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Talking IM to Google
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VoIP season about to heat up

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
08/31/05

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* EarthLink, 3Com among those readying offerings
* Links related to Optical Networking
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Today's focus: VoIP season about to heat up

By Tim Greene

September should be a big month for VoIP technology, with
vendors expected to launch a host of offerings at a pair of big
trade shows focused on converged networks.

With VoiceCon opening today in San Diego and Voice on the 'Net
(VoN) scheduled for Sept. 19-22 in Boston, equipment makers and
service providers are lining up in preparation for what analysts
say will be a boom time for VoIP services.

According to a new Infonetics study, 40% of customers with
broadband Internet connections also will buy VoIP service by
2008. That represents 24.3 million VoIP customers, up from 1.1
million last year, according to Kevin Mitchell, the Infonetics
analyst who wrote the report.

To support this anticipated demand, carriers are spending more,
Mitchell says. Infonetics numbers indicate that voice providers
spent 18% more in the second quarter of this year than in the
first on VoIP gear, the largest quarter-to-quarter jump ever.
The $614 million spent in the second quarter represents a 55%
increase over the second quarter of 2004, the study says.

Service providers are now looking for ways to draw in customers
with VoIP so they can then sell them more converged services
down the road.

For instance, EarthLink is beta testing a free VoIP service that
connects customers to any other Internet-connected VoIP phone.
Called Vling, the service is based on SIPxua open source code
from PingTel, and the alliance will be announced at VoiceCon.

As part of the VoIP service when it comes out of beta later this
year, EarthLink plans to offer a limited number of free minutes
of connection time to phones connected to the public telephone
network. EarthLink hopes customers will like the service and be
willing to pay for public switched telephone network connections
after the free minutes run out, says Tom Hsieh, director of
voice products and engineering for the company.

But Vling is more than just voice, Hsieh says. Using a single
ID, EarthLink's Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based service
can connect customers to e-mail and instant messaging, also
provided by EarthLink.

By the year-end, EarthLink also plans to offer a cut-rate voice
service in conjunction with DSL provider Covad that runs the
voice traffic over their IP backbones to save on costs.

While analysts predict more VoIP services, they also foresee
increased use of IP voice on corporate networks. The use of IP
PBXs is poised to soar, according to a study by In-Stat that
predicts sales of these devices will represent 51% of all PBX
sales this year and grow to 91% worldwide by 2009.

Hoping to make hay on that trend, start-up Adomo is launching
its first product, a voice mail system that integrates with
Microsoft's messaging platform. Adomo Voice Messaging for
Exchange hardware connects IP PBXs or traditional TDM PBXs with
Exchange and Active Directory servers to create and store voice
mail as audio files that can be retrieved from phones, PCs or
handhelds.

The appliance enables users with PBXs made by multiple vendors
to make a single connection to the Exchange server.

Setting up these connections directly between PBXs and Exchange
can otherwise be time consuming because of the various
interfaces each PBX might have. Adomo has customized its box to
simplify connectivity to PBXs made by vendors such as Alcatel,
Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, Nortel and Siemens. The Adomo box funnels
all the PBX traffic to the Exchange server.

In some cases using Adomo as a voice mail system will change the
keypad commands end users punch in to access voice mail, Adomo
says.

The mail can be administered through Exchange via a voice
services tab for setting up user accounts. The device can be
fitted with an auto attendant that responds to voice commands as
well as keypad commands. The price ranges from $12,000 for a
12-port appliance to $24,000 for a 24-port model.

Also next month, 3Com says it will team with Ingate Systems to
provide software that helps extend IP PBX features to the homes
of telecommuters by letting individuals with home firewalls
connect more easily to corporate 3Com IP PBXs. Normally these
home firewalls hide the IP address of the telecommuter's
machines, making it difficult to complete calls to IP devices
behind them. But Ingate's Remote SIP Connectivity Module directs
calls to these devices through a single firewall port to the
appropriate IP address.

IBM also will have news, as it plans to demonstrate at VoN an
open source IP PBX based on software from Digium that runs on
IBM's Blade Center servers. The demo will use high-availability
hardware and modified Digium software that maintains calls if
one server crashes by transferring them to a standby back-up
server.

These PBX products may benefit from a surge in IP PBX sales
expected over the next four years, according to the In-Stat
study. The number of individual phones served by IP PBXs will
grow from 9.5 million this year to 28.1 million in 2009, In-Stat
says.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical4002>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical6214>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical6215>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical6216>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
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VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
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Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering virtual
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Security, compliance and management converge

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: SCOTT CRAWFORD ON NETWORK/SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
08/31/05
Today's focus: Security, compliance and management converge

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* What the convergence of security, compliance and management
  means
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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

Traffic management becomes critical as your network
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on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
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As technologies such as VoIP emerge to advance networks, many
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Today's focus: Security, compliance and management converge

By Scott Crawford

The convergence of security, compliance, and management has
become a significant area of focus for Enterprise Management
Associates.

On Sept. 8, I'll be hosting an EMA Webcast that takes a look at
some of the ways this convergence is shaping the managed
enterprise (more information about that below). Until then, let
me whet your appetite for this event by giving you some examples
of why this trend is something the enterprise should know more
about.

Beyond the core benefits of centralization and automation are
even more significant ways in which security, compliance, and
enterprise management combine to provide maximum value. Using
tools such as vulnerability management to inform and define
software management priorities, for example, has revolutionized
many approaches to systems management.

More recently, we've seen security management tools increasingly
integrate remediation functionality themselves. This represents
the logical next step in their evolution, since closing gaps
completes a lifecycle approach to security and compliance
management.

However, when this task touches on business-critical
functionality, it is not something undertaken lightly. Patch
management is perhaps the best-known example of this - but that
raises the thorny issue of automating systems reconfiguration in
response to a security event. No one wants to be responsible for
deploying the "Mother of All Denial-of-Service Vehicles"!

Because of these and other factors, we are seeing three primary
ways in which security and compliance are converging with
management.

First, when security and compliance issues are central, or when
security and compliance products have a more mature concept of
the relevant issues, they are best positioned to directly manage
critical functionality themselves. Identity-based access
management fits into this category - but increasingly, so do
emerging tools like policy management systems that address a
wide range of policy-dependent issues.

Second, when there is compatibility between security and
compliance tools and enterprise management, remediation may best
be negotiated between their respective strengths. This is the
meeting ground of evolving integrated products such as endpoint
compliance enforcement systems, and next-generation security
event management systems.

Third, when an enterprise management product has principal
responsibility for critical functionality, extending its
capabilities in security and compliance management may make the
most sense, particularly when it adds to the return on
investment of the management product and reduces the need for
other security- or compliance-specific expenditures.
Configuration and change management software is an example of
this group, which can be further enhanced with greater
integration of identity-based controls.

We'll go into a lot more detail on these topics and even more
examples on Sept. 8 at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific. I invite
you to join us for this event by registering here
<http://www.emausa.com/ema_lead.php?ls=securityNWW0905>.

Next week in this space I'll talk about some of the gaps in this
trend, which will give you an idea of what to look for in the
new and emerging ways in which security and compliance are
converging with enterprise management.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm3898>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm6209>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm6210>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm6211>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm6212>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm6213>

_______________________________________________________________
To contact:

Scott Crawford, CISSP, is a Senior Analyst focused on IT
security, systems and application management with Enterprise
Management Associates in Boulder, Colo., an analyst and market
research firm focusing exclusively on all aspects of enterprise
management systems and services. The former information security
chief for the International Data Centre of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna, Austria, Crawford
has also been a systems professional with the University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research as well as Emerson, HP, and other
organizations in both public and private sectors. He can be
reached at scrawford@enterprisemanagement.com
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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance.
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Linux computing on the couch, from across the room

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
08/31/05
Today's focus: Linux computing on the couch, from across the
room

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Package ties remote control to Linux
* Links related to Linux
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_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by HP
FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111670
_______________________________________________________________
TROUBLE IN PARADISE?

As technologies such as VoIP emerge to advance networks, many
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real-time change that today's applications sustain. Is there a
solution pending or should network managers rely on their own
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Today's focus: Linux computing on the couch, from across the
room

By Phil Hochmuth

Linux PC enthusiasts may be tired of hearing about all the ways
Microsoft PCs are taking over the living room. Having conquered
most home offices and dens, Windows is now running such
entertainment apps as MP3 players, CDs and DVDs with its XP
Media Center Edition, complete with a PC-friendly remote control
that's similar to a cable TV or home electronics controller. But
Linux can also play in the home entertainment arena, with help
from a package called Linux Infrared Remote Control.

The software <http://www.lirc.org/> allows Linux computers to
receive infrared signals and translate them into instructions
that can be used to operate any application the box can run. By
connecting a USB or serial IR receiver, or through built-in IR
interfaces (such as IrDA ports on laptops), LIRC can be used to
launch applications or other services, and control the operation
of programs such as MP3 and CD players, or any other device
attached to the PC. IR commands can even be mapped to mouse
movements, allowing users to mirror point-and-click functions on
a remote.

Most standard infrared remotes can be used with the system. LIRC
commands are set up by defining a function - such as hitting
"play" on an MP3 app, or launching a Web site - then mapping the
function to a remote control's IR signal. The application
"learns" the signal by pointing the remote at the IR receiver.

Once set up, a Linux PC with a remote control interface can
become a powerful home entertainment gadget. A quiet-running
LIRC-enabled Linux PC or laptop attached to a TV and stereo can
provide lots of fun features, from couch-based Web surfing
(great for live Fantasy Football stat tracking on the Web during
NFL games) as well as bringing a library of MP3s out of the PC
den and onto the living room stereo system. Outfitted with a TV
input card and a fat hard drive, the PC could even take over as
a cable television receiver and digital video recorder. (TiVo
is, after all, a Linux-based appliance.)

It could also be argued that having a Linux-based home
entertainment PC removes the risk of having "Slammer" or
"ILOVEYOU" being added to your music collection, or the "BSOD"
while trying to watch CNN or MTV.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey <http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux3885>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux6168>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux6169>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux6170>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux6171>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux6172>

_______________________________________________________________
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systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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Quarterly VC survey: More first stage financings

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN'S ISP NEWS REPORT
08/31/05
Today's focus: Quarterly VC survey: More first stage financings

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* VCs invested more money in first-round financing of telcos
  start-ups in 2005
* Links related to ISP News Report
* Featured reader resource
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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

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on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
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gives you valuable insight into LAN performance.
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Today's focus: Quarterly VC survey: More first stage financings

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

Venture capital firms have invested more money in first-round
financing of telecommunications start-ups in 2005 than they have
in several years, in what may be a sign of renewal in this
long-troubled segment of the high-tech economy.

In the first half of 2005, venture firms completed 33
first-round telecom deals, according to the quarterly MoneyTree
Survey compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Financial
Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association.
This compares to 23 first-round deals completed in the first
half of 2004, and 21 first-round deals completed in the first
half of 2003.

Kirk Walden, national director of venture capital research with
PricewaterhouseCoopers, says that the venture capital industry's
interest in funding new telecom companies is a good sign.

"VCs have to stay with companies that they've already financed,"
Walden says. "If there's one bright and encouraging sign for
telecom it's that they're making these first-time deals."

The five largest first-round financing deals of 2005 are:

* $30 million invested in CSM Wireless, a Great Falls, Va.,
  provider of wholesale and retail cellular services.

* $15 million invested in GoTV, a Sherman Oaks, Calif., provider
  of on-demand, customized content for wireless phones.

* $15 million invested in Rivulet Communications, a Portsmouth,
  N.H., developer of IP technology.

* $15 million invested in Teledvance Communications, a
  Louisville, Ky., provider of voice, data and video
  communications services.

* $12 million invested in Spanlink Communications, a Brooklyn
  Park, Minn., provider of IP communications solutions for service
  providers and enterprises.

Walden says many of these companies are beyond the start-up
stage, with shipping products and existing companies.

"Some of these are expansion-stage investments in companies that
are getting venture capital financing for the first time,"
Walden says. "The odds of these companies succeeding are greater
than they were in 2000. The companies that get funded now for
the first time have gone through such a level of due diligence
and scrutiny and they are more mature."

Overall, the venture capital industry has invested $926 million
in the telecom segment of the high-tech industry during the
first half of 2005. That includes $562 million invested in the
second quarter of 2005 and $364 million in the first quarter of
2004.

During these two quarters, venture capitalists completed 114
deals in the telecom sector, with 33 of them - or 29% - being
first-round financings.

The reason venture capitalists are interested in first-round
telecom deals is that "the efficiencies of IP are finally being
realized and finally making a difference," Walden says. "There
is an increased interest in first-stage investments in companies
that have profits and positive cash flows. The venture
capitalists are acting a little more like private investors
rather than the risk takers they used to be."

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey <http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp3854>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp6163>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp6164>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp6165>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp6166>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp6167>

_______________________________________________________________
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covers emerging Internet technologies and standards. Reach her
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Whitepapers Download

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: WHITEPAPERS DOWNLOAD
08/31/05

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The API 'maturity lifecycle'

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
08/31/05
Today's focus: The API 'maturity lifecycle'

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* An explanation for why older apps, devices get left behind
* Links related to Windows Networking Tips
* Featured reader resource
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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

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Today's focus: The API 'maturity lifecycle'

By Dave Kearns

Last issue I started talking about why installing service packs
or operating system upgrades sometimes breaks older
applications, services and devices so that they no longer work.
I said I had a theory that explains at least some of these
problems, although I'm sure there are other reasons also.

First, there's the issue of buggy new software. Anything as
complex as a service pack or an operating system upgrade has a
huge amount of code, not all of which gets tested in every
environment. That's why I advocate testing in a lab first and
waiting a short period of time to hear what others discover in
their labs. But even once the software is stable and relatively
bug-free, there are still instances of applications, services
and devices which simply no longer work, or no longer work as
intended.

My theory for this involves what I call the "maturity
lifecycle."

Each new version of an operating system tends to introduce new
functionality, which is made available to third-party
application vendors through new APIs. Many APIs can be rather
complex, and many aren't finalized until just before the
operating system ships.

Independent software vendors (ISV) have two choices: develop to
the initial, tentative, experimental API or wait for the final
release of the API. The operating system vendor and the
independent vendor both have an interest in getting the
third-party applications rolled out for the first release of the
new operating system. That's why the tentative API is released
and that's why the ISV uses it. To encourage the ISV to do this,
the operating system vendor will institute lax enforcement of
the rules in the final API. Things like syntax, variable types,
and more will be inclusive of both the initial API as well as
the final one. But, over time, as new APIs - and the new data
link libraries (DLL) which accompany them - are released, the
rules will be tightened and enforcement will be stricter.

Some ISVs will create new versions of their software which
incorporate the final API and remove outdated or no longer
supported functions of the tentative API. Some won't. The
reasons why they don't are myriad - some vendors go out of
business, some applications or devices are no longer being
bought by consumers and some choose different development paths
(with different products) to accomplish the same result. In any
of these cases, your older application, service or device simply
won't work with the new operating system upgrade.

When there's a long time between releases of an operating
system, though, the new, more "mature" API, as well as its
enforcement, may be distributed with a service pack - sometimes
on purpose but frequently not, as developers simply include the
newest versions of the DLLs without really considering what they
might do in terms of breaking old software. If enough people
complain, it'll be called a "bug" and rolled back. But not
always.

So there are reasons why you should thoroughly test upgrades and
service packs even after a year or so has passed since their
release and most known "bugs" have been fixed. You need to know
how it will run with your applications, services and devices.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey <http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt3873>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6189>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6190>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6191>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6192>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6193>

_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Dave Kearns

Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.

Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these

respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.

Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
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Traffic management becomes critical as your network
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Broadband battle lines drawn

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
08/31/05
Today's focus: Broadband battle lines drawn

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Broadband competition mapped out
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Broadband battle lines drawn

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

The battle for broadband market share between phone companies
and cable companies is heating up with both lower prices and
higher speeds. With recent FCC rulings, we expect the battle to
turn red-hot.

In June, SBC announced it would offer its SBC Yahoo DSL Express
for $14.95 per month, with speeds at 384K bit/sec to 1.5M
bit/sec. BellSouth offers FastAccess DSL Lite for $24.95 per
month at 256K bit/sec to 384K bit/sec. Last week, Verizon
lowered its DSL rates to $14.95 per month for access rates from
128K bit/sec to 768K bit/sec.

The cable companies have not been sitting idly by. While cable
modem services generally cost more, cable providers have focused
on offering higher speeds. For example, Comcast offers 384K
bit/sec to 4M bit/sec at $42.95.

Most providers have "strings attached" that require a specific
contract term and/or service bundle; bundles and promotions
lower the list price for most services.

Earlier this month
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/082205nolle.html?rl>
the FCC removed the regulatory requirement for incumbent local
carriers to provide DSL broadband access to third-party ISPs
under the same terms and conditions as their own ISP. The FCC
based its ruling on an earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision that
classified Internet services as an "information service," not a
"telecommunications service."

Companies like AOL and Earthlink may have to re-think their
business models. While third-party ISPs get one year before they
must buy access facilities at "market rate," the battle for
faster and cheaper broadband will continue to rage.

As the local telcos keep up their frenetic pace of fiber and
high-speed broadband build-outs, these broadband battles are
moving toward a full-scale market-share war. And as cellular
companies deploy 3G wireless broadband, we expect a very
interesting 12 months ahead.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence3861>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6204>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6205>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6206>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6207>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6208>

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials <http://www.webtorials.com/>, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
<mailto:taylor@webtorials.com>

Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
<mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com>
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All the week's financial news, 08/31/05
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Network World's Financial News Alert

Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo, 08/31/05

Microsoft Tuesday said it acquired Teleo , a developer of
services and technology that allow users to make and receive
voice phone calls on their PCs via the Internet.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6259>

BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company, 08/30/05

BMC Software Tuesday announced it had acquired a maker of
knowledge management software in a deal that would equip BMC
with service-desk capabilities that it plans to incorporate into
its Remedy and Magic product suites.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/083005-bmc.html?nl>

BMC Software CFO resigns by 'mutual agreement,' 08/29/05

BMC CFO George Harrington resigned Monday and was immediately
replaced on an interim basis by the company's treasurer. BMC
offered few details about the unexpected change in its executive
lineup, but said Harrington's resignation was not tied to any
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6260>

Opinion: Reconsidering the IBM-Lenovo deal, 08/29/05

I always thought the economics of this sale made sense. Now I've
come around to thinking that freeing PCD from the clutches of
IBM might be good for the PC market, as well as for Lenovo.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6261>

Opinion: Google: Building a brick at a time, 08/29/05

The Holy Grail is having a prominent enough role in the user
interface that developers start to build to the environment,
further fleshing it out and making it more important. These new
tools help move the company toward that goal. And who could ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/082905edit.html?nl>

Sun, StorageTek to start life as merged firm Sept. 1, 08/24/05

Sun is likely to close its acquisition of Storage Technology
Corp. on Aug. 31, pending a special meeting of StorageTek
shareholders Tuesday when they are expected to approve the deal,
according to a Sun executive.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6262>

Ex-HP chief Fiorina to pen memoir about her career, 08/24/05

Carly Fiorina has reached a deal to pen a memoir about her
dramatic career, which went on hiatus in February following her
ouster from HP after a turbulent five-year run as the company's
chief executive.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082405-fiorina.html?nl>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa3972>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6263>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6264>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6265>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6266>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa6267>

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BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company, 08/30/05

BMC Software Tuesday announced it had acquired a maker of
knowledge management software in a deal that would equip BMC
with service-desk capabilities that it plans to incorporate into
its Remedy and Magic product suites.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/083005-bmc.html?nl>

Tivoli's take on SOA, 08/29/05

Tivoli, IBM's management software arm, last week said it would
soon offer software that will let customers manage
service-oriented architecture -based applications. Alfred
Zollar, general manager at Tivoli software, sat down at the
Share user ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905mgmtside.html?nl>

Start-up targets security response, 08/29/05

Start-up Enira Technologies this week plans to roll out software
that lets users respond to security problems by applying filters
or shutting off access to LAN segments to protect desktops and
servers.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-enira.html?nl>

Weblog: Backup checker, 08/29/05

Okay, here's a mouthful: Microsoft System Center Data Protection
Manager 2006 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager
2005. Data Protection Manager is Microsoft's new backup
software. So here is the translation: The management pack for
DPM ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/nos/009858.html?nl>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt3988>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt6276>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt6277>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt6278>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt6279>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt6280>

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for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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Opinion: Gambling forces the question: Who controls the 'Net?

All the week's news about network standards, 08/31/05
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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert

Opinion: Gambling forces the question: Who controls the 'Net?
08/29/05

Antigua and Barbuda, a nation comprising a pair of Caribbean
islands with a combined area about 2.5 times that of Washington,
D.C., and a population of about 68,000, decided a while back to
invest in Internet casinos as a way to augment the tourist ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6268>

Tech Update: Federation gateway bridges identity standards,
08/29/05

In an environment where federated identity management standards
are still evolving, a federation gateway enables companies to
deploy federated identity management with the confidence of
knowing they can seamlessly connect with their business partners
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6269>

Internet trade group calls for self-regulation, 08/25/05

An Internet-focused trade group has called for the industry to
establish its own customer-rights code before Congress steps in.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082505-usiia.html?nl>

W3C objects to U.S. Copyright Office's browser plan, 08/24/05

The World Wide Web Consortium is protesting a proposal by the
U.S. Copyright Office that may temporarily require online forms
to be submitted using only Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web
browser or Netscape browsers.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6270>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre3980>

2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6271>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6272>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6273>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6274>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre6275>

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