NetFlash: A closer look at ITIL

NetFlash: A closer look at ITIL
08/04/05

In this issue:

* A closer look at ITIL
* CA patches critical BrightStor flaw
* Cisco.com passwords reset after exposure
* ActiveGrid releases LAMP app server
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Sheryl Hodge

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library is designed to
help cut costs and streamline IT operations, and is finding
converts seeking to maintain regulatory compliance as well.
Initially popular overseas, ITIL is growing in use in the U.S.,
where four out of 10 organizations will adopt it by 2007,
according to Meta Group (now part of Gartner). Former Meta
analyst Michele Hudnall, now director of service management at
software vendor Managed Objects, recently spoke with Network
World Senior Editor Denise Dubie about the realities of ITIL and
how corporate IT shops can make the most of their
implementations.
A closer look at ITIL
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4458>

CA patches critical BrightStor flaw

Computer Associates has released software patches that fix a
critical vulnerability in the company's BrightStor ARCserve
Backup and Enterprise Backup agents. The vulnerability could
allow attackers to take control of a system running the
software. It could also be used as the basis of a
denial-of-service attack, according to CA.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4459>

Cisco.com passwords reset after exposure

Cisco is resetting passwords for all registered users of its
Cisco.com Web site after discovering a vulnerability in its
search engine. The passwords are used by Cisco customers,
employees and partners who have registered on the Web site to
get access to special areas of the site or to receive e-mail
alerts, a Cisco spokesman said.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4460>

ActiveGrid releases LAMP app server

Pfizer's Global Pharmaceutical Group is now piloting an open
source environment from start-up ActiveGrid that it hopes will
lower costs and improve scalability. The LAMP stack - Linux,
Apache, MySQL, Perl, Python and PHP - is becoming an
increasingly popular environment in which to architect Web-based
applications. In fact, one third of all Web sites are written
using PHP, according to a Netcraft survey conducted late last
year.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4461>

Today on Layer 8, always patch-free:

Tivo launches banner ads; Microsoft, eBay invest in phone sex
outfit; subscribers continue to flee AOL; share your firing
story and win a cruise; 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. Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4462>

2. Gartner: Bank card fraud too easy for phishers
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4463>

3. BellSouth cuts DSL pricing
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4464>

4. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4465>

5. Google now a hacker's tool
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4466>
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To contact: Sheryl Hodge

Sheryl Hodge is the Senior Online Copy Chief for Network World
Fusion. She can be reached at <mailto:shodge@nww.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by Ciena
NetworkWorld Special Report - The Adaptive WAN: The factors
driving WAN evolution

A combination of business and technology trends are changing the
demands on the enterprise WAN. This NetworkWorld Special Report
explores some of the key business and technology trends that are
driving and enabling the evolution of the enterprise WAN and how
the enterprise WAN can become adaptive to support these trends.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=109215
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NetFlash breaking news:
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