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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) Intrusion-detection debate rages
2) Fortifying BGP: No quick fix
3) Users banking on blades
4) Feature: Fighting back against telecom surcharges
5) Face-off: Is the GPL good for the software industry?
6) Wireless Wizards: QoS on an enterprise wireless LAN
7) Finding intruders with Snort
8) Review: WAN monitoring tools – Visual UpTime edges Concord’s eHealth
9) Five tips for securing a converged net
10) Technology Update: Wireless technology puts users in place
11) Management Strategies: Planning for chaos
12) HP to launch high-end net barrage
13) ID management fuels roles, rules growth
14) Special Focus: Adding business smarts to service desk savvy
15) AT&T expands Ethernet MAN offering
16) Radar net flattens Earth for weathermen
17) Brightmail’s anti-fraud services target spoofers
18) VeriSign suspends controversial service
1) Intrusion-detection debate rages
Intrusion-detection critics and backers are still sparring months after research firm Gartner declared intrusion-detection technology dead and predicted the market for such products would be gone by 2005.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006ids.html
2) Fortifying BGP: No quick fix
BBN’s Secure BGP, which establishes a public-key infrastructure to stymie IP address spoofing, is still a work in progress and has yet to be implemented in Internet routers. Router memory constraints, processing overhead concerns and the downtrodden state of the telecom economy are cited as reasons why.
DocFinder: 7939
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006bgp.html
3) Users banking on blades
Today, all the major systems vendors are peddling these slices of processing power as a cost-effective way for users to consolidate data center infrastructure, get rid of masses of cabling and streamline management.
DocFinder: 7938
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006bladeusers.html
4) Feature: Fighting back against telecom surcharges
Understanding the distinction between regulatory charges and the extras carriers pass along is a powerful weapon when negotiating contracts.
DocFinder: 7943
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/1006surcharges.html
5) Face-off: Is the GPL good for the software industry?
Bradley Kuhn of the Free Software Foundation says the GNU General Public License has a positive effect on the software industry; SCO’s Chris Sontag argues there are many reasons that the GPL is bad for the software industry. Read their opening statements, then jump in with your questions and comments.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=840
6) Wireless Wizards: QoS on an enterprise wireless LAN
The Wizards answer the question: Will 802.11e provide adequate quality of service (QoS) for voice in a dense enterprise environment? How many quality voice calls can an access point handle?
DocFinder: 7955
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1006wizards.html
7) Finding intruders with Snort
Ron Nutter helps a user get started with this popular intrusion-detection tool.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1006nutter.html
8) Review: WAN monitoring tools – Visual UpTime edges Concord’s eHealth
Visual UpTime edges Concord’s eHealth in test of six software packages.
DocFinder: 7944
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/1006rev.html
9) Five tips for securing a converged net
IP telephony and voice over IP are by no means the standard for carrying enterprise voice just yet. But these technologies have been in the real world long enough for users to have learned some tricks for protecting a converged infrastructure against network threats, both external and internal from inside the firewall.
DocFinder: 7951
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006voip.html
10) Technology Update: Wireless technology puts users in place
Advances in wireless authentication have led to role-based VLAN association.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/1006techupdate.html
11) Management Strategies: Planning for chaos
Learning to expect the unexpected helps bring order to project management.
DocFinder: 7946
https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/1006man.html
12) HP to launch high-end net barrage
HP this week will launch a barrage of high-speed wired and wireless network gear for corporate customers, aimed at delivering Gigabit and secure Wi-Fi links to desktops and 10 Gigabit links in the core.
DocFinder: 7947
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006hp.html
13) ID management fuels roles, rules growth
In these days of distributed networks, user management is not for the faint of heart, and that is increasing interest in two techniques for streamlining the process.
DocFinder: 7948
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006rulesroles.html
14) Special Focus: Adding business smarts to service desk savvy
Advances in help desk software and processes speed problem resolution and response to end-user calls.
DocFinder: 7949
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006specialfocus.html
15) AT&T expands Ethernet MAN offering
A new metropolitan Ethernet service that AT&T launched last week lets users go beyond point-to-point LAN connectivity.
DocFinder: 7950
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006attmetro.html
16) Radar net flattens Earth for weathermen
Web services, Linux and grid computing are among the technologies researchers are using to develop a system of predicting and improving warning times for weather emergencies such as tornadoes and flash floods.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006radar.html
17) Brightmail’s anti-fraud services target spoofers
Catering to corporate customers who want more than just junk-mail protection from their anti-spam vendor, Brightmail last week announced a new anti-fraud service and the addition of Symantec’s anti-virus software to its gateway product.
DocFinder: 7953
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1006brightmail.html
18) VeriSign suspends controversial service
Having stood firm for weeks under a barrage of criticism, VeriSign Friday agreed to suspend its controversial SiteFinder service after the Internet’s primary governing body issued an ultimatum that it do so or face legal action.
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