This week on Network World Fusion, 09/15/03

1) Microsoft begins to flesh out ambitious management platform 2) HP, other vendors bolster utility computing product plans via acquisitions 3) Feature: CSI – Lost e-mails 4) Sector Spotlight: Real-time survival 5) Review: NetWare 6.5 6) Product Peek: SyslogAnalyzer 2.0 7) Review: Exchange Server 2003, Outlook 2003 8) Security notes: Passwords – seven virtues, seven sins 9) Technology Update: XKMS does the heavy work of PKI 10) Management Strategies: Language lessons 11) Server management tools grow up 12) Case study: Bear Stearns is bullish on VoIP 13) Long-haul ‘fiber glut’ persists 14) Wireless Notes: Tales from the WLAN tour 15) Proposed provisioning technology set to go 16) IBM racing ahead with component strategy 17) Enterasys, Netgear target SMB networks 18) Management Notes: Baby steps

1) Testing anti-spam tools in the wild

2) Tools for blocking spam

3) How MCI’s revival will affect you

4) What’s next in wireless

5) Security Notes: The price of spam

6) Management Notes: Linking security and management

7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Staying safe from viruses and worms

8) Despite major effort, Intel wireless plans lag

9) Technology Update: Host-based IDSs add to security policy

10) Management Strategies: Finding just the right person

11) From Net.Worker: Netgear plans next year

12) Sun execs talk server futures

13) Services offer path to in-house CDNs

14) Advanced network management features bolster blade servers

15) Vendors prep wares to manage network security

16) Security costs test states’ budgets

17) Wireless Notes: Growing WLAN deployment

Editor’s Note: Which Weblogs do you read regularly? I’ve compiled a list of the nine technology Webloggers I think are must reads. Who would you add to the list (or take off)? Read the list and let me know at https://napps.nwfusion.com/compendium/archive/003454.htmlagaffin@nww.com

    — Adam Gaffin, executive editor,

1) Testing anti-spam tools in the wild

We tested 16 anti-spam products on a live production network to see which could live up to the claim of solving your spam woes.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0915spam.html

2) Tools for blocking spam

In addition to reviewing anti-spam tools, we also provide a series of tools to help you combat the problem, including a database of detailed specs for more than 50 anti-spam tools and services and a lesson plan from one IT pro on the tricks spammers use to evade filters – and how to combat them. Plus, Gearhead columnist Mark Gibbs updates his spam-calculator spreadsheet so you can show management just how much your company spends fighting the problem. And our spam research center will keep you updated with the latest anti-spam news and analysis.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0915spambg.html

3) How MCI’s revival will affect you

What short-term changes are ahead, how customers can prepare for a sale, and more.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915worldcom.html

4) What’s next in wireless

An exclusive look at key products set to debut this week at the DemoMobile conference.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915demomobile1.html

5) Security Notes: The price of spam

Senior Editor Ellen Messmer discusses a study that tallies up just how much a single worm, Blaster, cost U.S. companies and how growing cooperation between security vendors, the government and ISPs could cut the impact of future nasties.

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

6) Management Notes: Linking security and management

Meanwhile, over in our Network/Systems Management research center, Senior Writer Denise Dubie looks at a series of announcements of products designed to integrate security and management tools.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/003466.html

7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Staying safe from viruses and worms

Completing (for now!) our security roundup, Ron Nutter gives some advice to a user on how to reduce the chances of more network-launched attacks.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0915nutter.html

8) Despite major effort, Intel wireless plans lag

On the eve of this week’s biannual Intel Developer Forum, Intel announced the second delay of its latest wireless LAN silicon, highlighting the company’s struggles to firmly establish a foothold in the wireless arena.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915intel.html

9) Technology Update: Host-based IDSs add to security policy

Host-based IDS software complements the capabilities of other security products such as network-based IDS, decoy-based IDS and firewalls.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0915techupdate.html

10) Management Strategies: Finding just the right person

Despite a raft of available candidates, IT executives still are finding it tough to find the one person with the right combination of skills and talent.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/0915man.html

11) From Net.Worker: Netgear plans next year

CEO Patrick Lo on the company’s plans for wireless switches, home networks and the enterprise.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/0915netlead.html

12) Sun execs talk server futures

Vice presidents Neil Knox and Clark Masters on how the future of Sun’s server business fits into its overall strategy.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915sunqna.html

13) Services offer path to in-house CDNs

Introduction of an MCI service, as well as an end-to-end managed offering from Equant, signals the move of managed ECDNs into the mainstream.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915ecdn.html

14) Advanced network management features bolster blade servers

Vendors are stepping up the network capabilities of their blade servers to make it easier for corporate users to combine the slices of computing power into server clusters designed to handle critical business applications.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915blades.html

15) Vendors prep wares to manage network security

As security attacks continue to increase, security management software makers are delivering more products they say can help customers better identify threats, process data and prepare networks for potential trouble.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915sim.html

16) Security costs test states’ budgets

Budget-constrained states face increased security requirements.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0915nastd.html

17) Wireless Notes: Growing WLAN deployment

Senior Editor John Cox notes some issues arising out of a recent Network World “Wireless LAN Technology Tour,” among them – increasing pressure for deployment of wireless LANs across multiple sites. What’s your experience?

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https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/wireless/003426.html