This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 06/13/05

1) Experts fear RFID strain on networks 2) Companies rush to plug ‘data leaks’ 3) Internet security … writ very small 4) Nutter’s Help Desk: Wireless connection problems 5) Network Life’s Ultimate Storage Strategy Guide 6) Out with the old, in with the new data center 7) Tech Update: SMI-S 1.1 simplifies storage management 8) Case study: Fireman’s Fund lights up apps 9) 3Com quarantines malicious traffic 10) AT&T’s security head wears many hats 11) Business market stoked for Ethernet services 12) Study: Networks to get their fill of iSCSI 13) Vendors tout vulnerability mgmt. wares 14) Gaining speed, Citrix buys NetScaler 15) Verizon extending switched Ethernet service 16) Qwest seen having eyes for XO 17) HP to release mgmt. barrage 18) Juniper adds IPSec to its SSL platform 19) Sun nabs StorageTek in blockbuster 20) Microsoft seeks to sync up software 21) MCI offers network protection service 22) Supercomm looks to build on telecom momentum 23) Aruba corrals foreign wireless LAN clients 24) IBM scales up Xeon server

1) Outsourced security called battle tested

2) Web services ready to rock mobile apps

3) Advanced technologies muddy software licensing

4) The switch from WinTel to Mac: MacTel?

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: DHCP and wireless

6) Network World Radio: Measuring video quality

7) The accidental tech pundit

8) Wireless enables assembly lines

9) Multi-core serves up performance

10) HR and IT seek common ground

11) Salesforce.com battles rivals

12) Multi-function boxes take off

13) AT&T collaborates with Microsoft

14) Brocade expands beyond Fibre Channel wares

15) Outsourcing HR applications growing up

16) Colubris rolls out wireless LAN controllers

17) Two cases of lost data shine light on risks

18) Dearth of standard stalls Ethernet services

19) Supercomm touts convergence

20) Taking on IT service management

21) Ex-Cisco executives flee Nortel

22) WilTel storage services focus on disaster recovery

23) Foundry launches all-fiber Gigabit/10G switch

24) Tivoli exec tackles security

25) Unisys touts on-demand servers

26) Management vendor develops Exchange tool

1) Outsourced security called battle tested

Outsourcing corporate security is no longer risky business and large organizations should hand off network monitoring and security services as soon as possible.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-outsourcing-security.html

2) Web services ready to rock mobile apps

The stage has been set for Web services to start playing a vital role in mobile applications for enterprise networks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-web-services.html

3) Advanced technologies muddy software licensing

Software licensing has never been simple, but the issue is becoming particularly thorny as IT managers deploy new data center technologies such as server virtualization, grid computing and multicore processors that stretch the limits of traditional per-CPU pricing.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-software-licensing.html

4) The switch from WinTel to Mac: MacTel?

Winn Schwartau continues his series about his security-inspired switch from WinTel to OS X with a look at the implications of Apple moving to Intel chips.

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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: DHCP and wireless

Ron Nutter helps a user who has problems connecting to wireless access points from his Centrino-based laptop.

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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/061305nutter.html

6) Network World Radio: Measuring video quality

One company looking to corner the market on automated quality measurement for IP communications is Psytechnics. The company already offers voice quality assessment tools and is now rolling out a similar product for IP-based video. Joining the program to talk about company’s new video initiatives is Psytechnics CEO John Winchester. Listen in.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0613radio.html

7) The accidental tech pundit

IT Doesn’t Matter author Nicholas Carr parlays explosive essay into enduring gig.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305widernetcarr.html

8) Wireless enables assembly lines

802.11 LANs, RFID and sensors let factories peer into plant processes.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/061305sector.html

9) Multi-core serves up performance

IT managers are starved for more powerful computing and multi-tasking as their demands, data and services grow while their IT budgets shrink. Multi-core innovation begins the age when corporations can feasibly achieve mainframe-class performance on mainstream platforms – without the mainframe price tag.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/061305techupdate.html

10) HR and IT seek common ground

Thought Leadership Summit brings together leaders to share strategies.

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http://www.networkworld.com/careers/2005/061305man.html

11) Salesforce.com battles rivals

As Salesforce.com’s star continues to rise, analysts are stepping up their warnings to customers that hosted applications can carry steep costs over the long run, especially for larger organizations.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-salesforce.html

12) Multi-function boxes take off

As the number of security technologies grows – firewall, anti-virus, content filtering, intrusion detection and others – some vendors suggest it makes sense to load all these platforms on a single device to save capital and operational costs, and perhaps even to improve security.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-security-appliances.html

13) AT&T collaborates with Microsoft

AT&T is promising a host of new collaboration services based on a five-year agreement with Microsoft it announced last week at SuperComm 2005 in Chicago.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-att-microsoft.html

14) Brocade expands beyond Fibre Channel wares

Brocade, which has lost market share and produced modest financial results of late, is making moves to better exploit its installed base of Fibre Channel switches, as well as expand into new data management areas. Last month, Brocade introduced SAN-based server provisioning software, plus a wide-area file services appliance.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-brocade-wafs.html

15) Outsourcing HR applications growing up

In its most recent quarterly index of outsourcing deals, sourcing advisory firm TPI reported human resources outsourcing is the fastest growing and largest segment of the broader business process outsourcing market.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-outsourcing-hr.html

16) Colubris rolls out wireless LAN controllers

Colubris this week is unveiling the first of its wireless LAN controllers aimed at letting its corporate customers centralize security and management for its line of intelligent access points.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305colubris.html

17) Two cases of lost data shine light on risks

A pair of recent security breaches – one involving lost back-up tapes containing financial information, the other in which countless postings were deleted from thousands of online bulletin boards – shows that data loss can happen in many different ways for just about any reason.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-ezboard.html

18) Dearth of standard stalls Ethernet services

 The lack of a standard Ethernet interface between different carrier networks is impeding carrier plans to extend virtual private LAN services on a national and global scale.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-vpls-nni.html

19) Supercomm touts convergence

Supercomm convened for the final time last week and telecom’s premiere U.S. trade show went out with a bang, drawing an impressive roster of executive speakers and throngs of service providers eager to upgrade their networks to support advanced IP services.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-supercomm.html

20) Taking on IT service management

Companies labor to standardize processes and technologies across corporate networks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-service-management.html

21) Ex-Cisco executives flee Nortel

Nortel’s enterprise network ambitions suffered a setback last week as two top officials – both former Cisco executives – departed after just three months on the job.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-nortel.html

22) WilTel storage services focus on disaster recovery

WilTel last week introduced a portfolio of managed wide-area storage extension services for business continuity and disaster recovery.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-wiltel-storage.html

23) Foundry launches all-fiber Gigabit/10G switch

Foundry last week launched a fixed-configuration, all-fiber switch aimed at letting users aggregate Fast and Gigabit Ethernet links into fat 10G Ethernet pipes.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-foundry.html

24) Tivoli exec tackles security

Arvind Krishna, vice president of provisioning and security development for Tivoli Software Group, spoke with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie about how IBM plans to bring security to its management wares.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-tivoli.html

25) Unisys touts on-demand servers

Unisys, which leads the high-end Windows server market, is bringing capacity-on-demand features to its ES7000 servers, enabling end users to turn on processing power as needed.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-unisys.html

26) Management vendor develops Exchange tool

E-mail management vendor DYS Analytics later this month will release a desktop performance-monitoring tool that provides corporations with usage statistics and analytical data to help troubleshoot and manage Microsoft Exchange.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061305-dys-exchange.html