NetFlash: LAN services to get new look

Network World welcomes you back from the long weekend with a look at upcoming services that could revolutionize the way you look at WANs. They’re called Virtual Private LAN Services, or VPLS, based on an Ethernet/MPLS technology that extends LANs across wide areas. The standard is expected to get approval by year-end, and major carriers will likely start rolling services out next year. LAN services to get new look http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604vpls.html?net

Network World welcomes you back from the long weekend with a look at upcoming services that could revolutionize the way you look at WANs. They’re called Virtual Private LAN Services, or VPLS, based on an Ethernet/MPLS technology that extends LANs across wide areas. The standard is expected to get approval by year-end, and major carriers will likely start rolling services out next year.

LAN services to get new look

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604vpls.html?net

Research center plugs physical security into its network

When we think of security, we tend to think of things like firewalls and anti-virus software. But temperature spikes can be just as dangerous as any worm, and if a UPS starts leaking hydrogen the situation could be explosive. Find out how NASA Ames Research Center keeps tabs on these and other physical aspects of security.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Today on Layer 8, your source for post-Labor Day entertainment:

We’re giddy over a potential TiVo/NetFlix partnership; get a signed gavel from CBS’s “Judging Amy” or dinner with Survivor’s Rupert on eBay; what every Red Sox fan already knows; and too much math after a three-day weekend. Plus, we unveil the caption contest winner from last week and fire up a new contest for the short week. All this and more at:

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net