Networking World: August 2005

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

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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
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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=111690
_______________________________________________________________
TROUBLE IN PARADISE?

As technologies such as VoIP emerge to advance networks, many
believe the tools to manage them are falling behind. Traditional
management software models simply can't keep up with the rate of
real-time change that today's applications sustain. Is there a
solution pending or should network managers rely on their own
innovations? Click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111615
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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
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical6217>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical6218>

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To contact: Tim Greene

Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering virtual
private networking gear, remote access, core switching and local
phone companies. You can reach him at <mailto:tgreene@nww.com>.
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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=111689
_______________________________________________________________
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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
* Links related to Network/Systems Management
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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=111652
_______________________________________________________________
TROUBLE IN PARADISE?

As technologies such as VoIP emerge to advance networks, many
believe the tools to manage them are falling behind. Traditional
management software models simply can't keep up with the rate of
real-time change that today's applications sustain. Is there a
solution pending or should network managers rely on their own
innovations? Click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111607
_______________________________________________________________

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
_______________________________________________________________
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=111652
_______________________________________________________________
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Archive of the Network/Systems Management newsletter:
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Management Research Center:
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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
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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
believe the tools to manage them are falling behind. Traditional
management software models simply can't keep up with the rate of
real-time change that today's applications sustain. Is there a
solution pending or should network managers rely on their own
innovations? Click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111599
_______________________________________________________________

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>

_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Phil Hochmuth

Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
_______________________________________________________________
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=111669
_______________________________________________________________
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