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) The Extended Enterprise 2) Cisco, Nortel to embrace SSL-based VPNs 3) Tech industry starts to show signs of life 4) Promising indicators suggest telecom recovery looming 5) Technology Update: Wireless mesh networks boost reliability 6) From Net.Worker: Big ideas for advancing telework 7) Wireless Wizards: Wait for 802.11i? 8) Vendor brings Cobol apps to the Web 9) VMware points users toward utility computing 10) Carriers brace for number portability 11) Security Notes: Security implications of the Citrix server approach 12) Venture funding holds its own during Q3 13) WLAN protocol hits standards trail 14) Management Notes: Controlling app behavior 15) IM management may take years to conquer 16) Novell buys its way deeper into Linux 17) Wireless Notes: Next-generation WLANs 18) Help Desk: To honeypot or not 19) Feds to push new set of security controls 20) Red Hat drops free Linux
1) Cisco’s security plan eyed warily
2) Security of handhelds far too lax, experts say
3) As a buyer, retailer goes leading edge
4) Cool Yule Tools Holiday Gift Guide
5) Nutter’s Help Desk: To VoIP or not?
6) Wireless Wizards: Seamless roaming between cellular and Wi-Fi?
7) Technology Update: Frameworks coordinate security
8) Management Strategies: Reference information
9) Telework eases turmoil of acquisition
10) Wanted: Flexible IT pricing
11) Power over Ethernet generates buzz
12) RBOCs eye data opportunities
13) IBM’s Rational buyout starts to bear fruit
14) Smaller Comdex alive and well, organizers say
15) Tool gives police look at trends
16) Portability deadline has arrived
17) Adobe aims to win PDF converts with new server
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— Adam Gaffin, executive editor, Network World Fusion, agaffin@nww.com
1) Cisco’s security plan eyed warily
Cisco says its road map for tying leading anti-virus software to its network hardware promises to eventually transform every WAN, LAN and Wi-Fi port into a security checkpoint. But the technology raises questions about management complexity and the issue of locking users into a single-vendor architecture, observers say.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124ciscosec.html
2) Security of handhelds far too lax, experts say
Network executives are starting to realize the scope and seriousness of this potential security problem.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124comdex.html
3) As a buyer, retailer goes leading edge
See how CompUSA went to the leading edge when it was time to upgrade its net.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124compusa.html
4) Cool Yule Tools Holiday Gift Guide
Shopping for the techie on your holiday gift list? Let us show you around our virtual toy store, chock full with more than 100 products, from flat-panel monitors to pocket-sized GPS devices to the latest in digital cameras, audio players and handhelds.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2003/hgg/index.html
5) Nutter’s Help Desk: To VoIP or not?
Nutter answers mail from a user whose old PBX is falling apart and so wonders if it’s time to switch to voice over IP.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1124nutter.html
6) Wireless Wizards: Seamless roaming between cellular and Wi-Fi?
The Wizards predict a future of phones and mobile devices that can switch between 3G and Wi-Fi.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1124wizards.html
7) Technology Update: Frameworks coordinate security
Security management frameworks provide a coordinated component set that collects security data from the network, puts it in a common format, stores it in a database and executes a range of analysis, display, response and reporting tasks.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/1124techupdate.html
8) Management Strategies: Reference information
Technology executives find sharing their product experiences can yield side benefits.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/1124man.html
9) Telework eases turmoil of acquisition
See how Mapics’ acquisition of Frontstep created an opportunity for employees to work out of virtual offices.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/1124netlead.html
10) Wanted: Flexible IT pricing
IT execs want revamped licensing, maintenance fees and usage-based pricing.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/1124netlead.html
11) Power over Ethernet generates buzz
POE is catching on with organizations looking to cut costs on wireless LAN deployments.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124infrapoe.html
12) RBOCs eye data opportunities
As the regional Bell operating companies continue to win broader permission to offer long-distance services, they are assembling strategies to attack an enterprise business market that represents billions of dollars in untapped revenue for the carriers.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124rbocdata.html
13) IBM’s Rational buyout starts to bear fruit
IBM is focusing on standardizing its development resources and preparing an important new code-construction product for market
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124rational.html
14) Smaller Comdex alive and well, organizers say
Show honed in on key areas to help IT buyers and end users get information on important technology trends
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124comdexside.html
15) Tool gives police look at trends
Software being piloted by the San Francisco Police Department will let officers graphically track and analyze crime trends such as the frequency of drug arrests near schools or a rash of auto thefts in a particular neighborhood.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124sf.html
16) Portability deadline has arrived
The FCC mandate that lets customers port wireless telephone numbers to any service provider is expected to go into effect today.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124wnp.html
17) Adobe aims to win PDF converts with new server
Adobe has developed a server that promises to let companies turn nearly any file into a standardized PDF document from any desktop or device connected to their corporate networks.
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