This Week on NetworkWorld.com, 06/27/05

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) Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON

2) They welcome wireless spam?

3) Survey: Spending is up on key net techs

4) Offshoring off the coast of California

5) Test: Keeping your endpoints in line

6) Network World Radio: Testing endpoint security products

7) The New Data Center: Spotlight on Storage

8) Nutter’s Help Desk: Addressing an odd IP configuration

9) Apdex interprets app measurements

10) Integrien fine-tunes system monitor

11) Case study: Airbus net protects key resources

12) MCI broadens its access services

13) Interview: What’s next for Windows

14) Anti-spam market weeds out vendors

15) BMC ups its standing in identity mgmt.

16) JavaOne spotlights open source, security

17) SBC unveils managed IDS service

18) Extreme updates its wireless LAN menu

19) Start-up debuts with an all-in-one security platform

20) PayPal debuts payment suite for SMBs

21) Whale CEO faces challenges

22) JBoss upgrade eases application development

23) Tool processes finance data on the fly

24) Cisco readies upgrade for 10000 series

1) Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON

Cisco used its annual customer conference last week to lay out the first of six new technology focus areas that the company plans to announce over the next year and half, as the company looks to expand deeper into the data center.

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2) They welcome wireless spam?

Wireless carriers not tough enough on spam, critics say.

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3) Survey: Spending is up on key net techs

Spending is up has increased at most of the 500 companies surveyed by Network World and Research Concepts, with more than half of the respondents saying they are spending more on technology this year than last, while another third estimate they are spend

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4) Offshoring off the coast of California

Former supertanker captain David Cook and his partner Roger Green wave off critics who say their plan to put 600 software engineers on a ship just off the coast of Los Angeles is another anti-American move to steal jobs from U.S. workers.

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5) Test: Keeping your endpoints in line

Setting and enforcing security policy on your network endpoints could be key to making it through your next compliance audit. In our Clear Choice Test of endpoint security products that provide policy enforcement mechanisms, each product was required to identify systems out of policy compliance and take action to remediate that condition.

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6) Network World Radio: Testing endpoint security products

Speaking of those security tests, Network World Lab Alliance Rodney Thayer joins us to discuss how the testing was conducted and share some surprises they found along the way. Listen in.

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7) The New Data Center: Spotlight on Storage

The fourth in our six-part series on the new data center offers a look at storage trends such as virtualization, encryption and archiving.

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8) Nutter’s Help Desk: Addressing an odd IP configuration

Ron Nutter helps a user helps a service tech address a client’s odd IP configuration.

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9) Apdex interprets app measurements

A consortium of companies called the Apdex Alliance is developing the Application Performance Index to specify a uniform way to measure and report on the user experience.

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10) 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.

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11) Case study: 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.

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12) MCI broadens its access services

MCI last week announced that it is offering its Secure Internet Gateway customers more access options and direct Internet access connectivity.

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13) Interview: What’s next for Windows

Paul Flessner, senior vice president for server applications at Microsoft, on what lies ahead

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14) Anti-spam market weeds out vendors

With spam blocking becoming a checklist item for network managers, anti-spam companies are developing complementary features and turning to new ways to deliver their technology with hopes of distinguishing themselves in this heavily crowded market.

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15) BMC ups its standing in identity mgmt.

BMC Software this week plans to unveil three identity applications to help anchor a software suite it’s developing that lets corporations manage identities as part of security and regulatory compliance efforts.

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16) JavaOne spotlights open source, security

In its 10th year, the programming language has found increased importance with its ties to Web services.

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17) SBC unveils managed IDS service

SBC last week broadened its managed security service offerings with an intrusion-detection service.

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18) Extreme updates its wireless LAN menu

Extreme Networks this week is expected to refresh its wireless LAN product line, introducing appliances and access points that support faster client roaming, QoS and improved management of wireless-LAN security and infrastructure.

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19) Start-up debuts with an all-in-one security platform

A start-up founded by three ex-Cisco employees this week is set to announce its first product: a multifunction security device with hardware designed to minimize network performance problems when all functions are switched on, and software applications that run independently so if one fails the rest keep going.

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20) PayPal debuts payment suite for SMBs

PayPal last week introduced a suite of services aimed at letting merchants offer buyers three payment options with the goal of giving PayPal customers more flexibility and control over the checkout process, the first nonhosted offering from this provider of online payments.

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21) Whale CEO faces challenges

SSL VPN vendor Whale Communications recently appointed Roger Pilc as its new CEO.  On his first day on the job at Whale, Pilc spoke to Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about plans to reverse market-share loss and move the company forward.

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22) JBoss upgrade eases application development

JBoss last week said it would upgrade three of its Java middleware products to include an early version of Enterprise JavaBeans that could help customers more easily build applications that can run across multiple servers and support larger numbers of us

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23) Tool processes finance data on the fly

StreamBase Systems last week announced a version of its data filtering and analysis software geared for financial services companies with particularly time-sensitive and gluttonous processing requirements.

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24) Cisco readies upgrade for 10000 series

Cisco is expected to roll out the next generation of its 10000 series platform, which will include enhanced broadband aggregation features and increased capacity as well as software upgrades to provide a common release cycle to better align the router’s leased-line and broadband aggregation features.

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