This week on NetworkWorld.com, 05/02/05

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

Editor’s Note: The new NetworkWorld.com

1) Cisco hedging its bets with WLAN game plan

2) All the news you can use from Interop

3) Avaya aims to boost VoIP performance

4) Hooked on photonics

5) iLabs teams dig deep on SIP interoperability, secure access and open source integration

6) Test: Voice and video over global IP services

7) Best way to handle DNS

8) Technology Update: Software moves streams in real time

9) Shopping for software maintenance

10) Sprint to bundle Orb media access with DSL

11) IBM has some tall RFID plans

12) Cisco wears a big target, plugs IOS leaks

13) Akamai accelerating Web-based apps

14) Consortium seeks to make grids more enterprise network ready

15) Unix not standing pat in data centers

16) Sun steps up services offerings

17) Case study: Emergency networking at State Farm

18) Trustgenix eases identity integration

19) Group to demo ways to secure desktops

20) Microsoft has server beta on tap

21) Citrix revises software, adds VPN box

22) Infoblox upgrades appliances

23) Aventail upgrade controls VPN access

24) Sprint pumps up volume on its Wi-Fi network

25) Novell preps Linux / NetWare upgrade

26) SugarCRM unveils open source package

27) Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP apps

28) Cisco’s Sipura buy boosts VoIP support

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first issue of This Week on NetworkWorld.com. After nearly 10 years online, we finally realized the name you trust is Network World and so we changed names to eliminate the confusion (we noticed a fair number of people would type in networkworld.com, anyway, but before they got to our corporate site). But beyond changing the name, we’ve also redesigned the site, hopefully to make it easier to use (links related to articles are now right at the top, for example). Take a look and let us know what you think, either in e-mail or by taking our redesign survey at www.networkworld.com/redesign-survey.html – oh, and don’t worry, all the old URLs map to the new, so your bookmarks will still work.

— Adam Gaffin, executive editor, NetworkWorld.com, agaffin@nww.com

1) Cisco hedging its bets with WLAN game plan

Interop attendees will see both product lines this week, including Airespace switches and thin access points sporting Cisco colors and labels. They’ll also see a new line of routers that double as WLAN access points, the latest example of Cisco’s scheme to make WLANs an integral part of core network infrastructure.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-cisco-plan.html

2) All the news you can use from Interop

Our Interop breaking news page already has news you can use, such as A look at new and upgraded management offerings aimed at helping you diagnose possible problems between your network and your applications; Security vendors will also make numerous announcements. And Juniper will unwrap a new security strategy that relies on its VPN technology to enforce access, security and QoS policies. But wait, there’s more. Our reporters will be filing daily from the show. And we’ll be posting photos from our reporters – and you (if you have a Flickr account, tag your photos with a keyword of interop – if you don’t, send us the photos and we’ll post.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/interop.html

3) Avaya aims to boost VoIP performance

Avaya is expected to launch a raft of updates to its IP PBX family this week at Interop, including features that bolster VoIP reliability and ensure call quality.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-avaya.html

4) Hooked on photonics

BBN researcher builds hack-proof quantum cryptography network that uses photons to generate secure keys.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205widernet.html

5) iLabs teams dig deep on SIP interoperability, secure access and open source integration

iLabs teams dig deep on SIP interoperability, secure access and open source integration

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/050205-ilabs-index.html

6) Test: Voice and video over global IP services

We tested 11 Web conferencing services from test sites in Switzerland, the U.K., Austria and the U.S. over the course of three weeks to get an “In the Wild” look at the latest services.

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http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/050205-test-web-conferencing.html

7) Best way to handle DNS

Ron Nutter helps a user who wants to stop his DNS server from resolving address requests from outside his network.

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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/050205nutter.html

8) Technology Update: Software moves streams in real time

A stream-processing engine (SPE) is data management software that enables the execution of queries and computations – and ultimately, actions – on streaming data in real time.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/050205techupdate.html

9) Shopping for software maintenance

Take care to avoid paying for service, support and upgrades that you neither need nor want.

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http://www.networkworld.com/careers/2005/0502man.html

10) Sprint to bundle Orb media access with DSL

The service lets users remotely access media stored on home PCs from a Web browser. It requires a home PC running the Windows XP or Windows Media Center operating systems and supports multimedia files such as video, audio and images.

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http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/news/2005/050205-sprint-orb.html

11) IBM has some tall RFID plans

IBM is ramping up its efforts to compete in the emerging market for products that communicate environmental data to IT systems for analysis – which Big Blue says could represent a $20 billion opportunity by 2007.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-ibm-rfid.html

12) Cisco wears a big target, plugs IOS leaks

Even as Cisco focuses on writing more secure software and diffuses its next-generation router operating system across more platforms, observers say they expect the future of IOS to more resemble the cyclical patch-and-update state of Windows.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-cisco-ios.html

13) Akamai accelerating Web-based apps

Akamai rolls out new apps acceleration service

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-akamai.html

14) Consortium seeks to make grids more enterprise network ready

A consortium led by HP, IBM and others to promote commercial adoption of an open source-based grid computing tool kit says a new version of the software will make it easier for companies to roll out distributed computing environments.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-globus-grid.html

15) Unix not standing pat in data centers

In growing numbers, businesses are looking at increasingly sophisticated Unix operating systems as an ideal platform for consolidating critical workloads. While Windows and Linux nip at Unix’s heels, Unix has matured to the point where it is able to handle workloads in a manner once restricted to mainframe environments.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-unix.html

16) Sun steps up services offerings

As part of a continuing effort to cast off its mantle as strictly a big server vendor, Sun this week is expected to expand its services offerings with the Sun Connection portal that will provide end users access to a menu of managed services, including a new patch update service for Solaris.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205sun.html

17) Case study: Emergency networking at State Farm

State Farm Insurance can bring nodes up in disaster-torn areas in a matter of hours.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-state-farm.html

18) Trustgenix eases identity integration

Trustgenix last week released a simplified version of its server for sharing identities among companies that is designed to let users easily integrate partners into their infrastructure for access control.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-trustgenix.html

19) Group to demo ways to secure desktops

An industry consortium this week plans to demonstrate a specification for desktop policy enforcement that has been a year in the making.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-trusted-computing.html

20) Microsoft has server beta on tap

Microsoft proved last week that it still has a lot of work to do on Longhorn before it is corporate-ready. But the imminent release of the next version of its server operating system is on target to provide users with key technology designed to greatly augment secure access to their networks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-winhec.html

21) Citrix revises software, adds VPN box

Citrix last week unveiled a flurry of product updates that include speed and scalability enhancements along with new features such as an overhauled printer-support system, additional security and access controls, and Pocket PC synchronization support.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-citrix.html

22) Infoblox upgrades appliances

As more companies support mobile access to network resources, they’re finding they need a dynamic infrastructure for assigning IP addresses, authenticating users and controlling network access. Infoblox, a leader in network identity appliances, is targeting this niche with a spate of new product announcements.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-infoblox.html

23) Aventail upgrade controls VPN access

Aventail this week is upgrading software for its SSL VPN appliances with features that will let customers set policies that pare down the resources remote users can reach.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-aventail-ssl.html

24) Sprint pumps up volume on its Wi-Fi network

Sprint is beefing up its Wi-Fi hot-spot coverage in what the company calls an effort to offer users better wireless access support around the world.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-sprint.html

25) Novell preps Linux / NetWare upgrade

Just one month after shipping its merged Linux/NetWare operating system, called Open Enterprise Server, Novell is planning a major update to the product, scheduled to be released by the first half of 2007.

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26) SugarCRM unveils open source package

SugarCRM last week released an upgrade to its open source CRM system, a software package SugarCRM’s founders say they hope will woo customers that would otherwise turn to more expensive commercial CRM offerings.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205sugar.html

27) Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP apps

SAP and Microsoft later this year plan to deliver a jointly developed product that links SAP’s software and Microsoft’s Office products, giving users a familiar user interface to more complex ERP applications.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-microsoft-sap.html

28) Cisco’s Sipura buy boosts VoIP support

Looking to buttress its small-business network support of VoIP, Cisco last week grabbed up Sipura for integration into its Linksys division.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-cisco-voip.html