This week on Network World Fusion, 09/13/04

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) Cisco, 3Com fire up new WAN routers

2) DEMOmobile spotlights wireless innovation

3) Voice apps spreading as standards mature

4) This ISP flatfoot enjoys giving spammers the boot

5) Wireless Wizards: Controlling bandwidth for guest users

6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Protecting Linux servers

7) Review: Dual WAN routers

8) Proposed standard simplifies VPLS

9) Management Strategies: Crime and punishment

10) New options for secure remote access

11) ‘Google-mania’ ignites search technology

12) Case study: Relocation services firm digs out worms

13) Microsoft’s virtual server ruffles feathers

14) Symantec service to fight phishing

15) Data protection, mgmt. wares debut

16) Start-up makes open source CRM play

17) Nortel upgrading IP PBX, media server

18) Vintela upgrades policy mgmt. package

19) Case study: VoIP is just what the doctor ordered

20) Vendors unveil new security lines of defense

21) Force10 raises the 10G bar, again

22) Intel sets sights on parallel processing

23) As data compression evolves, savings grow

24) Network World Radio: Interoperability testing and IPv6

1) Cisco, 3Com fire up new WAN routers

Cisco this week is scheduled to announce a complete refresh of its enterprise WAN access routers, promising customers a menu of faster and more reliable hardware for running security and VoIP services at the WAN edge. This week 3Com will launch a high-end edge router aimed at undercutting Cisco on price. The box is derived from 3Com’s joint venture with Huawei.

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2) DEMOmobile spotlights wireless innovation

Even without the summer humidity, vendor representatives at last week’s Demomobile conference would have been sweating. Their task was to pitch their products in a matter of 6 minutes to a crowd of jaded venture capitalists, fellow executives and journalists.

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3) Voice apps spreading as standards mature

Voice technology is making its way into more mainstream uses thanks to standards-based technologies displacing expensive, proprietary platforms.

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4) This ISP flatfoot enjoys giving spammers the boot

The most trying part of Louis Rush’s job is confronting scofflaws, some of whom are hardened criminals, to inform them they’ve been caught. https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0913rev.html

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304widernetearthlink.html

5) Wireless Wizards: Controlling bandwidth for guest users

How can you control bandwidth utilization for your guest users vs. your internal users? We wouldn’t want guests using up all of my Internet bandwidth. Also, if guests and internal users use the same access points, what’s involved to keep the guests from seeing/accessing your internal servers?

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Protecting Linux servers

Ron Nutter helps a user who suddenly needs to keep the bad guys away from a bunch of Linux servers

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7) Review: Dual WAN routers

We recently tested five dual-WAN routers: The ZyWall 70 from Zyxel Communications; TZ 170 from SonicWall; XC-DPG602 from Xincom; H2WR54G from Hawking Technologies; and FortiGate-60 from Fortinet.  See which one did best.

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8) Proposed standard simplifies VPLS

Implementing VPLS requires creating a complex matrix of services and locations in the edge routers at each site that quickly becomes difficult to configure and maintain. To address this complexity, the IETF Layer 2 VPN Working Group has proposed a standard to automate the setup and maintenance of VPLS mesh networks. The simplicity of the as-yet-unnamed VPLS auto-configuration standard has the potential to fulfill the promise of VPLS technology as the key enabler of enterprise-wide convergence.

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9) Management Strategies: Crime and punishment

Computer security breaches are a recurring problem for companies, particularly those that conduct business online. Based on results of its annual survey of e-commerce crime, security company CyberSource estimates online crooks made away with 1.7%, or $1.6 billion, of 2003 U.S. business-to-consumer e-commerce revenue.

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10) New options for secure remote access

3am Labs this month is debuting three products that aim to do just that: Provide highly secure PC remote access and administrative tools to manage users’ connections. And two of the three products are free.

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11) ‘Google-mania’ ignites search technology

The fervor around Google’s summertime IPO has turned search technology into a hot commodity. Vendors with tools for searching corporate intranets and Web sites are trying to capitalize on the moment. Microsoft, too, has added to the search mania with its rumblings about forthcoming technology for searching desktop resources.

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12) Case study: Relocation services firm digs out worms

Relocation services firm Sirva was hit so hard by the wave of computer worms and viruses that swept the Internet this time last year, that preventing future attacks became a top priority for the company.

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13) Microsoft’s virtual server ruffles feathers

Microsoft this week is scheduled to take its first step into server virtualization with the release of Virtual Server 2005, but the company will face a rash of technological, licensing and support challenges before it can claim success.

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14) Symantec service to fight phishing

Symantec this week will release an anti-fraud service designed to protect financial institutions and retailers, as well as their customers, from phishing attacks.

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15) Data protection, mgmt. wares debut

Computer Associates and start-ups InMage and Softek are expected to unveil software and hardware this week that helps IT professionals manage and protect the storage on their networks.

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16) Start-up makes open source CRM play

SugarCRM is hedging its bets that corporations are sick of paying high licensing fees for CRM software. The 5-month-old Cupertino, Calif., company last week announced a new version of its freely available salesforce automation software, plus the addition of subscription-based technical support and training services.

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17) Nortel upgrading IP PBX, media server

Nortel this week is expected to announce upgraded IP PBX and enterprise multimedia conference servers designed to simplify the deployment of advanced applications such as presence management and multimedia conferencing.

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18) Vintela upgrades policy mgmt. package

Vintela, which develops software that integrates Windows and Unix environments, this week will release a tool that provides customers Windows-centric, policy-based management for clients and servers on either platform.

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19) Case study: VoIP is just what the doctor ordered

Old PBXs and a high volume of toll calls between 22 facilities forced Queens-Long Island Medical Group to find a better voice system.

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20) Vendors unveil new security lines of defense

Security vendor McAfee last week unveiled a line of appliances and services for combating spam and viruses, while start-up iPolicy Networks introduced a line of intrusion-prevention systems with content filtering.

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21) Force10 raises the 10G bar, again

Force10 Networks this week is expected to announce a refresh to its 10G switch product line, doubling the total switching capacity and port densities on all its chassis.

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22) Intel sets sights on parallel processing

Intel and the PC industry are about to go through a major change in the way client computers are designed, built and marketed, said Intel President and COO Paul Otellini during his introductory speech at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco last week.

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23) As data compression evolves, savings grow

Data compression devices have been around for years, but in their latest incarnations they use more than just compression technology to pack extra data onto fixed-size WAN links as a way to boost performance and save money.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/091304specialfocus.html

24) Network World Radio: Interoperability testing and IPv6

The upcoming GMI 2004 interopability event put on by the Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF) will feature IPv6 testing for the first time. Joining this week’s program to discuss the event and IPv6’s impact is Chris Daniel, vice president of the Multiservice Switching Forum, discusses IPv6 interoperability testing. Listen or download for later replaying.

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