This week on Network World Fusion, 07/12/04

1) Has IE dug itself a hole? 2) Wireless directory draws cheers, jeers 3) A Wider Net: When silence sounds too, well, silent 4) How GM saved a billion dollars 5) Un-wiring the wireless LAN 6) Review: Pedestal aids in security enforcement 7) Review: LANsurveyor 8.5 for Windows 8) Review: SCO’s UnixWare measures up with open source additions 9) Technology Update: FTTP boosts bandwidth in the last mile 10) Management Strategies: In the firing line 11) Wary buyers dampen software sales 12) The other side: Hardware revenue should be up 13) Dell continues network battle 14) Tools help manage domain names 15) ISPs look inward to stop spam 16) Start-ups automate global trade functions 17) Microsoft aims to save $1 billion this fiscal year 18) Siemens exec talks up VoIP

1) Has IE dug itself a hole?

2) Wireless directory draws cheers, jeers

3) A Wider Net: When silence sounds too, well, silent

4) How GM saved a billion dollars

5) Un-wiring the wireless LAN

6) Review: Pedestal aids in security enforcement

7) Review: LANsurveyor 8.5 for Windows

8) Review: SCO’s UnixWare measures up with open source additions

9) Technology Update: FTTP boosts bandwidth in the last mile

10) Management Strategies: In the firing line

11) Wary buyers dampen software sales

12) The other side: Hardware revenue should be up

13) Dell continues network battle

14) Tools help manage domain names

15) ISPs look inward to stop spam

16) Start-ups automate global trade functions

17) Microsoft aims to save $1 billion this fiscal year

18) Siemens exec talks up VoIP

Has IE dug itself a hole? 

When another security hole was uncovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer last week, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued six workarounds to minimize vulnerability, including a suggestion to switch to another browser.

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Wireless directory draws cheers, jeers

The wireless industry insists that customers are clamoring for directory assistance for mobile phone numbers, although critics – including IT executives – say the move carries unacceptable risks for businesses.

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A Wider Net: When silence sounds too, well, silent

Silence on a VoIP line when someone stops talking is so stark, so dead, so absolute, that people at the other end find it unnerving, compelling them to ask, “Are you still there?” Enter “comfort noise.”

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How GM saved a billion dollars

We talk to GM CTO Tony Scott on the company’s 100% outsourcing arrangement and its massive efforts to consolidate thousands of legacy systems.

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Un-wiring the wireless LAN

Mesh networks allow deployment of large-scale wireless nets without having to physically link every access point back to the wired network.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/071204mesh.html

Review: Pedestal aids in security enforcement

Pedestal Software’s SecurityExpressions 3.1 is an agentless product that audits systems based on a pre-defined set of rules, letting organizations easily identify computers and other devices that do not conform to a defined corporate security policy.

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Review: LANsurveyor 8.5 for Windows

Neon Software’s LANsurveyor 8.5 for Windows provides the network map you need, and some desktop management and basic security tools.

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Review: SCO’s UnixWare measures up with open source additions

UnixWare did well in our Web connectivity and performance tests, but wasn’t as advanced as its Linux rivals in terms of its GUI and hardware discovery facilities.

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Technology Update: FTTP boosts bandwidth in the last mile

Fiber to the premises extends fiber cabling all the way to homes or businesses. Because fiber provides a significant bandwidth boost over twisted-pair or coaxial connections used in the last mile, carriers are tapping it to deliver voice, video and data services.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/071204techupdate.html

Management Strategies: In the firing line

When you have to let an employee go, take steps to make the termination process less painful.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0712man.html

Wary buyers dampen software sales

A rash of revenue warnings from enterprise software makers has the long-awaited technology-spending recovery sputtering.

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The other side: Hardware revenue should be up

Despite a slew of recent earnings warnings from their software counterparts, the IT hardware industry should improve on last year’s second quarter amid the usual seasonal slowdown.

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Network World Fusion Radio: WiMAX in the air

What is WiMAX? Will it replace DSL or cable modems for last-mile access? We get the scoop from Craig Mathias, a principal at the Farpoint Group and presenter on the Network World Wireless LAN Technology Tour. Available in Windows Media, Real and MP3.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0708radio.html

Dell continues network battle

Dell digs deeper into network switching, bringing pricing pressure to market.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0712dellswitch.html

Tools help manage domain names

More companies are turning to service providers to manage their growing domain name portfolios.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071204domain.html

ISPs look inward to stop spam

While no one is declaring the war won, ISPs have discovered that making relatively simple changes to network policies can have a significant effect on reducing unwanted e-mail.

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Start-ups automate global trade functions

A handful of small software companies are angling to capitalize on the complexities of cross-border commerce and automate what are traditionally time-consuming manual processes.

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Microsoft aims to save $1 billion this fiscal year

Microsoft plans to save nearly $1 billion through efficiency improvements and cost-cutting in its 2005 fiscal year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in his annual strategy e-mail message to employees last week.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0712browserside.html

Siemens exec talks up VoIP

A talk with Siemens CEO Andy Mattes on the key to selling VoIP to your CFO, quantifying convergence productivity gains, partnerships or acquisitions in the works and more

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