This week on Network World Fusion, 11/10/03

1) The Extended Enterprise 2) Cisco, Nortel to embrace SSL-based VPNs 3) Tech industry starts to show signs of life 4) Promising indicators suggest telecom recovery looming 5) Technology Update: Wireless mesh networks boost reliability 6) From Net.Worker: Big ideas for advancing telework 7) Wireless Wizards: Wait for 802.11i? 8) Vendor brings Cobol apps to the Web 9) VMware points users toward utility computing 10) Carriers brace for number portability 11) Security Notes: Security implications of the Citrix server approach 12) Venture funding holds its own during Q3 13) WLAN protocol hits standards trail 14) Management Notes: Controlling app behavior 15) IM management may take years to conquer 16) Novell buys its way deeper into Linux 17) Wireless Notes: Next-generation WLANs 18) Help Desk: To honeypot or not 19) Feds to push new set of security controls 20) Red Hat drops free Linux

1) The Extended Enterprise

2) Cisco, Nortel to embrace SSL-based VPNs

3) Tech industry starts to show signs of life

4) Promising indicators suggest telecom recovery looming

5) Technology Update: Wireless mesh networks boost reliability

6) From Net.Worker: Big ideas for advancing telework

7) Wireless Wizards: Wait for 802.11i?

8) Vendor brings Cobol apps to the Web

9) VMware points users toward utility computing

10) Carriers brace for number portability

11) Security Notes: Security implications of the Citrix server approach

12) Venture funding holds its own during Q3

13) WLAN protocol hits standards trail

14) Management Notes: Controlling app behavior

15) IM management may take years to conquer

16) Novell buys its way deeper into Linux

17) Wireless Notes: Next-generation WLANs

18) Help Desk: To honeypot or not

19) Feds to push new set of security controls

20) Red Hat drops free Linux

1) The Extended Enterprise

Our guide to the tools and techniques you need for extending the reach of your enterprise.

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2) Cisco, Nortel to embrace SSL-based VPNs

Cisco and Nortel – arguably the two biggest names in IP Security VPNs – are getting ready to shake up the fast-growing Secure Sockets Layer segment of the market, which they’ve largely ignored until now.

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3) Tech industry starts to show signs of life

Private network companies in search of capital might begin looking to IPOs again, as signs point to the return of this financing vehicle that hasn’t been in favor since the Internet bubble burst in 2000.

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4) Promising indicators suggest telecom recovery looming

While not all is rosy, more signs are pointing toward the telecom industry finally starting to recover from the slump it’s been in for more than three years.

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5) Technology Update: Wireless mesh networks boost reliability

Wireless networks have long embraced a centralized model that holds the potential for bottlenecks, latency and a single point of failure. But wireless mesh networks are emerging as an alternative to wireless switching. Mesh networks distribute intelligence from switches to access points by incorporating a grid-like topology.

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6) From Net.Worker: Big ideas for advancing telework

Telework Consortium President John Starke on the group’s strategy for advancing the SOHO movement.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/1110netlead.html

7) Wireless Wizards: Wait for 802.11i?

The Wizards explain the difference between WPA and 802.11i, and help a reader decide if he should install WPA or wait for 802.11i.

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8) Vendor brings Cobol apps to the Web

The theme for Web services is integration, and Micro Focus plans to bring Cobol into the picture by equipping companies with tools that convert the legacy code to align with the emerging technology.

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9) VMware points users toward utility computing

With its Intel server farm growing relentlessly, news conglomerate Gannett turned to virtual server company VMware to put multiple virtual machines on single physical boxes.

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10) Carriers brace for number portability

The nation’s largest wireless service providers are scrambling behind the scenes to ensure that systems for providing wireless number portability are up and running by the government’s Nov. 24 deadline.

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11) Security Notes: Security implications of the Citrix server approach

Senior Editor Ellen Messmer says Citrix’s plan spares the IT department from having to distribute desktop software on the actual desktop. But what does it mean for security?

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12) Venture funding holds its own during Q3

While privately held network companies still aren’t attracting the venture capital dollars they used to, experts are upbeat about investments in the overall technology sector during the third quarter.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1110iposide.html

13) WLAN protocol hits standards trail

At the Internet Engineering Task Force meeting this week in Minneapolis, the standards group is expected to clear the last hurdles before launching work on a new wireless LAN protocol – LWAPP.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1110lwapp.html

14) Management Notes: Controlling app behavior

Senior Writer Denise Dubie examines how users are handling the management of multiple apps when they’re tied to external business partners and have to monitor performance outside their corporate firewalls.

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15) IM management may take years to conquer

As end users continue to tap services that bring instant messaging into corporate networks, IT executives are realizing they will need sophisticated management tools to create an instant-messaging infrastructure.

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16) Novell buys its way deeper into Linux

Network executives and industry analysts are applauding Novell’s move to acquire SuSE Linux, saying that it signals a new beginning for Novell and a boost for open source.

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17) Wireless Notes: Next-generation WLANs

Three panels at the Next Generation Networks show last week in Boston revealed the ferment in wireless LANs, says Senior Editor John Cox.

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18) Help Desk: To honeypot or not

Help Desk guru Ron Nutter offers advice, resources and points to ponder to a user considering implementing a honeypot.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1110nutter.html

19) Feds to push new set of security controls

To bolster information systems security, the federal government is pushing to have civilian agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture, follow new regulations based on practices at the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency.

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20) Red Hat drops free Linux

Red Hat is dropping its free Linux product range and asking customers to migrate to its priced Enterprise Linux, the company said last week.

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