This week on Network World Fusion, 10/27/03

1) ‘Net security gets root-level boost 2) Double-duty routers give Cisco VoIP edge 3) C&W ditching ATM, frame customers 4) Feature: Mobile grows up 5) Technology Update: Object storage ensures high scalability 6) Management Strategies: Power to the people 7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Learning how to use a protocol analyzer 8) From Net.Worker: Adventures in broadband video 9) IP net management could get easier 10) Wireless Wizards: Watching for rogues 11) Dell exec: Standards, simplicity are key 12) Head of AT&T business sales talks turkey 13) Security Notes: Saying yes to IPS 14) Web filtering packages protect and serve 15) Red Hat enhances scalability of Linux OS 16) WAN Services Notes: C&W’s questionable decision 17) Office takes over collaboration reins 18) Net execs are bullish on outsourcing 19) Gartner: Time is now for VoIP 20) Capellas says MCI to stress wireless

1) ‘Net security gets root-level boost

2) Double-duty routers give Cisco VoIP edge

3) C&W ditching ATM, frame customers

4) Feature: Mobile grows up

5) Technology Update: Object storage ensures high scalability

6) Management Strategies: Power to the people

7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Learning how to use a protocol analyzer

8) From Net.Worker: Adventures in broadband video

9) IP net management could get easier

10) Wireless Wizards: Watching for rogues

11) Dell exec: Standards, simplicity are key

12) Head of AT&T business sales talks turkey

13) Security Notes: Saying yes to IPS

14) Web filtering packages protect and serve

15) Red Hat enhances scalability of Linux OS

16) WAN Services Notes: C&W’s questionable decision

17) Office takes over collaboration reins

18) Net execs are bullish on outsourcing

19) Gartner: Time is now for VoIP

20) Capellas says MCI to stress wireless

1) ‘Net security gets root-level boost

A year after surviving a massive distributed denial-of-service attack, the Internet’s root servers are better fortified against hacker activity, thanks to behind-the-scenes deployment of a routing technique known as Anycast, experts say.

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2) Double-duty routers give Cisco VoIP edge

A recent software upgrade that can turn most Cisco access routers into IP PBXs could provide users with a simple path to follow for converging voice and data networks, and at the same time is causing concern among Cisco’s voice-over-IP competitors.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html

3) C&W ditching ATM, frame customers

Cable & Wireless America is getting ready to pull the plug on its U.S. ATM and frame relay backbones, a move that has customers scrambling to find replacement providers and wondering about the future of the carrier’s Web hosting and IP services.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027cw.html

4) Feature: Mobile grows up

IT execs are loading enterprise business applications onto those cool little gadgets.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/techinsider/2003/1027techinsidermobile.html

5) Technology Update: Object storage ensures high scalability

Object storage is an emerging architecture uniquely suited to complement Linux compute clusters.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/1027techupdate.html

6) Management Strategies: Power to the people

Network executives get bright ideas by associating with IT user groups targeted at their specific industries.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/1027man.html

7) Nutter’s Help Desk: Learning how to use a protocol analyzerHelp Desk Guru Ron Nutter helps an IT pro who wants to learn how to get the most out of his protocol analyzer.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1027nutter.html

8) From Net.Worker: Adventures in broadband video

These days, the best thing about broadband isn’t the speed – it’s the cool new applications you get to run on top of it.

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9) IP net management could get easier

A proposed standard under construction at the Internet Engineering Task Force promises to extract more traffic statistics from corporations’ network gear, which proponents say will help them develop usage-based billing and more easily spot security breaches.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ipfix.html

10) Wireless Wizards: Watching for roguesThe Wizards show Kent in N.J. how to defend his net against rogue access points.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1027wizards.html

11) Dell exec: Standards, simplicity are key

President Kevin Rollins on the threat from autonomic computing, how Dell will be changing in the next three years, future technologies that aren’t getting enough attention, and more

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027dellqna.html

12) Head of AT&T business sales talks turkey

Chris Rooney on AT&T’s lowered customer-service rating, the company’s biggest competitors, competitive pricing and more.

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13) Security Notes: Saying yes to IPS

Senior Editor Ellen Messmer talks to one IT executive about his experience implementing and running an intrusion prevention system.

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https://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/security/003656.html#003656

14) Web filtering packages protect and serve

Corporations are increasingly turning to Web-filtering packages that block access to forbidden sites.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027specialfocus.html

15) Red Hat enhances scalability of Linux OS

Red Hat has rolled out a beefed-up version of its Linux operating system with better scalability, improved performance and support for a wider range of hardware platforms.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027redhat.html

16) WAN Services Notes: C&W’s questionable decision

Senior Editor Denise Pappalardo examines Cable & Wireless’ decision to jettison its ATM and frame relay customers, and the impact that’s having on users.

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17) Office takes over collaboration reins 

Microsoft officially has passed its collaboration torch from Exchange to Office in the hopes of igniting corporate upgrades to the applications suite, but users are leery of the software giant’s plan.

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18) Net execs are bullish on outsourcing

Bertucci’s James Lux told an audience of network managers last week that he turned to outsourcing to quickly and inexpensively connect the restaurant chain’s 90 locations with voice over IP, speed credit-card transaction processing and support online applications.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027vanguard.html

19) Gartner: Time is now for VoIP

Bringing voice over IP into corporate networks is inevitable, so businesses should be well on their way to at least testing the technology, according to Gartner.

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20) Capellas says MCI to stress wireless

MCI CEO Michael Capellas used last week’s Gartner Symposium/ ITxpo to preview what’s next for the embattled carrier, assuming it leaps what might be its final hurdle before emerging from bankruptcy protection.

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