This week on Network World Fusion, 06/02/03

————————————– 1) Users still bullish on Web services ————————————– We catch up with the companies profiled in last year’s Web Services Early Adopters series (http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0415webservices.html) to see if they’re reaping the benefits promised. Two out of three give an enthusiastic thumb’s up. DocFinder: 5944 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0519revisited.html

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1) Cisco touts plan to tame WLANs

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Cisco this week will answer the challenge of a pack of aggressive wireless LAN switch vendors with a plan for managing WLANs across an enterprise network.

DocFinder: 6134

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602ciscowlan.html

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2) Carriers struggling to cash in on MPLS

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Yet service providers are reluctant to aggressively market to existing frame relay customers.

DocFinder: 6144

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602mpls.html

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3) SuperComm 2003 breaking news

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Stay on top of the latest news from the show with our daily updates.

DocFinder: 6145

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/supercomm2003.html

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4) NOS Notes: Microsoft TechEd updates

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Speaking of daily updates, Senior Editor John Fontana will be posting the latest news and observations from this conference.

DocFinder: 6162

https://www.nwfusion.com/topics/nos.html

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5) New RSS feeds: Wireless security and wireless switches

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Get the latest wireless-security and wireless-switch news and analysis delivered right to your desktop. You’ll find the URLs for these and more than 40 other topic- and company-specific RSS feeds (along with links to RSS background) on our RSS page:

DocFinder: 6161

https://www.nwfusion.com/rss/index.html

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Getting your Cisco router to work for you

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Ron Nutter helps a user get up to speed on routing Cisco-style.

DocFinder: 6160

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0602nutter.html

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7) Real-time apps: Collaboration only a click away

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We take an in-depth look at presence-based applications, which are starting to come online in the enterprise.

DocFinder: 6146

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0602presence.html

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8) Web-services technology transforms staid CRM apps

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And we analyze the way Web Services are helping to create “composite” applications that could also transform collaborative computing in the enterprise.

DocFinder: 6147

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0602composite.html

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9) Technology Update: ESB architecture eases app integration

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An ESB is a standards-based, service-oriented backbone capable of connecting hundreds of application endpoints. ESBs combine messaging, Web services, XML, data transformation and management to reliably connect and coordinate application interaction.

DocFinder: 6148

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0602techupdate.html

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10) Careers: Open source opportunities

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As Linux grows, so do certification programs to validate expertise with the operating system.

DocFinder: 6149

https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/0602man.html

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11) Web switch vendors evolve

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Security, Web services acceleration and blade server load balancing are among some potentially emerging arenas for application and load-balancing switches.

DocFinder: 6150

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602loadbalance.html

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12) Time seen running out on Equipe

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Observers say the sun is setting on privately held Equipe Communications after a four-year run beset by lack of demand for its ATM/MPLS core switches.

DocFinder: 6151

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602equipe.html

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13) Broadband over power lines closer to reality

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Power line communications is getting more attention as a possible third pipe to deliver broadband access to homes and businesses.

DocFinder: 6152

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602carrspecialfocus.html

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14) What users want from servers

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Performance, reliability and virtualization capabilities top the list of what users want from their servers. They’re also looking for an easier way to manage this pool of resources that are the cornerstones of business.

DocFinder: 6153

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602serverwish.html

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15) Your Take: Net execs share their wisdom

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Novartis telecom director says VoIP is the cure for all ills.

DocFinder: 6154

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602yourtake.html

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16) RBOCs push fiber closer to users

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Three regional Bell operating companies last week adopted a set of common technical requirements for extending fiber-optic cabling and equipment to homes and businesses.

DocFinder: 6155

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602fttp.html

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17) DISA fortifying military’s IT defenses

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The Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides the military with technical help on software and telecom projects around the world, is taking new steps to improve network security at bases and in the field.

DocFinder: 6156

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602disa.html

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18) Ethernet turns 30 gracefully

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Since its invention in 1973, the fabled network technology has evolved from a shared to a dedicated medium and undergone a nearly 1,000-fold speed increase. And along the way it quashed all LAN comers – namely Token Ring, FDDI and ATM.

DocFinder: 6157

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602ethernet.html

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19) Security Notes: Fortifying our financial infrastructure

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Senior Editor Ellen Messmer writes about an upcoming meeting among financial-sector networking executives, carriers and the federal government on the topic.

DocFinder: 6159

https://www.nwfusion.com/topics/security.html

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20) Compendium: Wireless-enabled pickpockets

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Fusion Executive Editor Adam Gaffin finds yet another way criminals are integrating technology – and finds a proposal for a mesh network of wireless-enabled squirrels.

DocFinder: 6158

https://napps.nwfusion.com/compendium/