This week on NetworkWorld.com, 05/23/05

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) Directory on tap for open source

2) Businesses follow carriers’ MPLS lead

3) There’s battle tested … and then there’s  the Israeli military

4) The New Data Center: Business Contintuity

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: When wireless connections go bad

6) Networks drive car of the future

7) Test: Buffalo TeraStation NAS box

8) ESnet turns to high-speed optical MANs

9) Web-based collab pack gains features

10) Chip vendor unites WLAN, VoIP techs

11) 3Com to upgrade IP PBX software

12) BMC overhauls management software

13) Start-up touts on-demand resources

14) Web filtering tools handling ever-larger jobs

15) Telemedicine helps victims of stroke

16) New appliances put squeeze on data

17) Utility energizes applications

18) Intel preps PC mgmt. advances

19) Montilio looks to reduce file server latency

20) Fuel cells fire up handhelds

21) IBM introduces configuration mgmt. software

22) Avaya CEO on VoIP issues

23) Vonage readies first business service

24) Verizon Wireless revamps pricing

25) IBM, Red Hat target Solaris with Linux

1) Directory on tap for open source

Red Hat next month is expected to provide a missing link in the open source software infrastructure with its release of source code for the Netscape directory server it acquired last year from AOL.

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2) Businesses follow carriers’ MPLS lead

MPLS is not just for carriers anymore. That was one key message emanating from the MPLScon conference in New York last week, as companies now are reaping the benefits of MPLS technology that was created in 1997 to bring more ATM-like characteristics to IP.

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3) There’s battle tested … and then there’s  the Israeli military

Israel is known worldwide as a breeding ground for entrepreneurs. With 69 Israeli companies listed on Nasdaq, it’s second only to Canada in the number of foreign countries on the exchange.

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4) The New Data Center: Business Contintuity

Business continuity has grown up. In this installment of our ongoing New Data Center series, we explore what it takes to keep your new data center resources available, with advice from experts and users.

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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: When wireless connections go bad

Ron Nutter helps a user figure out if his wireless router is to blame for constant problems on his wireless connection.

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6) Networks drive car of the future

Already 30% of the cost of a new car is in the electronics: the chips, wires and networks that support features ranging from automatic door locks to anti-lock brakes to airbag deployment. Today’s cars have more computing power than was used in the Apollo moon landing more than 30 years ago.

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7) Test: Buffalo TeraStation NAS box

In 25 years, desktop storage has jumped from the IBM PC with a 360K-byte floppy drive to Buffalo Technology’s TeraStation, which offers 1T byte of capacity. We can make a good case for small businesses, workgroups at larger businesses, and even upscale home networks (digital video fans gobble gigabytes like candy) to plop down $1,000 for a terabyte of disk storage.

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8) ESnet turns to high-speed optical MANs

The Energy Sciences Network is adding 10G Ethernet metropolitan-area networks in key U.S. cities in a move that could increase commercial development of this emerging technology.

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9) Web-based collab pack gains features

Advanced Reality this week is upgrading its browser-based collaboration package with features for letting customers integrate document sharing, VoIP, e-mail and instant messaging systems.

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10) Chip vendor unites WLAN, VoIP techs

SyChip this week will announce a module that will let vendors offer dual-mode phones that can use a cellular network or, with VoIP, a wireless LAN to make voice or data calls.

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11) 3Com to upgrade IP PBX software

3Com this week is expected to release an update to its NBX operating system, as well as four IP phones aimed at deployments as varied as a CEO’;s office and a warehouse loading dock.

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12) BMC overhauls management software

At management software vendor BMC, these days it’s all about streamlining.

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13) Start-up touts on-demand resources

A handful of former Nortel executives have launched a company they say combines telecom-class networking with high-performance computing to create a nearly unlimited pool of server resources that can grow and shrink in response to application demands

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14) Web filtering tools handling ever-larger jobs

From the time the World Wide Web took off in the mid-90s, corporations began looking for ways to filter out access to its more lurid displays, but IT managers who use filters today say they’re good for much more than blocking access to porn.

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15) Telemedicine helps victims of stroke

A Massachusetts company is looking to use videoconferencing technology to extend critical care to stroke patients in rural hospitals.

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16) New appliances put squeeze on data

Privately held Data Domain last week rolled out high-end versions of its back-up and recovery system – offerings that exploit compression technology to make backing up data on disk cost competitive as compared with tape, the company says.

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17) Utility energizes applications

CenterPoint Energy isn’;t accustomed to being an early adopter of new technologies. But when the Texas Legislature voted to deregulate the state’s electric industry, the Houston electric utility faced big changes to its operating model – changes that exponentially increased the integration demands on CenterPoint’s IT systems.

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18) Intel preps PC mgmt. advances

Intel plans to release a chipset and network adapter designed to bring new IT management technologies to business PCs.

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19) Montilio looks to reduce file server latency

Storage start-up Montilio is set to announce a network adapter and software it says will accelerate file server performance by as much as three to six times.

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20) Fuel cells fire up handhelds

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) offer several advantages over lithium-ion batteries. Methanol is lighter than water and weighs far less than a lithium-ion, making it a better option for portable electronics.

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21) IBM introduces configuration mgmt. software

IBM last week rolled out a series of products aimed at helping customers better track changes to and monitor for problems with business applications.

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22) Avaya CEO on VoIP issues

Avaya CEO Donald Peterson recently discussed the company’s evolution, as well as current trends in the enterprise VoIP market, with Network World Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth.

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23) Vonage readies first business service

Those familiar with Vonage and its unlimited $25-per-month VoIP service for consumers might want to know that the service provider is readying an offer for businesses.

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24) Verizon Wireless revamps pricing

Verizon Wireless last week announced new data pricing for enterprise customers, and software to push wireless e-mail to work groups and large organizations.

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25) IBM, Red Hat target Solaris with Linux

IBM and Red Hat last week announced a range of initiatives designed to woo users of Sun’s Solaris operating system over to Red Hat Linux.

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