EMC acquires NAS virtualization vendor Rainfinity

All the week's news and views about Network/Systems Management,
08/17/05
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EMC acquires NAS virtualization vendor Rainfinity, 08/17/05

EMC Wednesday announced that it has agreed to acquire Rainfinity
in a deal valued at less than $100 million.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5386>

XO, NEXL team for managed services, 08/17/05

XO Communications and NEXL Network Systems this week said they
will partner to offer businesses managed hosting services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081705-xo-nexl.html?nl>

Eight pass Liberty's SAML 2.0 interoperability test, 08/16/05

The Liberty Alliance, which is developing models for the sharing
of identities across corporate boundaries, announced Tuesday
that eight vendors have passed its first interoperability test
based on an emerging identity standard.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081605-saml.html?nl>

Symantec to buy Sygate, 08/16/05

Symantec announced it intends to acquire Sygate Technologies,
which makes network access-control and endpoint-protection
policy-enforcement products, for an undisclosed price.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081605-symantec.html?nl>

Weblog: A new view for admins, 08/15/05

NuView served up some nifty software last week. Called MyView,
the software lets administrators view user access and
authorization to files stored on file servers and network
attached storage throughout the enterprise. It also lets users
see the files that ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/storage/009764.html?nl>

Opinion: Opposing forces come together, 08/15/05

Two seemingly opposed forces are at work in today's networked
computing environment: consolidation and diffusion. Curiously,
both ideas are positioned as the saving grace of the
beleaguered, cost-conscious corporate IT manager. More curious
still, ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5387>

Symantec patches Veritas bug, 08/15/05

Symantec has released software that fixes critical
vulnerabilities in the company's Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas
NetBackup software.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5388>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5389>

2. Google goes berserk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5390>

3. Test: CipherTrust tops encryption field
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5391>

4. IT staff shortage looming
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5392>

5. Cisco to double Catalyst 6500 switch capacity in coming
months, report says
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5091>

Today's most-forwarded story:

Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt5393>
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