Welcome to This Week on NW Fusion, featuring breaking news, info, and tips from Network World Fusion, the most comprehensive enterprise networking resource on the Internet. See below for the week's biggest stories and check out our other e-mail newsletters at http://www.nwfusion.com/focus
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) Microsoft to make its ‘presence’ felt
2) Feds declare war on spyware scams
3) Giving cell phones the ol’ college try
4) Cutting cell phone costs
5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Migrating to new a W2K DNS server
6) VoIP realities
7) Review: Network-modeling tools
8) Patch management goes automatic
9) Certification: Linux lowdown
10) Management software puts IT in perspective
11) Foundry switch software secures WLANs
12) Open source products grab corporate attention
13) Cisco, IBM team on net access
14) Vendor marriage could ease SOA mgmt.
15) The air is starting to come out of the wireless LAN market
16) ISS to proactively thwart attacks
17) Blue Coat, CA on the spyware patrol
18) Groove looks to enhance real-time collaboration
19) StorageTek CEO: ‘We’re not just a tape company’
20) FCC action charges up broadband over power lines
21) EnKoo fattens up remote SSL appliances
22) IBM bolsters its mainframe platform
23) Sprint gussying up security offerings
24) Equant expands VPN access services
Editor’s Note: This week we launch a new resource for small and mid-sized enterprises. Networking for Small Networks is a joint effort with PC World and will offer up just the news, reviews and analysis you need to help make the right decisions for your network. Take a look, kick the tires and let us know what you think – especially what we should add to the site. http://www.networkingsmallbusiness.com
— Adam Gaffin, executive editor, agaffin@nww.com
1) Microsoft to make its ‘presence’ felt
Presence messaging technology should be all the rage this week as Microsoft and a variety of partners are set to debut products at the fall VON 2004 show that let users integrate VoIP with instant messaging, Wi-Fi and videoconferencing applications. NOTE: We’ll be posting breaking news from the show every day. (VON coverage)
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2) Feds declare war on spyware scams
Last week’s federal complaint against an alleged spyware purveyor is only an opening salvo in what promises to be an all-out effort against spyware-related scams on the Web, according to regulators and industry experts.
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3) Giving cell phones the ol’ college try
Twenty-year-old Meghan Padian, a junior at Morrisville State College, likes keeping in touch with other students, off-campus friends, teachers and her parents. And she does it using the cell phone that came along with her dorm assignment.
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4) Cutting cell phone costs
Are your company’s wireless expenses starting to look as large as Martha Stewart’s legal bills? You may consider an option for slimming down wireless costs that remains little known or understood by many corporations: customized flat-rate plans.
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5) Nutter’s Help Desk: Migrating to new a W2K DNS server
Ron Nutter helps a user make the switch without problems.
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6) VoIP realities
As VoIP becomes an increasingly mainstream technology, users provide a reality check in terms of VoIP costs, features and problems.
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7) Review: Network-modeling tools
We recently tested the ability of three network modeling packages: Opnet Technologies’ IT Guru 10.5, Analytical Engines’ NetRule Version 6.0, and Shunra Software’s Shunra/ Storm Version 3.1.
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8) Patch management goes automatic
Automated patch-management software offers a solution for aggregating, and distributing and installing patches and software updates for multiple computing platforms. The core functions of the system are an accurate patch management detection and inventory process, and automatic patch deployment across platforms.
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9) Certification: Linux lowdown
Consider the options with open source certification.
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10) Management software puts IT in perspective
New and upgraded products from Aprisma, BMC Software, Concord Communications, Euclid and Magnum Technologies promise to help network executives prioritize troubleshooting and problem resolution based on pre-defined priorities and rules established between IT and business managers.
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11) Foundry switch software secures WLANs
Foundry Networks is adding features for its wireless LAN switch software that the company says will help customers make WLANs more secure and easier to manage while allowing for increased wireless client roaming.
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12) Open source products grab corporate attention
Analysts say that in the move to cut costs and drive efficiencies, enterprise users are starting to get more serious about open source products such as Jboss; and databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, the Apache Web server, the Samba file and print server, and OpenOffice desktop software.
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13) Cisco, IBM team on net access
Cisco and IBM last week said they would tie together products that give customers better network access control and help prevent worm and virus attacks.
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14) Vendor marriage could ease SOA mgmt.
Web services vendors Actional and Westbridge this week are set to merge and combine elements of their management and security software into a single platform designed to help companies manage and monitor service-oriented architectures.
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15) The air is starting to come out of the wireless LAN market
Network industry watchers have been warning for months that the wireless LAN market has been overfunded and was due for a shakeout. The tremors have started.
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16) ISS to proactively thwart attacks
Internet Security Systems is scheduled to announce plans for a system that prevents network attacks before threats are publicly identified.
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17) Blue Coat, CA on the spyware patrol
With spyware looming larger as a security threat, vendors are rolling out products aimed at combating the menace.
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18) Groove looks to enhance real-time collaboration
Groove Networks this week will take the wraps off integration middleware that lets users securely integrate data from back-end systems with the vendor’s client-based collaboration software.
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19) StorageTek CEO: ‘We’re not just a tape company’
StorageTek, a Louisville, Colo., vendor of storage products, has steadily been improving its financial results and evolving its product line since former Xerox executive Pat Martin took over as chairman and CEO four-and-a-half years ago. He talked with N
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20) FCC action charges up broadband over power lines
The FCC last week cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line service by approving a set of rules designed to limit interference to other radio frequency devices such as amateur radios.
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21) EnKoo fattens up remote SSL appliances
EnKoo this week is introducing SSL remote-access gear it says supports more users and lets them connect to more applications with less administrative work involved.
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22) IBM bolsters its mainframe platform
IBM is working to make the mainframe – with its reputation for resilience and security – a key element not only in companies’ legacy environments but also in their future IT blueprints.
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23) Sprint gussying up security offerings
Sprint last week launched two security services that it says will help customers mitigate distributed denial-of-service attacks and better enforce security policies.
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24) Equant expands VPN access services
Equant is offering customers new choices when it comes to accessing their VPN from around the world whether they are tethered or not.
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