This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 06/20/05

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) Networking: Bullish on China

2) Carriers push users to move off legacy nets

3) Cisco takes aim at surging XML, RFID traffic

4) Face-off: The best place to stop spyware

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Detecting rogue access points

6) Network World Radio: Podslurping

7) Harvard student key player in spyware fight

8) Grid adoption perks up

9) Nortel adds layers to its stackable switch line

10) SLRRP spurs large-scale RFID rollouts

11) Hackers for hire

12) BEA unveils service software family

13) U.S. Census makes big VoIP splash

14) AT&T expands WiMAX testing

15) Data archiving attracts new wares

16) Users eye wireless voice/data unification

17) Users offer RFID reality check

18) Postini to promote reputation services

19) Users swap advice on network mobility

20) Start-up to debut advanced server NICs

21) Storage conference focuses on recovery

22) Start-up uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint location

23) IBM opens up Power processors

24) NetApp’s chief speaks out

25) Entuity adds VoIP, blade server management to software

26) Levanta puts Linux management in a box

1) Networking: Bullish on China

Chinese network companies making their mark, though upstarts have yet to crack U.S. market.

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2) Carriers push users to move off legacy nets

Frame relay customers take note: The clock is ticking. Sprint says it will turn off its legacy data networks in four years. At that point any stragglers will be forced to migrate to one of the carrier’s IP network services and backbone – and away from tried-and-true frame and ATM.

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3) Cisco takes aim at surging XML, RFID traffic

With a multi-product launch expected this week, Cisco will attempt to address two growing areas of concern for network architects: managing the expected explosion of XML and RFID traffic.

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4) Face-off: The best place to stop spyware

Where’s the best place to combat spyware? C. David Moll, CEO of Webroot, says only desktop spyware protection will fully protect today’s mobile workforces. Vilis Ositis, CTO of Blue Coat Systems, however, argues that proxy servers may be the only longterm solution to the problem. What do you think?

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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Detecting rogue access points

Nutter helps a college administrator clamp down on students using access points to get around a fee for accessing the college network.

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6) Network World Radio: Podslurping

To demonstrate the ease of “podslurping” – the ability to copy corporate information to an iPod’s hard drive – Abe Usher created an application that can suck Word, PDF, Excel and other office documents off an office PC in minutes. Usher, founder of Sharp Ideas, joins us to discuss his application and what companies can do to combat the potential iPod security risk. Listen in.

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7) Harvard student key player in spyware fight

Harvard student’s hobby keeps adware vendors on the ropes.

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8) Grid adoption perks up

Mainstream companies start to reap benefits from harnessing unused computing power.

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9) Nortel adds layers to its stackable switch line

Nortel’s BayStack 5520 stackable switch offers better performance, increased link aggregation capacity, new Layer 3 forwarding and a 25% price drop compared with its predecessor. However, this line of switches still has no routing protocol support and some management quirks that could detract from its overall usefulness.

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10) SLRRP spurs large-scale RFID rollouts

SLRRP’s network-centric interface provides scalability and flexibility, allowing the reader to support the needs of multiple applications, which might have different tag access requirements.

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11) Hackers for hire

Bringing in ethical hacker consultants is the latest in security defense.

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12) BEA unveils service software family

BEA Systems is fighting to secure its place among larger software rivals IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, while at the same time battling Wall Street doubts that the software maker can execute the financial turnaround it needs.

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13) U.S. Census makes big VoIP splash

When the U.S. Census Bureau decided to switch to VoIP in 1998, it was one of the first federal agencies to adopt what was then a bleeding-edge technology. Now, with 6,500 IP phones installed, the Census Bureau is a champion of the flexibility and new features that VoIP has to offer.

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14) AT&T expands WiMAX testing

AT&T announced last week that it plans to launch its second WiMAX trial to further test the performance of the fixed wireless technology with business customers.

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15) Data archiving attracts new wares

The data archiving market last week gained two new offerings, one from the market leader, another from an industry upstart.

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16) Users eye wireless voice/data unification

As forward-looking companies move off legacy PBXs to VoIP infrastructures, even bolder groups of users are looking to literally cut the cord connecting employees to 20th-century voice technology.

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17) Users offer RFID reality check

RFID has great potential, it can bring about fundamental improvements in core business processes, and every company should be engaged in RFID pilot projects. But speakers also agreed that the business case today for RFID is shaky at best, and that an out-of-the-box RFID starter kit is many years away.

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18) Postini to promote reputation services

E-mail security provider Postini last week said it has been awarded a patent covering its approach to identifying threat patterns in IP traffic, underlining the growing popularity of such reputation services to help block spam, viruses and other Internet-borne attacks.

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19) Users swap advice on network mobility

Landstar System supports a Web site where truckers can find out what freight loads need hauling and what shipping agent to call to sign a deal – a streamlined way for truckers to do business, but the company’s top IT man says they constantly want more.

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20) Start-up to debut advanced server NICs

Level5 Networks this week is expected to launch its inaugural product – a Gigabit Ethernet server adapters; but there’s a twist to these network interface cards, the start-up says.

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21) Storage conference focuses on recovery

IT professionals are changing the way they back up and recover data, experts say, with new emphasis on the speedier fetching of data made possible by advancing technologies.

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22) Start-up uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint location

An innovative, new location service discovers the broadcast signals from the millions of current public and private wireless LAN access points to find and map the position of wireless users.

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23) IBM opens up Power processors

IBM hopes to do for its Power processor what it helped do for Linux: create a bigger market, in which lots of vendors can play, and earn more money for IBM in the process.

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24) NetApp’s chief speaks out

NetApp CEO talks open source, virtualization and IBM

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25) Entuity adds VoIP, blade server management to software

Entuity last week announced it had upgraded its flagship management software with features that will help corporate customers collect data on port usage, Cisco IP telephony applications and blade servers from IBM.

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26) Levanta puts Linux management in a box

Management software maker Levanta next month is expected to unveil an appliance equipped with software that could ease the burden on systems administrators responsible for provisioning and managing Linux servers.

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