NetFlash: Juniper fills gaps in its enterprise strategy

Opinion
May 3, 20052 mins

* Juniper fills gaps in its enterprise strategy * Interop: New wireless LAN hardware options abound * Qwest bows out of MCI bidding * Cisco wears a big target, plugs IOS leaks * Today on Layer 8

Juniper is trying to transfer its success among service providers into success among enterprise companies. Last week, it said it would buy Peribit and Redline. This week, it’s fleshing out its security plans. Get all the details in our story, as well as analysis of what pieces are still missing. Juniper fills gaps in its enterprise strategy http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-juniper.html?net

Juniper is trying to transfer its success among service providers into success among enterprise companies. Last week, it said it would buy Peribit and Redline. This week, it’s fleshing out its security plans. Get all the details in our story, as well as analysis of what pieces are still missing.

Juniper fills gaps in its enterprise strategy

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/050205-juniper.html?net

Interop: New wireless LAN hardware options abound

Early buzz at Interop is all about wireless LANs. Aruba Wireless Networks’ “personal access point” is piquing interest, as is Meru Networks’ access point jam-packed with a dozen wireless LAN radios. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0502opops.html?net

Breaking news from Interop 2005

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/interop.html?net

Qwest bows out of MCI bidding

Qwest said it is no longer in the “best interests” of the company to continue competing with Verizon in a bidding war to acquire MCI.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0502qwestbows.html?net

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.

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

Today on Layer 8, where we ask that you return your seats to their upright and locked position:

AOL tags emergency e-mail as spam; Microsoft courts bloggers; blogger accuses CNN of comment spamming; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net