This week on Network World Fusion, 09/20/04

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) Feds eyeing one access model for all

2) IP services profitability still in doubt

3) Lighting up broadband

4) Face-off: Wireless site surveys

5) Wireless Wizards: Controlling the access point signal

6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Protecting a wireless net with RADIUS

7) Review: Endpoint security products aid in client defense

8) Technology Update: Virtual directories solve identity crises

9) Management Strategies: Security certification staples

10) HP’s StorageWorks Grid garners mixed reaction

11) Linux supporters rally around standard

12) AT&T strengthens its IP service SLAs

13) JPMorgan Chase cancels deal with IBM

14) Storage vendors ease resource management

15) Case study: RFID joins wireless lineup at UPS

16) Sprint attracting converts with combo plans

17) IP video adds oomph to mature technology

18) IBM Linux-only server targets mainstream apps

19) Novell set to advance identity management package

20) Network World Fusion Radio: Sendmail on e-mail authentication

1) Feds eyeing one access model for all

A mandate from President Bush has required the entire federal government to adopt common technology to be used to identify employees and contractors accessing federally controlled networks and buildings.

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2) IP services profitability still in doubt

Are IP services profitable yet? That’s the big question hounding providers of VPN, VoIP and other packet-based offerings, but answers are hard to find.

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3) Lighting up broadband

For Nancie Motley, the arrival of a high-speed network to Chatham, Va., (population 1,300) is bittersweet: It signals in part the demise of the tobacco farming industry that has sustained her tobacco auction business since the 1920s, but it also opens up a world of new opportunities for her cash-strapped rural community.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004widernettobacco.html

4) Face-off: Wireless site surveys

Two experts debate whether new technologies are making site surveys for WLAN deployments obsolete. Read their opening statements, then jump in with your comments.

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5) Wireless Wizards: Controlling the access point signal

The Wizards help a reader who asks: How accurately can the radio signal from an access point (which supports attenuation by varying the power output, such as some Buffalo access points) be attenuated, contained or controlled?

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0920wizards.html

6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Protecting a wireless net with RADIUS

Ron Nutter helps a user who wants to know more about using this authentication technology to protect his expanding wireless network.

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7) Review: Endpoint security products aid in client defense

We test enterprise endpoint security products from nine vendors: eEye Digital Security, Finjan Software, F-Secure. InfoExpress, SecureWave, Sygate Technologies, Symantec, WholeSecurity and Zone Labs. EEye’s Blink wins our Clear Choice designation because of its solid reporting and hybrid approach to client defense. But F-Secure, Check Point and Sygate also make the short list of contenders because they registered strong performances across test categories.

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8) Technology Update: Virtual directories solve identity crises

Virtual directory technology offers a way to provide a consolidated view of user identity without having to reconstruct an entire directory infrastructure. Implemented in the form of middleware, a virtual directory is a lightweight service that operates between applications and identity data.

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9) Management Strategies: Security certification staples

Digest what some of the most popular IT credentials bring to the table.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0920man.html

10) HP’s StorageWorks Grid garners mixed reaction

HP’s road map for a dynamically reconfigurable storage grid is drawing praise, although customers and industry observers also are questioning the pace at which the company plans to roll it out.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004hpgrid.html

11) Linux supporters rally around standard

The Linux industry hit a standardization milestone last week that observers say will further bring open source technology into mainstream use.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004opensource.html

12) AT&T strengthens its IP service SLAs

AT&T last week began touting new IP service-level agreements that constitute some of the strongest performance guarantees available.

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13) JPMorgan Chase cancels deal with IBM

IBM last week lost one of its highest-profile outsourced-IT clients, as JPMorgan Chase says it is canceling the remaining portion of a contract that was intended as a seven-year, $5 billion deal.

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14) Storage vendors ease resource management

Cisco, Network Appliance and Microsoft are among those expected this week to unveil new storage hardware and software that makes it easier to manage, secure and protect data resources on storage-area networks and network-attached storage.

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15) Case study: RFID joins wireless lineup at UPS

Wireless technologies have been a critical part of the way UPS does business since the $33 billion company started using scanners to track packages in 1985. Now UPS is looking into the latest wireless technologies to infiltrate the world of logistics: radio frequency identification.

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16) Sprint attracting converts with combo plans

One national service provider – Sprint – wants its business customers to sign a single contract that covers wireless, data and traditional voice services. So what, you might ask. Well, if you’re looking for competitive rates and a service provider that lets your wireless dollars count toward your minimum annual commitment, then you’ve answered the question.

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17) IP video adds oomph to mature technology

Despite the annual predictions that this is the year, videoconferencing, IP-based video in particular, is growing steadily.

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18) IBM Linux-only server targets mainstream apps

IBM last week continued to expand its Linux family with a server aimed at financial and retail customers that want to migrate business-critical applications from Unix- or Windows-based platforms to the less-expensive Linux.

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19) Novell set to advance identity management package

Forthcoming enhancements to Novell’s identity management wares could help users get a better handle on who is on the network and what they are doing.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004novell.html

20) Network World Fusion Radio: Sendmail on e-mail authentication

E-mail authentication, in one form or another, is coming to an inbox near you. Dave Anderson, CEO of Sendmail, joins the program to discuss the various authentication proposals – SenderID, DomainKeys and Sender Policy Framework – and how his company is planning to implement them.

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