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) As a HIPAA deadline approaches, survey finds most are ready, although issues remain.
2) Security mgmt. vendors promise to keep customers in compliance.
3) RFID is really getting under people’s skin
4) Test: Installing 802.11x
5) Nutter’s Help Desk: How to protect remote access
6) Network World Radio: Getting started with ITIL
7) Spyware flap looks headed for court
8) Face-off: Authentication and protecting your data
9) Test: SonicWall’s PRO 1260 Enhanced offers flexibility at the low end
10) Technology Update: BPEL standardizes process management
11) Wireless and employees: Keep your hands on the wheel
12) Case study: McKesson teleworks nursing care
13) Linux making its mark in messaging
14) Aventail: SSL VPN vendor charts new course
15) Bringing security to instant messaging
16) Federal contract a sign of telco changes
17) Study: Licensing stalls grid computing
18) New HP head not in a rush
19) MCI to offer service that blocks DoS and worm attacks
20) IBM/Lotus embraces telephony
21) Microsoft beefs up SQL Server database
22) Cisco reportedly readying XML switch
23) Broadband case goes to Supreme Court
24) Oracle buys Oblix for ID mgmt.
25) ISS unveils new IPS appliances
26) Peribit touts software that speeds traffic
1) As a HIPAA deadline approaches, survey finds most are ready, although issues remain.
Healthcare and related organizations have just over two weeks to meet new rules for protecting patient data or face possible fines, criminal penalties and negative publicity.
DocFinder: 6463
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-hipaa.html?tw
2) Security mgmt. vendors promise to keep customers in compliance.
A slew of start-ups are rolling out tools to help newly compliant IT shops monitor, maintain and enforce compliance policies.
DocFinder: 6464
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-sec-compliance.html?tw
3) RFID is really getting under people’s skin
The thought of having holes unnecessarily drilled into his head, because of a misdiagnosis during a medical emergency, got Krull thinking about having a chip implanted after he heard about it during a conference in Spain.
DocFinder: 6465
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405widernetchip.html?tw
4) Test: Installing 802.11x
How difficult is it to set up 802.1x authentication? Extreme tester Joel Snyder provides a minute-by-minute account of his 802.1X adventure.
DocFinder: 6466
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0404058021x.html?tw
5) Nutter’s Help Desk: How to protect remote access
Ron Nutter helps a user whose bosses want him to set up a remote-access system.
DocFinder: 6467
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/040405nutter.html?tw
6) Network World Radio: Getting started with ITIL
ITIL is gaining steam in U.S. IT shops. An import from the United Kingdom, ITIL is a set of rules for how to deliver IT services more efficiently. What does that all mean for you? We’re joined by Mark Bradley, a network manager for a large financial services firm and one of the authors of “Implementing Service and Support Management Processes: A Practical Guide” from the Help Desk Institute. Listen in now (or download the MP3 for later listening).
DocFinder: 6468
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/0404radio.html?tw
7) Spyware flap looks headed for court
A legal showdown is brewing between anti-spyware vendors and adware marketing companies that contend their software has been unfairly targeted for detection and deletion. In between the combatants stand IT professionals and consumers who only want relief from what they say has become a growing blight upon corporate desktops and home PCs.
DocFinder: 6469
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-spyware.html?tw
8) Face-off: Authentication and protecting your data
Joe Uniejewski of RSA argues two-factor authentication is just the thing to help protect the data on your networks. Bruce Schneier of Counterpane argues that while it has it’s place, it’s really not enough. Read their arguments, then jump in with your thoughts.
DocFinder: 6470
https://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2339
9) Test: SonicWall’s PRO 1260 Enhanced offers flexibility at the low end
SonicWall’s new PRO 1260 Enhanced gear combines the brains of its popular TZ-series firewalls with the body of a 25-port managed 10/100M bit/sec switch.
DocFinder: 6471
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/040405sonictest.html?tw
10) Technology Update: BPEL standardizes process management
Slated for completion by year-end, BPEL should encourage the adoption of BPM and SOA technologies by companies that have hesitated because they were concerned about portability and protecting their investment. It also should result in the proliferation of new products and solutions, giving buyers newfound levels of flexibility and freedom in choosing tools and platforms.
DocFinder: 6472
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2005/040405techupdate.html?tw
11) Wireless and employees: Keep your hands on the wheel
Seeking to minimize dangerous driving, some firms ban employees from talking on a wireless handset.
DocFinder: 6473
https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2005/040405man.html?tw
12) Case study: McKesson teleworks nursing care
Despite some early reticence and a few technology hurdles, McKesson’s Work@Home program is thriving, and yields the company impressive cost savings.
DocFinder: 6474
https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2005/040405netlead.html?tw
13) Linux making its mark in messaging
Message to Microsoft: Watch out for Linux in e-mail
DocFinder: 6475
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-linux-email.html?tw
14) Aventail: SSL VPN vendor charts new course
Aventail CEO Evan Kaplan explains his approach to security, differentiates it from other architectures and talks about his competition.
DocFinder: 6476
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-aventail.html?tw
15) Bringing security to instant messaging
With IM’s recent growth comes the need to secure these communications systems, but protecting networks from IM abuses is often overlooked -even by corporations with extensive security schemes.
DocFinder: 6477
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-im-security.html?tw
16) Federal contract a sign of telco changes
The federal government next month will launch a 10-year, $20 billion telecom services buy that has attracted the attention of every major U.S. service provider.
DocFinder: 6478
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-networx.html?tw
17) Study: Licensing stalls grid computing
Because grids consume computing resources dynamically, growing and shrinking as applications demand, IT managers are finding that they cannot afford to pay for software licenses for every processor available to the grid.
DocFinder: 6479
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-grid.html?tw
18) New HP head not in a rush
In his first encounter with Wall Street analysts as HP’s new leader, incoming CEO Mark Hurd, refused to map out his plans for the company’s direction.
DocFinder: 6480
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-hp-ceo.html?tw
19) MCI to offer service that blocks DoS and worm attacks
MCI is expected to launch a new security service this month that the company says will proactively thwart denial-of-service and worm attacks.
DocFinder: 6481
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-mci-wan-defense.html?tw
20) IBM/Lotus embraces telephony
IBM/Lotus this fall plans to offer technology that will enable users to integrate VoIP or any other telephony service with their collaboration applications.
DocFinder: 6482
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-lotus-voip.html?tw
21) Microsoft beefs up SQL Server database
Microsoft last week shared details about the business intelligence features it is adding to the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database, code-named Yukon.
DocFinder: 6483
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-microsoft-yukon.html?tw
22) Cisco reportedly readying XML switch
Cisco is expected to enter the emerging market of XML network gear, as the company reportedly is preparing a device that can accelerate XML and other message-based traffic.
DocFinder: 6484
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-cisco-xml.html?tw
23) Broadband case goes to Supreme Court
Though chiefly a consumer issue, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court could determine the pace of next-generation enterprise service rollouts from carriers and cable companies.
DocFinder: 6485
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405cable.html?tw
24) Oracle buys Oblix for ID mgmt.
Oracle’s $93 million acquisition of Oblix last week is the latest example of an independent identity-management product vendor becoming part of a larger software vendor.
DocFinder: 6486
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-identity-management.html?tw
25) ISS unveils new IPS appliances
Internet Security Systems this week is expected to take the wraps off two intrusion-prevention systems – the Proventia G400 and G2000 – designed to block spyware and hundreds of types of attacks.
DocFinder: 6487
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/040405-ips.html?tw
26) Peribit touts software that speeds traffic
Peribit is set to add acceleration of certain Microsoft applications to its WAN appliances to reduce response times between users at one site and servers at another.
DocFinder: 6488
