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———————– 1) ROI rules show floor ———————– Reaping maximum ROI, rather than sowing the most bits per second, was the overriding theme at last week’s NetWorld+Interop, as attendees gravitated to products and services that could help cut costs. Plus: Get all the week’s N+I news on our N+I breaking news page. DocFinder: 5742 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0505interop.html

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1) HP to enter crowded field with WLAN gear

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HP next week will announce products for boosting wireless LAN security and management while reducing the cost and complexity of rolling out access points, according to industry sources.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512hpnet.html

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2) Wireless LAN switch feast

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Start-up execs debate the future of wireless LANs.

DocFinder:5838

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512wifidinner.html

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3) Budget woes fail to deter statehouse net execs

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Undaunted by staffing and money shortages, some state governments are forging ahead with major IT projects ranging from installation of significant fiber WANs to building vast criminal-justice databases.

DocFinder:5839

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512gov.html

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4) EMC, HP to push metered storage

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EMC and HP are readying metered on-demand storage programs that for the first time automatically charge customers only for actual usage, which should help them save money and avoid having to predict future needs precisely.

DocFinder:5840

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512emc.html

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5) Review: 802.11g WLAN gear

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We put seven prestandard access points through their paces. See which came out on top.

DocFinder:5850

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0512rev11g.html

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6) Nutter’s Help Desk: Checking the pulse of Active Directory

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Ron Nutter helps a user figure out how his Active Directory installation is doing.

DocFinder: 5861

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0512nutter.html

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7) Review: Apple Xserve

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Apple’s new Xserve is fast and well equipped for network use.

DocFinder:5851

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0512revxserver.html

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8) Security Notes: Why intrusion prevention hasn’t taken off

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Senior Editor Ellen Messmer lets IntruVert’s vice president of marketing and management Raj Dhingra vent his frustrations in a question-and-answer format on the topic.

DocFinder: 5862

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/security/002755.html

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9) Management Notes: Ordering out

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Senior Writer Denise Dubie looks at the impact of outsourcing on network and systems management and wonders where you stand on the issue.

DocFinder: 5863

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/002756.html

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10) Technology Update: Real-time delivery gets efficiency boost

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Internet-scale publish/subscribe uses network-based processing to avoid the bandwidth and computational obstacles of traditional request/response communication.

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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0512techupdate.html

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11) Management Strategies: Under pressure

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Challenged with delivering competitive infrastructures at little cost, CIOs outline their top concerns.

DocFinder:5853

https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2003/0512man.html

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12) From Net.Worker: Linksys churns out gear amid buyout

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Weeks after Cisco announced its acquisition, the SOHO network leader continues cooking up products.

DocFinder:5854

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/0512netlead.html

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13) Windows 2003: What’s next?

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Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 has barely poked its head out of the box, but users say it’s vital to know what’s next. That’s because the operating system is the gateway to a new generation of products and introduces a new formula for operating system upgrades.

DocFinder:5855

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512ms2003.html

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14) Early users give iSCSI thumbs up

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The iSCSI protocol has gained momentum as an alternative for Fibre Channel storage-area networks, and early adopters like it for the same reasons they like Ethernet – it’s inexpensive and easy to install.

DocFinder:5856

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512iscsiearly.html

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15) AT&T expanding reach of networks

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AT&T says it is expanding the geographic reach of its IP, frame relay and ATM networks ahead of its original schedule.

DocFinder:5857

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512carratt.html

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16) Internet2 becoming a big net on campus

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Internet2 is working on several projects that could prove useful to public Internet users and to ISPs that support that network, while focused on the higher education community.

DocFinder:5858

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512specialfocus.html

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17) IT job picture remains bleak

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IT job seekers should expect no relief through year-end, according to recent research reports that offer little hope of increased budgets and that say more jobs will be lost to overseas outsourcing.

DocFinder:5859

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512jobmarket.html

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18) Venture funding drying up for start-ups

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Venture funding for network start-ups hit a five-year low in the first quarter, as investors remained cautious in light of a continued industry malaise, concerns over the war in Iraq and the U.S. economy.

DocFinder:5860

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0512vcsurvey.html