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

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) 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) Experts fear RFID strain on networks

Network equipment vendors and industry watchers are sounding the alarm that RFID threatens to overwhelm enterprise networks with operational demands.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-reva.html

2) Companies rush to plug ‘data leaks’

To combat data leakage, a growing number of vendors are pitching products designed to monitor sensitive information and block outgoing e-mails or instant messages containing it.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-data-leaks.html

3) Internet security … writ very small

Miniature version of the ‘Net used to assess security schemes.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605widernet.html

4) Nutter’s Help Desk: Wireless connection problems

Ron Nutter helps a user figure out why a wireless laptop can’t connect to everything.

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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/060605nutter.html

5) Network Life’s Ultimate Storage Strategy Guide

Get tips and tricks for managing, safeguarding and enjoying the multimedia files piling up on your home network.

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https://www.networklifemag.com/news/2005/060605ednote.html

6) Out with the old, in with the new data center

Six IT experts give pointers on how one fictitious company can solve its IT problems using new data center principles and technologies.

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http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/060605ndc.html

7) Tech Update: SMI-S 1.1 simplifies storage management

SMI-S helps maintain and protect information in all the electronic forms represented by the various types of storage products.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2005/060605techupdate.html

8) Case study: Fireman’s Fund lights up apps

Insurance provider Fireman’s Fund Insurance hopes to set its industry ablaze with a project that will turn its mainframe applications into a set of network services that provide real-time transactions over the Web to its thousands of independent agents.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-firemans.html

9) 3Com quarantines malicious traffic

3Com also is announcing a new switch family.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-3com.html

10) AT&T’s security head wears many hats

AT&T’s Chief Security Information Officer Ed Amoroso recently spoke with Network World senior editors Denise Pappalardo and Ellen Messmer about his job heading up security for one of the largest telecom companies in the world, as well as the topics of patch management, intrusion-prevention systems and worm attacks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-att-amoroso.html

11) Business market stoked for Ethernet services

There might be no hotter data service now than Ethernet.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-ethernet.html

12) Study: Networks to get their fill of iSCSI

A new IDC study finds that even limited use of the iSCSI protocol to route block-level data across IP networks could result in as much as a sixfold increase in traffic.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-iscsi.html

13) Vendors tout vulnerability mgmt. wares

Bolstering network vulnerability remediation and the ability to track down problems more quickly are the focus of a variety of products expected to be announced this week.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-vulnerability.html

14) Gaining speed, Citrix buys NetScaler

Citrix last week said it would acquire application acceleration hardware vendor NetScaler for about $300 million in cash and stock.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-citrix-netscaler.html

15) Verizon extending switched Ethernet service

Verizon this month plans to announce enhancements to its switched Ethernet service designed to make it more reliable for enterprise applications.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-verizon-ethernet.html

16) Qwest seen having eyes for XO

Qwest eyeing XO as a possible acquisition?

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-qwest-xo.html

17) HP to release mgmt. barrage

HP this week is set to unveil products designed to help customers better manage compliance across their network infrastructure and monitor service-oriented applications from development to deployment, as well as new and upgraded switches.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-hp-openview.html

18) Juniper adds IPSec to its SSL platform

Juniper is upgrading its remote access platform to support IPSec or SSL sessions, deciding on the fly which technology is better suited for the current connection.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-juniper.html

19) Sun nabs StorageTek in blockbuster

Looking to stem losses and significantly boost its data protection, management and storage wares, Sun last week dug deep and acquired Storage Technology (StorageTek) for $4.1 billion.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-sun-storage.html

20) Microsoft seeks to sync up software

Microsoft this week will use its annual TechEd conference to give IT executives a clearer picture on how it plans to integrate its developer tools and Windows infrastructure in hopes of supplying the uptime and security that corporations demand from their networks.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-teched.html

21) MCI offers network protection service

MCI this week is expected to officially launch its WAN Defense distributed denial-of-service detection and mitigation service aimed at helping keep networks safe from attacks that can bring services to a grinding halt.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-mci-security.html

22) Supercomm looks to build on telecom momentum

Supercomm organizers this year hope to build on the telecom revival evident at last year’s conference.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-supercomm.html

23) Aruba corrals foreign wireless LAN clients

Users can corral foreign wireless LAN clients trying to connect to corporate networks, and grant them limited access to specific resources, using new software from Aruba Wireless Networks and Sygate.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-aruba-wireless.html

24) IBM scales up Xeon server

IBM this month is expected to begin shipping a Xeon-based server that can scale up to 32 processors for running high-end databases and enterprise applications or to serve as a platform for server consolidation.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-ibm-server.html