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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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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html
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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https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/1027man.html
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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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027carrqa.html
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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https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/wan/003654.html#003654
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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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027office.html
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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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027gartner.html
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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