This week on Network World Fusion, 06/23/03

————————————– 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) Move afoot to speed XML traffic

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The growing use of XML and Web services is fueling development of hardware that promises to accelerate the processing of XML traffic and eventually become a staple of network architectures.

DocFinder: 6448

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623xml.html

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2) Trade shows look to lure buyers, not big turnouts

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Smaller is better, or so the promoters of IT trade shows would have you believe.

DocFinder: 6447

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623showtime.html

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3) WLAN managers see cavalry coming

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The final installation of our “Thinking big about WLANs” series focuses on how network executives are handling wireless LAN management.

DocFinder: 6449

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623bigwlanspart2.html

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4) Wireless Wizards: Suppporting converged voice and data

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The Wizards write: Regardless of whether you are deploying voice over a WLAN (VoWLAN) today or you expect converged voice/data to be a future wireless networking requirement, there are several prerequisites that must be addressed in your WLAN planning. Got a tough wireless question? Fire away at the Wizards.

DocFinder: 6462

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0623wizards.html

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5) Special supplement – VoIP: What’s next for the enterprise?

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Get advice and information from early adopters about true VoIP costs, security needs and new applications.

DocFinder: 6450

https://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2003/voip/

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Migrating from Cabletron to Cisco switches

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Ron Nutter helps a user make the move.

DocFinder: 6463

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0623nutter.html

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7) Security Notes: Saving Cisco

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Senior Editor Ellen Messmer interviews Bob Browning, manager of tactical operations support at Cisco, on how the company has changed its disaster-recovery plans since 9/11/

DocFinder: 6464

https://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/security/003004.html

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8) Forum: Gartner and IDS

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Gartner Group has come under fire for its contention that intrusion-detection systems are a dead-end. Jump into the forum, read the comments and add your own.

DocFinder: 6465

https://napps.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=529

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9) Management Notes: HP adapting, IBM integrating

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Senior Writer Denise Dubie tries to sort out the facts from the hype in recent enterprise management announcements from HP and IBM.

DocFinder: 6466

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/003005.html

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10) Feature: Bouncing back to broadband

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Once-burned customers are overcoming their concerns about launching new broadband services.

DocFinder: 6451

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0623broadband.html

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11) Review: Enterprise Linux server distributions

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Red Hat beats out UnitedLinux in our tests.

DocFinder: 6452

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0623linuxreview.html

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12) Review: Oculan 250

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Delivering ‘plug and play’ network monitoring.

DocFinder: 6453

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0623revoculan.html

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13) Technology Update: 802.11e brings QoS to WLANs

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Proposed IEEE standard defines QoS mechanisms for wireless gear that gives support to bandwidth-sensitive applications such as voice and video.

DocFinder: 6454

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0623techupdate.html

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14) Management Strategies: Talking the talk

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By applying three simple rules, IT managers can greatly improve communications with their business contacts.

DocFinder: 6455

https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/0623man.html

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15) From Net.Worker: Law firm dumps BlackBerry for Good

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Good Technology’s GoodLink server provides real-time message synchronization without a cradle.

DocFinder: 6456

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/062303netlead.html

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16) VoIP brings change to the channel

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Traditional telecom, datacom gear and service providers cope with convergence.

DocFinder: 6458

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623channel.html

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17) Vonage tailors VoIP for small firms

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Vonage, a flat-fee IP phone carrier that has made a lot of noise serving residential customers, now is rolling out bargain bundles of services for small businesses.

DocFinder: 6459

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623vonage.html

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18) Ethernet: It isn’t just for LANs anymore

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Demand for Ethernet equipment and services is expected to grow dramatically in the coming years because of the technology’s familiarity, ease of use and technical advancements.

DocFinder: 6460

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623specialfocus.html

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19) Cautious users cast wary eye on WLANs

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The benefits of wireless LANs intrigue potential users and have them hopeful about the technology despite what they perceive as significant shortcomings. That was the conclusion of a panel of corporate IT executives who recently spoke about enterprise IT strategies at a meeting of the Massachusetts Telecommunication Council.

DocFinder: 6461

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0623wirelessyap.html