This week on Network World Fusion, 04/26/04

1) Cisco to revamp IOS software 2) High-end router on tap 3) “Who Wants to be an Entrepreneur?” contest 4) Network pros: You oughta be in pictures 5) Users turn to virtual data marts 6) Security holes force firms to rethink coding processes 7) Manufacturers ready RFID rollouts 8) Review: Network configuration management 9) Technology Update: SMTPi authenticates e-mail senders 10) Wireless Wizards: Can we improve client wireless transmissions? 11) Management Strategies: Instilling IT governance 12) DoD pumps up RFID effort 13) Sun redirects server technology 14) Wireless data service options explode 15) Nutter’s Help Desk: Reverse DNS 16) Users ponder Microsoft security plan 17) Storage management standard advances 18) AirFlow backs out of WLAN switches 19) Mendocino revives continuous data

1) Network World 200 – The biggest companies in networking

2) WilTel takes aim at corporate customers

3) User group defines security needs

4) Wireless Wizards: Blocking WLAN clients from receiving signals

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: How to set up a VPN at home

6) Technology Update: ARS optimizes delivery of data

7) Buffalo eases WLAN security setups

8) Mercury seeks new orbit

9) Server clusters offer speed, savings

10) Verizon goes national with broadband IP net

11) Group makes hardware security Job 1

12) Network Associates ditches Sniffer

13) Security flaws occupy router vendors, ISPs

14) MCI shakes off Chapter 11 mantle

15) Web services security spec approved

16) Everdream fills gaps in Microsoft’s free patch tools

17) Start-ups unveil security appliances

18) IBM preps desktop security service

Editor’s Note: For several months now, the Wireless Wizards have helped you delve into the mysteries of enterprise wireless networking. Next week, they’ll be joined by a new band of experts: The Server Sleuths. We’ve assembled a crack team of server-management experts to help you solve the tough cases – so start sending in your tough questions to sleuths@nwfusion.comagaffin@nww.com

   — Adam Gaffin, executive editor, Network World Fusion,

1) Network World 200 – The biggest companies in networking

Our 10th annual look at the biggest companies in networking. See how your vendors are faring; our picks for the 10 start-ups to watch in 2004; the relationship between vendors and business ethics; and much more. Plus, use our compare-o-matic to see how different vendors stack up against each other in a variety of financial categories.

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2) WilTel takes aim at corporate customers

Best known as a carrier’s carrier, WilTel Communications next month plans to make a run at enterprise network customers with services ranging from private lines to IP VPNs.

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3) User group defines security needs

An influential, industry user group is tackling a problem that has stumped many network executives: how to create an enterprise security architecture.

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4) Wireless Wizards: Blocking WLAN clients from receiving signals

The Wizards help a user figure out how to keep a client from connecting to both a private LAN and the Internet.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0426wizards.html

5) Nutter’s Help Desk: How to set up a VPN at home

Ron Nutter discusses the ins and outs of providing a VPN to a small Windows 2000 network.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0426nutter.html

6) Technology Update: ARS optimizes delivery of data

ARS gathers files from heterogeneous storage resources and file servers into a virtualized data pool so the files can be managed more easily.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/0426techupdate.html

7) Buffalo eases WLAN security setups

AOSS technology negotiates highest supported security settings among WLAN devices automatically.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/0426netlead.html

8) Mercury seeks new orbit

Mercury Interactive’s aim is to become one of the top five software vendors in the world within the next 10 years.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0426mercury.html

9) Server clusters offer speed, savings

Increasingly, companies are looking at ways to cluster smaller, low-end servers to achieve performance and reliability that is equal to or better than expensive, high-end boxes.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0426cluster.html

10) Verizon goes national with broadband IP net

Having spent the past two years building out its national broadband IP infrastructure, Verizon says that network will start paying dividends for the carrier and its customers starting this month.

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11) Group makes hardware security Job 1

The Trusted Computing Group is a collection of 55 vendors including HP, Intel and Microsoft that formed a year ago to develop specifications for chip-based security. Nancy Sumrall, marketing chair for the group and manager of the safer computing initiative within Intel’s desktop platforms group, recently gave Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer an update on the TCG.

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12) Network Associates ditches Sniffer

Word from Network Associates last week that it is selling its Sniffer management tools business to narrow its focus on network security runs counter to an industry trend to tighten security and management integration, observers say.

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13) Security flaws occupy router vendors, ISPs

Router vendors and their ISP customers last week scurried to patch two security holes that could enable denial-of-service attacks and knock out Internet service to enterprise users.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0426hack.html

14) MCI shakes off Chapter 11 mantle

MCI emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week with a mere $6 billion in debt, 27,000 fewer employees and cash in the bank.

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15) Web services security spec approved

The specification that will serve as the foundation for building security into Web services was officially ratified as a standard last week, paving the way for widespread corporate adoption.

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16) Everdream fills gaps in Microsoft’s free patch tools

Management service provider Everdream this week will introduce a patch management tool designed to erase the shortcomings of the automated patch service Microsoft offers.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0426everdream.html

17) Start-ups unveil security appliances

Start-ups Crossbeam Systems and Imperva this week each will introduce security appliances aimed at protecting corporate resources from an assortment of threats.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0426crossbeam.html

18) IBM preps desktop security service

IBM Global Services last week rolled out a comprehensive desktop management service with a focus on security for small to midsize businesses that need help managing their desktop PCs and printers.

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