NetFlash: Katrina could cost BellSouth $600 million

NetFlash: Katrina could cost BellSouth $600 million
09/07/05

In this issue:

* Katrina could cost BellSouth $600 million
* Battle lines drawn again between browsers
* Vendors prep management tools to handle virtualization
* Microsoft renames business app project, targets mid-market
* SonicWall offers versatile security platform
* Greenpeace dumps old PCs on Wipro's doorstep
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

BellSouth lost 810,000 lines to Hurricane Katrina - and 6,500 of
its employees are in areas that were hardest hit. Find out when
service might be restored and what the company is doing to help
those employees.
Katrina could cost BellSouth $600 million
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6578>

Battle lines drawn again between browsers

"Firefox is not a war on Microsoft," says one of the browser's
creators. But Microsoft probably sees it that way. The company
is scrambling to improve security in its Internet Explorer
browser in order to shore up its massive market share, which has
been slipping. The wild card is AJAX technology, which Google
has invested heavily in.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6579>

Vendors prep management tools to handle virtualization

Computer Associates and BMC Software will soon join IBM in
upgrading their management packages to help customers get a
handle on their growing virtualized environments, making it
easier to shift server workloads to meet business demands.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6580>

Microsoft renames business app project, targets mid-market

Microsoft Wednesday renamed its suite of next-generation
business applications for the mid-market and reiterated its
plans to tie them together with Office on the front end and
bundles of infrastructure software on the back end.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6581>

SonicWall offers versatile security platform

SonicWall this week is introducing a new multifunction security
device that can scan for a laundry list of malicious activity
within corporate networks and keep outbreaks contained to LAN
segments.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6582>

Greenpeace dumps old PCs on Wipro's doorstep

Activists from the environmentalist group Greenpeace
International Monday dumped some 500 kilograms of used PCs
outside the Bangalore headquarters of Wipro, one of India's
biggest outsourcing companies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6583>

Today on Layer 8, home of a tremendous Act 1 closer:

Ex-Microsoft exec alleges incompetence; (fake) Google OS
screenshot; programmer fired for eating leftover pizza; and the
start 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. Microsoft warms up voice software plans
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6584>

2. Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE aces performance tests
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6585>

3. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6586>

4. 2005 salary survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3929>

5. Katrina tests net service providers
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6587>

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To contact: Jeff Caruso

Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World.
He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs
newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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Network World Executive Guide: Application Drivers: Pedal to the
Metal

This Network World Executive Guide examines the move toward
tighter security, optimized performance and ubiquitous Web
services. Learn about new approaches to securing today's
applications. See what users are doing in their quest for top
performance. And, take a detailed look at present and future
implications of Web services and service-oriented architectures.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112792
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