This week on Network World Fusion, 04/25/05

1) AT&T pushing  legacy services onto MPLS net 2) How vulnerable is the ‘Net? 3) Expanding city Wi-Fi net proves no day at the beach 4) Nutter’s Help Desk: Catching a problem user 5) Network World Radio: The mobile threat 6) Is your cell phone at risk? 7) Aastra offers plug-and-play VoIP 8) Category 7 cabling boosts throughput 9) Cisco aids government in business continuity 10) Group tries to spur telework 11) Start-up to create open source harmony 12) Force10 crams switch full of Gig E 13) Standard set to boost wireless QoS 14) BT Infonet bolsters IP VPN services 15) Software tames thin-client setups 16) Nortel preps smaller IP PBX system 17) Cisco routers gain new IOS technology 18) Cisco upgrade to meld storage-area networks 19) Microsoft to unveil parts to grander management plan 20) HP adds dual-core processor to Opteron blades 21) Big vendors vie for RFID dollars 22) Symantec readies anti-spyware products 23) Uncertainty reigns in wireless world 24) Microsoft storage tool hits the beta stage 25) Software indicates when to discard information 26) IBM software targets compliance

1) Changes coming to NW Fusion

2) Vendors are getting a jump on Interop

3) Network World 200: Who’s up and down

4) Ellison-backed Pillar Data readies for debut

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Configuring Macintosh Service on W2K

6) Network World Radio: DNS cache poisoning

7) Face-off: Replacing legacy systems

8) C1G2 standard revs up RFID

9) HP’s software group feels heat

10) The spin on Cisco’s latest acquisition

11) Verizon to offer VoIP-like service

12) Persistence in pioneering a laptop

13) Wireless-LAN vendors convene at Interop

14) Lancope boosts traffic-inspection capabilities

15) Storage networks get help from WAN accelerators

16) Microsoft unveils management road map

17) Chemical industry: The long road to security

18) IBM overhauls MQ messaging package

19) SurfControl unveils spyware stopper

20) Study: Outsourcing losing luster

21) MCI offering more specific SLAs

22) AMD brings dual-core Opteron to data center

23) EMC launches new high-end NAS gateway file system

24) Forum Systems targets viruses in XML messages

25) Wireless sparks enterprise network innovation at Mobile& Wireless show

26) Oracle execs talk up application plans

1) Changes coming to NW Fusion

Next week, NW Fusion morphs into NetworkWorld.com with a raft of features aimed at making the site more useful. For example, we’re moving related links from the bottom of articles to the top, and reorganizing some of our research centers (look for a new Servers/Desktop research center). Why the name change? After almost ten years online, we realize that “Network World” is the name you trust and that many folks go to networkworld.com instead of nwfusion.com for the latest networking news, tests and analysis. But don’t worry: We’re not breaking any URLs – all your bookmarks will continue to work. Check out the new site next week, and let us know what you think.

2) Vendors are getting a jump on Interop

New security, wired and wireless-LAN gear on tap, as well as Gigabit-speed PoE for non-PoE switches. The week of the show, we’ll keep you updated on all the breaking news. Plus, we’re trying an experiment with show photos: Our reporters will be posting photos to Flickr (www.flickr.com) with a keyword of interop. Are you bringing a camera? Take photos and post them to Flickr with that keyword and we’ll build an ad-hoc Interop show-floor site (or mail them to agaffin@nww.com and we can post for you).

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3) Network World 200: Who’s up and down

Our 11th annual guide to the top 200 public networking companies. See who’s growing and who’s not. Discover our new crop of 10 start-ups to watch, and revisit the state of our picks from last year. Plus, browse through our database of background financial data on the 200 largest public companies in the industry.

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4) Ellison-backed Pillar Data readies for debut

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s $100-million baby – storage start-up Pillar Data Systems – is expected to deliver as early as June what analysts are calling a unique storage subsystem that stores data on disk based on its importance to a customer’s business.

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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Configuring Macintosh Service on W2K

Ron Nutter helps solve a problem with Mac users unable to see their shares on a Windows 2000 server

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6) Network World Radio: DNS cache poisoning

There’s a new type of attack taking place on the Internet and it may me dropping spyware, adware and other malicious code on your machine. The attack, first discovered by the SANS Internet Security Center nearly two months, uses “poisoned” DNS servers to redirect unsuspecting users to hacker controlled sites.  Here to explain what all this means and how you can protect yourself is Ken Dunham, director of malicious code intelligence at iDefense in Reston, Va. Listen in

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7) Face-off: Replacing legacy systems

Should your company ditch those old apps? Zach Nelson of NetSuite says yes; Joe Gentry of Software AG’s Enterprise Transaction Systems says no. Read their opening statements, then jump in with your comments.

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8) C1G2 standard revs up RFID

C1G2 creates a specification that is faster, more secure, globally recognized and, eventually, less expensive to deploy. It also provides a royalty-free framework toward which all major technology producers – including chip, reader, label, printer and software providers – can build. This will help drive adoption and bring down cost.

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9) HP’s software group feels heat

For HP’s OpenView software division, it’s time to put up or shut up. The company has spent millions of dollars on acquisitions in the past year and continues to lose money – $40 million in the first quarter to be exact.

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10) The spin on Cisco’s latest acquisition

With its acquisition of Topspin Communications last week, Cisco is leaping deeper into the corporate data center beyond its traditional role as a high-speed Ethernet switch vendor.

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11) Verizon to offer VoIP-like service

Verizon last week unveiled an enterprise version of its call and messaging management service that’s designed to bring VoIP-like unified voice and data communications to traditional Centrex customers.

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12) Persistence in pioneering a laptop

Principals tell how Toshiba’s T1100 became first IBM-compatible and incited a revolution.

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13) Wireless-LAN vendors convene at Interop

Thin access points, mesh routers and new switches take center stage.

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14) Lancope boosts traffic-inspection capabilities

Lancope this week is set to announce an updated version of its flagship product suite that it says can now more deeply inspect application and Cisco router traffic for potential worms, viruses and malicious behavior on internal networks.

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15) Storage networks get help from WAN accelerators

Businesses looking to make consolidated storage networks perform better no longer need to turn to a single-purpose device for help.

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16) Microsoft unveils management road map

Microsoft progress on management platform includes plan to extend past Windows

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17) Chemical industry: The long road to security

Christine Adams, IT staff member at Dow Chemical and director of the Chemical Sector Cybersecurity Program, recently talked with Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer about the program.

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18) IBM overhauls MQ messaging package

With an eye toward making it easier for companies to adapt corporate applications into Web services, IBM last week unveiled a new release of its WebSphere MQ message-oriented middleware.

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19) SurfControl unveils spyware stopper

SurfControl this week is expected to announce anti-spyware software called Enterprise Threat Shield, joining the growing ranks of vendors that promise relief from adware and spyware code downloaded from the Internet.

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20) Study: Outsourcing losing luster

While organizations turned to outsourcing during tough economic times to cut costs and boost efficiencies, a study by Deloitte Consulting has found that few organizations have realized the benefits they expected and some are bringing outsourced projects back in-house.

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21) MCI offering more specific SLAs

MCI is beefing up service-level agreements for its Managed Network Service customers with guarantees that relate directly to individual networks as well as the carrier’s backbone.

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22) AMD brings dual-core Opteron to data center

The move to put more processing punch into low-cost, standards-based systems has kicked into high gear with HP, IBM and Sun announcing that systems built on dual-core Opteron processors will ship over the next two months.

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23) EMC launches new high-end NAS gateway file system

EMC last week rolled out a file system and network-attached storage gateway that lets customers consolidate NAS environments and manage that data from a single, unified point.

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24) Forum Systems targets viruses in XML messages

XML security vendor Forum Systems next week is scheduled to release anti-virus capabilities for its XML firewall that will let users block viruses that could be embedded within XML messages.

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25) Wireless sparks enterprise network innovation at Mobile& Wireless show

Network executives are getting creative with mobile computing. They have to because they’re coping with rapidly changing technologies in networks, handheld devices and application development.

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26) Oracle execs talk up application plans

Two top Oracle executives last week met with analysts and customers in New York as part of an Oracle road show aimed at reassuring those nervous about Oracle’s recent buying spree and its plans for a merged applications set, dubbed Fusion, incorporating its purchases.

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