NetFlash: Verizon joins managed security game

NetFlash: Verizon joins managed security game
07/25/05

In this issue:

* Verizon joins managed security game
* 3Com to pay for threat tips
* Q&A: IBM exec extols future of SOA
* SonicWall screens viruses and spyware
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

Verizon has had to put a large security infrastructure in place
to keep its own networks safe. Someone at the carrier just
realized they could also sell it as a service.
Verizon joins managed security game
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3665>

3Com to pay for threat tips

Discover software vulnerabilities for fun and valuable cash
prizes! In a controversial move, 3Com is offering money to those
who tell the company about vulnerabilities before anyone else
knows about them.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3666>

Q&A: IBM exec extols future of SOA

IBM invests about $1 billion per year in its strategic service
oriented-architecture technologies. Michael Liebow, vice
president of Web Services and SOA at IBM Global Services, took
the time to speak with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie
about why IBM deems SOA so critical to the company's and its
customers' computing future.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3667>

SonicWall screens viruses and spyware

With an eye toward eliminating the need for customers to
confront nefarious programs on each corporate desktop, SonicWall
this week is broadening the protection offered by its
content-filtering appliance with the addition of anti-virus and
anti-spyware software.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3668>

Today on Layer 8, seven-time Tour de Rumpus Room Champion:

Podcasting's seedy side; Roger Ebert's grand Web plan; study
says some Internet terms unfamiliar; and the winner of our
latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your
home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Future-proof your network
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3420>

2. City finds big savings in Linux
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3417>

3. Appliances replace DNS, DHCP software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3421>

4. Life's rich in telecom... if you're a lawyer
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3669>

5. The ROI of VoIP
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3178>

Today's most forwarded story:

Microsoft to acquire FrontBridge for e-mail security
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3594>________________________________
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