NetFlash: Cisco crams multiple security boxes into new appliance

Opinion
May 4, 20052 mins

* Cisco crams multiple security boxes into new appliance * Interop reporter's notebook: Alien invasion * Network World Radio: Radio Free Interop * Blade company Egenera drops IPO plan * Today on Layer 8

Cisco continues its security thrust in CEO John Chambers’ Interop keynote and in the announcement of devices that bundle multiple security functions. These devices can act as firewalls, VPN devices and intrusion prevention systems – and eventually the technology is expected to make its way into the Catalyst 6500 high-end switch. Cisco crams multiple security boxes into new appliance http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503cisasa.html?net Breaking Interop news http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/interop.html?net

Cisco continues its security thrust in CEO John Chambers’ Interop keynote and in the announcement of devices that bundle multiple security functions. These devices can act as firewalls, VPN devices and intrusion-prevention systems – and eventually the technology is expected to make its way into the Catalyst 6500 high-end switch.

Cisco crams multiple security boxes into new appliance

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Breaking Interop 2005 news

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Interop reporter’s notebook: Alien invasion

Be sure to check out our continuously updated reporter’s notebook for on-the-scene random bits from the Interop show floor. This may be the only place where you can find out where the next Interop will be and when, drive a simulated NASCAR race, shoot Juniper’s aliens and set up a Snort proxy.

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Network World Radio: Radio Free Interop

We’re live (sort of) from Las Vegas at the Interop trade show. We talk with Tandberg about the video portion of the Interop show network and share some frustrations about vague vendor demos and delayed downloads. Listen in:

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Blade company Egenera drops IPO plan

Egenera, a pioneer in the blade server market, has scrapped its plans to go public. The company specializes in pooling blade servers into a utility computing environment where workloads are shifted according to application demands. It launched its BladeFrame product in 2001.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503ipo.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we say, “It’s only Wednesday?”:

Riding Google’s coattails; Pakistan, copyright infringement capital of the world; the Star Wars movie line recreated in Lego; and the runaway bride hits eBay; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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