This week on Network World Fusion, 06/28/04

1) Cisco’s WLAN plan has landed 2) N+I spotlights security and apps management 3) A Wider Net: Inside MIT’s new geek lair 4) InteropNet Labs: Testers drill down on SIP, 802.1X security and MPLS 5) InteropNet Labs: SIP aces basic interop tests 6) InteropNet Labs: Vendors hit the 802.1X mark for access, but security holes remain 7) InteropNet Labs: Team mixes MPLS and IPv6 for enterprising results 8) VoIP breaks down the walls of the call center 9) Review: Network Physics NP-2000 appliance 10) Review: Cisco’s MDS 9509 11) Face-off: Is a unified WLAN approach better than an overlay? 12) Management Strategies: Negotiation know-how 13) Server Sleuths: Security attributes of a server management platform 14) Channel woes dog Microsoft 15) Nutter’s Help Desk: Wireless access point problems 16) Extreme changes 17) IBM ups the ante on Power servers 18) MCI by the numbers 19) New access services meet SOHO needs 20) Start-ups scramble for venture dollars

1) RBOCs bankrolling advanced services

2) Entrepreneurial winner: In the chips

3) Earthquakes, fire and lightning: Must be a NEBS test

4) Server Sleuths: Provisioning Windows Servers

5) Network World Radio: Designing network security

6) Wireless Wizards: What is the next wireless security surprise?

7) Nutter’s Help Desk: VoIP for VSAT

8) If you can’t beat IM join IM

9) Review: IM management tools

10) Technology Update: DDNS automates DNS database updates

11) Management Strategies: Leaders can be made

12) Management software critical to HP’s plans, exec says

13) Juniper SSL boxes ease net access

14) Metro Ethernet gaining a foothold in market

15) Spending buoys telecom show

16) Brightmail upgrades anti-spam software

17) Anti-phishing efforts need teeth

18) Akamai attack underscores DNS risks

19) Powell affirms promise to go light on regulation

1) RBOCs bankrolling advanced services

At the SuperComm 2004 conference last week officials from Verizon, SBC and BellSouth outlined investments they hope will help them unseat the interexchange carriers as primary suppliers of data services.

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2) Entrepreneurial winner: In the chips

The winner of Network World’s inaugural ‘Who Wants to be an Entrepreneur?’ contest says if all goes well his idea could lead to routers and other network devices costing much less and coming in smaller sizes.

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3) Earthquakes, fire and lightning: Must be a NEBS test

At NTS, telecom gear needs to survive the flame test and an earthquake simulator that tops 7 on the Richter scale, plus make it through chambers that determine whether equipment can handle extreme hot and cold temperatures as well as lightning strikes and high altitudes. Sometimes testers, armed with shotguns, even take boxes out back and try to shoot through their cabinets with No. 6 steel shot from 50 feet away. Welcome to the largely behind-the-scenes world of NEBS testing.

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4) Server Sleuths: Provisioning Windows Servers

The Sleuths help a user crack the case of the best way to get the new servers up and running.

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5) Network World Radio: Designing network security

Security challenges take center stage this week as Merike Kaeo, author of “Designing Network Security, Second Edition” and chief network security architect at Double Shot Security, joins us to discuss protecting corporate networks. NOTE: We’re adding MP3 versions of our interviews, so you can listen to them on the go.

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6) Wireless Wizards: What is the next wireless security surprise?

The Wizards peer into their crystal ball to try to divine the next thing you should look out for.

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7) Nutter’s Help Desk: VoIP for VSAT

Ron answers the question: Is  VoIP for StarBand VSAT broadband available? I want to install the broadband satellite system in a remote locale that doesn’t have POTS landlines.

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8) If you can’t beat IM join IM

Instant messaging was never invited to the communications party in the enterprise – it crashed the party, and now IT managers must find a way to control IM before the dining room table gets smashed. Read the article, then use our online buyer’s guide to find the IM monitoring and management tool that best fits your criteria.

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9) Review: IM management tools

We take a close look at four very good products that can help network managers improve control and reduce potential risks of IM on a corporate network: Akonix’s L7 Enterprise, FaceTime Communications’ IM Auditor, IM-Age Software’s IM Policy Manager and IMlogic’s IM Manager.

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10) Technology Update: DDNS automates DNS database updates

Dynamic DNS links network services with application resources.

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11) Management Strategies: Leaders can be made

Promising IT managers develop leadership skills with help from Steinbeck, Shakespeare and Hemingway.

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12) Management software critical to HP’s plans, exec says

Nora Denzel, senior vice president and general manager of the Adaptive Enterprise and Software Global Business Unit at HP, sat down with Network World Senior Writer Denise Dubie at HP Software Forum 2004 to discuss how management software will help HP champion its utility computing vision.

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13) Juniper SSL boxes ease net access

Juniper is adding support for Security Assertion Markup Language to its remote-access gear, technology that lets users sign on once to a Secure Sockets Layer remote-access gateway and reach network resources without further authentication.

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14) Metro Ethernet gaining a foothold in market

While many of the start-ups that contributed to the metropolitan Ethernet service hype are now gone or transformed, the surviving providers have risen to the challenge of providing a useful, cost-effective offering for many customers.

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15) Spending buoys telecom show

Supercomm 2004 last week was all about new services – how to create them, provision them and deliver them to customers.

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16) Brightmail upgrades anti-spam software

As anti-spam software maker Brightmail officially becomes part of Symantec, the company is releasing an upgrade to the enterprise version of Brightmail Antispam.

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17) Anti-phishing efforts need teeth

As phishing quickly becomes the next big headache for consumers and businesses wanting to communicate with them via e-mail, a number of industry groups have emerged to combat the problem. However, until technology is implemented to authenticate e-mail sources, observers say little can be done to fight this form of electronic fraud.

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18) Akamai attack underscores DNS risks

An attack earlier this month aimed at DNS services for high-profile Akamai Technologies customers should be a wakeup call for enterprise users to ensure they have contingency plans to deal with a growing number of Internet threats, analysts say.

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19) Powell affirms promise to go light on regulation

FCC Chairman Michael Powell played cheerleader to the telecom industry last week during his Supercomm 2004 keynote interview, promising to keep a light hand on regulations to stimulate investment in IP service provider networks.

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