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NetFlash: N+I spotlights security and apps management

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May 11, 20043 mins
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* N+I spotlights security and apps management * N+I breaking news * One week left: Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? * Start-up aims to shut down denial-of-service hits * Channel woes dog Microsoft * Today on Layer 8

The early buzz coming out of the NetWorld+Interop trade show this week is all about security and management – and the management of security. All those software patches we keep hearing about have to be installed somehow, and the best way to do that is automatically. Several vendors are stepping up to that plate. For more news from the Las Vegas show, tune to our breaking news Web page all week long. N+I spotlights security and apps management http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0510mgmtnews.html?net N+I breaking news http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/ni2004.html?net

The early buzz coming out of the NetWorld+Interop trade show this week is all about security and management – and the management of security. All those software patches we keep hearing about have to be installed somehow, and the best way to do that is automatically. Several vendors are stepping up to that plate. For more news from the Las Vegas show, tune to our breaking news Web page all week long.

N+I spotlights security and apps management

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0510mgmtnews.html?net

N+I breaking news

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/ni2004.html?net

One week left: Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur?

Less than a week remains to enter the Network World contest that could change your life forever – and in a good way. You probably have an idea for a networking product or service that would be useful. Maybe you don’t think much of your idea, but you have nothing to lose and everything to gain if you send in your submission today. 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

Start-up aims to shut down denial-of-service hits

Start-up IntruGuard Devices will use the NetWorld+Interop show this week to launch rate-based equipment designed to protect servers from denial-of-service attacks.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0510intruguard.html?net

Channel woes dog Microsoft

Hiccups in Microsoft’s efforts to work with its channel partners continue to hurt the software vendor’s sales in the business applications market it is trying to crack.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0510mschannel.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we always split aces:

Adidas lays claim to making the “Most Advanced Shoe Ever”; the plague of CD rot; we’ve got a Wi-Fi convoy, rockin’ through the night; and the start of a new Weekly Caption Contest; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net

Ira Brodsky is a Senior Analyst with Datacomm Research. Brodsky focuses on mobile solutions for payments, retail automation, and health care.

Ira Brodsky has authored five books about technology, has researched and published dozens of emerging technology market studies, and wrote the "Totally Unplugged" column for Network World for nearly a decade.

The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Ira Brodsky and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.

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