This week on Network World Fusion, 08/09/04

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) Fed up hospitals defy patching rules

2) Trojan hits Windows PDAs for first time

3) DefCon report: Hack . . . hack back . . . repeat

4) Wireless Wizards: The future of public WLAN hot spots

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Controlling access to the network

6) Forsee talks telecom

7) Spam filters: Word up

8) CoreStreet scales digital certificates

9) Remote optimizers aid consolidation

10) IBM differs in acquisition strategy

11) Check Point faces up to challenges

12) Cingular touts mobile e-mail services

13) Address book apps try to shake spam label

14) Campuses face complex regulations

15) Intelliden gobbles up competitor

16) Oracle lax in response to security flaws

17) Digging into Microsoft’s search efforts

18) Qwest latest carrier with enterprise woes

19) No Zero Day this July

20) Snap Appliance debuts midrange NAS device

21) Chelsio launches 10G Ethernet for less

22) Vendors shore up ID management tools

23) VoIP vendors: Regulation hinders growth

24) Venture funding chases tried and true

1) Fed up hospitals defy patching rules

Amid growing worries that Windows-based medical systems will endanger patients if Microsoft-issued security patches are not applied, hospitals are rebelling against restrictions from device manufacturers that have delayed or prevented such updates. Read our report, then jump into our forum on the patching issue.

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2) Trojan hits Windows PDAs for first time

After finding the third malicious program targeting wireless devices in fewer than 60 days, security specialists are warning that it’s only a matter of time before attackers launch a serious attack against mobile phones and PDAs.

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3) DefCon report: Hack . . . hack back . . . repeat

Capture the flag might be only a game, but it was serious business at DefCon, the world’s largest annual computer hacker convention. For 36 straight hours, eight teams of experienced hackers and serious security professionals played predator and prey as they tried to hack into competitors’ networks while defending their own.

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4) Wireless Wizards: The future of public WLAN hot spots

The Wizards ponder their fate.

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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Controlling access to the network

Ron Nutter helps a user lock his network down

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6) Forsee talks telecom

Sprint CEO Gary Forsee recently sat with Network World Senior Editor Denise Pappalardo and Associate News Editor Paul McNamara to talk about the company’s strategy, industry consolidation and a topic that touched a nerve with the generally measured telecom executive: the legal fate of former WorldCom boss Bernard Ebbers.

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7) Spam filters: Word up

How do you set your spam filters to block key words when the Viagra mail has to get through?

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8) CoreStreet scales digital certificates

What’s the point of deploying a digital certificate infrastructure if you can’t readily check the status of certificates? That’s where CoreStreet’s Real Time Credentials comes in.

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9) Remote optimizers aid consolidation

Organizations with branch offices are consolidating their networks to control the costs of managing their IT infrastructures. But because of latency posed by WAN connections, it’s difficult to provide remote-site users with the network performance they require while ensuring the integrity of centralized data. Remote-office optimization appliances circumvent these challenges by enabling real-time access of data over WANs.

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10) IBM differs in acquisition strategy

Like cyclist Lance Armstrong in the Pyrenees Mountains, IBM’s acquisitions strategists have picked up the pace.

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11) Check Point faces up to challenges

You’d think Check Point might be hitting its peak given that network security has become the top priority for so many IT shops. But the firewall/VPN company actually is facing some of its stiffest challenges.

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12) Cingular touts mobile e-mail services

Cingular Wireless last week launched two enterprise-class e-mail services designed to let users securely access corporate e-mail resources from mobile devices.

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13) Address book apps try to shake spam label

Plaxo, the free contact application that automatically updates address books via e-mail, has gained notoriety since it was launched just over a year ago. Now its creators are pinning the application’s future on a paid, business-oriented version to create the company’s first significant revenue stream. However, given the privacy concerns Plaxo raises and the widely held belief that the e-mails it generates are at best annoying and at worst spam, the application might hit a wall as it tries to penetrate corporate America.

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14) Campuses face complex regulations

Federal uncertainty over telecom policy has left network executives in higher education pondering cost trends, technology bets and campus infrastructure options.

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15) Intelliden gobbles up competitor

Management software company Intelliden last week said it has acquired competitor Gold Wire Technology in a deal that will result in products that marry configuration and compliance management.

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16) Oracle lax in response to security flaws

Oracle has acknowledged the existence of security holes in its database software and said it plans to issue a security alert soon. The U.K. security expert who found the holes criticized Oracle’s conduct, saying the company has sat on patches for about two months that would fix the holes.

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17) Digging into Microsoft’s search efforts

Microsoft’s developing desktop search technology will have to be complemented by a well-defined security framework, or it will become a nightmare when integrated into a corporate collaboration environment, experts say.

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18) Qwest latest carrier with enterprise woes

Add Qwest to the list of carriers bludgeoned by the enterprise network services market.

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19) No Zero Day this July

For no apparently technical reason, July has traditionally been a bad month for the security world. But July 2004 was relatively quiet, security-speaking.

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20) Snap Appliance debuts midrange NAS device

Snap Appliance, in its first announcement since being acquired by Adaptec, says it is entering the midrange network-attached storage market.

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21) Chelsio launches 10G Ethernet for less

Chelsio Communications’ launch of a 10G bit/sec Ethernet network interface card for about $2,000 could signal the start of a price decline that will encourage customers to embrace the high-speed technology.

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22) Vendors shore up ID management tools

Two single sign-on vendors are upgrading their products in an effort to meet the needs of corporate users warming up to identity management.

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23) VoIP vendors: Regulation hinders growth

U.S. regulators can play an important role in the spread of VoIP services by showing the rest of the world that the best way to encourage growth is by limiting regulation, according to those who sell VoIP services and equipment.

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24) Venture funding chases tried and true

According to a special slice of the quarterly MoneyTree Survey created for Network World, investors poured $2.6 billion into network-related companies during the second quarter, up from $2.5 billion during the first quarter. Read our report and browse through our VC database.

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