This week on Network World Fusion, 07/19/04

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) New server chips carry hidden cost

2) Users, vendors treating healthcare patching ills

3) New tools corral WLAN radio waves

4) Ways to make your wireless net more secure

5) VSATs and cyber cafes

6) Face-off: Graceful restart and IP reliability

7) Service providers fall short on service

8) Review: Peribit Networks’ SR-100 appliance

9) Security event management software

10) 802.11h helps WLANs share spectrum

11) Staffing by the numbers

12) Congress fights telework malaise

13) Is Microsoft changing its stripes?

14) Cisco buys earn mixed reviews

15) XO expands offerings  in wake of UNE-P rulings

16) Aventail goes small with SSL VPN appliance

17) NetScout to monitor aggregated WAN links

18) Group tackles interoperability to give MPLS needed boost

19) SWsoft offering divvies up server management

20) Healthcare braces for federal IT czar

21) Marriage of components called key to security

22) Microsoft technology needs others’ help

23) Trio ink historic IM partnership

24) What Leucadia’s overture toward MCI really means

25) IPass beefing up policy enforcement

26) Apple pumps up server OS

1) New server chips carry hidden cost

In the rush to roll out servers that put multiple processors on a chip, IBM, Intel, Sun and others inadvertently are raising software costs for users.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904multicore.html

2) Users, vendors treating healthcare patching ills

There continues to be plenty of finger-pointing over who should fix the broken process for patching Windows-based patient-care systems, but some users and vendors are at least trying to deal with the problem directly.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904hospitalpatch.html

3) New tools corral WLAN radio waves

A host of new management products are giving network executives tools to control the most elusive element of wireless LANs: the radio waves that actually connect clients to access points.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904rftools.html

4) Ways to make your wireless net more secure

The Wizards ponder the question: I just inherited a major 802.11b deployment. I have no budget – what are the top 3 to 5 things I should do to ensure the network is secure?

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0719wizards.html

5) VSATs and cyber cafes

Ron Nutter helps a user set up a wireless-Internet café.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0719nutter.html

6) Face-off: Graceful restart and IP reliability

Ru Wadasinghe of Nortel and Matt Kolon of Juniper debate the merits of graceful restart vs. nonstop routing on page XX and take their discussion online. Read their thoughts, then add your own in our forum.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1648

7) Service providers fall short on service

Major carriers score high on network performance, but billing woes and installation delays open the door for second-tier providers.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/071904carriers.html

8) Review: Peribit Networks’ SR-100 appliance

Bandwidth boosting box boasts boffo benefits.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/071904peribitrev.html

9) Security event management software

NetIQ’s Security Manager 5.0 does an impressive job sorting through security.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/071904netiqrev.html

10) 802.11h helps WLANs share spectrum

The original motivation for the DFS and TPC mechanisms defined in 802.11h ensure a standard method of operation under the regulatory requirements governing the 5-GHz band, which will spur deployment of 802.11a wireless networks.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/071904techupdate.html

11) Staffing by the numbers

Experts share insights into how many people it takes to run an IT operation.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/071904man.html

12) Congress fights telework malaise

We talk with Congressman Tom Davis (R-Va) about his plans for holding government agencies’ feet to the fire over dismal telework performance

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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/071904netlead.html

13) Is Microsoft changing its stripes?

Now that Microsoft’s six-year anti-trust battle is over and the company has hammered out historic partnerships with bitter rivals Sun and Oracle, is the vendor on a path to becoming a kinder, gentler industry titan?

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904microsoftfriendly.html

14) Cisco buys earn mixed reviews

Analysts and customers give Cisco mostly passing grades on its acquisitions report card, as the network giant already has bought five companies this year. But none of the acquisitions will drive the company into the groundbreaking new directions Cisco has hinted at, observers add.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904infcisco.html

15) XO expands offerings  in wake of UNE-P rulings

Following recent court decisions that essentially do away with key carrier network access wholesaling regulations, XO is stepping into the breach by launching a wholesale local voice service for competitive local exchange carriers

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904carrxo.html

16) Aventail goes small with SSL VPN appliance

Aventail is wheeling out a scaled-down, less-expensive version of its Secure Sockets Layer VPN security appliance to make the technology more attractive to smaller customers

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904aventail.html

17) NetScout  to monitor aggregated WAN links

NetScout this week plans to announce an appliance designed to give customers a better view of traffic crossing aggregated WAN links.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904netscout.html

18) Group tackles interoperability to give MPLS needed boost

Industry groups MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance and the ATM Forum have agreed to become one, a move leaders of the groups say will hasten much-needed Multi-protocol Label Switching services work by focusing more attention on solving specific interoperability

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904forums.html

19) SWsoft offering divvies up server management

SWsoft last week unveiled an upgraded version of its virtualization software that gives users more control over server-based resources.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904swsoft.html

20) Healthcare braces for federal IT czar

The nation’s first healthcare IT czar this week is expected to put forth a plan for modernizing the healthcare system – an effort IT professionals say they welcome despite the integration headaches and additional costs it could bring.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904brailer.html

21) Marriage of components called key to security

Regulatory and security pressures are fueling a rush to turn directory, identity and other network infrastructure services into components that provide a reusable security layer as part of a service-oriented architecture.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904catalyst.html

22) Microsoft technology needs others’ help

Cooperation, interoperability key to success of Microsoft’s isolation technology

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904msisolation.html

23) Trio ink historic IM partnership

In what experts are calling a milestone in the evolution of corporate instant messaging, Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo formed a partnership last week that will enable Microsoft’s Live Communications Server 2005 to work with the IM services offered by the other two.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904imstuff.html

24) What Leucadia’s overture toward MCI really means

Key questions and answers regarding this move and what it means to MCI customers and the telecom industry

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904mci.html

25) IPass beefing up policy enforcement

Global service provider iPass is introducing security features this week aimed at enforcing the corporate security policies of its customers.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071904carripass.html

26) Apple pumps up server OS

Expected to be released in the first half of next year, Tiger brings more than 200 new features, including native support for 64-bit applications, Ethernet link aggregation that binds Ethernet connections to enable failover and faster network performance, and access control lists that will let users go beyond traditional Unix permissions.

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