This week on Network World Fusion, 09/07/04

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) LAN services to get new look

2) Vendors heed cry for compliance mgmt. tools

3) Battling MyDoom: Someone to watch over the ‘Net

4) Review: Extreme’s S400 raises the bar for workgroup switches

5) 10GBase-T brings blazing speed

6) 10G still prepping for big dance

7) Wireless Wizards: What’s the best way to authenticate wireless users?

8) Nutter’s Help Desk: How to get started in Linux

9) Case study: VoWi-Fi keeps nurses on call

10) Will the real Bill Gates please stand up?

11) Management Strategies: Executive enforcers

12) Case study: Research center plugs physical security into its network

13) Infonet VPN service to exploit the ‘Net

14) Presence applications poised for takeoff

15) IBM rolls out low-end storage systems

16) Windows upgrades, licenses getting in sync

17) ‘Fired-up’ Ballmer zings Linux

18) Multicore processor on Intel road map

19) Auto industry pushes for XML unity

20) CA updates IT service management

21) Content switch coming from Sun

22) 3Com adds oomph to wireless bridges

23) Swan dives into WAN compression

24) F5, Redline launch data center gateways

25) BMC cooks up batch management tools

1) LAN services to get new look

Major service providers could begin offering high-bandwidth, low-cost Virtual Private LAN Services next year if the proposed standard for the Ethernet/Multi-protocol Label Switching-based technology is approved by year-end as expected.

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2) Vendors heed cry for compliance mgmt. tools

Suppliers of management software are jumping on regulatory compliance concerns by delivering a raft of tools that do everything from sound alerts when systems drift out of whack to automatically remediate problems and generate reports that can be used in audits.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604compliancemgmt.html

3) Battling MyDoom: Someone to watch over the ‘Net

A behind-the-scenes look as the Internet Storm Center’s Johannes Ullrich battles the MyDoom-O virus.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/090604sans.html

4) Review: Extreme’s S400 raises the bar for workgroup switches

Enabling gigabit to the desktop – or to lots of desktops – is the name of the game for Extreme Networks’ new Summit 400-48t, a 10G Ethernet workgroup switch.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/090604rev.html

5) 10GBase-T brings blazing speed

A 10GBase-T standard in the works will support 10G Ethernet over new wiring at distances of up to 330 feet and existing wiring at distances of up to 182 feet.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/090604techupdate.html

6) 10G still prepping for big dance

While not yet a technology for the masses, more corporations are adopting 10G Ethernet as prices fall and vendors refine their 10G product portfolios.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/09060410g.html

7) Wireless Wizards: What’s the best way to authenticate wireless users?

The Wizards conjure up an answer for a college trying to set up an authentication system for its wireless network.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0906wizards.html

8) Nutter’s Help Desk: How to get started in Linux

Ron Nutter answers the question: I can see that to stay competitive in the IT field it would be in my best interest to learn Linux. My question is which flavor of Linux and what is the best way?

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0906nutter.html

9) Case study: VoWi-Fi keeps nurses on call

Hospitals deploy voice over 802.11 wireless LANs to save time and lives.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/090604sector.html

10) Will the real Bill Gates please stand up?

It not only pays to be Bill Gates, it also pays to look like him. Just ask John Ranlett and Steve Sires, two Gates impersonators who don’t have to dress up to look like the software maven, and in a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction twist live within 10 miles of each other and not far from the Microsoft campus.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604widernetgates.html

11) Management Strategies: Executive enforcers

Chief compliance officers ensure corporations toe the line.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0906man.html

12) Case study: Research center plugs physical security into its network

Keeping its huge data center humming is vital at NASA Ames Research Center, where 4,000 scientists are working on aeronautics and biotechnology projects. When a new custom-built air conditioning system couldn’t keep the research outfit’s network equipment at the right temperature, it was the IT department’s equivalent of a space mission gone wrong.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604nasaames.html

13) Infonet VPN service to exploit the ‘Net

Infonet Services next week will announce a low-cost, managed VPN service that uses the popular Multi-protocol Label Switching protocol and rides over the Internet.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604infonet.html

14) Presence applications poised for takeoff

Before presence explodes on the scene, it faces myriad challenges, including corporate buy-in to its potential and power, management tools to control it and, most importantly, the development of interoperability standards, the same liberator that unshackled e-mail nearly a decade ago.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604specialfocus.html

15) IBM rolls out low-end storage systems

IBM last week expanded its storage systems with the introduction of two arrays that should help small and midsize businesses and workgroup and departmental users more easily store database, e-mail and Web serving data.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604ibmstorage.html

16) Windows upgrades, licenses getting in sync

A byproduct of Microsoft’s overhaul of Longhorn is that the company’s operating system development road map now aligns more closely with its software maintenance model, which presents users with licensing options that could help end monolithic upgrades.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604mslicensing.html

17) ‘Fired-up’ Ballmer zings Linux

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week used an address before software industry leaders outside Boston to tout his company’s vision, while casting doubt on alternatives to Windows.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604ballmer.html

18) Multicore processor on Intel road map

Intel will preview a multicore future this week during the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco as it tries to leave behind a tumultuous year plagued by product delays and road-map revisions.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604intelshow.html

19) Auto industry pushes for XML unity

Seeking to reconcile two rival XML standardization efforts while avoiding the costly and complicated process of supporting incompatible systems, General Motors, Ford Motor Company and DaimlerChrysler last week together endorsed a plan calling for the auto industry to use a single XML-based data exchange of business documents.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604autotech.html

20) CA updates IT service management

Computer Associates this week will unveil five upgraded applications that are designed to work together at helping customers deliver and manage IT services.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604caservice.html

21) Content switch coming from Sun

Sun later this month plans to unveil its first-ever content switch: a load-balancing and Secure Sockets Layer acceleration switch based on the Nauticus N2000 products that the company acquired in January.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604sun.html

22) 3Com adds oomph to wireless bridges

3Com this week plans to unveil a wireless LAN bridge that quadruples the throughput of the company’s current line.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0906043combridge.html

23) Swan dives into WAN compression

Swan Labs thinks making WAN links more responsive is such a hot idea that it bought the WAN-acceleration line of ITWorx.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604swan.html

24) F5, Redline launch data center gateways

F5 Networks and Redline Networks this week are set to launch new versions of their respective Layer 4-7 switch/traffic accelerator boxes, with both vendors promising improved application performance and security for corporate data centers.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604f5.html

25) BMC cooks up batch management tools

BMC’s Batch Impact Manager is add-on software to the vendor’s Control-M job scheduling and batch processing management software. BIM uses data Control-M collects to track the performance of scheduled jobs and send alerts when a slowdown in batch processing could affect a business service, such as check processing, or order e-mail notifications.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604bmc.html