that can handle data, voice and video.
DocFinder: 5991
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805firetide.html?tw
13) Aerospace firms take to offshoring
With the airline industry continuing to struggle, aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus are expecting to cut costs by sending some of their software development and engineering work offshore
DocFinder: 5992
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805offshoring.html?tw
14) Juniper hiring hints at company’s buyout plans
Despite public statements to the contrary, Juniper appears to be moving fast on the acquisition front, particularly in wireless LANs.
DocFinder: 5993
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805juniper.html?tw
15) Internap offer supports links to multiple ISPs
Internap is introducing a consulting service to tune up business Internet connections at sites that have links to more than one ISP as a way to boost performance of their Web applications.
DocFinder: 5994
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805internap.html?tw
16) Neterion launches another 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Neterion launches another 10G Ethernet NIC
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805tengnic.html?tw
17) Wireless to take off at Vegas airport
Between the wireless LAN switches and the radio frequency identification system, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is spending serious money to go wireless. And that’s not even counting what it paid for used luggage.
DocFinder: 5996
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805mccarran.html?tw
18) EMC adds quick search, chargeback functions
EMC this week is expected to announce enhancements to its storage system that make it easier for users to find files and determine the amount of capacity they are using.
DocFinder: 5997
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-emc-centera.html?tw
19) IBM to enhance WebSphere information integration wares
IBM is readying the next version of its information integration platform, which will tie together data retrieval, content management and search technologies in an effort to make it easier for users to establish order over data resources.
DocFinder: 5998
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-ibm-infointegration.html?tw
20) Spim arrest spotlights growing problem
A New York man has been arrested and charged with sending out unsolicited instant messages, marking the first known case of criminal action taken against someone accused of sending “spim,” or instant-message spam.
DocFinder: 5999
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-spim.html?tw
21) User group champions telecom user interests
If you’re unfamiliar with the Enterprise Networking Technologies Users Association, the current state of upheaval in the telecom industry might present reason enough to check it out.
DocFinder: 6000
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-entua.html?tw
22) Start-up unveils configuration mgmt. tool
Like most things in technology, VoIP was talked about for years before it became a part of the enterprise mainstream. The opposite, it seems, is the case with VoIP services. While Vonage and Net2Phone have been around for a few years, of late they and their competitors have been blasted into public view advertising like mad around the Web, as well as on traditional media such as TV. And soon, they’ll go after you.
DocFinder: 6001
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805config.html?tw
23) Software upgrade adds WAN load balancing to Foundry switches
A software upgrade for Foundry Networks’ ServerIronXL can let users simplify WAN and Internet connection links, configure failover connections and allocate bandwidth for specific applications running over an IP WAN.
DocFinder: 6002
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-foundry.html?tw
24) Packeteer device could set off price war
Packeteer is introducing a WAN-optimizing appliance for businesses that could trigger a price war among vendors of such gear.
DocFinder: 6003
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-packeteer.html?tw
25) Intel-based servers get IBM revamp
IBM last week announced a computer system architecture and chipset that will form the basis of the next generation of the company’s xSeries servers.
DocFinder: 6004
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/022805-ibm-servers.html?tw
26) Renovator’s Award: Enter your network project
Have you overhauled your network and realized a substantial return on the investment, a significant new business opportunity or found a creative way to leverage technology? If so, get in the running for Network World’s new Renovator Award, the top winners of which will be honored at a celebration in Las Vegas during the Networld+Interop conference in May. Entries will be judged by a panel of Network World editors, columnists and industry experts. Winners will be presented an award at the celebration and profiled in a subsequent Network World article. Contest sponsored by Juniper Networks. Grab an entry form at:
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