NetFlash: Cisco puts focus on Web services

Cisco last week introduced technology to help its network gear run Web services. Today we look at the vision, the implementation – and what network managers think of it all. Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-cisco.html?net&story=062705-cisco

Cisco last week introduced technology to help its network gear run Web services. Today we look at the vision, the implementation – and what network managers think of it all.

Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-cisco.html?net&story=062705-cisco

Enterasys sues Extreme and Foundry over patents

Patent lawsuit fever has reached the LAN switch market. After Lucent’s only mildly successful suit against Extreme Networks, Enterasys is now suing both Extreme and Foundry Networks over virtual LAN and routing technology.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062405-enterasys-patents.html?net&story=062405-enterasys-patents

Integrien fine-tunes system monitor

Integrien last week announced an upgrade to its flagship systems monitoring software that can give customers better visibility into the performance of IT components supporting end-user applications.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-integrien.html?net&story=062705-integrien

Airbus net protects key resources

Airbus North America, looking to bolster its disaster-recovery capabilities, has installed a new WAN that lets it consolidate separate voice lines and provides virtually unlimited bandwidth for future services.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-airbus-sonet.html?net&story=062705-airbus-sonet

Radio: Endpoint security product testing

This week’s edition of Network World contains a comprehensive test of endpoint security products. Network World Lab Alliance members Mandy Andress and Rodney Thayer put each entrant through their paces to find out which did the best job of protecting your enterprise. Thayer joins us to discuss how the testing was conducted and shares some surprises they found along the way. Listen in:

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0627radio.html?net&story=0627radio

Today on Layer 8, +2 heading into the final round:

Why do celebrities blog?; states ban cells for teen drivers; big companies turn to adware; and the latest winner of our Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8

Today’s blog: Gearblog

Company builds the smallest Linux computer in the world, Mac’s Dashboard dashes to Windows, and a recruiter burns images into your retinas that you would just as soon forget – these are just a few reasons to check out Mark Gibbs’ Gearblog today.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/gearblog/?net&story=bloggearblog