This week on NetworkWorld.com, 05/31/05

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) Editor’s note: Blogs, blogs and more blogs

2) AT&T preps service to manage threats

3) ‘Take it all’ outsourcing on the wane

4) Compliance: Worst-case scenario

5) Test: Windows Server speeds along at 64 bit

6) Peeking into Juniper’s future

7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Firewalls and worms

8) Network World Radio: Tiger, tiger

9) Forum: Switching to Tiger for security reasons

10) As the techie crow flies: New venture by Citrix co-founder

11) Check Point’s VPN-1 Edge W security device picks up wireless support

12) FAIS spurs storage applications

13) Security best practices

14) Network tools take on security roles

15) Accton to launch WLAN mesh products

16) Qwest adds breadth to iQ WAN services

17) Microsoft seeks to get its servers in sync

18) Virsa extends its compliance suite

19) Continuous backup steals the spotlight

20) Vendors give boost to Microsoft management tools

21) Cisco snaps up  bandwidth optimizer

22) After theft, bank  tightens online security

23) Big-business technologists talk up Linux

24) HP continues move toward Itanium

25) Enigmatec tackles data center automation

26) Fischer stretches its ID mgmt. suite

1) Editor’s note: Blogs, blogs and more blogs

We were busy last week building out our Community platform. Have you wanted to try blogging? Register for a free account and you automatically get your own blog – on a platform read exclusively by fellow enterprise professionals. We’re now also mirroring the Security Awareness Company’s Security Awareness for Ma, Pa and the Corporate Clueless (see item 9 below for more on the stir founder Winn Schwartau’s created) – with more to come. We’ve also used the new platform to set up a poll and forum on the question of whether companies should pay extortion to criminals threatening them with a denial-of-service attack.Finally, do you maintain an interesting blog? Julie Bort is working on an article on IT bloggers for an upcoming feature article. Contact her at jbort@nww.com. And contact me if you have ideas for turning this new Community into a really useful resource at agaffin@nww.com. — Adam Gaffin.

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2) AT&T preps service to manage threats

AT&T is readying a threat-management service for its largest customers that is designed to aggregate security information from dozens of devices and platforms under one umbrella.

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3) ‘Take it all’ outsourcing on the wane

The messy breakup between Sears, Roebuck and Co. and its service partner Computer Sciences Corp. this month symbolizes a new outsourcing maxim: Bigger isn’t better.

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4) Compliance: Worst-case scenario

It’s known as the “go-to-jail scenario” in IT circles, a confluence of events that might land a CIO or network executive not just in hot water, but behind bars. You’ve probably heard loose talk about this risk at industry conferences and in the press. But can an IT exec actually end up doing hard time – as opposed to being fired or fined – for violating one of these federal laws?

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5) Test: Windows Server speeds along at 64 bit

In our Clear Choice Test of Microsoft’s recently released 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003, we found that when you employ optional, kernel-mode processing features, the operating system flies. When you don’t, it runs a bit slower than other 64-bit server operating systems we’ve tested recently.

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6) Peeking into Juniper’s future

Juniper CEO Scott Kriens recently spoke with Network World Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth about Juniper’s enterprise network strategy. Read an edited transcript or listen to the entire 25-minute interview.

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7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Firewalls and worms

Ron Nutter helps a user concerned about updating her firewall and router to stave off instant-messaging worms.

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8) Network World Radio: Tiger, tiger

This week we turn our attention to the latest release of the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 or Tiger, which was released about a month ago. Joining the program is Gordon Haff, senior analyst at Illuminata in Nashua, NH. Listen in.

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9) Forum: Switching to Tiger for security reasons

A column by Winn Schwartau on switching from WinTel to Tiger for security reasons sparked quite the discussion. Jump into the forum, see what others said and add your thoughts.

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10) As the techie crow flies: New venture by Citrix co-founder

DayJet, the brainchild of Citrix co-founder Ed Iacobucci, is a tech company at heart, but its focus is on simplifying air travel for business executives in areas under-served by major airlines.

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11) Check Point’s VPN-1 Edge W security device picks up wireless support

Check Point’s new VPN-1 Edge W touts wireless access support, better performance and a new print server, a combination that makes it a solid addition to the company’s line of small security gateways. In this exclusive Clear Choice test, we focused on the features most attractive to enterprise network managers: wireless, VPN, QoS, high availability and management.

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12) FAIS spurs storage applications

A new generation of storage volume management and data-movement applications are moving from servers and storage subsystems into networks to enable centralized management and more-scalable storage-area network architectures.

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13) Security best practices

Network protection requires striking the right balance between risk and cost.

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14) Network tools take on security roles

Security event management vendors evolve tools from simple log collection products.

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15) Accton to launch WLAN mesh products

Accton Technology last week introduced a line of wireless LAN mesh products in a move that could be a first step toward changing the way enterprise wirless LANs are deployed.

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16) Qwest adds breadth to iQ WAN services

Qwest has added several features to its iQ Networking MPLS-based global WAN services that are designed to expand access options and reduce associated hardware costs.

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17) Microsoft seeks to get its servers in sync

After several failed attempts to use marketing to create a corporate computing platform, Microsoft now is turning to engineering in an attempt to pull Exchange, SQL Server, Windows and its other infrastructure servers into a cohesive stack of enterprise software.

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18) Virsa extends its compliance suite

Virsa Systems is building out its suite of compliance software aimed at helping companies monitor and safeguard users’ access to enterprise systems and data.

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19) Continuous backup steals the spotlight

Continuous data protection, the new darling of the storage market, got lots of play at last week’s Storage Decisions conference.

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20) Vendors give boost to Microsoft management tools

Two management vendors are readying extensions for Microsoft’s group policy technology designed to help corporations lock down their desktops and improve operations for securing servers and PCs.

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21) Cisco snaps up  bandwidth optimizer

Cisco last week said it plans to acquire privately held FineGround Networks, maker of application acceleration and bandwidth optimization appliances, for $70 million.

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22) After theft, bank  tightens online security

Days after confirming that information on approximately 60,000 customers had been stolen by an identity-theft ring, Bank of America last Thursday announced plans to tighten security.

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23) Big-business technologists talk up Linux

Several IT executives at the LinuxWorld Summit last week reinforced the idea that Linux now has the technical brawn and industry support to accommodate the most demanding business applications in environments such as finance, airline reservations and stock trading.

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24) HP continues move toward Itanium

Expected announcements could give customers more standards-based tools to use in a data center.

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25) Enigmatec tackles data center automation

Enigmatec this week is set to launch the second generation of its data center operations software that the company says will help IT managers more quickly identify and automatically resolve system performance problems.

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26) Fischer stretches its ID mgmt. suite

Identity management provider Fischer International last week released a suite of software focused on compliance, provisioning and password management.

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