This week on NetworkWorld.com, 05/16/05

1) Cisco, Juniper joust over net blueprints 2) HP readies storage push aimed at reversing slide 3) A Wider Net: When animals attack 4) Crunching the numbers 5) Test: Lucent edges MetaInfo in IP address management test 6) Technology Update: IPMI V2.0 simplifies server management 7) Management Strategies: Vendor vetting 8) Start-up aims for always-on Exchange 9) Juniper revamps security gear 10) Verizon: Out with Wi-Fi, in with EV-DO networks 11) Intel playing catch-up to AMD efforts 12) Unplug and play: Uniting mobile devices, PBXs 13) NW Radio: Live from Interop 14) States want VoIP, lack infrastructure 15) Qwest moves on after MCI rejection 16) Madge targets WLAN access 17) Report: VC telecom funding on the rise 18) Compliance, automation fueling interest 19) Sun stumbles with grid rollout 20) Symantec targets client management 21) Nutter’s Help Desk: Easy remote access 22) Vendors improve remote server management products 23) Wireless switching: Things you need to consider 24) AT&T rolls out hosted IP PBX service at Interop 25) XOsoft product verifies disaster-recovery tools 26) Zultys launches small-office SIP-based IP PBX 27) Anti-virus firm joins spyware battle

1) Microsoft sells ID management plan

2) Energy firm earns Network Renovator award

3) Extortion via DDoS on the rise

4) Nutter’s Help Desk: NetWare and Windows XP SP2

5) Network World Radio:  Tracking content at MLB.com

6) A robot in your future?

7) Storage: Backup grows up

8) Test: Thor thunders over user provisioning tasks

9) Technology Update: IPv6 addresses demand for space

10) QoS talking points

11) Vendors automate server management

12) 3Com to integrate IPS with switches and routers

13) Sun acquisitions fill out grid plans

14) Tools, services help test VoIP quality

15) Nortel’s Owens has his work cut out

16) EMC storage router to make debut

17) Ethernet tweaks make protocol fit for factory nets

18) DWDM is the right RX for New York Presbyterian Hospital

19) Roving Planet upgrades WLAN management suite

20) IBM buys open source middleware player

21) Novell snaps up Linux security company

22) Check Point updates mgmt., security software

23) Network management goes open source

24) Start-up tackles server management

25) Apple OS gains Windows hooks

26) Fiberlink, Skype team to offer VoIP

27) SAP digs in as Oracle revs up

1) Microsoft sells ID management plan

Microsoft last week laid out a model for a distributed identity infrastructure designed to simplify access to corporate resources and protect user privacy across the Internet.

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2) Energy firm earns Network Renovator award

A network overhaul that linked corporate locations with optical Ethernet, built in QoS for demanding new applications and swapped Centrex for VoIP earned PPL Corp. Network World’s top honors in the first-ever Renovator Award (sponsored by Juniper Networks). Read all about their network, as well as those of the runners-up: Saugus Union School District and Psomas.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-renovator.html

3) Extortion via DDoS on the rise

Criminals are increasingly targeting corporations with distributed denial-of-service attacks designed not to disrupt business networks but to extort thousands of dollars from the companies.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-ddos-extortion.html

4) Nutter’s Help Desk: NetWare and Windows XP SP2

Ron Nutter helps a user whose Windows XP SP2 desktops can’t connect to a NetWare server running NDS 7.

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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/051305nutter.html

5) Network World Radio:  Tracking content at MLB.com

Through its MLB.com site, Major League Baseball serves up both live streaming audio and video of every game, in addition to the news and stats for all 30 teams. Joining us to discuss how MLB.com manages all of its content is Justin Shaffer, vice president and chief architect for MLB Advanced Media. Listen in.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0516radio.html

6) A robot in your future?

Today, we’ve got iPods, X-boxes, PDAs, GPS, DVDs, DSL, Wi-Fi, smart phones, hot spots, laptops and TiVo. But where are all the robots? Shouldn’t we all have robots mowing our lawns, cleaning our houses and catering to our every need by now?

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605widernet.html

7) Storage: Backup grows up

As data backup and recovery takes on increased importance, companies are moving from tape to new technologies.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/051605-backup.html

8) Test: Thor thunders over user provisioning tasks

In our Clear Choice test of Thor Technologies’ latest version of Xellerate Identity Manager (8.01), we found that the platform provides flexible account provisioning across a multitude of products and technologies, supporting even the most complex of workflows.

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http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/051605-thor-test.html

9) Technology Update: IPv6 addresses demand for space

IPv6 offers an enhanced addressing scheme that leaves room for growth. IPv6 has been around since the early 1990s, but the lack of a killer application has slowed its acceptance in the commercial world. Recent events indicate IPv6 might take off soon.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/051605techupdate.html

10) QoS talking points

How to navigate the politics of a quality-of-service initiative.

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11) Vendors automate server management

A pair of vendors this week separately plan to announce products designed to help automate the oversight of constantly changing server networks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-management.html

12) 3Com to integrate IPS with switches and routers

3Com later this year will integrate its intrusion-prevention gear with its network equipment in an effort to let customers quarantine attacks by shutting down switch ports and redirecting users to restricted virtual LANs .

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-tippingpoint.html

13) Sun acquisitions fill out grid plans

While struggling to reinvigorate its hardware business, Sun continues to focus on software and services as it aims to change the way companies buy and deploy IT.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-sun.html

14) Tools, services help test VoIP quality

Integrate Research and Empirix rollout voice-over-IP testing tools.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-voip.html

15) Nortel’s Owens has his work cut out

A year after taking reins, challenges trump accomplishments.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-nortel-owens.html

16) EMC storage router to make debut

EMC this week is expected to unveil its much-anticipated storage router, a hardware and software package designed to optimize use of storage resources and ease the movement of data across heterogeneous environments.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-emc-storage-router.html

17) Ethernet tweaks make protocol fit for factory nets

Several efforts in Ethernet development and add-on technologies to the standard are making it possible for lower-cost Ethernet gear to be deployed in factory networks, where LAN gear controls the precise movements and actions of machine tools, and a dropped packet or network delay can be costly.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-ethernet.html

18) DWDM is the right RX for New York Presbyterian Hospital

Leasing fiber from a New York-area network consortium for research and educational organizations, rather than buying network services from Verizon, provides more bandwidth and saves the hospital $151,000 per year.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-presbyterian.html

19) Roving Planet upgrades WLAN management suite

Roving Planet has rebuilt its wireless LAN authentication software to let customers more easily manage WLANs at multiple sites.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-roving-planet.html

20) IBM buys open source middleware player

Acquiring Gluecode Software broadens Big Blue’s service offerings that may appeal to smaller firms.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-ibm-gluecode.html

21) Novell snaps up Linux security company

Novell last week said it has acquired Immunix, a 7-year-old company founded in part with money from the Department of Defense’s central R&D organization to develop security software for Linux.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-novell-linux.html

22) Check Point updates mgmt., security software

Check Point is wheeling out a big software upgrade across its product lines that increases security and makes it easier for users to manage its platforms day-to-day.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605checkpoint.html

23) Network management goes open source

Open source vendors and developers are bringing a new breed of products to market that could shatter that perception and provide customers with inexpensive, flexible and easy-to-integrate management tools.

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24) Start-up tackles server management

After almost three years in stealth mode doing research and development, Symbium officially launched late last month with the introduction of its Intelligent Secure Autonomic Controller (ISAC). ISAC is a computer on a card that fits into a server’s PCI or PCI-X slot to provide automated, policy-based management for hardware, operating systems and applications.

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25) Apple OS gains Windows hooks

While Weather Central’s newspaper division has exploited Apple’s advanced graphics features and manageability for years, it has struggled to integrate the Mac environment with Windows. The latest release of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, code-named Tiger, should address that concern, says Chuck Sholdt, vice president of operations and co-owner of the daily weather map provider in Madison, Wis.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-apple-tiger.html

26) Fiberlink, Skype team to offer VoIP

Fiberlink has inked deals with firms to offer its customers VoIP, 3G wireless and anti-spyware options when traveling worldwide.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-fiberlink-skype.html

27) SAP digs in as Oracle revs up

It’s become a two-horse race between SAP and Oracle as the two dominant enterprise application vendors vie for greater share of customers’ IT budgets. SAP holds a commanding lead over Oracle in terms of market share, but the latter is increasing its efforts to narrow the gap.

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