This week on Network World Fusion, 06/09/03

————————————– 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) Telecom show features long-lost sight: Optimism

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Perhaps it was news of equipment deployments and the promise of new services. Or the expectation of renewed network buildouts. Or hope that current regulations would soon be relaxed. Whatever the reason, there was cautious optimism last week at the sparsely attended SuperComm 2003 telecom trade show.

DocFinder: 6235

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609supercomm.html

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2) Automated service saves AT&T users plenty

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Financial services company Metavante reports saving at least 500 hours worth of staff time every month – the equivalent of about three full-time positions – since it started using AT&T’s Electronic Bonding automated trouble-ticketing system.

DocFinder: 6236

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609ebonding.html

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3) Survey: Security cuts both ways on IT plans

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Security concerns are causing network executives to accelerate some technology deployment plans and put the brakes on others, according to the 10th annual Network World 500 survey.

DocFinder: 6247

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609nw500.html

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4) Security Notes: Whatever happened to AES?

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Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer says there’s life yet in the would-be, two-year-old successor to DES.

DocFinder: 6248

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

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5) Wireless Notes: Can Palm get Java right this time?

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Network World Senior Editor John Cox says Palm is putting a renewed emphasis on Java applications; he wonders if they’ll get it right this time.

DocFinder: 6249

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

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Going multiprocessor with Novell

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Ron Nutter answers the question: Is it possible to add a second processor to an existing Novell 6 server on a software level, or must it be done only at OS installation?

DocFinder: 6250

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0609nutter.html

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7) Ten common management mistakes

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Your job is to keep the network up and running, so employees can work without interruption and so that you can get home at a reasonable hour. The problem is that things don’t always go the way you want them to go. Some days just plain stink. There are many reasons, but we’ll just stick to the 10 most commonly encountered network management potholes.

DocFinder: 6251

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0609mistakes.html

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8) State of the technology union

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Six research executives, together controlling billions of development dollars, examine the changing face of R&D and tell us how the network industry has become more innovative than ever.

DocFinder: 6252

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0609stateofunion.html

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9) RFID takes stock of supply chain

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Using radio waves to track objects and provide near-real-time views of product status and location, RFID makes supply chains more efficient.

DocFinder: 6253

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0609techupdate.html

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10) Pay-as-you-go IT

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Just like gas and electricity, some companies are paying only for the amount of IT resources they use.

DocFinder: 6254

https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/0609man.html

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11) Verizon exec talks up FTTP

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Verizon Network Services President Paul Lacouture sat down with Jim Duffy, managing editor of The Edge at Network World, at last week’s SuperComm exhibition to discuss FTTP.

DocFinder: 6255

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609lacouture.html

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12) IT execs share security concerns

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Insider threats from employees and trading partners, interconnected networks with no clear boundaries, and the potential for terrorist cyberattacks against corporate networks are among the top worries for technology managers, according to those attending the Gartner IT Security Summit last week.

DocFinder: 6256

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609gartner.html

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13) 802.11g set to shake up WLAN market

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The IEEE this week is expected to put its stamp of approval on the proposed 802.11g standard, which boosts data rates on 2.4-GHz wireless LANs from 11M to 54M bit/sec.

DocFinder: 6257

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/060911g.html

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14) Patch mgmt. mess gets Microsoft’s attention

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Microsoft will eliminate six of its patch management tools by year-end, according to the company’s chief security strategist.

DocFinder: 6258

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609teched2.html

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15) Start-up hopes to ease WLAN config

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Embedded software released this week by start-up Propagate Networks could make it much easier to set up enterprise wireless LANs because it lets access points and client cards set their own radio configurations.

DocFinder: 6259

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609propagate.html

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16) TravelingPC offers remote access alternative

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Unique approach provides managed access to corporate applications and data, disaster recovery.

DocFinder: 6260

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/0609netlead.html

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17) Server consolidation helps JetBlue soar

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JetBlue Airways CIO Jeff Cohen could see a storm waiting to happen. Ever since the discount carrier launched its inaugural flight in 2000, business has been booming and the company’s IT infrastructure was growing along with it.

DocFinder: 6261

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609jetblue.html

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18) ERP vendors play acquisition game

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Three major events last week rocked the normally staid ERP software arena.

DocFinder: 6262

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609oracle.html