Thursday, June 30, 2005
How TCP ensures smooth end-to-end performance
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND JIM METZLER ON WIDE
AREA NETWORKING
06/30/05
Today's focus: How TCP ensures smooth end-to-end performance
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In this issue:
* TCP's effective transmission window
* Links related to Wide Area Networking
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: How TCP ensures smooth end-to-end performance
By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
Last time, we discussed the fact that TCP has a flow control
mechanism for each connection. The mechanism is based on a field
in the segment header called the "Advertised Window." The
Advertised Window specifies how many additional bytes of data
the receiver can accept.
The goal of congestion control is to ensure that the sending
device does not transmit more data than the network can
accommodate. To achieve this goal, the TCP congestion control
mechanisms are based on a parameter referred to as the
"Congestion Window." Determining the optimum value for the
Congestion Window is somewhat tricky, particularly because
network congestion changes over time.
In order to ensure smooth end-to-end performance, TCP defines a
parameter that is referred to as "Max Window." It is helpful to
think of Max Window as being an upper limit on the number of
bytes that the sender could transmit at any point in time. In
order to ensure that the sending device does not send more data
than the network and the receiving device can accommodate, Max
Window is defined to be the lesser of Advertised Window and
Congestion Window.
However, data is continually being transmitted from the sending
device to the receiving device and acknowledged by the receiving
device. To account for this, TCP defines a parameter called
Effective Window. Effective Window is equal to Max Window minus
the number of bytes that have been sent, but not acknowledged.
The next newsletter will describe some techniques that are used
to compute the Congestion Window.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
The Transmission Control Protocol
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2581.html
TCP Performance Issues
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Airbus net protects key resources
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan2945
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To contact: Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
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>
Jim Metzler is the Vice President of Ashton, Metzler &
Associates, a consulting organization that focuses on leveraging
technology for business success. Jim assists vendors to refine
product strategies, service providers to deploy technologies and
services, and enterprises evolve their network infrastructure.
He can be reached at <mailto:jim@ashtonmetzler.com>
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Sprint sets deadline to switch off legacy nets - Is there reason to panic?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
06/30/05
Today's focus: Sprint sets deadline to switch off legacy nets -
Is there reason to panic?
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* Sprint plans to shut down its legacy nets: What does this mean
for users?
* Links related to VPNs
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Today's focus: Sprint sets deadline to switch off legacy nets -
Is there reason to panic?
By Tim Greene
Sprint is accelerating the adoption of IP VPN services by
declaring it will shut down its frame relay and ATM services in
four years.
Doing so will force its customers to either make the transition
to Layer 2 and Layer 3 IP services or go elsewhere. But
customers are likely to come up against similar pushes by other
carriers that want to move to IP, even if they have yet to set a
concrete deadline, as Sprint has.
The trend has been for service providers to add IP connections
to existing frame relay and ATM networks they provide for their
customers. This integration gives customers the option to expand
their WANs without ripping out their current networks to adopt
IP all at once. Customers get experience with IP and service
providers can keep customers on their frame relay networks until
their IP networks are fully ready.
Meanwhile, customers reap the benefit of lower IP prices that
are designed to lure frame relay users.
There is no reason to panic here. So far Sprint is the only
major carrier to issue a deadline, and it is giving so much lead
time that most businesses will be able to figure out what they
want to do before it's time to renew their service contracts.
Customers who are satisfied with frame relay and reluctant to
switch to IP will likely be able to hang onto their service for
awhile given how pervasive frame relay is and given that frame
relay can be used as an access technology to an IP MPLS backbone
network. What looks like frame relay to the customer could in
fact be carried over the provider's IP backbone, an arrangement
that should be agreeable to both frame-relay diehards and
service providers eager to simplify their networks.
Businesses with frame relay and ATM WANs should explore IP VPN
services as an alternative for two reasons. It seems that the
transition is inevitable, so they should familiarize themselves
with it. And two, with service providers encouraging customers
to adopt IP, customers should be on the lookout for bargains,
which is one of the most effective enticements service providers
have to steer customers in the direction they want them to go.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Carriers push users to move off legacy nets
Network World, 06/20/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn2947
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Why will you like SAS?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MIKE KARP ON STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
06/30/05
Today's focus: Why will you like SAS?
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* A coming out party for Serial Attach SCSI
* Links related to Storage in the Enterprise
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Why will you like SAS?
By Mike Karp
In San Jose last week, Bell Micro, Fujitsu, LSI Logic and
Supermicro got together to hold a coming out party for Serial
Attach SCSI, or SAS, the newest incarnation of the SCSI device
interface.
The offering comes from Bell Micro, which is bundling Fujitsu's
2.5-inch SAS disk drives and LSI's SAS host bus adapters inside
eight-bay device canisters from Supermicro. Bell expects the
package to appeal to the channel, primarily going into direct
attach configurations that require access to lots of data along
with high-speed I/O.
The SAS interface offers several advantages. Most obvious is the
significant improvement over parallel SCSI when it comes to
throughput (about four times the capacity). SAS also allows many
more drives to be connected to the SCSI bus: parallel SCSI had
room for devices at 15 addresses, but even assuming multiple
logical units (LUN) at each address, parallel SCSI could never
approach the connectivity that SAS allows - up to 128 addresses
using an expander.
Of course, neither parallel SCSI nor serial SCSI could ever
access data from so many devices at once - five devices
operating at the same time is a number likely to saturate the
bus. Still, with proper management, an application can be
connected to a lot of data using SAS and then streamed in as
appropriate.
Vendors like serial technologies because they are substantially
easier to design for than parallel connections. Serial
technologies require less bulk when it comes to cabling cable
(that means lower costs), and less bulk means less-restricted
air flow and thus smaller fans (cheaper again). But the main
reason vendors like designing for serial is that the
relationship of signals and the system clock is again much
simpler. For example, parallel SCSI has to coordinate clock
ticks with signals along multiple separate parallel wires but
with SAS, all signals travel along a single wire. Controlling
timing is easier, and device back planes, connectors, and so
forth are easier to design. Oh yes, and cheaper to design as
well.
But why will you like SAS? Glad you asked.
Engineers probably think you will like it because it maintains
(and extends) the same rich command syntax for manipulating data
that SCSI has been using for two decades, while at the same time
providing for much faster data transfer rates.
I say you'll like SAS because it goes a long way towards putting
you back in control of your storage budgets. Here's why.
The SAS backplane offers you several very nice advantages. One
you will get a lot of mileage from is the fact that with a SAS
backplane you can plug in either SAS or Serial ATA (SATA)
devices. SATA devices will be significantly cheaper than SAS,
and in many cases will provide perfectly acceptable performance
and reliability. For "nearline" operations such as second-tier
storage or use in a virtual tape library, they will certainly be
just fine. Many smaller shops that are very price-sensitive will
go with them for almost all their storage needs.
But it is important to bear in mind that the SAS devices are
tested against a much more rigorous standard than are the SATA
drives. Mean time between failure (MTBF) and the duty cycle
against which SAS devices are tested distance them from the SATA
devices: thus, expect them to last longer and to take more of a
beating. For many IT managers this will be an important
differentiator.
Also, SAS drives come with a second data port to support
redundant data path configurations. Because of this, you can
assume that not only are the drives themselves more robust, but
because they also provide twice as many data pathways, they
supply a higher availability system when the data leaves the
drive.
The important point to keep in mind is that you can play mix and
match within a device - one bay of drives can be SAS, the next
can be SATA, and so forth. You can make your decision on
populating with SAS or SATA based on need and economics, and not
because you are locked-in to a particularly technology.
Looked at individually, SAS and SATA each offer significant
benefits. Taken together, they supply an excellent choice for
you as you look to your next round of storage buys.
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To contact: Mike Karp
Mike Karp is senior analyst with Enterprise Management
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methodology that brings these issues into the marketplace. He
has spent more than 20 years in storage, systems management and
telecommunications. Mike can be reached via e-mail
<mailto:mkarp@enterprisemanagement.com>.
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Gartner analyst shares server insight
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
06/30/05
Today's focus: Gartner analyst shares server insight
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Gartner's Jeffrey Hewitt gives his take on servers, Linux
* Links related to Servers
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Gartner analyst shares server insight
By Deni Connor
At the recent Gartner PlanetStorage conference in Lake Buena
Vista, Fla., principal analyst Jeffrey Hewitt made several
interesting points about Linux and servers.
Among them:
* The average price of a single server has dropped more than
$18,000 since 1996, from $25,000 to just over $7,000 last year.
* Server growth is going to be constrained to the single digits.
There are some areas such as virtualization where double-digit
growth will take place.
* Among the drivers in the server market is economic growth;
healthy economies demand server technologies. The growth of the
Internet, cell phones, PDAs and smart phones has also driven
server growth, as servers are needed to support the back-end
infrastructure for these technologies.
* Linux installations are expected to have a compound annual
growth rate of 11.7% from 2005 to 2010. The open-source
operating system is moving from file and print services and Web
infrastructure to line-of-business applications such as
databases. Of the approximately 120 attendees in Hewitt's
session, 24% used Linux for Web services, 20% used it for
infrastructure and edge-of-network applications and 19% used it
primarily for databases.
* Of the systems vendors shipping Linux distributions, HP is the
leader with 24% of the shipments, followed by Dell with 20% and
IBM with 19%. IBM leads in Linux revenue primarily because many
of its mainframes ship with Linux.
* In blade servers, according to Gartner, IBM takes the lead
with 40% of the market, followed by HP with 36% and Sun with 6%.
Dell trails at 4%.
* The primary driver for blade servers is the expected reduction
in management costs associated with blades' greater efficiency
and the ability to install more servers in a smaller space.
* Blade servers are expected to exceed 2.5 million units and $8
billion in revenue by 2010.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Merrill Lynch says server market growth will be slow
Network World, 03/31/05
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IBM tops server vendors for 2004
IDG News Service, 02/24/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0224ibmtops.html?rl
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Deni Connor
Deni Connor is a Senior Editor at Network World covering
storage, Unix, Novell, Macintosh and IT in Healthcare. You can
reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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Novell guides transition to OES
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
06/30/05
Today's focus: Novell guides transition to OES
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Novell releases documents to help you migrate to OES
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
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LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
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Today's focus: Novell guides transition to OES
By Dave Kearns
Last issue, I told you about Novell's "Where to Start: Open
Enterprise Server Migration Guide" which outlines six fairly
easy and straightforward projects to help you begin to explore
OES and the wonders of familiar NetWare utilities and services
running on Linux.
After you've gotten your feet wet with these demonstration
projects, Novell hopes you'll be ready to plunge right in and go
for a full-fledged move to OES. To help you plan a successful
migration, Novell has made available a deployment guide (
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell2946> ).
The guide has quick links to the documentation for the tools
you'll need to perform the following "move to OES" tasks:
* Installing a new OES-on-NetWare server.
* Installing a new OES-on-Linux server.
* Consolidating NetWare/Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows 2003
servers onto OES (either NetWare or Linux).
* Migrating data from a NetWare server to OES.
* Upgrading SuSE Linux Enteprise Server 9 to OES.
* Upgrading NetWare 4, 5 or 6 to OES.
But even before doing that, there's a very helpful guide to help
you get the network right the first time. The Getting Started
guide is in five parts: assessment, design, implementation,
training and support. Each section talks about why you need that
step and then outlines a methodology to follow to help you reach
the goals you have for the network. The assessment phase, for
example, asks you to consider (among other things):
* How well a migration to OES fits your corporate strategy.
* What your stakeholder and business requirements are.
* What open source services and applications are available to
meet your needs.
* Whether regulatory policies and requirements need to be taken
into account.
The Guide then goes on to point you to specific white papers (as
well as "beige papers" - documents written by the team that did
Novell's own OES deployment) that will help you implement what
the assessment has told you that you need to do.
There's a lot at stake for Novell in OES, possibly the fate of
the company. It's going to do whatever it can to see that your
first venture into OES-land is as pleasant an experience as
possible. You should at least explore the possibility of doing
this migration.
_______________________________________________________________
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
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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Evident Software baselines usage with NetFlow
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
06/30/05
Today's focus: Evident Software baselines usage with NetFlow
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Evident Software uses Cisco's NetFlow for data on app usage
* Links related to Network Optimization
* Featured reader resource
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Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
barriers - click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Evident Software baselines usage with NetFlow
By Denise Dubie
Evident Software last week announced a service at Cisco's
Networkers 2005 conference in Las Vegas that takes advantage of
the NetFlow information on Cisco gear.
Evident's representatives say the company is making its IT usage
and accounting software available as a service to customers
looking to get a better handle on application usage for
cost-cutting measures. Tapping NetFlow, Evident's professional
services group can help IT managers at large enterprise
companies get granular information on the assets they know they
have and the assets they may not be entirely aware of - as well
as who's using them.
"Other tools use NetFlow to track performance and availability
information," says Helen Donnelly, Evident's vice president of
marketing. "Evident's Usage Baseline service uses NetFlow to
help IT managers get a report on what assets are being used, how
and by whom."
NetFlow is a part of Cisco's IOS software that shows how
specific applications are being used and how that usage affects
the network. Vendors such as NetQoS, NetScout and AdventNet use
NetFlow to help improve performance on enterprise nets.
Donnelly says Evident can help large companies begin an IT
governance initiative. For example, IBM's office of the CIO
estimates it will save 6% of its global network costs with the
IT intelligence provided by Evident. And Fidelity Investments
has also saved over $90 million since implementing Evident,
according to the company.
The Usage Baseline requires customers to install Evident's
software in their data centers while the professional services
group does its work. The software resides on Microsoft Windows
or Sun Solaris servers and collects application flows, or
conversation data, from a variety of network probes, devices,
servers and end users. Evident uses a distributed model and
recommends users install its software on servers across networks
and in data centers. A centralized server collects the data from
distributed servers and acts as an administration console for IT
managers.
The Usage Baseline is available immediately for $150,000, to
assess a single data center in a period of four to eight weeks.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Vendors track IT usage and calculate costs
Network World, 10/05/04
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop1493
Tech Update: Apdex interprets app measurements
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2943
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Denise Dubie
Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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Many organizations don't have e-mail policies
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
06/30/05
Today's focus: Many organizations don't have e-mail policies
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Companies lack policies on e-mail retention and deletion
* Links related to Messaging
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
barriers - click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Many organizations don't have e-mail policies
By Michael Osterman
As part of a major survey we just wrapped up on hosted
messaging, we asked organizations about the e-mail policies that
they have established - or that they haven't.
We found that the most commonly instituted e-mail policy focused
on limiting the amount of storage per server through the
establishment of quotas. Three out of four organizations have
such policies, which are typically designed to maintain an
acceptable number of mailboxes per server, to keep back-up and
restore times at reasonable levels and so forth.
Less common, however, are policies related the retention or
deletion of e-mail. We found that fewer than half of
organizations have retention policies in place that specify how
long to keep e-mail, while only slightly more have retention
policies focused on limiting the length of time that e-mail can
be kept. Even fewer organizations have policies about when to
delete e-mail.
One of the problems organizations face if they do not have
appropriate policies regarding e-mail retention or deletion is
that they expose themselves to greater liability in the event of
a lawsuit or regulatory action. For example, imagine that a
court orders a plaintiff to turn over to a defendant all
relevant e-mail from five senior executives that discuss a
particular topic. If the plaintiff is unable to do so, a court
can instruct a jury to consider that the plaintiff might have
had something to hide in those e-mail messages and to take that
into account in their deliberations - not a very welcome
prospect if you're being sued.
Similarly, if you're being investigated by a government agency
and you keep stuff in e-mail longer than you must, you might be
exposing yourself to greater liability. For example, my neighbor
used to be a senior executive at a company in the aircraft
industry. His company was required to keep certain types of
documents for seven years - at seven years plus one day, all of
those documents were destroyed in order to limit potential
liability.
In short, all organizations should have an e-mail retention
policy in place that focuses on retention and deletion
schedules, acceptable use of e-mail and the like. I'd like to
hear your thoughts on this issue - please drop me a line at
<mailto:michael@ostermanresearch.com>
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Anti-spam market weeds out vendors
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-spam.html?rl
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Michael Osterman
Michael D. Osterman is the principal of Osterman Research
<http://www.ostermanresearch.com/>, a market research firm that
helps organizations understand the markets for messaging,
directory and related products and services. He can be reached
by clicking here <mailto:michael@ostermanresearch.com>
_______________________________________________________________
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to achieve a "360-degree view" of customers for better selling
and marketing.
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_______________________________________________________________
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planning, yet few companies update data regularly. Experts
address the challenges of ensuring a consistent, coherent
customer view across the enterprise.
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Using Bluetooth for more than a wireless headset
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
06/30/05
Today's focus: Using Bluetooth for more than a wireless headset
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Mobile Action Handset Manager
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________
LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
barriers - click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Using Bluetooth for more than a wireless headset
By Keith Shaw
Over the past two years, I've been hosting the Network World
Wireless & Mobility Technology Tour (the latest tour finished
just last week in Denver and Boston). The tour's keynote
speaker, Craig Mathias of the Farpoint Group, always asks the
audience whether they are using Bluetooth. A smattering of hands
go up in the air, and then he asks them if they are using
Bluetooth for something other than a wireless headset for their
phones. Most of the hands go down.
If you are serious about using Bluetooth for something other
than a headset, head to the Mobile Action Web site (
<http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_Bluetooth.jsp> )
to read up on its new Handset Manager MA-720, a Bluetooth data
suite that aims to link cellular phones with PCs. The latest
versions adds more device access and improves data transfer
speeds, as well as provide a single platform for all
Bluetooth-enabled Mobile Action Handset Manager models, the
company says.
The $54.95 MA-720 comes with an ivory white Bluetooth dongle and
accompanying software that matches a user's cellular handset.
The software (Handset Manager Version 9.0) supports 20 languages
and more than 80 GSM, CDMA and 3G phone models (go to
<http://www.mobileaction.com/> for a complete list and the
latest software versions). The system supports any PC's
Bluetooth Human Input Devices (HID), including keyboards and
mice, Mobile Action says. The new version now supports wireless
applications and devices such as MSN Messenger and Skype, and
the dongle driver supports Windows XP Service Pack 2.
But connecting to a PC is just the beginning of the software -
it has a phone book editor that lets you edit, back up and
organize your contacts list on a PC and upload it via Bluetooth
to the phone; a calendar synchronization application; a picture
editor that lets you compose and edit pictures and GIF clips
into animations; an MP3 clipper that lets you clip parts of an
MP3 file in order to create MP3 ring tones; and an audio
composer that lets you edit personal polyphonic ring tones with
up to 128 different instruments.
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Keith Shaw
Keith Shaw is Senior Editor, Product Testing, at Network World.
In addition, he writes the " Cool Tools
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/cooltools.html> "
column, which looks at gizmos, gadgets and other mobile
computing devices.
You can reach Keith at <mailto:kshaw@nww.com>.
_______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________
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Silver bullets for application acceleration?
Companies want integrated solutions. Packaged solutions that
answer their key problems more or less out of the box. See how
you can improve the performance of Web-based applications to
users wherever they are.
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_______________________________________________________________
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Nortel's Terabit Cluster evaluated
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
06/30/05
Today's focus: Nortel's Terabit Cluster evaluated
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Tolly Group reports on Nortel's Terabit Cluster Solution
* Links related to High Speed LANs
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Nortel's Terabit Cluster evaluated
By Jeff Caruso
It has been a while since I've highlighted a report from The
Tolly Group, which many readers found useful. Tolly recently
evaluated Nortel's Terabit Cluster Solution, which the testing
firm describes as a combination of resilient hardware and
software in Nortel's Ethernet Routing Switch 8600.
As always, I should note that Nortel itself commissioned Tolly
to evaluate the system and publish the results.
Tolly focused on the resiliency of the system, particularly with
regard to supporting multimedia traffic. The firm found that it
provides sub-second failover when there are failures; Tolly
notes that this is a huge advantage over Spanning Tree, which
can take up to 32 seconds to recover when a link goes down.
The test is an affirmation of Nortel's Split Multi Link
Trunking, or SMLT, which is the technology behind Nortel's
sub-second recovery. Tolly also tested SMLT with multimedia
traffic that requires multicast support and said there was
"minimal loss in video frames and quality."
Tolly found that the system can move 649 million frames per
second in two directions, with latency under 25 microseconds,
even at Layer 3. The firm notes that this figure is well within
the ITU-T specification for multimedia traffic. Tolly took these
measurements across three hops.
The ITU-T G.1010 specification says that packet loss must be
less than 1%, while the loss for the Nortel system came in at
0.88%.
For full details, the abstract and link to the PDF of the free
report can be found here:
<http://www.tollygroup.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=205116>
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Extreme updates its wireless LAN menu
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nllan2955
_______________________________________________________________
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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to achieve a "360-degree view" of customers for better selling
and marketing.
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_______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________
The emergence of enterprise policy management
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Storage News Alert Special Issue: Hitachi to bolster storage arrays
Storage News Alert: Special Issue, 06/30/05
_______________________________________________________________
Hitachi to bolster storage arrays
By Deni Connor
NetworkWorld.com, 06/30/05
Hitachi Data Systems is expected to launch July 11 a series
of mid-range to high-end storage systems that offer customers
high availability and performance at a modest price.
The TagmaStore Workgroup Modular Storage System (WMS100) and
the Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS200 and AMS500) are storage
arrays that are optimized for tiered storage and data lifecycle
management. The WMS100 has all Serial ATA drives and a capacity
of 42T bytes; the AMS200 and AMS500 intermix Fibre Channel and
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SUN ALLIES WITH RIVAL ON NEW COMPUTERS IBM TO CONVERT SOFTWARE FOR
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IBM: SEC PROBES COMPANY DISCLOSURES (Networking News)
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FUTURE WINDOWS WILL INCLUDE RSS SUPPORT (Networking News)
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NetFlash: Offshoring... offshore?
06/30/05
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* Offshoring... offshore?
* Managing storage, new data center style
* Intel disagrees with AMD suit, won't change
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* Today on Layer 8
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Jeff Caruso
Their plan has been called all sorts of names - bizarre,
threatening, unworkable and even anti-American. The company is
SeaCode, and it takes the hysteria around offshore IT
outsourcing and turns it up a notch. And yes, there is a boat
involved. (If the plan takes hold, you could imagine rivals
giving whole new meaning to the term "software pirates." Argh!)
By the way, NetFlash is off Friday and Monday in observance of
the July 4 holiday. Have a happy and safe weekend.
Offshoring... offshore?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2950>
Managing storage, new data center style
Storage Newsletter author Mike Karp this week lends his
expertise to our New Data Center supplement focusing on storage.
How has the task of managing storage changed, with all of the
other big changes happening within the data center? Karp puts it
all in perspective.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2951>
Storage newsletter
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Intel disagrees with AMD suit, won't change
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, said it disagrees with
anti-trust allegations made by rival Advanced Micro Devices and
said it will continue to operate as it has in the past.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2953>
NetScaler boosts app acceleration gear
NetScaler recently upgraded its traffic acceleration device to
further speed application response times and reduce WAN
bandwidth.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2954>
Today on Layer 8, no shirts, no shoes, no problem:
Meet the mobile Etch-A-Sketch; Tivo announces Developer
Challenge winners; gamer simulates Bulls' 2005-06 season; and
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your home for not-just-networking news.
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Weblog: Basic Security Tools for PC users - 2005 update
Our Security Awareness column features a great list, compiled by
Greg Hoffman, of essential security software for your PC. Some
of it's free, some of it isn't, but if you use everything on
this list, you're probably in good shape.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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* Voices: 12 behaviors for creating a healthy risk culture
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* Gotta Gadget: Why the Treo 650 makes this consultant happy
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SATA Drives Improve
By James Gaskin
Enjoy the progress made with second generation SATA (Serial ATA) drives
with the technically incorrect "SATA II" designation, because drive
technology improvement may be slowing down. On the other hand, the
drive people warned us last year improvements were harder to come by, yet here
we are with new SATA drives providing 3Gbps throughput.
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VOICES
12 behaviors for creating a healthy risk culture
"One of the key maxims of risk management is that assumptions made are
risks that you have accepted," says Dr. Robert Charette, a Fellow of
the Cutter Consortium and Director of its Enterprise Risk Management
and Governance practice. In this interview, Dr. Charette outlines 12
key organizational behaviors that can help IT leaders create and
manage a risk culture in their organizations.
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ITWHIRLED
Being Batman
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superhero. For starters: martial arts training - $30,000, batsuit -
$1,585, utility belt - $290, batmobile - $2,000,000.
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ITWORLD.COM RESOURCES
What you need to know about web-based collaboration
Enterprise messaging and collaboration expert, Paul Ritter advises you
on how to make the business case for web-based collaboration. Gain
insight on how firms have dramatically improved the way they work
together.
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Eeney, meeney, miney, mo. Which electronic records should go?
Which data to keep? Where to store it? How to access it quickly? Take
steps to identify and segregate relevant content to ensure it isn't
destroyed prior to courtroom showdown. Learn more now.
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Disk-Based Data Protection: The New Data Backup and Recovery Imperative
Explore two key disk-based options: tape library emulations and
backup-to-disk, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each, and
why organizations choose one or the other. Learn more now.
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MANAGEMENT
06/29/05
Today's focus: What is IPMI?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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* Links related to Network/Systems Management
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Today's focus: What is IPMI?
By Audrey Rasmussen
Earlier this month, I wrote about agent and agentless management
approaches. That article elicited a few responses from readers,
which I shared with you in a subsequent issue. I have just
received another response, this time from a reader who sent me
his thoughts on Intelligent Platform Management Initiative, a
hardware manageability interface specification that embeds
management in the hardware.
IPMI is a message-based interface between CPUs and hardware
devices of different types. It enables remote out-of-band
management, which allows administrators to contact a server even
when the operating system is not operational. Many hardware
manufacturers have adopted IPMI, and servers are shipping with
this embedded capability. So the question is, do you even know
that IPMI is on your servers? And if so, are you taking
advantage of it?
Here's what our reader, a consultant, had to say about IPMI in
his response to the reader-feedback newsletter: "One reader
suggested agentless was not good because of network overhead.
Generally speaking, my issues are usually not in the network
(most of our customers are over provisioned on their links),
rather, the overhead of [operating system]-based agents on the
server it's installed on. While it might have the smarts to only
send relevant information, and so reduce network traffic, it's
consuming memory and CPU cycles.
"Actually, most of our customers are using new PowerEdge servers
from Dell that come with IPMI. What's really neat with this is
that the agent is prebuilt into the motherboard, so it meets my
concerns of not stealing memory/CPU cycles (I'm told it runs on
a [baseboard management controller] which has its own [real-time
operating system]). But the difference is that it also has the
smarts to only wake up when it needs to - to send me alerts
based on thresholds I set - so reducing network traffic."
He goes on to say, "[Another] reader talked about the lack of
data leading up to a server crash if you use agentless - well,
here comes IPMI again. It has what's called an event log that
captures hardware-based events - like a fan kicking in due to a
temperature spike (happens a lot in some of our customers'
closets) - or someone popping the chassis to take a look
inside... Best thing is that the event log is in the BMC - so
it's always going to be there and is a great way to show the
server failure isn't at the application level."
The reader continues: "Admittedly, IPMI is all well and good for
hardware. You invariably also need agents to track
application-level issues. So the two worlds are best used
together. And given IPMI is free with Dell servers, there's
really no excuse not to use it."
As a parting note, this particular reader mentioned Dell
servers, but IPMI also ships on a variety of servers delivered
by other hardware manufacturers. So the key here is not
necessarily the brand, it's the IPMI functionality. So if you
weren't aware of, or are not using IPMI, check to see if it is
on your newer servers. And if it is, take advantage of it.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
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Network World, 06/27/05
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To contact: Audrey Rasmussen
Audrey Rasmussen is a vice president with Enterprise Management
Associates <http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/> in Boulder,
Colorado, a leading industry analyst firm focusing exclusively
on all aspects of the management of information technology.
Audrey has more than 25 years of experience working with
distributed systems, applications and networks. Her current
focus at EMA is system management, application management and
enterprise management technologies. Reach her at
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Why your U.S. GPRS handset may not work in Europe, Part 2
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
06/29/05
Today's focus: Why your U.S. GPRS handset may not work in
Europe, Part 2
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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* More gotchas for international travelers
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Why your U.S. GPRS handset may not work in
Europe, Part 2
By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick
Continuing our discussion about the troubles with international
wireless data connectivity, today we'd like to explain a few
more "gotcha" tricks about mobile e-mail and Web access.
Some users might be tempted to blame their host country for
having not GPRS connectivity. However, nearly all (if not all)
countries in Europe and Asia do provide GPRS connections. (Larry
has even received GPRS connectivity in mountainous regions in
Eastern Europe.) The problem may more likely be that the area a
traveler is in may not have a GPRS signal. Much like common
mobile voice channels, GPRS is subject to areas that are not
covered and to "dark" spots with poor reception.
Another possible problem with GPRS reception lies in the fact
that some service providers charge by the minute or by the
kilo-packet and it is possible to run up a bill into the
thousands of dollars. Other service providers offer a
usage-based plan with a cap, so the traveler can be assured
there is a maximum amount that can be billed at the end of the
month. Travelers should take care to choose their plan according
to their projected usage needs.
Perhaps the most likely reason that a traveler doesn't get GPRS
coverage is that their plan does not include international data
roaming. Note that international voice roaming and international
data roaming are two different items, and they are not mutually
inclusive. So, we recommend that international travelers check
with their service provider about their plan's terms for both
voice and data roaming.
All in all, international enterprise mobility is available but
international travelers need to understand that data mobility
isn't automatic and that it can get to be expensive unless users
select the plan best suited to their needs.
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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,
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site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
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Larry Hettick an industry veteran with over 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is currently Vice President
for Wireline Solutions at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
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Multivendor provisioning grows easier with new storage virtualization wares
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
06/29/05
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In this issue:
* The virtual answer
* Links related to Networking Technology Update
* Featured reader resource
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LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
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Today's focus:
Multivendor provisioning grows easier with new storage
virtualization wares
By Joanne Cummings
Storage virtualization isn't a new concept, but it's getting a
lot of attention lately as the top storage vendors launch
next-generation virtualization wares. The vendors vary on their
approaches - some put virtualization in the network, while
others put it at the edge or in the array - but they all attack
the same basic problem: simplifying storage management.
In traditional storage setups, the intelligence necessary to
perform key storage functions such as snapshot copying, data
replication and disk mirroring are handled primarily at the host
or server level. Implementing virtualization, in which servers
view all enterprise storage devices as one large pool of
storage, means adding the software, device drivers and so on to
each individual server - a situation that is notoriously tough
to manage.
The first attempt to move the intelligence necessary for storage
virtualization into the network came in 2000-2001 with
appliances such as DataCore's SANsymphony and FalconStor's
IPstor. These appliances let users pool storage while
eliminating the need for drivers and licenses for each server.
But this approach never really caught on, primarily because the
main Tier 1 storage vendors didn't play along. "We looked at
FalconStor's IPstor appliance when we put in our SAN a while
back," says Bo Christiansen, IT consultant at SDC Udvikling, a
Copenhagen, Denmark, financial firm. "It raised the possibility
to integrate the different storage technologies under one GUI,
which we liked. But there were some problems with how it worked
and vendor lock-in. We decided to wait to see if we could get
the virtualization without being locked in to a small vendor."
IBM became the first large vendor to embrace virtualization
fully with its SAN Volume Controller (SVC), introduced in July
2003 as a network appliance or as a blade within Cisco's MDS
director-level SAN switch. IBM has made considerable headway
with the SVC since last August, when it added the ability to
manage arrays from Hitachi Data Systems, HP and EMC; the company
announced its 1,000th customer this March.
Hitachi has since rolled out its TagmaStore array-based
virtualization, and Sun its StorEdge 6290 controller/array
system. And EMC hit the market in May with its Invista
virtualization software, which runs on Cisco, Brocade and McData
director-level switches.
This is all good news for users, who are struggling with
explosive growth in storage coupled with the need to better
manage stored data because of compliance pressures.
Check out the virtualization timeline along with the rest of
this story at: <http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate2909>
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To contact:
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be reached at jocummings@comcast.net
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Federal market for VoIP heats up
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN'S ISP NEWS REPORT
06/29/05
Today's focus: Federal market for VoIP heats up
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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* Why VoIP is one of the hottest apps in the U.S. federal market
* Links related to ISP News Report
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Federal market for VoIP heats up
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
One of the hottest applications in the U.S. federal government
IT market is VoIP, and it shows no signs of cooling down anytime
soon.
Among the federal agencies that have migrated to VoIP are the
Census Bureau, the Departments of Commerce and Education, the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug
Administration. Many other federal agencies are considering
major VoIP implementations, vendors say.
"We have several agencies looking at pure VoIP, with 10,000
users or more," says Wendy Bahr, operations director for
civilian agencies at Cisco's Federal Division. "We have many of
these proposals on the table."
On the horizon, the U.S. federal government's massive
telecommunications services buy called Networx is offering
products and services designed to help agencies migrate to VoIP
and other emerging IP applications. Networx is a 10-year, $20
billion contract that will provide voice, data and video
services to all federal agencies. Networx bids are due in early
August, with an award scheduled for April 2006.
"From Cisco's perspective, we've reached the tipping point,"
Bahr says. "We're now seeing growth [in VoIP sales] at a very
fast pace. When the Census Bureau first came out with VoIP in
1998, they were an industry forerunner. They've now led the way
for other agencies to come along."
Bahr says Cisco is selling twice the amount of VoIP gear in the
federal market that it sold a year ago. "If you look at all
federal telecom systems - TDM, Centrex, key systems - I would
say that within the civilian agencies, we probably have a 20%
penetration rate with VoIP," she says.
Agencies are migrating to VoIP when it comes time to replace
aging equipment or when they are moving to a new office
location.
"Where we see rapid growth in VoIP is anytime there's movement
from one location to another or when current technology is
aging," Bahr says. "We're not seeing any of our customers with
TDM replace it with TDM. There are lots of key systems that have
aged to the point where agencies can't get parts and
maintenance. Those are predominantly the two activities that
cause customers to look at VoIP."
The number of federal VoIP implementations may rise further due
to the Pentagon's recently announced plans to move thousands of
office workers from locations inside the Washington D.C. area's
Beltway to new locations either on military bases or in outlying
suburbs. This massive relocation, which aims to address the new
security requirements instituted in response to the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, will affect as many as 50,000 employees in
Northern Virginia alone.
"Any time we see a greenfield approach, where people move from
one location to another, people look for a cost-effective
solution. That's where I see VoIP really shines," says Kevin
Orr, Cisco's director for armed services. "VoIP is
cost-effective, highly scalable and secure. But the biggest
thing is flexibility. It really helps when you have a transient
workforce."
Orr says VoIP fits well with the military's relocation plans in
the Washington D.C. area as well as its overall push towards IP
communications on the battlefield. Orr points out that Cisco has
already shipped more than 18,000 IP phones - both wired and
satellite - to the military's tactical operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
"We're seeing a very big demand in getting IP communications as
far out as we can to the soldiers in the field," Orr says. "In
the past, they had to take out a data system and a PBX system.
Now we're enabling them to use one rack of equipment that can be
quickly set up, quickly torn down and remobilized."
Orr says the Army and Marine Corps are particularly active in
rolling out VoIP on the battlefield. Overall, he says military
sales of VoIP are up more than twice what they were last year.
"The transformation is occurring right now across the
[Department of Defense] with IP communications, [and] VoIP is
one of the significant enablers," Orr says. "What's really
driving this in the [Defense Department] is not so much the
return on investment, but the ability of VoIP to support the
mission in a timely, secure and flexible way. The opportunity to
run voice, video and data over a converged network allows for
easy of deployment and scalability."
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
U.S. Census makes big VoIP splash
Network World, 06/20/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-voip.html?rl
MCI broadens its access services
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-mci.html?rl
SBC unveils managed IDS service
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-sbc-ids.html?rl
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Carolyn Duffy Marsan is a senior editor with Network World and
covers emerging Internet technologies and standards. Reach her
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Appliance promises easier Linux server management
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
06/29/05
Today's focus: Appliance promises easier Linux server
management
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Levanta Intrepid M
* Links related to Linux
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Appliance promises easier Linux server
management
By Phil Hochmuth
Users faced with the task of rolling out a new Linux server farm
may want to give Levanta's new Intrepid M product a tryout.
The product is a hardware appliance that runs Linux server setup
and management software, allowing users to control settings and
configurations of multiple Linux boxes from a single point. The
product also allows users to set up new Linux servers or upgrade
Linux operating system versions and applications across a
network.
The device uses a template-based approach to server setup,
allowing users to create server profiles with specific
configuration settings and groups of applications that can be
pushed down to multiple machines. This takes the legwork out of
visiting dozens of machines to manually install software via CD,
or by pulling software down off of a network drive, the company
says.
In addition to server operating system and software setups, the
Levanta Intrepid M box can also help monitor servers through
consolidated event logs and track changes made to operating
systems and applications.
While it is nice to see a product like Levanta's concentrate
solely on Linux, this might also be impractical for many
enterprise server admins, as few organizations run only one kind
of operating system in the server room. This shortcoming is
pointed out in a news article on the Intrepid M launch by my
colleague Denise Dubie (see story link below).
But if Linux-only is your thing - maybe you run cages of
rack-mounted Linux boxes, or even an all-Linux blade chassis -
the Intrepid M might make sense. The box starts at $7,500.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
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Network World, 06/20/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-levanta.html?rl
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Network World, 06/20/05
http://www.levanta.com/product_details.php?id=1
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Microsoft aims to prevent another patch disaster by issuing update-blocking tool
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
06/29/05
Today's focus: Microsoft aims to prevent another patch disaster
by issuing update-blocking tool
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Microsoft releases tools to block auto download of Windows
Server 2003 SP 1
* Links related to Windows Networking Tips
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Today's focus: Microsoft aims to prevent another patch disaster
by issuing update-blocking tool
By Dave Kearns
You're an experienced network manager. You're also an
experienced desktop manager (even if it's only your own
desktop). When it comes to administering Microsoft's patches and
fixes for your desktop operating system (either at home or in
the office), do you let it happen automatically, without your
knowledge as a background task? Neither do I.
When Windows XP service pack 2 was released last year, it was
quickly discovered that: a) it was being automatically
downloaded and installed by corporate machines behind the
enterprise firewall; and b) it broke a number of applications.
This resulted in: a) enterprise network bandwidth being sucked
up by simultaneous service pack downloads; b) help desks being
deluged with phone calls because strange things (either the
update, the broken apps, or both) were happening on users'
desktops; and c) a large number of calls to important people at
Microsoft from some of its biggest customers screaming for
relief. Some organizations went as far as completely closing
down Internet access to prevent the service pack from being
downloaded.
Microsoft responded with some workarounds to prevent the
automatic download and update that seemed to, for the moment,
satisfy corporate clients. Redmond evidently learned from this
fiasco.
Last week, Microsoft director of product management for the
Windows Server division, Samm DiStasio announced the
availability of not one, but three different tools to block the
automatic download and installation of Windows Server 2003
Support Pack 1. (While Win 2K3 SP1 was released some months ago,
it's being held back from automatic update until July 1.)
<aside> I've known DiStasio for quite a few years; he used to
spend many an hour explaining to me why eDirectory was superior
to Active Directory. Of course, he was a marketing exec at
Novell at the time. But I do still have some juicy quotes I
could use!</aside>
According to the Network World story by John Fontana (
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt2901> ), the tools are a
Microsoft signed executable, a script and an ADM template.
The story reports that: "The executable creates a registry key
with a switch that will block or unblock the download of the
service pack while allowing all other patches and fixes to be
downloaded. The script will do the same thing as the registry
key, but Microsoft says it allows users to specify a block or
unblock on a specific machine name. The third option is the ADM
template, which works in conjunction with Active Directory's
group policy technology. The template includes new group policy
settings to block or unblock delivery of the service pack."
Microsoft did warn that the executable and the script were only
tested as stand-alone command-line tools, not with any systems
management tools or remote execution mechanisms. The tools are
designed to keep Windows Server 2003 SP1 off the automatic
update cycle until March 30, 2006.
Why anyone would have automatic update turned on for servers is
beyond me, but fortunately Microsoft foresaw that at least some
folks might and is providing the tools to overcome that
oversight. Thanks Microsoft.
_______________________________________________________________
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
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: WHITEPAPERS DOWNLOAD
06/29/05
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You can see all of the available whitepapers at:
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_______________________________________________________________
Raritan
A New Dimension in IT Infrastructure Management: Integrated KVM
and Serial Console Control Systems
As an enterprise's IT infrastructure increases in size, so does
its complexity, even to the point where there are negative
impacts on economies of scale. Despite this situation, CIOs and
IT managers are expected to improve efficiencies and
productivity with a budget that is the same as, or less than,
the previous year's.
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_______________________________________________________________
Iomega
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DuPont
DuPont Fluoroproducts: Limiting the Plenum Cable Fire Risks
Concerns are rising about the growing number of combustible
cables present in commercial buildings required to service the
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A Report by Hurwitz & Associates: The Dynamic Management of
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Safe Quarantine - Automated Worm Suppression
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Best Practices for Simplifying Regulatory Compliance
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SSL VPN Technical Primer
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WAN Optimization for Enterprise Applications
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The Value of Integrated Security for SMBs and Enterprise Branch
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Cisco Systems
Preparing for Wireless LAN
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Coradiant
Spin-free Look at the Impact of Real-user Monitoring on Web
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Dupont
DuPont Fluoroproducts: Limiting the Plenum Cable Fire Risks
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Enterasys Networks
Secure Networks: An Automated, Cost-Effective Approach to
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IT Consolidation with LINUX
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HP ProLiant Blade Systems: the Business Case for Adopting Blade
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Hewlett Packard
Choosing the Best Architecture for Data Protection in Your SAN
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Comparison of HP StorageWorks Continuous Access Enterprise
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Best Practices in DNS Architecture
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Intel
High Availability: The IT Imperative
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Oracle Application Server: J2EE and Web Services
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Raritan
A New Dimension in IT Infrastructure Management: Integrated KVM
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Riverbed
Wide-Area Data Services - It's Not About Bandwidth
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ShoreTel
Computerworld VoIP Survey
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LifeWorks@Com: Unified Domains and Unified User Experiences
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The Rational for IP Telephony Network Assurance and Testing - a
Marc Robins Report
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Spirent Communications
Testing Strategies for Successful Streaming Media Deployments -
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Stalker Software
Dynamic Clustering Solution For Reliable and Scalable Messaging
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What is a Wireless Switch and the Value of the Overlay
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Symbol Technologies
Securing Enterprise Air: Understanding and Achieving
Next-Generation Wireless Security with Symbol Technologies and
802.11i
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Systimax
The Future of 10G Applications and The Implications for Your
Network
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IP forum has new name, faces
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
06/29/05
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* The IPsphere Forum
* Links related to Optical Networking
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: IP forum has new name, faces
By Jim Duffy
The forum that was formed earlier this month from the
dissolution of Juniper's Infranet Initiative Council now has a
name and leadership.
IPsphere Forum's board members and officers include individuals
representing Alcatel, BT, Cisco, France Telecom, Huawei, Juniper
Networks, Lucent Technologies, Red Zinc, Siemens, T-Com,
Telenor, and Tellabs.
The officers are Chair Kevin Dillon of Juniper Networks; Vice
Chair Monique Morrow of Cisco; Secretary Omar Elloumi of
Alcatel; and Treasurer Tom Walsh of Lucent.
The IPsphere Forum is a member-funded association focused on the
"business of IP" and coordinating efforts to develop the
architecture for an IP infrastructure able to support service
provider and network user business/service models. Juniper
ostensibly formed the IIC to achieve the same goals but it
lacked the participation of Cisco and Alcatel, and was viewed by
some as dedicated more to Juniper marketing than to industrywide
progress.
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NW500: Spending is up on key net techs
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they are spend
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Extreme updates its wireless LAN menu, 06/27/05
Extreme Networks this week is expected to refresh its wireless
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wireless-LAN security and infrastructure.
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Opinion: Avoiding the death of a thousand pecks, 06/27/05
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impresses me immensely: No more financial death by a thousand
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Newsletter: RIM, Avaya collaborate on mobile VoIP, 06/23/05
Last week, Research In Motion and Avaya announced they were in
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XO, Avaya target SMBs with managed IP services, 06/22/05
Avaya and XO Communications this week said they will collaborate
on managed services packages for small and midsize businesses.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert2933>
Newsletter: How much encryption is ?enough? for VoIP?, 06/22/05
Whenever the topic of VoIP arises, security continues to be a
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All the week's financial news, 06/29/05
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Judge denies Novell's second request to stop SCO suit, 06/28/05
The SCO Group's slander lawsuit against Novell is now set to
enter the discovery phase after Novell's attempts to again halt
proceedings failed. The judge in the bitter legal battle denied
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<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062805-novell-sco.html?nl>
AMD outlines anti-trust case, seeks trial by end of '06,
06/28/05
Advanced Micro Devices hopes to bring its anti-trust case
against Intel before a jury by the end of next year and reveal
the extent of Intel's alleged conduct through documents and the
testimony of industry insiders, AMD executives said Tuesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062805-amd-case.html?nl>
Corel appoints IBM veteran as new CEO, 06/28/05
Canadian desktop applications vendor Corel has a new man at the
top. Former IBM executive David Dobson is the company's new CEO,
Corel announced Tuesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062805-corel-ibm.html?nl>
Ebbers could get life sentence, 06/28/05
Federal prosecutors are considering an 85-year sentence for
former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, according to published
reports.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062805-ebbers.html?nl>
Cisco buys Netsift, 06/27/05
Cisco Monday said it has agreed to pay $30 million for a
year-old start-up, Netsift, which develops deep packet
processing technology. Netsift's system can be used for
detecting network attacks as they happen.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa2915>
SEC investigating IBM stock option accounting, 06/27/05
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an
informal investigation into the way IBM reported stock options
in its most recent financial statements, the Armonk, N.Y.,
company said Monday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-sec-ibm.html?nl>
Whale CEO faces challenges, 06/27/05
SSL VPN vendor Whale Communications recently appointed Roger
Pilc as its new CEO. On his first day on the job at Whale, Pilc
spoke to Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about plans to
reverse market-share loss and move the company forward.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-whale-pilc.html?nl>
Computer Associates acquires Tiny Software, 06/27/05
Computer Associates announced it has acquired Santa Clara,
Calif.-based Tiny Software, a maker of Windows-based desktop and
server firewall products, for an undisclosed amount.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-ca-tiny.html?nl>
Symantec, Veritas shareholders give green light to merger,
06/24/05
Symantec and Veritas on Friday announced that their respective
shareholders have approved the merger of the two companies, with
Symantec acquiring Veritas in an exchange of common stock for
1.1242 shares of Symantec common stock at the official closing.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa2916>
Oracle appoints new president and CFO, 06/24/05
Oracle Friday said it has appointed Gregory Maffei, a former
Microsoft executive, as president. He will also take on the role
of CFO.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa2917>
EMC, Sun make nice with Solaris support, 06/23/05
Sun and EMC, sometime bitter rivals in the storage arena, are
collaborating to make life simpler for customers running EMC
software on Sun's Solaris 10 operating system, the two companies
announced Thursday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062305-sun-emc.html?nl>
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IP forum has new name, faces, 06/28/05
The forum that was formed earlier this month from the
dissolution of Juniper's Infranet Initiative Council now has a
name and leadership.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062805-ip-forum.html?nl>
Opinion: Lights, camera, MPEG! 06/27/05
In an effort to make sure you are up to speed on a data format
that is becoming more common but is more-or-less "new" to many
of us, this week we're going to take a look at MPEG-4.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre2918>
Supreme Court ruling a triumph for cable operators, 06/27/05
Cable companies that offer broadband Internet access do not have
to open their high-speed lines to competitors, owing to a U.S.
Supreme Court ruling Monday that overturned a lower court
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Supreme Court rules against Grokster, 06/27/05
Grokster and StreamCast Networks can be held liable for
copyright infringements committed by users of their peer-to-peer
file-sharing software, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. The
decision in the case Grokster v. MGM is a major win for the
motion ...
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Opinion: What role should regulation play? 06/27/05
If we want universal access and widely reliable services, some
degree of government intervention will almost certainly be
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Computer Associates acquires Tiny Software, 06/27/05
Computer Associates announced it has acquired Santa Clara,
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server firewall products, for an undisclosed amount.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-ca-tiny.html?nl>
Anti-spam market weeds out vendors, 06/27/05
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Cisco buys Netsift
By Peter Sayer, IDG News Service, 06/27/05
Cisco Monday said it has agreed to pay $30 million for a
year-old start-up, Netsift, which develops deep packet
processing technology. Netsift's system can be used for
detecting network attacks as they happen.
Netsift, a privately held company in San Diego, was founded last
June and employs 15 people.
The deal, worth $30 million in cash and stock options, remains
subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions, but
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NetFlash: They welcome wireless spam?
NetFlash: They welcome wireless spam?
06/29/05
In this issue:
* They welcome wireless spam?
* Gates warns against reliance on outsourcing
* IP forum has new name, faces
* AMD urges users to read its anti-trust complaint
* New worm lures users with 'breaking news'
* Today on Layer 8
* Today's blog: Multimedia Exchange
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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IT professionals are changing the way they back up and recover
data, experts say, with new emphasis on the speedier fetching of
data made possible by advancing technologies. At a recent
storage conference in Orlando, disk-based backup solutions were
touted - find out if attendees agreed and if faster storage
solutions will soon be available. Click here:
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Jeff Caruso
Text messages to cell phones are the new hotness in the spam
community, and you would think wireless carriers would want to
nip it in the bud. So why are they not aggressively filtering
out the spam? Hint: Follow the money.
They welcome wireless spam?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2910>
Gates warns against reliance on outsourcing
Outsourcing too much means giving away that which makes your
company valuable. And stop cutting your R&D, would ya? So said
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates in a
speech today.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2911>
IP forum has new name, faces
The forum that was formed earlier this month from the
dissolution of Juniper's Infranet Initiative Council now has a
name and leadership.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2912>
AMD urges users to read its anti-trust complaint
Advanced Micro Devices is hoping to win the support of U.S.
legislators and average computer users alike in its anti-trust
lawsuit against Intel.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2913>
New worm lures users with 'breaking news'
Internet users alarmed over news of Michael Jackson's death or
dark conspiracies behind the demise of Pope John Paul II should
perhaps just be worried that they received another new e-mail
worm.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2914>
Today on Layer 8, now where did we put our M-80s?:
Google stockholders get nosebleeds; workers do more than work at
offshore call center; iTunes offers podcast support; Cingular
comes out against in-flight cell use; all this today and more at
your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>
Today's blog: Multimedia Exchange
Want to set yourself apart when applying for a job? How about a
video resume? You can read about this service - plus all the
latest on conferencing technologies, RealPlayer security patches
and video chat applications - in Jason Meserve's Multimedia
Exchange.
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=multimedia>
_______________________________________________________________
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Mechanisms that directly influence network throughput
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND JIM METZLER ON WIDE
AREA NETWORKING
06/28/05
Today's focus: Mechanisms that directly influence network
throughput
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* TCP flow control
* Links related to Wide Area Networking
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Mechanisms that directly influence network
throughput
By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
We previously wrote a newsletter about the TCP window size (see
link below). The responses we received to that newsletter
convinced us that we should occasionally devote future
newsletters to detailing other WAN optimization technologies.
With that in mind, the next three newsletters will discuss some
flow and congestion control mechanisms that are used within TCP.
One of the reasons that these mechanisms are important is that
they directly influence network throughput.
In a perfect world, there would be no need for flow or
congestion control mechanisms. The sending device would transmit
packets as quickly as it could, the packets would all be
delivered in order and without unexpected delay, and the
receiving device could quickly process as many packets as the
sending device could send.
However, since that is not a realistic situation, TCP has
mechanisms that account for two of the key factors that
determine the performance of a TCP/IP network. Those factors
being the ability of the receiving device to accept data, and
the amount of congestion that exists within the network.
In order to account for the ability of the receiving device to
accept data, TCP has a flow control mechanism for each
connection. Each segment header contains a field called
"advertised window" that indicates how many additional bytes of
data the receiver can accept. The sending device is not allowed
to send more bytes than the advertised window.
The next newsletter will outline some of TCP's congestion
control mechanisms and will discuss their relationship to flow
control.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Uncovering the sources of WAN connectivity delays
Network World, 05/05/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan2881
TCP Performance Issues
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan2882
An Overview of TCP/IP Protocols and the Internet
http://www.garykessler.net/library/tcpip.html
Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-cisco.html?rl
Cisco readies upgrade for 10000 series
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan2883
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
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>
Jim Metzler is the Vice President of Ashton, Metzler &
Associates, a consulting organization that focuses on leveraging
technology for business success. Jim assists vendors to refine
product strategies, service providers to deploy technologies and
services, and enterprises evolve their network infrastructure.
He can be reached at <mailto:jim@ashtonmetzler.com>
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NetD fleshes out security device
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
06/28/05
Today's focus: NetD fleshes out office-in-a-box security device
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* More details about NetD's multi-function box
* Links related to VPNs
* Featured reader resource
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using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: NetD fleshes out office-in-a-box security device
By Tim Greene
As mentioned here last week, start-up NetD this week rolled out
a multi-function security platform that includes VPN support.
Here are some more details about the device.
The box is called SG-8 and in addition to an IPSec VPN, it comes
with a firewall, QoS, routing and intrusion
detection/prevention.
The box also supports SIP, which, in combination with the QoS,
is the groundwork for its support of VoIP. Later releases of the
device will include a full IP PBX and Power-over-Ethernet so it
can directly supply power to VoIP phones in business offices.
The SG in the product name stands for security gateway, but it
is really trying to become the only networking device in
business branch offices. With both voice and data switching
capabilities, the device can eliminate the need for separate
voice circuits and phone and data wiring. With up to 48 Ethernet
LAN ports, it can serve as the local switch for a sizeable site.
It can be configured to have redundant power, backplane and
processors, which combined might remove fears that the box is a
single point of failure - a failure that could shut down an
entire branch. In addition, the software on the box is divided
into three separate planes: data, control and management. The
key here is that if the data and control planes get fouled up,
users can still remotely manage it. The ability to deal with
problems without sending a technician to the site is key for
devices serving branch offices.
This type of device is becoming more popular, but this
particular one has some advantages that stem from it being
designed as a multi-function platform from the outset. The net
result is that it addresses the potential problems faced by
other vendors whose devices evolved from products such as
firewalls, VPN appliances and routers. In particular, NetD says
it has ample processing power to run all applications
simultaneously without impairing performance.
One analyst following this type of device says he's heard of
"other big companies" with similar devices on their drawing
boards, so look for more announcements in this area over the
next year.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Whale CEO faces challenges
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-whale-pilc.html?rl
_______________________________________________________________
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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SCSI's past and future
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MIKE KARP ON STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
06/28/05
Today's focus: SCSI's past and future
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* SCSI history
* Links related to Storage in the Enterprise
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: SCSI's past and future
By Mike Karp
When SCSI first appeared on computer systems in the mid-1980s,
it was precisely what its name indicated. SCSI - for those of
you with an interest in etymology but who lack a sense of
history - stood for "Small Computer Systems Interface," and was
designed to go into the early engineering workstations being
built by HP, SGI, Sun, and any number of other vendors now among
the dear departed. (Remember Apollo, Ardent, Dana, Data General,
for example? How about Stardent?)
SCSI was designed to serve the high performance data needs of
the CAD and engineering markets. In those days we had 8-bit and
16-bit connections that moved data at 5M-bytes and then at
10M-bytes per second, and SCSI began to creep out of the
engineering division and onto the IT floor, where it first
appeared in early RAID implementations hanging off superminis
from Prime Computer and others.
By the mid-1990s storage needs increased, disk drives had grown
and I/O requirements got much more demanding. What had
previously been "Fast SCSI" (10M-byte) was no longer seen as
being fast at all, and as SCSI-based RAID were being connected
to some very large machines, the meaning of the first "S" in
SCSI had long-since ceased to apply. SCSI was now on large
systems too.
Important things were happening. The ANSI T10 technical
committee ( <http://www.t10.org/> ) defined the evolving SCSI
standard, driving the performance specification from 10M- to
20M-bytes (Fast 20), then to 40M-bytes (originally Fast-40, then
renamed Ultra2 as by that time the old definition of "fast"
became obsolete at almost every T10 meeting).
Also in the mid-1990s chip makers like Adaptec and NCR
Microelectronics (now LSI) got together with disk vendors
(Quantum was the early technology leader in those days, followed
by Seagate) and makers of cabinets and connectors to provide
interoperable solutions and to help drive the evolving standard
through the committee. They also rolled out the first products
and helped found the SCSI Trade Association (
<http://www.scsita.org/> ), a vendors' organization that markets
the SCSI concept to the world. I remember that a lot of my work
at NCR (by that point rebadged as Symbios Logic) was in support
of all this.
Right now, although Fibre Channel seemingly gets most of the
press, the preponderance of enterprise data stored on spinning
disk is stored via SCSI.
By the first decade of this century, the specs were in for
Ultra160 and Ultra320. It was also plain to see that when I/O
reached 320M-bytes per second, SCSI had run out of headroom and
had no way to grow. Thus SCSI, previously a parallel interface,
was re-engineered for serial connectivity.
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) can support transfer rates in excess
of 1G byte/sec, far faster than either parallel SCSI or Fibre
Channel, and can provide space on the bus for far more drives as
well. And now, at last, products are starting to emerge from the
pipeline.
IBM announced SAS products earlier this year. Last week in San
Jose, SAS raised its head again as four companies got together
to roll out more products. Next time we'll take a look at
these, and discuss why you should care.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
The New Data Center: Spotlight on Storage
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/ndc4/?rl
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Mike Karp
Mike Karp is senior analyst with Enterprise Management
Associates, focusing on storage, storage management and the
methodology that brings these issues into the marketplace. He
has spent more than 20 years in storage, systems management and
telecommunications. Mike can be reached via e-mail
<mailto:mkarp@enterprisemanagement.com>.
_______________________________________________________________
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Myricom goes 10 Gig
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
06/28/05
Today's focus: Myricom goes 10 Gig
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Myricom embraces 10 Gigabit Ethernet
* Links related to Servers
* Featured reader resource
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FOCUS ON RECOVERY
IT professionals are changing the way they back up and recover
data, experts say, with new emphasis on the speedier fetching of
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Today's focus: Myricom goes 10 Gig
By Deni Connor
Clustering vendor Myricom last week joined the ranks of Ethernet
faithful by adopting 10 Gigabit Ethernet for use in its switches
and network adapters.
The new Myri-10G switch will feature both Myrinet's Ethernet
emulation and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Each switch, which has from
16 to 128 ports, will cost as little as $400 per port. The
network adapters can work with either Myricom switches or
standard Ethernet switches.
Myricom has always used "Ethernet emulation." In Ethernet
emulation, Ethernet packets are encapsulated as Myrinet packets
with a type "Ethernet." Ethernet emulation can carry any packet
traffic and protocol, including TCP/IP, that can be carried on
an Ethernet network.
Myricom claims that Ethernet emulation allows a higher data rate
and lower latency than native Ethernet.
In adopting native Ethernet for its switches - technically the
Ethernet emulation protocol is converted to native Ethernet -
the company is appeasing commercial organizations that have
settled on Ethernet as their protocol of choice.
High-performance computing environments may choose to stay with
Ethernet emulation because protocol conversion does introduce a
couple milliseconds of latency.
Myricom's network adapters interact directly with application
protocols and handle network protocols without affecting the
host operating system or CPU. Its switches use cut-through
routing, which steers packets according to routing instructions
at the head of the packets. They also use source routing, which
is determined by the source adapter, rather than destination
routing used by Ethernet switches.
The Myri-10G network adapters will be available in September for
$795. The switches are also expected to be available in
September, starting at $6,400 for a 16-port switch.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
10 Gig Ethernet vendors look to stoke demand
Network World, 11/08/04
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2004/110804tengig.html?rl
Neterion launches another 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Network World, 11/08/04
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/022805tengnic.html?rl
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Deni Connor
Deni Connor is a Senior Editor at Network World covering
storage, Unix, Novell, Macintosh and IT in Healthcare. You can
reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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HP ProLiant Blade Systems: The Business Case for Adopting Blade
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blades should be considered as an integrated, consolidated
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storage, networking and power. Learn how HP's blade system
represents a new approach to infrastructure that can accelerate
the integration and transformation of your data center.
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Migrating to OES: Where do you start?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
06/28/05
Today's focus: Migrating to OES: Where do you start?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Novell's six-point plan to get you on the road to OES
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
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storage, networking and power. Learn how HP's blade system
represents a new approach to infrastructure that can accelerate
the integration and transformation of your data center.
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Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
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Today's focus: Migrating to OES: Where do you start?
By Dave Kearns
Let's say you've decided to stick with Novell just a bit longer.
Let's further say that you've tentatively decided to migrate at
least some servers to Open Enterprise Server. The question is
(no, not "are you crazy?") how to go about it - where do you
start, what do you do first?
Novell wants to help.
It has published a list of six fairly straight-forward,
relatively easy to implement projects that can have you working
with the various parts of OES fairly quickly. (You can download
the document here: <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell2885> .)
The six projects as defined by Novell are:
* Project One: Deploy New Stand-alone Novell iFolder 2.1 on
Linux.
* Project Two: Upgrade Novell Queue-based Printing on NetWare to
iPrint on Linux.
* Project Three: Move AMP [Apache, MySQL, PHP] from NetWare to
Linux.
* Project Four: Set Up an iSCSI SAN on Linux.
* Project Five: Move eDirectory from NetWare to Linux.
* Project Six: Move Novell Storage Services from NetWare to
Linux.
Some of you may be saying, "Wait a minute! Most of those
projects involve moving from NetWare to Linux!" Well, duh. We've
been telling you all along that the raison d'etre (that's French
for "marketing target") for OES is to get you to move from
NetWare to SuSE Linux.
What these projects can do is to allow you to familiarize
yourself with the SuSE Linux kernel of OES by running the same
applications on it that you've been running on your NetWare 6.0
or 6.5.
Each project begins with a description and a set of
prerequisites (hardware and software requirements as well as the
skills that you should be familiar with). Even before outlining
the steps to take, the document tells you what to expect and
what to look out for.
For example, the first project (installing iFolder on the Linux
kernel) points out two things you should consider before
starting the installation:
* Storage quota - "When setting the user storage quota upon
installation, be sure you set it sufficiently high. After
installation, you will have to increase each user's quota
individually; this can be a time-consuming process if you have
hundreds or thousands of users."
* Encryption - "When setting the encryption options during
installation, you have the option of storing or not storing the
users' passphrases on the iFolder server. (Passphrases are used
as the encryption keys.) Not storing them provides a higher
level of security because only the user can decrypt the
information. However, if the user leaves the company and the
encrypted information is business-critical, you cannot decrypt
it without the original user's cooperation."
Very important points, and ones that can't really be salvaged
(without a complete re-install) if you make the wrong decisions
up front.
The iFolder project, in fact, is an excellent one to start with.
It shouldn't require that your users learn anything new and it
shouldn't require that you change any of your existing servers
and services. It's a very good way to learn about the new
features of OES. Give it a try. You don't even need to purchase
OES, since you can run up iFolder on the evaluation copy of OES
that you can download from Novell. What could be easier?
_______________________________________________________________
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
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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HP ProLiant Blade Systems: The Business Case for Adopting Blade
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storage, networking and power. Learn how HP's blade system
represents a new approach to infrastructure that can accelerate
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NetContinuum prevents smuggling
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
06/28/05
Today's focus: NetContinuum prevents smuggling
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* NetContinuum secures Web applications while optimizing
performance
* Links related to Network Optimization
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: NetContinuum prevents smuggling
By Denise Dubie
As more application acceleration vendors get gobbled up by big
network players such as Cisco and Juniper, companies like
NetContinuum see the consolidation as a chance to highlight the
benefits of putting multiple optimization features in one box.
Research firm Gartner says the application delivery and Web
application firewall markets are going to converge, which could
offer customers performance, management and cost-saving
benefits. For NetContinuum it means the time is right to
showcase its multi-purpose boxes and go head-to-head with
competitors such as F5 Networks.
The Web application firewall vendor says it has always provided
network managers with tools to secure their Web applications,
but NetContinuum CEO Gene Banman says the company will start
showing off its application delivery and optimization features.
"We are a full proxy at the HTTP level, so our network box sits
between the servers and the network. We can get control of the
whole session and apply sets of traffic management features
based on rules set by the administrator," Banman explains. "We
can do load balancing, caching, compression and apply security.
Essentially our technology maps out what's most appropriate for
each session from a single point of control instead of having to
do this across boxes."
An example of how NetContinuum can help security and deliver
optimized application performance, Banman says, is in the case
of HTTP Request Smuggling. According to the company, "an HTTP
Request Smuggling attack piggybacks an HTTP request inside of
another HTTP request, letting a remote attacker conduct cache
poisoning, launch cross-site scripting, hijack user sessions,
and evade IDS signatures."
The attacks could potentially compromise Web applications that
use Web caching, content switching and other traffic management
techniques, the company says.
NetContinuum's NC-1000 Application Security Gateway protects a
customer's Web applications from this new class of attacks,
Banman says. The Web application firewall provides
bi-directional, "deep inspection" of Web traffic, including
encrypted traffic and encoded content, which allows enforcement
of granular security policies. The NC-1000 is deployed within
customers' data centers between their routers and Web servers,
automatically providing application security and optimizing
application delivery, the company says. Available now, the
NC-1000 costs less than $30,000.
NetContinuum is expected to announce products in a month or so
that further show how its boxes can secure, optimize and deliver
Web applications.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
NetContinuum upgrades for Web services
Network World, 10/11/04
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2878
NetContinuum aims to secure Web apps, services
Network World, 11/01/04
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2879
Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-cisco.html?rl
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Denise Dubie
Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
_______________________________________________________________
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Real-time Troubleshooting with NetFlow
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analysis by application, routing and peering, QoS, port
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information and to download an eval please visit:
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_______________________________________________________________
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How much does messaging cost you?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
06/28/05
Today's focus: How much does messaging cost you?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* When you need to know the cost of messaging
* Links related to Messaging
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________
LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
barriers - click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=107385
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: How much does messaging cost you?
By Michael Osterman
Most organizations don't know how much it costs them to provide
messaging services to their users, based on the findings of a
survey we completed last week.
For example, we found that only about two in five organizations
can get within 10% or better of the actual cost of providing
messaging services, including the cost of licenses, maintenance
and support contracts and the like. Most of the remaining
organizations could determine these costs, but it would take
some work for them to do so. As a result, many organizations
significantly underestimate the cost of providing messaging
services.
That said, not knowing the cost of providing messaging services
to your users is really no big deal on some level, since you
absolutely must provide these services no matter how much it
costs. For example, you might not know how much it costs to
provide electricity or plumbing for your users, but no matter
what it costs you'll do so anyway.
But what happens if your IT department is swamped with a variety
of initiatives that will provide you with an advantage relative
to your competition? Do you really want these talented people
managing e-mail when they could be adding value to your
organization in other ways?
If not, then knowing the cost of providing messaging services
becomes very important if you want to evaluate providers of
hosted messaging services to replace or supplement some of your
internal activities. For example, let's say you want to want to
use a provider of managed e-mail security services that will
clean your incoming e-mail of viruses, worms, spam, etc. If you
don't know how much it costs you to provide these services using
internally managed servers or appliances, as well as the labor
that you invest to provide these capabilities, it will be more
difficult to evaluate whether a managed service provider is
going to be a bargain or will add to your costs of providing
messaging.
Bottom line: If you need to determine whether a managed service
provider is a better value than managing capabilities internally
- a classic make-or-buy decision we were all taught in school -
then you need to know how much messaging costs you.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
They welcome wireless spam?
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg2877
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Michael Osterman
Michael D. Osterman is the principal of Osterman Research
<http://www.ostermanresearch.com/>, a market research firm that
helps organizations understand the markets for messaging,
directory and related products and services. He can be reached
by clicking here <mailto:michael@ostermanresearch.com>
_______________________________________________________________
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meets reliability and interoperability requirements in
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enterprise SAN environments. Download the white paper now!
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Sprint, RIM team up for new BlackBerry
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
06/28/05
Today's focus: Sprint, RIM team up for new BlackBerry
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Sprint PCS Smart Device
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia
Empower Your Mobile Enterprise
Nokia believes that business mobility will fundamentally change
the way work gets done-and for the better. To allow the entire
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Today's focus: Sprint, RIM team up for new BlackBerry
By Keith Shaw
Sprint last week announced availability of its Sprint PCS Smart
Device - a BlackBerry 7250 model that will work on Sprint's PCS
network. The device is being sold through Sprint's business
sales channels and can be used with either the BlackBerry
Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service.
The device includes wireless e-mail, text messaging, Internet
access, an organizer and support for accessing corporate data
applications, Research in Motion (RIM) says.
The wireless phone includes 32M-bytes of flash memory, 4M-bytes
of SRAM, has a backlit keypad, and uses built-in Bluetooth to
support Bluetooth-enabled headsets and hands-free car kits.
Unfortunately, the device's Bluetooth capabilities does not
support a dial-up network functionality, which means users won't
be able to use the 7250 to bridge a network connection between
the phone and a laptop.
In order to do that, you would have to buy a Sprint Treo 650,
which recently provided a software update (
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile1417> ) that enables
Bluetooth Dial-Up Networking, which allows the Treo 650 to act
as a modem when paired up with a Bluetooth-enabled laptop. More
information about this can be found at
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile2880>
OK, back to the 7250 device. It will connect to Sprint's
CDMA-based networks on two bands - 1900 MHz and 800 MHz - and
weights 4.9 oz. It has a 2.25- by 1.5-inch color display that
supports more than 65,000 colors, and offers up to 3.3 hours of
talk time when in digital mode, Sprint says.
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software can integrate with
Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell's GroupWise platforms, RIM
says. For individuals and others who don't want to connect to
those systems, the BlackBerry Internet Service lets users access
up to 10 e-mail accounts from a single device.
The Sprint version of the 7250 will cost $489.99 (before rebates
and other incentives - the Web site currently lists the price at
$241.99). More details are available at
<http://www.sprint.com/blackberry7250>. Additional applications
for the Sprint 7250 device will be offered by Handango through a
special Web site ( <http://sprint.handango.com/> ).
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computing devices.
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Foundry cranks up security
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
06/28/05
Today's focus: Foundry cranks up security
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Foundry Networks' SecureIron products
* Links related to High Speed LANs
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Foundry cranks up security
By Jeff Caruso
Foundry Networks this week unveiled a series of LAN switches
focused on security, protecting against network- and
application-level attacks.
The new devices are meant to complement firewall and security
systems that enterprise companies already have in place, Foundry
says.
The SecureIronLS series of secure LAN switches brings security
functions closer to the desktop and to the server. The switches
come in several different configurations, some with 10/100M
bit/sec ports and some with Gigabit Ethernet ports and 10
Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
Foundry also introduced the SecureIron Security Traffic Manager
line of products. These can be used as front ends to firewalls,
the company says. They offload network address translation and
protect against well-known denial-of-service attacks.
Both lines of products are able to forward packets at wire
speed. They use a multi-processor security engine to inspect
packets, and the engine can do so at rates ranging from 500M
bit/sec to 3G bit/sec.
The deep packet inspection allows SecureIron to protect against
intrusions. Traffic flows are inspected in both directions.
The devices can defend against ICMP, UDP and IP fragmentation
attacks, as well as denial-of-service attacks exploiting
vulnerabilities in TCP/IP protocol stacks, Foundry says.
The devices can even block spam from known spammers.
The news is timely, as many of Foundry's competitors are
focusing on security in their LAN products. And security remains
top-of-mind for users, as shown in our recent survey:
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-nw500.html>
Foundry offers the IronView Security Manager software to
coordinate defenses among the switches when an attack is
detected. The traffic flow, user, or network segment originating
a threat can be shut down.
The SecureIronLS line starts at $15,000 and the SecureIron
Traffic Manager line starts at $13,000.
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The winner so far: CardSystems Solutions
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: GIBBS & BRADNER
06/28/05
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Net Insider columnist Scott Bradner wonders why CardSystems is
still in the credit card processing business
* Links related to Gibbs & Bradner
* Featured reader resource
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LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
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Today's focus: The winner so far: CardSystems Solutions
By Scott Bradner
We have a new leader in the race to see which vendor can
quantitatively show the least regard for the people whose data
they hold. CardSystems Solutions, a third-party credit card
processor, now has admitted disregarding the credit card
industry security rules they should have been following. In
light of such a willful disregard of mandated rules, I do not
understand why CardSystems is still in the credit card
processing business.
Some industry leaders have told Congress it would be a bad idea
to require that credit card companies tell people their private
data might be at risk after a failure of computer or
organizational security. They have claimed that people would
soon become overwhelmed by all the notices and give up.
The industry seems determined to test that hypothesis. For the
last few months there has been a steady drumbeat of
announcements, most but not all driven by a California law that
requires such announcements when the privacy of people's
financial information is at risk.
So far, people and the media are still interested, at least in
the big cases such as a recent one in which a hacker accessed
information about 40 million credit card holders at CardSystems
( <http://www.cardsystems.com/> ).
I wonder what the reaction to a future breach exposing a mere 5
million people would be. The announcement of the break at
CardSystems came from MasterCard, but holders of all the major
brands of credit cards were at risk. Visa seemed a bit ticked
off that MasterCard has spilled the beans.
Visa said that it was working with law enforcement and it hoped
that MasterCard telling its cardholders the truth would not
hinder the investigation. Seems to me that Visa's priorities are
misplaced.
In my opinion, hiding the truth in the name of law enforcement
is an excuse to delay taking responsibility. MasterCard reported
that CardSystems did not meet the current Payment Card Industry
Security Standard. These mandates (
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad2884> ), which are actually
quite good, were supposed to be in effect at companies the size
of CardSystems last September (
<http://www.merchante-solutions.net/infosecurity/mandates.htm>
). Yet, half a year later, a company processing millions of
credit cards per year was ignoring parts of the standard and now
has admitted to doing so.
According to the payment card industry, failure to meet the
requirements can result in a permanent prohibition of
participation in credit card programs. If the payment card
industry is as serious about security as it claims to be, it
will use this willful disregard of its own rules to send a
message - it will permanently ban CardSystems from processing
credit card transactions.
I feel sorry for some of the people that work at CardSystems but
not sorry enough to suggest that the company be given a slap on
the wrist if it promises to be good in the future.
By the way, three days after this column is published the PCI
Security Standard will go into effect for all organizations that
process credit cards in any way. If you process credit cards, do
not mimic CardSystems - meet the standard.
Disclaimer: Harvard sets standards in some areas and follows
them in others but the university has not expressed an opinion
about CardSystems, so the above suggestion is my own.
Bradner is a consultant with Harvard University's University
Information Systems. He can be reached at
<mailto:sob@sobco.com>.
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<http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/ndc4/?nl>
Managing storage, new data center style, 06/27/05
One expert's take on how storage and systems management come
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SCO begins shipping OpenServer 6, 06/22/05
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...
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IBM: SEC PROBES COMPANY DISCLOSURES (Networking News)
IBM Corp. announced Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission
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06/28/05
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* NW500: Spending is up on key net techs
* SEC investigating IBM stock option accounting
* Dell adds high-performance switch line
* VeriSign looks to Diversinet for mobile authentication
* Cisco buys Netsift
* Today on Layer 8
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NW500: Spending is up on key net techs
More companies have implemented wireless LANs today than have
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Monday, June 27, 2005
And your annual per user costs are...?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
06/27/05
Today's focus: And your annual per user costs are...?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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Today's focus: And your annual per user costs are...?
By Dave Kearns
A few weeks ago, I asked what your annual per user support costs
were for Active Directory (see link below). This was brought on
by the skimpy - and wide-ranging - results to a similar
questions asked of the attendees at NetPro's annual Directory
Experts Conference.
Not all the attendees turned in a survey but among the 101 who
did participate, fewer than 10% answered the support costs
question. The results ranged from $6 per user per year to
$1,500! About a third of those who ventured an answer (roughly
3% of all those who turned in the survey) claimed the per user,
per year cost was approximately $400.
In the interest of, well, satisfying my curiosity, I asked you,
dear readers, to let me know what your annual costs per user
were.
Not really surprisingly, the answers you sent in averaged a bit
over $350 per user. Whether that's based on a scientific look at
your support infrastructure, or fitting the facts to the
expected answer is something I can't judge. Nevertheless, it
feels like a good number. The hard part, of course, isn't
totaling up your support costs but deciding which are
attributable to Active Directory and which should be allocated
to various applications and services. I mean, I'm sure it would
be possible to figure out what your cost per user per year was
to support Notepad, but gathering and examining the data would
probably cost more than the whole Notepad support budget.
I'd expect, by the way, that in smaller enterprises the cost per
user would be higher ($500-plus) while the largest organizations
could introduce economies of scale pushing the per user cost
down to $100 or so.
Figuring out your annual per user support costs does make it
easier for you to get approval of some new automation projects,
so it isn't just an intellectual exercise. If you know, for
example, that it costs you $50/user to reset forgotten passwords
each year then licensing a self-service password reset utility
for $10/user could have a significant, positive impact on your
bottom line. Which do you suppose your CFO would like to hear -
"I want to spend $10,000 so users can reset their own
passwords," or "I can save us $40,000 a year on support costs by
letting users do for themselves something the helpdesk has had
to do."
Keep figuring out your support costs, and keep letting me know.
We'll revisit this from time to time to let you see how you
stand vis-`-vis other organizations.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
What are your Active Directory support costs?
Network World, 06/01/05
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/0530nt2.html?rl
What's next for Windows
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-windows.html?rl
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"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>.
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storage, networking and power. Learn how HP's blade system
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When will dual-mode voice gain traction?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JOANIE WEXLER ON WIRELESS IN THE
ENTERPRISE
06/27/05
Today's focus: When will dual-mode voice gain traction?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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* The move to dual mode
* Links related to Wireless in the Enterprise
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By Joanie Wexler
The success of voice over Wi-Fi (now officially called "Vo-Fi")
depends on a number of factors, both technical and
business-oriented. Somewhere very near the top of the list are
the need for dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phones (with decent
battery life) and integrated services from carriers.
For example, who's really willing to juggle multiple phones - a
cellular phone and a Wi-Fi phone, for example - for use
depending on whether you are at home, at the office, or on Route
80? Business users getting comfy with mobility will quickly
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Without integration, the number of gadgets to keep track of
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The good news is that there is evidence that dual-mode
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Motorola says its CN620, its long-in-development dual-mode
802.11a VoIP/GSM handset, is imminent and should not be held up
by development partner Proxim's recent Chapter 11 filing. The
CN620 will be distributed by its third development partner,
Avaya.
And Nokia said earlier this month that it would license Cisco
technology to integrate dual-mode Nokia Series 60 handsets with
Cisco's CallManager IP PBX over Wi-Fi. Nokia, in a press
release, said it intends to begin "to extend the highly valuable
services of the PBX to Nokia mobile devices as well as enable
use of enterprises' private infrastructure for part of mobile
voice traffic."
This is a very interesting and telling statement. Typically,
there have been at least two phone networks: the one you use at
work, with all its custom, rich features and the public network,
which works differently (and, possibly a third: softphone
client-plus-Internet). At least two voicemail systems to check,
two sets of features to learn and use. Blending Wi-Fi and
cellular connections with enterprise PBX calling features in a
VoIP handset is approaching telephony nirvana.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Voice over Wi-Fi on the way
IDG News Service, 06/15/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061505-wifi.html?rl
Voice over Wi-Fi needs cellular component, speakers say
NetworkWorld.com, 03/08/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0308vwlan.html?rl
They welcome wireless spam?
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir2820
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To contact: Joanie Wexler
Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology
writer/editor in California's Silicon Valley who has spent most
of her career analyzing trends and news in the computer
networking industry. She welcomes your comments on the articles
published in this newsletter, as well as your ideas for future
article topics. Reach her at <mailto:joanie@jwexler.com>.
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Apdex interprets app measurements
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
06/27/05
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* The Application Performance Index
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Today's focus:
Apdex interprets app measurements
By Peter Sevcik
Current application performance-measurement tools have several
limitations. Each has its own definition of performance,
produces too many confusing or conflicting numbers, and lacks a
simple summary result. IT managers have no insight into the
performance that matters - users' experience with
mission-critical applications.
A consortium of companies called the Apdex Alliance is
developing the Application Performance Index (Apdex) to specify
a uniform way to measure and report on the user experience.
Apdex is a numerical measure of user satisfaction with the
performance of enterprise applications. The metric gauges the
effectiveness of IT investments, and helps CIOs and other
executives understand whether their applications are delivering
on promises or just operating.
Implemented as a reporting window for current products, Apdex
converts application response time measurements from many tools
and services into a single number using a scale of 0-to-1 (0
equals no users satisfied, 1 equals all users satisfied).
Task response time is defined as the elapsed time between when a
user does something (mouse click, enter, return) and when the
system (client, network, servers) responds so that a user can
proceed with the process. These waiting periods define the
"responsiveness" of the application. The index is based on three
zones of application responsiveness.
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Airbus net protects key resources
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
06/27/05
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* Case study: Airbus North America
* Links related to Optical Networking
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Airbus net protects key resources
By Tim Greene
Airbus North America, looking to bolster its disaster-recovery
capabilities, has installed a new WAN that lets it consolidate
separate voice lines and provides virtually unlimited bandwidth
for future services.
Two recent events in particular posed potential threats to the
Ashburn, Va., hub of its network that prompted the company to
focus on business continuity. First a tornado narrowly missed
the Ashburn facility and then a mowing crew cut a fiber line
that had been left exposed along Virginia's Route 28 during
construction, says Charlie Fletcher, vice president of
information services for Airbus.
Now if one of the Virginia sites goes down, the other four U.S.
sites will still be able to connect with each other as well as
the company's affiliates in Europe. "We're relatively
comfortable that the same disaster would not take out both of
those offices," Fletcher says.
Rather than issuing an RFP for the upgrade, the company opted to
let its WAN provider, Global Internetworking, Inc. (GII),
design, install and manage a new core network that relies on
Ethernet over SONET to support redundant logistics centers as
well as redundant e-mail servers. The core of the new network
has been running for about two weeks and will undergo
refinements over the next six months that will bring further
redundancy to key resources.
Until this month the company's Ashburn site, where its logistics
and e-mail center is located, served as the hub of a
hub-and-spoke network serving 600 to 700 workers. It connected
via point-to-point circuits to engineering facilities in
Wichita, Kan., a flight-simulator site in Miami, headquarters in
Herndon, Va., and a government-liaison/lobbying office in
Washington, D.C. The hub was also the gateway to a DS-3 ATM link
to France. All network communication among the offices was
routed through Ashburn.
For the full story, please go to:
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HP, CA and the CMDB
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENNIS DROGSETH ON NETWORK/SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
06/27/05
Today's focus: HP, CA and the CMDB
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Today's focus: HP, CA and the CMDB
By Dennis Drogseth
This week's column was spawned by two-and-a-half events that
demonstrate the management market's coming of age.
The first event is the OpenView Forum held recently in Denver.
The second event is Computer Associates' recent analyst meeting
in New York. And the "half" event is the availability of
Enterprise Management Associates' second report on the
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) market - which I
promise you is the most complete listing of vendor solutions, as
well as IT perspectives, you can probably find anywhere.
Let's look at some common themes between the two (and a half)
events, and I'll let you decide if this is all mere coincidence
or emblematic of something more.
* Both HP and CA presented a strong focus on architecture. Of
course, EMA's CMDB landscape is at least as much about
architecture, or "under-the-covers" evolution, as it is about
ITIL processes. The very heart of CA's story resides in the
understanding that enabling technologies should be shared across
management disciplines. Its MDB (Management Database) is roughly
the equivalent of a CMDB, a common trusted data store that can
enable data sharing across virtually all management disciplines
and applications. HP similarly has a rich architectural story
with a focus on Web services and service oriented architecture,
not only as an environment to manage, but also as an
architectural foundation for data integration. It similarly has
a committed CMDB direction. HP's architectural plans have
governed many of its acquisitions from last year, often
described in terms of model-based automation, in which modeling
captures relationships and dependencies.
* Integration was a theme in both events - integration both
across and within each portfolio, and integration with
third-party products. Both events demonstrated that integration
is evolving well beyond the event-driven or console-driven
strategies of the past towards a much more complete sharing of
information and actions across components and multiple sources.
Once again, the relationship with CMDB strategies, in which
federated data stores will need to embrace multi-vendor options,
is far from coincidental.
* The "a" words - auto-discovery, analytics and automation -
were similarly highlighted in discussions I had at both events.
From a CMDB perspective, auto-discovery and auto-population are
required whenever possible, or else a common trusted (often
federated) data store becomes, as one IT skeptic once stated,
"an impossible dream that will collapse of its own weight."
Analytics and automation are, on the other hand, what the CMDB
should help enable more effectively across management
disciplines. Without investments in analytics and automation,
the CMDB becomes cumbersome and useful for only the most manual
and least time-sensitive of management tasks.
* Integrated security with a focus on identity management is a
clarion call at both HP and CA. HP has invested in Select Access
and TruLogica, and CA has acquired Netegrity for eTrust, an
entire business unit devoted to security and one of its fastest
areas of growth. Security overall, and identity management in
particular, is an area to watch, and once again, it's also
relevant to many CMDB strategies in managing appropriate access
to information.
* Business alignment and what the industry now calls business
service management was a dominant theme in both events. Modeling
services and understanding services in a business context is
core (as it is for the CMDB as well) for both HP and CA.
* A more simplified portfolio was also stressed by both
companies. This is, of course, much needed for both to succeed.
HP is already moving towards a solutions-based model and CA is
leveraging the draconian simplicity of its MDB initiative to
bring much more effective product integration later this year.
This isn't to say that CA and HP have identical portfolios or
strategies. That would be a huge and misleading exaggeration.
Just for starters, half of CA's business is mainframe-related,
while HP is all but exclusively focused on the distributed
management environment.
But the themes of architecture, product integration, attention
to security and identity management, and a focus on the "a"
words are shared by both companies. Is this just a coincidence
of convenient marketing ideas, or is it something more - a sign
that the industry is at an inflection point and beginning to
play by new, and overall more enlightened, rules? Time will
tell, but I believe that the evidence is pointing towards the
latter.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Integrien fine-tunes system monitor
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-integrien.html?rl
BMC ups its standing in identity mgmt.
Network World, 06/27/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm2819
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To contact: Dennis Drogseth
Dennis Drogseth is a vice president with Enterprise Management
Associates <http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/>, a leading
analyst, market research and IT consulting firm based in
Boulder, Colorado, focusing exclusively on all aspects of
enterprise management. Dennis has extensive experience in
service level management and network management platforms and
products. He is actively researching trends in management
software and changing IT roles internationally. His 22-plus
years of experience in high-tech includes positions at IBM and
Cabletron. He is widely quoted in the press and is a speaker at
many industry events. He can be reached via e-mail
<mailto:drogseth@enterprisemanagement.com>.
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Watch Bill Gates get out of this one
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON THE VOICES OF
NETWORKING
06/27/05
Today's focus: Watch Bill Gates get out of this one
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Watch Bill Gates get out of this one
* Apple's real reason for going to Intel processors
* VoIP's advantage
* Start-up takes stab at phishing
* Links related to Voices of Networking
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Watch Bill Gates get out of this one
By Jeff Caruso
Watch Bill Gates get out of this one
Howard Anderson this week takes a trip inside the mind of Bill
Gates. What drives him? An opponent to defeat. Guess who his
latest target is.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice2870>
Apple's real reason for going to Intel processors
Sometimes the best explanation is the simplest. Pundits around
the industry have speculated on Apple's motives for its shift to
Intel processors. But Ira Brodsky points out that the real
motive is staring everyone in the face.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice2871>
VoIP's advantage
In all the coverage of emerging VoIP services, one advantage has
been constantly overlooked. This week, Mark Gibbs doesn't
overlook it.
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Start-up takes stab at phishing
Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix takes a look at a
solution to the phishing problem, one proposed by a start-up
that uses visual cues. You don't have to register. You don't
have to download anything. And it doesn't need cookies.
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He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
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Red Hat sports a brand new Fedora
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
06/27/05
Today's focus: Red Hat sports a brand new Fedora
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Red Hat releases Fedora Core 4
* Links related to Linux
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LICENSE TO KILL
Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. By lashing together sometimes
hundreds of servers to create a powerful grid, businesses are
using their technology better. But software licensing,
organizational and cultural issues, and data management can be
barriers to grid adoption. Find out how to overcome these
barriers - click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Red Hat sports a brand new Fedora
By Phil Hochmuth
Red Hat last week released Fedora Core 4, the latest update to
its "free" version of Red Hat Linux and the first update to the
software package in seven months.
The update includes many improvements in the areas of security,
user interface, applications and includes support for more new
hardware platforms, as well as multi-operating system PCs
running Fedora Linux and others.
At the system level, Fedora Core 4 includes support for Xen, a
virtual machine technology that allows multiple operating
systems to run alongside Linux on the same hardware. This could
allow users to run Fedora Core 4 in one "sandboxed domain," as
the software developers call it, and have other Linux versions,
FreeBSD, Unix or even Windows running in other domains.
Users will also have the option of running such multiple
operating systems on PowerPC (PPC) machines, with support for
the IBM's CPU now added to the software. (Forget Apple, PPC;
Linux still loves ya.)
Red Hat's Global File System is also thrown into the Fedora mix.
The GFS software allows Linux servers to cluster disk space
across a network as one virtual pool of storage.
For security, the SE Linux security architecture included in
Fedora 3 has been expanded in the latest version, offering the
ability to segment and partition more applications and system
daemons from each other to prevent such hacks as buffer
overflows attacks, which take advantage of weak separation
between Linux applications and services.
The user interface of Fedora core has also been upgraded to
support the latest GNOME 2.10 and KDE 3.4 desktop environments.
Among the new applications included in Fedora 4 to run in these