This week on Network World Fusion, 06/01/04

1) Cisco’s WLAN plan has landed 2) N+I spotlights security and apps management 3) A Wider Net: Inside MIT’s new geek lair 4) InteropNet Labs: Testers drill down on SIP, 802.1X security and MPLS 5) InteropNet Labs: SIP aces basic interop tests 6) InteropNet Labs: Vendors hit the 802.1X mark for access, but security holes remain 7) InteropNet Labs: Team mixes MPLS and IPv6 for enterprising results 8) VoIP breaks down the walls of the call center 9) Review: Network Physics NP-2000 appliance 10) Review: Cisco’s MDS 9509 11) Face-off: Is a unified WLAN approach better than an overlay? 12) Management Strategies: Negotiation know-how 13) Server Sleuths: Security attributes of a server management platform 14) Channel woes dog Microsoft 15) Nutter’s Help Desk: Wireless access point problems 16) Extreme changes 17) IBM ups the ante on Power servers 18) MCI by the numbers 19) New access services meet SOHO needs 20) Start-ups scramble for venture dollars

1) In the data center: Big chill for chips

2) Users also taking steps to dial down server heat

3) Future of IOS may be seen in Cisco’s new core router

4) Tester’s Challenge VoIP security tools are lacking

5) Wireless Wizards: Minizming the impact of jamming?

6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Looking for a simple but secure VPN

7) Phear of phishing

8) Review: QLogic’s SANbox 5200

9) A Wider Net: VC feeding frenzy over, Buck’s keeps cookin’

10) Technology Update: RPR ups efficiency of metro Ethernet

11) Survival of the fittest: Keeping your job secure

12) IBM’s deals highlight outsourcing

13) EMC targets SMB market

14) MCI offers an easier path to IP service

15) IT job changes afoot

16) WLAN vendors spar over implementation methods

17) Microsoft detours Exchange direction

18) Lucent places a bet on net-based IP services

1) In the data center: Big chill for chips

HP, Intel and a handful of start-ups are among those working feverishly to keep ever-more-powerful server processors from becoming too hot to handle.

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2) Users also taking steps to dial down server heat

As server vendors roll out systems that are increasingly powerful – and increasingly small – IT managers need to consider the heat output and power demands of new configurations that pack more processing power into less space.

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3) Future of IOS may be seen in Cisco’s new core router

Cisco’s unveiling last week of a new core router marks a technological rebirth for the company 20 years after it introduced the world to commercial routing.

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4) Tester’s Challenge VoIP security tools are lacking

Network World Lab Alliance member Edwin Mier says vendors need to offer better VoIP education and interfaces.

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5) Wireless Wizards: Minizming the impact of jamming?

The Wizards conjure up solutions for user concerned about accidental – and deliberate – RF interference on his wireless network.

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Looking for a simple but secure VPN

A user who lives 35 miles from the office turns to Ron Nutter for help in accessing the office LAN from the road.

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7) Phear of phishing

Sophisticated e-mail scams are a potential disaster for Internet commerce.

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8) Review: QLogic’s SANbox 5200

Logic’s new stackable storage-area network switch shows off easy installation and strong management.

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9) A Wider Net: VC feeding frenzy over, Buck’s keeps cookin’

The Hollywood set might like to do lunch at fancy restaurants in Beverly Hills, but Silicon Valley venture capitalists prefer to seal multimillion-dollar deals over a breakfast burrito at Buck’s of Woodside.

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10) Technology Update: RPR ups efficiency of metro Ethernet

RPR uses Ethernet switching and a dual counter-rotating ring topology to provide SONET-like network resiliency and optimized bandwidth usage, while delivering multipoint Ethernet/IP services.

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11) Survival of the fittest: Keeping your job secure

IT experts offer 10 tips for keeping your job secure in the face of outsourcing and offshoring threats.

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12) IBM’s deals highlight outsourcing

Recent outsourcing wins by IBM with companies such as Morgan Stanley, Shell Oil and Australian airline Qantas reflect the growth in the outsourcing market as companies look for ways to run their IT operations more efficiently, using both onshore and offshore resources.

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13) EMC targets SMB market

EMC last week introduced a low-end network-attached storage appliance designed to replace direct-attached storage and file server products many companies use.

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14) MCI offers an easier path to IP service

VPN Network Gateway lets customers move to IP while protecting legacy services.

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15) IT job changes afoot

Entrepreneur and corporate strategist Michael Treacy says one-third of IT jobs will be lost to automation over the next decade. An equal number of IT jobs will be outsourced to national or offshore providers.

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16) WLAN vendors spar over implementation methods

Wireless LAN equipment vendors drew sharp contrasts among themselves in the spirited debate of Network World’s Wireless LAN Showdown last week.

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17) Microsoft detours Exchange direction

Microsoft last week released the first service pack for Exchange Server 2003 and a corresponding set of free utilities. But company officials revealed that the road map for the messaging software is under reconstruction.

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18) Lucent places a bet on net-based IP services

Part of the rationale behind Lucent’s pending purchase of Telica is the belief that corporations will swap their PBXs for network-based IP services.

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