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1) Showtime for Linux
1) Juniper sets sights on enterprise nets
2) Network advances to shine at Demo
3) Wider Net: Doing the right thing, MCI style
4) Special section: The new data center
5) Review: Intrusion prevention in the real world
6) Wireless Wizards: Differences between LWAPP and GRE
7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Passwords vs. biometric login
8) Sector Spotlight: The business travel industry
9) Technology Update: GFP optimizes storage over SONET
10) As IT hiring slowly increases, what employers are looking for
11) Tech schools use Netilla for remote access
12) Users tap network-monitoring technology
13) Network configuration tools evolve
14) MCI broadening MPLS net
15) Cisco teams with IBM on infrastructure security
16) Intel sheds light on 64-bit plans
17) FCC takes first step toward VoIP policy
18) Brightmail tries to ID spammer sources
Editor’s Note: Call it blogapalooza here at Fusion (hmm, or maybe don’t). In Cool Tools this week, Keith Shaw blogs the Demo show (see the Demo item below for the URL). Melissa Shaw, meanwhile, continues to provide proof there’s more to life than just networking (I know, hard to believe) at https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/index.html . Oh, and look for a brand-new security Weblogs by one of the experts in the field – starting with next week’s annual RSA security conference.agaffin@nww.com
— Adam Gaffin, executive editor,
1) Juniper sets sights on enterprise nets
After years of dismissing any serious interest in enterprise customers, Juniper’s acquisition of security specialist NetScreen Technologies signals a dramatic shift for the router maker most apt to challenge Cisco’s market supremacy.
DocFinder: 9742
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216newsjuniscreen.html
2) Network advances to shine at Demo
The nearly 70 companies showcasing products at this week’s Demo 2004 conference will announce everything from instant messaging to Web services security to network management tools. Despite the variety of technologies at least one theme is expected to emerge: making enterprise networks run smarter and more securely. Look for daily coverage from the show in Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Weblog (Cool Tools)
DocFinder: 9743
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216demo.html
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/cool/
A3) Wider Net: Doing the right thing, MCI style
We ace MCI’s ethics test; has the carrier learned its lesson?
DocFinder: 9741
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216widernetethics.html
4) Special section: The new data center
A layer-by-layer guide to creating the new data center – where grids, virtualization, autonomic computing and other big changes shatter the traditional boundaries on applications and information, and bring the extended enterprise to life.
DocFinder: 9751
https://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2004/ndc/
5) Review: Intrusion prevention in the real world
We put 11 IPS products to the test on a live production network over five months. The result? The definitive guide to content-based and rate-based IPS. Questions? Our reviewers will answer your questions in a special forum
DocFinder: 9752
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0216ips.html
6) Wireless Wizards: Differences between LWAPP and GRE
The Wizards explain why General Routing Encapsulated has deficiencies when it comes to wireless networks.
DocFinder: 9764
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0216wizards.html
7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Passwords vs. biometric login
Nutter helps a user whose company just went through a security audit that included a recommendation to install biometric systems.
DocFinder: 9765
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0216nutter.html
8) Sector Spotlight: The business travel industry
The business travel industry outfits planes, trains and automobiles with Wi-Fi to attract and retain new passengers in a tight market.
DocFinder: 9753
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0216sector.html
9) Technology Update: GFP optimizes storage over SONET
Generic Framing Procedure is an encapsulation method that is helping answer the call for SAN extension by letting Fibre Channel SAN traffic be carried directly onto the SONET network in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
DocFinder: 9754
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/0216techupdate.html
10) As IT hiring slowly increases, what employers are looking for
As IT hiring slowly increases, employers seek security, Web services, Linux and business skills.
DocFinder: 9755
https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0216man.html
11) Tech schools use Netilla for remote access
See how engineering schools use Netilla to provide students and faculty remote access to powerful labs-based applications.
DocFinder: 9756
https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/0216netlead.html
12) Users tap network-monitoring technology
A little-known standard for real-time network monitoring is proving to be a valuable tool for some users of high-speed networks.
DocFinder: 9757
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216infsflow.html
13) Network configuration tools evolve
Network configuration management technology automates manual tasks, maximizes efficiency and accuracy by minimizing human error, and enhances security through tight access controls and configuration audits
DocFinder: 9758
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216specialfocus.html
14) MCI broadening MPLS net
MCI is expanding the geographic reach of its Multi-protocol Label Switching network to 48 countries in a move that will provide greater coverage for its Private IP and MCI Advantage customers.
DocFinder: 9759
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216carrmcimpls.html
15) Cisco teams with IBM on infrastructure security
A collaboration between Cisco and IBM on security could make it easier for customers to authenticate IBM-based laptop and PC clients on Cisco-based LAN and remote-access infrastructures.
DocFinder: 9760
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216ibmcisco.html
16) Intel sheds light on 64-bit plans
Focus on mobility, talks about 64-bit extension technology set for Developer Forum.
DocFinder: 9761
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216idf.html
17) FCC takes first step toward VoIP policy
The FCC last week took the first step toward laying down rules governing VoIP service by approving a proceeding that will solicit comments on how the emerging competitor to traditional voice services should be regulated.
DocFinder: 9762
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216voip.html
18) Brightmail tries to ID spammer sources
With the deluge of unwanted e-mails that flow into corporations showing no signs of easing, anti-spam software maker Brightmail is offering a new service designed to identify IP addresses that send mostly junk mail.
DocFinder: 9763
