NetFlash: Cisco plans high-end router

Cisco’s next big router is set to be unveiled in a couple months, and it’s a doozy. It’s expected to scale to multiple terabits per second, with 40G bit/sec ports. Cisco calls the router the “HFR,” and it’s going to need a huge fast router to compete with Juniper Networks, which has been eroding Cisco’s share of this market. High-end router on tap http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0419ciscohfr.html?net

Cisco’s next big router is set to be unveiled in a couple months, and it’s a doozy. It’s expected to scale to multiple terabits per second, with 40G bit/sec ports. Cisco calls the router the “HFR,” and it’s going to need a huge fast router to compete with Juniper Networks, which has been eroding Cisco’s share of this market.

High-end router on tap

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0419ciscohfr.html?net

WS-Security receives official blessing from OASIS

If this whole Web services thing is going to take off at all, we’re going to need security, standards, and security standards. That’s why OASIS has been working on the problem, and why WS-Security’s approval means so much.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0419wssec.html?net

DoD pumps up RFID effort

U.S. Department of Defense suppliers should expect to see a new clause in their contracts soon that require the use of radio frequency identification technology.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0419dod.html?net

Users ponder Microsoft security plans

Microsoft should retrofit older software with new security enhancements it plans to release later this year and add more support and better reporting features to its forthcoming patch-management tools, according to users attending at a stop on the company’s current 20-city Security Summit road show.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0419mssummit.html?net

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur?

At Network World we believe that the best network innovation can come from the folks actually responsible for managing corporate networks, since you’re the people who know what’s required to solve real-world problems. But maybe you need a nudge to go from idea to reality. Well, here’s your nudge – Network World has gathered a group of top-notch sponsors to offer $30,000 in cash and services to the winner of a contest for the best entrepreneurial idea. Submit your idea today.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/entrepreneur.html?net

Today on Layer 8, now ineligible for Saturday’s NFL draft:

Internet commando unit promotes “hacktivism”; Star Wars trilogy DVD details unmasked; movie mag names the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time; and our latest Weekly Caption Contest launches; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.

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