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Abandoned PC Risk / Gadget Friday
TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING
Friday, September 30, 2005
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Gadget Friday: App-Hosting USB Drives, And More
2. Networking News Of The Week
Breaking News
3. Unattended PCs Security Risk Underestimated
4. Some Voluntary Collection Of Internet Sales Taxes Begins
5. BlackBerry Maker Wins Round In Ongoing NTP Battle
6. RIAA Sues Another 750 For File Sharing
Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Second P2P Tosses In File-Sharing Towel
8. Microsoft Pushes Kid's Programming Language
9. Skype Updates Windows VoIP Offering
10. Big Blue Offers Solutions for Graying Workforce
11. IBM Offers 4-Gig SAN Solution
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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Gadget Friday: App-Hosting USB Drives, And More
Memorex's TravelDrive and Iomega's Mini let you run applications
directly off the USB drive and work with your own data.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSJ0Er
2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK
Cisco Spending $12.5M To Buy Nemo
Cisco Systems ay said it plans to acquire Nemo Systems in a deal that
will add network memory technology to its portfolio and enhance its
core switching platforms and service modules.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSK0Es
Big Hurdles Remain For VoIP Deployments: Industry Panel
VoIP may be the next big thing, but it faces security, regulatory,
and business challenges, a panel of industry evangelists warn at
NGN2005.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSL0Et
Verizon Deploys More Fiber, Embraces IP
Verizon is moving toward an all-IP fiber network so it can deploy
more high-bandwidth offerings like the TV service it introduced last
week.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSM0Eu
Cisco Leads LAN Switch Market, But Users Are Grumbling: Survey
Cisco remains the leader in the LAN switch market, but users are
unhappy with the gear manufacturer's prices, and give the vendor
lower ratings this year than last year, according to a new survey.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSN0Ev
3Com Rolls Out WLAN Wares For Branch Offices
3Com this week is expanding its wireless portfolio with a new
wireless LAN switch and access point aimed at branch offices.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSO0Ew
Mobile Users Are Lax On Security: Survey
A survey of attendees at a cellular telecommunications association
conference suggests that even savvy mobile telecommunications users
have been slow to use security technologies on their mobile devices.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSP0Ex
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BREAKING NEWS
3. Unattended PCs Security Risk Underestimated
Lonesome PCs pose a security risk that enterprises underestimate, a
research firm said this week.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSQ0Ey
4. Some Voluntary Collection Of Internet Sales Taxes Begins
An important milestone in the effort to tax Internet retail sales
will be reached Saturday.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSR0Ez
5. BlackBerry Maker Wins Round In Ongoing NTP Battle
The U.S. Patent And Trademark Office has rejected all of NTP Inc.'s
claims against Research In Motion Ltd., but it's not over yet.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkSS0E1
6. RIAA Sues Another 750 For File Sharing
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) files another
757 lawsuits against people accused of illegally copying digital
music.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkST0E2
TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Second P2P Tosses In File-Sharing Towel
The president of the company that distributes the eDonkey P2P
software said that under legal pressure from the Recording Industry
Association of America he was giving up.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkEy0EQ
8. Microsoft Pushes Kid's Programming Language
Microsoft has signed on to promote a new programming language
intended to replace BASIC as the first step students take towards
learning how to code.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0Djr20Ex
9. Skype Updates Windows VoIP Offering
Skype Technologies released its Skype Windows version 1.4, as the
VoIP provider moved to add features in the wake of the recent deal
under which it will be acquired by eBay.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkE10EE
10. Big Blue Offers Solutions for Graying Workforce
IBM has announced new consulting services for organizations facing
the loss of baby-boomers as they near retirement age.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkEt0EL
11. IBM Offers 4-Gig SAN Solution
IBM has announced the availability of the new IBM Blade Center 4Gb,
the industry's first fully enabled 4-gigabit-per-second Storage Area
Network solution for blade servers.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eqxj0Hi7YQ0G4V0DkE20EF
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John Gallant Spotlights Top Network News and Issues in VORTEX Digest for Sept. 30, 2005
VORTEX Digest
John Gallant Spotlights Top Network News and Issues
Comments to: mailto:jgallant@vortex.net
Sept. 30, 2005
Volume 7, Number 2
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In This Issue:
* Intel developing technologies for emerging markets
* What is Cisco's game plan with AON?
* Do you know about "India's Google"?
* The view from Cisco, live at VORTEX 2005
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
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Dear Vorticians,
I picked up that gem of a quote yesterday from Intel Senior
Fellow Justin Rattner, who spoke at MIT Technology Review's
Emerging Technology Conference in the People's Republic of
Cambridge, Mass. Rattner was outlining Intel's efforts to develop
technologies tailored to the needs of consumers in emerging
markets like China and India, including a specially hardened PC
that can be used by entire villages to access the world.
According to Rattner's stats, nearly 80% of the U.S. personal
computer market has been penetrated, compared to less than 5% in
emerging markets.
Rattner was joined on stage by Cisco Chief Development Officer
Charlie Giancarlo, who joined me for lunch after the
presentation. During his on-stage discussion, Giancarlo talked
about how the speed of data center interconnects is coming to
match the speed of computer backplanes, which enables customers
to deconstruct the server as we know it - separating processors
and memory, for example, from the disks - and creating greater
opportunities for virtualization of computing. In essence,
advances in networking are redefining the "computer" as we know
it today and, as a result, changing the role and shape of the
operating system of the future. All of this could go a long way
toward resolving the scaling problems customers face, Giancarlo
claims.
Over lunch, I dived deeply into Cisco's Application Oriented
Networks (AON) strategy, which was rolled out in June. AON has
been met with a mix of confusion, skepticism and intrigue. It
sounds great to talk about how the network will provide better
support for applications - including Web services-based apps -
but what exactly is Cisco planning to do and what will customers
be required to buy and manage?
Some folks positioned AON as simply Cisco's introduction of an
XML switch, but Giancarlo says that's a mischaracterization.
Cisco is beta-testing what he calls a multiprotocol message
router (an MMR, and I'll get to that in a second), but that's
only one step on a longer road toward ensuring that not only do
applications perform better but that the network provides some
intelligence that improves business processes.
For example, he says, the router could look inside a message and
determine that some action needs to be taken - say, a P.O. needs
to be approved by a senior manager - before the information is
forwarded. In addition to the new router, Cisco is providing
lower-level functionality such as compression and app
acceleration that also improve performance.
So what's an MMR?
Well, it's helpful to use an analogy to understand it. A
traditional router moved and translated packets sent among
diverse networks - an IP network, a Novell or Apple LAN or an IBM
SNA environment. Similarly, the MMR will move and translate
messages among diverse message-oriented apps platforms. The
messages could be in an XML format or in the format used by
TIBCO, IBM's MQ Series, EDI messages or proprietary message
formats, among others. The router connects these systems and
rapidly shuttles information back and forth, improving apps
performance. (Message switching has also garnered the attention
of Intel, which recently acquired XML switching company Sarvega.
That move will likely help Intel improve the performance of its
server systems.)
More important perhaps, the router (with its graphical interface)
becomes a single point of change that frees an enterprise from
modifying each of the applications that support its intra-company
or inter-company processes every time business needs change. As
mentioned above, it would also enable enterprises to embed
business logic in the network that could ensure that business
processes are handled in particular ways.
Two questions about this:
1. Do we need or want the network to do this?
2. How will this differ from what Juniper will ultimately deliver
to customers? Juniper has made application acceleration the
centerpiece of its attack on the enterprise and it's clear that
it will be a major front in the war with Cisco. What will Juniper
do differently?
We'll explore both in upcoming issues.
Also, for fun, take a look at this piece in the VORTEX Blog on
"India's Google."
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/vortex/2005/010065.html#01006
As always, you can reach me at mailto:jgallant@vortex.net.
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The View from Cisco
Susan L. Bostrom SVP, Internet Business Solutions Group and
Worldwide
Randy Pond, SVP, Operations, Processes and Systems, Cisco Systems
VORTEX 2005: Setting the IT Agenda
Breakthrough to Value
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Bostrom, is driving the application of IT to Cisco's core
interactions, focusing on moving IT from a transaction-oriented
to an interaction-oriented service. Randy Pond oversees key
productivity improvement initiatives in manufacturing, logistics,
and customer support. In this area, Cisco is working to capture
domain knowledge into IT systems, and thereby free up their most
experienced people for more value-adding tasks.
Register today at http://www.vortex.net/V5E1VD
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NetFlash: Verizon CTO lays out next-gen network plans
NetFlash: Verizon CTO lays out next-gen network plans
09/30/05
In this issue:
* Verizon CTO lays out next-gen network plans
* Users look to buy more LAN switches in 2006, with an eye on
price/performance
* McAfee socks away $50 million in hopes of SEC settlement
* Execs describe Sarbanes-Oxley compliance lessons
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Sheryl Hodge
Verizon is planning several network upgrades that will support
new services such as optical VPNs and high-speed home
networking, as well as to reduce data replication among multiple
services.
Verizon CTO lays out next-gen network plans
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7906>
Users look to buy more LAN switches in 2006, with an eye on
price/performance
For LAN switch buyers, standards-compliance and
price/performance are key aspects for IT professionals when
choosing a vendor, according to a recent survey.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7907>
McAfee socks away $50 million in hopes of SEC settlement
McAfee has reached a proposed settlement with federal regulators
that the company hopes will end a three-year investigation into
its accounting practices. The software vendor announced Thursday
that it has set aside $50 million to pay an anticipated penalty.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7908>
Execs describe Sarbanes-Oxley compliance lessons
Executives who oversaw the first round of compliance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act for their companies say they would have done
things a bit differently in hindsight, including educating more
workers about steps they needed to take, assigning dedicated
staffers to assess and monitor critical controls, and automating
a greater portion of repairs to IT controls deemed deficient.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7909>
Today on Layer 8, sanitized for your protection:
Firefox losing momentum?; Yahoo accused of stealing trade
secrets, engineers; some cities cry foul over iPod subway maps;
and eight charged over Star Wars leak; all this today and more
at your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7614>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7875>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6921>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7779>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7042>
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U3 and Realm Systems unchain mobile workers from their laptops
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
09/29/05
Today's focus: U3 and Realm Systems unchain mobile workers from
their laptops
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* DemoFall presenters aim to make life easier for mobile workers
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
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IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115704
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: U3 and Realm Systems unchain mobile workers from
their laptops
By Keith Shaw
Continuing the coverage of DemoFall 2005, I ran across two
companies taking different approaches to a similar problem -
mobile workers who need access to corporate applications but who
don't want the hassle of bringing a VPN-enabled laptop along
with them while they travel.
I was already aware of the first company U3, as I'd written
about its U3 platform for USB SmartDrives in a previous
newsletter <http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7487>. To
refresh the memory, a USB SmartDrive with the U3 platform on it
will let users carry a personal workspace with them wherever
they go. Not only will data and files be allowed, but also a
user's software applications and settings will be stored on the
drive with them. In addition to bringing this stuff with them,
users will also feel secure in that any PC they end up using
will not leave any trace of information on the device after they
are finished.
At least four USB flash drive manufacturers debuted products
with U3 - I got samples from Verbatim (an impressive 1G-byte
capacity SmartDrive), SANdisk, Kingston Technologies and
Memorex. Once I get the drives to recognize applications and
data stored on my work laptop (I was traveling with a
non-production notebook for the DemoFall show), I'll give an
update on the different devices.
The second company taking a different approach to the same
problem is Realm Systems, which at the show launched its Mobile
Personal Server (1400E) device, a server that can fit in your
pocket. The secure and platform-independent device can plug into
the USB port of any computer (regardless of operating system)
and lets the user safely and securely access any corporate
applications and services.
An impressive part of the Realm Systems demo was the fact that
the MPS can remember the state of the application if a user
switches computer systems in midstream. For example, a user can
begin a word processing document, unplug the device and then
plug it into a separate computer and continue to work from the
exact same spot (this has to be seen to be believed). The MPS
device includes a biometric fingerprint scanner for
authenticating users to the applications and has other security
features that should please IT managers trying to support a
mobile work force. More details are available at the Realm
Systems Web site <http://www.realmsys.com/>.
Our coverage of DemoFall companies in the mobility space will
continue next week - it turns out that day 2 of the show
includes many other mobile phone-related products and
applications. If you can't wait, remember you can always just
access the Network World DemoFall blogs
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=taxonomy/term/213> and
see what we wrote about last week.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7747>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7876>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile6979>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7877>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7186>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Users deploy ultra-reliable rings for high-speed data access
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND JIM METZLER ON WIDE
AREA NETWORKING
09/29/05
Today's focus: Users deploy ultra-reliable rings for high-speed
data access
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Vendors describe how their customers provide high-speed access
to data centers
* Links related to Wide Area Networking
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia
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the way work gets done-and for the better. To allow the entire
organization to get the most from this paradigm shift in
productivity, Nokia Enterprise Solutions focuses on delivering
increased efficiency through enhanced mobility. Learn more by
downloading this white paper today!
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116015
_______________________________________________________________
IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115702
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Users deploy ultra-reliable rings for high-speed
data access
By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
In our last newsletter, we discussed the plans that user
organizations have for providing high-speed access into their
data centers. That newsletter was based on discussions we had
with Michael Howard of Infonetics. In today's newsletter, we
will examine the same topic, but this time based on
conversations we had with Rich Klapman, group manager of
converged packet access services at AT&T, and John Labourdette,
regional solutions architect manager at Verizon.
Klapman commented that since Sept. 11 companies have been
aggressively examining their disaster recovery options. In many
cases, he sees the requirement to ensure business continuity is
as much a driver of the need for reliable high-speed access as
is server consolidation. In either case, Klapman sees that
companies are often deploying ultra-reliable rings between their
data centers that are located in the same general area. Many
companies have also deployed a "bar-bell configuration" in which
they have high-speed rings in two cities and connect these rings
with a high-speed Ethernet link.
Labourdette expressed a similar view and said that Verizon's
customers are implementing high bandwidth links between their
data centers based on a variety of technologies such as Dense
Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) or SONET rings, with customers
requiring higher speeds tending to use DWDM based rings.
Kaplan noted a method of supporting high-speed access by adding
Resilient Packet Ring to the mix and said that he is seeing a
large and growing interest in Ethernet private line. He also
commented that there are a variety of ways that carriers price
their high-speed services. He noted that carriers incur a fixed
cost to light up a building and that some carriers recover that
cost by charging a large up-front fee, while others price the
first circuit as a loss-leader in the hopes of recouping their
investment by selling additional circuits to the customer.
Labourdette stated that he too was seeing companies using
Ethernet for high-speed access, and using it in part to support
storage networking. He stated that the pricing structure for
Verizon's DWDM and SONET services are typically distance
sensitive. In the cases in which the rings are devoted to a
single customer, there is also a cost for various components
such as multiplexers.
Our next two newsletters will discuss data center access from
the perspective of the user organization.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7765>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7889>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan6977>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7846>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7088>
_______________________________________________________________
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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How IT managers prepped their servers for Hurricane Rita
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
09/29/05
Today's focus: How IT managers prepped their servers for
Hurricane Rita
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* IT managers prepared servers for Rita
* Links related to Servers
* Featured reader resource
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IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: How IT managers prepped their servers for
Hurricane Rita
By Deni Connor
With Hurricane Rita only a harrowing memory for IT managers in
Texas last week, their mantra for protecting servers, if they
didn't have server replication in place, was largely "back up
their data, take them down, cover them up and get out of the
building."
Hurricane Rita slammed Texas businesses Saturday morning and
caused the evacuation of 1.3 million people from Gulf Coast
cities like Galveston, Corpus Christi and Houston.
Here's what some IT managers did with their servers prior to
Rita's wrath.
Although Todd Coury, network manager for law firm Andrews Kurth
in Houston, didn't answer his phone or return Network World's
calls, we know that his servers are protected by MessageOne's
OneSwitch service. In a previous interview, Coury said he uses
OneSwitch to replicate his Windows applications and data to
Dallas.
"We are replicating data from Houston to a disaster recovery
[storage-area network] in Dallas, so if Houston goes offline, we
can continue to work with the Houston data, even if the network
is unavailable in Houston," Coury said.
"With OneSwitch, I can log in from home or from anywhere and
fail over our key systems to our Dallas office," he said.
"Before, I would have had to go onsite and fail over our
systems." OneSwitch provides automated replication and failover
during a disaster or system failure.
Other IT managers in Houston reported that they were battening
down their businesses for Rita's approach.
James Taylor, IT manager for SPX Valves and Controls in Houston,
spent last Wednesday and Thursday preparing for Rita. "We're
doing backups on the server and we push data up to our
Charlotte, N.C., location just in case the server gets buried."
Taylor thought about moving his servers out of the facility, but
decided against it.
"Right now trying to get out of Houston is impossible - you
really risk getting into a wreck, and the servers are safer
here," Taylor says. "We are going to tie them down, move the low
servers to the top of the rack, unplug everything and then cover
them up."
Greg Arnold, CIO for Big Dog Logistics in Houston, chose
LiveVault's InSync vaulting service to protect his servers.
"Starting this evening, we are going to being transferring all
our data to some servers in Atlanta," Arnold says.
"We put in LiveVault for lots of reasons, Hurricane Allison
being one of them," Arnold says. "Keeping tapes and transferring
them around, they get lost and damaged. The Internet being what
it is we can transfer data to another location and resume
operations from around the world."
Arnold has set up a business center in North Houston where some
key individuals will work out of a home.
RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS
Wireless: Volunteers give voice to evacuees
Network World, 09/19/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7579
Volunteers rebuild Gulf Coast communications with wireless nets
Network World, 09/16/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7580
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7744>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7881>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers6971>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7882>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7144>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Storage wise-guy readers respond to recent newsletters
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MIKE KARP ON STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
09/29/05
Today's focus: Storage wise-guy readers respond to recent
newsletters
Dear %%fullname%%,
In this issue:
* Delving into Karp's mailbag
* Links related to Storage in the Enterprise
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________
IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115698
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Storage wise-guy readers respond to recent
newsletters
By Mike Karp
E-mail from readers is often interesting. Typically, what I get
falls within one of three categories, which I tend to refer to
as "screamers," "askers" and "wise guys."
"Screamers" - mostly, marketing managers from some vendor I did
NOT mention in this column - spend most of their time pointing
fingers at me and accusing me of only covering my clients and my
friends. I point out to them that this is not the case (sure,
sure), and that I often go to some length to ensure that all
companies are fairly represented - vendors are always listed
alphabetically (really? Yup, check it out); if I mention a
client I also try to mention a non-client and give them the same
amount of space (wow, he really is a good guy!), and so forth
(but he still can't date my sister).
Screamers are rarely convinced, however. The truth of the matter
is that most of the companies I don't talk about are companies
that have never gotten around to briefing me. Lacking any effort
on their part to provide information ...
Group 2, the "askers" - usually IT folks with legitimate
questions. These often spawn some terrific e-mail exchanges, and
I have many pen pals from all over the world (due to
translations, it turns out that I have become eloquent in
languages I never even knew I spoke). I typically give over a
large part of Friday mornings to this correspondence.
And then there are the "wise guys" - a group of readers who, if
truth be told (as on occasion it is), really have some wisdom to
share. They suggest interesting topics for me to write about,
offer interesting commentary (and sometimes suggestions for my
readers, which I often publish), and on many occasions catch me
when I have erred. Over the past four years, my readers have
really benefited from many of their contributions.
R., in California caught me making a misleading comment last
week when I talked about Serial-attached SCSI and Serial ATA
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage7695>. He quoted my
statement that with SATA and SAS, resellers will be building
systems that move data on and off disks at twice the speed of
the previous generation of machines that used parallel I/O. R.,
wrote: "My question is in regards to the speed you quoted. My
understanding is that SAS drives operate at 300M byte/sec and
current SCSI parallel technology is at 320M byte/sec. Am I in
error? How does this result in off-disk rates for SAS at twice
the rate of SCSI?"
R, unlike many Californians, was quite right, of course. The
reference to doubled speed only applies to SATA right now, which
goes from 1.5G-bit I/O to 3G-bit. The current 3 G-bit rate for
SAS doesn't get bumped up to 6G-bit until 2006 or 2007. I should
have been clearer on that.
Correspondent Kasey, also a wise guy, liked the stories I did on
the $400 storage-area network
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage7696>, but pointed out
important issues that I completely neglected to mention. Given
that many users of this equipment will be somewhat inexperienced
in the ways of storage, Kasey's issues were:
* Low-end storage usually requires host-based back-up software
to complete a backup, which means that consumers will need to
upgrade networks to Gigabit Ethernet to allow for a decent
back-up window of under 20 hours. (I am not sure about this, but
the back-up issue is not one to be taken lightly.)
* As small and midsize businesses store more data, it is
important to impress on them the need for storage management -
carve the storage into small sizes that fit their backup
solution, apply good data policies that are enforced by
management.
Two small points, but also rules to live by. And yes, Kasey, I
will be writing much more on the data lifecycle.
You will note that members of the "wise guy" category are very
much appreciated by this writer. Feel free to join them if the
spirit moves you.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7669>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage7887>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert6931>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage7888>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7268>
_______________________________________________________________
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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The dynamic world of application acceleration technologies
Companies are undergoing a shift in the way they structure their
internal IT departments and external service components. Find
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technologies.
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Novell does have an IM client
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
09/29/05
Today's focus: Novell does have an IM client
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* Readers remind us of IM client in GroupWise
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Novell does have an IM client
By Dave Kearns
A couple of weeks ago, in musing about a potential ZENworks for
instant messaging application
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7577>, I waxed lyrical
about Google's new open source IM client and how Novell - which
is adopting all things open source seemingly willy-nilly - might
developed a synergy between Eric Schimdt's current employer
(Google) and his previous one (Novell).
What a number of you gently pointed out to me was that Novell
already has an IM client - GroupWise Messenger - first
introduced with GroupWise 6.5. GW Messenger is a far cry from
the SEND.EXE and BROADCAST 25th line messages of the old
NetWare, by the way. In its product literature
<http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/messenger/>, Novell
describes GW Messenger as:
"...a secure, open standards-based and policy-based instant
messaging system that allows employees to communicate in
real-time, permitting faster decision making while protecting
information behind the firewall. Employees can determine
personal availability, and communicate and transfer files - all
behind the safety of the corporate firewall. GroupWise Messenger
also enables an organization to extend instant messaging
securely beyond the firewall to partners and suppliers using a
[VPN]. Administrators can set policies to log instant messaging
communications system-wide, by groups or by individuals,
simplifying management and control."
Secure, efficient, manageable and controllable IM - that's a big
promise Novell is making. Does it deliver?
Security features of GW Messenger include:
* Directory authentication - All users must first authenticate
through Novell eDirectory to keep out unauthorized people.
* Secure communication - GW Messenger encrypts all
communications (client-to-server and server-to-server) using SSL
encryption, so eavesdroppers can't tap into sensitive
information.
* User conversation recording - Users can record conversations
on a private file for their own use, so they have an audit trail
of sensitive conversations.
* Corporate conversation archive - GW Messenger can be set to
archive conversations on an encrypted log file that's available
only to trusted users.
* True user identities - Because GroupWise Messenger is
integrated with Novell eDirectory, users know their contacts'
true identities instead of only aliases or screen names.
Management is policy based using a plug-in to ConsoleOne, and is
integrated with eDirectory.
Today's younger employees have IM on their own computers and
"texting" on their cell phones as integral parts of their daily
lives. They expect the same sort of facility in their business
life. There's probably IMing on your network right now; wouldn't
you rather have secure, manageable IM?
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7734>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7878>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6964>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7879>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7181>
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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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Company uses NetMRI and Network Physics together
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
09/29/05
Today's focus: Company uses NetMRI and Network Physics together
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Case study: Retail Grocery Inventory Service
* Links related to Network Optimization
* Featured reader resource
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Spotlight on Advanced IP
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Today's focus: Company uses NetMRI and Network Physics together
By Denise Dubie
More times than not network managers are faced with multi-layer
performance problems, and to address them, they need to buy many
tools that can examine each facet of the performance
degradation.
Take Retail Grocery Inventory Service, or RGIS. The Auburn
Hills, Mich., company provides inventory services for grocers
and supports about 400 offices and 40,000 employees worldwide.
The number of locations requires RGIS to vary its net
connectivity and run about 1,000 route paths all over the world,
the company says.
"We have the challenge of taking a very large network and trying
to make it simpler to administer," says Jim Willard, network
specialist with RGIS. "Specifically, we needed a way to measure
bandwidth to see if lines truly needed an upgrade or if there
was a different performance issue involved."
To do this, RGIS takes a two-pronged approach. It uses
Netcordia's NetMRI device to measure performance on the network
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7630> coupled with Network
Physics <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7631> to drill down
deep to find specific performance issues. NetMRI assesses the
network every 24 hours and can alert IT staff to misconfigured
routers, network switches and even ports behaving badly.
"We don't replace devices nearly as often as we did before. We
can now tell if the problem is really a hardware break or if we
can fix the problem by adjusting the configuration," Willard
says.
As for the use of Network Physics, of which RGIS has multiple
devices deployed in various data centers, Willard says he uses
that when he knows the source of a problem and needs a very
detailed engineering take on it.
"Network Physics jumps up to Layer 7 and helps us resolve deeper
issues," he explains.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7629>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7865>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop6960>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7866>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7158>
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Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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Mailbag: The cons of providing e-mail to all workers
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
09/29/05
Today's focus: Mailbag: The cons of providing e-mail to all
workers
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Readers against universal e-mail
* Links related to Messaging
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Mailbag: The cons of providing e-mail to all
workers
By Michael Osterman
Last time, we heard from readers who were for the idea of
providing e-mail to all workers. This time we hear from those
who don't believe that all workers should have this capability.
Here are some responses:
* "I don't believe all workers should have e-mail on the
workfloor. But YES, you can provide them with e-mail at home to
provide them browser-based [e-mail] with company information.
Put the burden of anti-virus/spam at the provider. As we all
know, e-mail at the workplace/desk will consume a lot of time
with too much 'not-to-the-(business) point' communication!"
* "There are far more practical and economical means of
collaboration, including instant messaging, secure document
repositories and electronic bulletin boards. In fact, I have
found that employees collaborate far more efficiently when
e-mail is replaced by these other means of synchronous and
asynchronous collaboration. Furthermore, I find that these other
methods require far less effort to protect against all types of
computer attacks."
* "The feeling here is that if you want to e-mail your friends
and family, then go home. E-mail at work is to be used as a tool
to perform your task. If the user does not need outside e-mail
access, they will not get it. This appears on the surface to be
a bit harsh compared to other state agencies, but we have yet to
get infected with an e-mail-borne virus."
* "We maintain our own Exchange server with approximately 150
mailboxes. We debated this issue a couple of years ago and
decided to change our strategy from a default that provided all
employees with e-mail to one that did not. The decision was
triggered by several factors: a) our population is predominantly
nurses - we found that the vast majority never used their
external e-mail accounts; b) we were experiencing a huge
increase in the number of virus-infected e-mails being caught by
our virus filter agent - it had become obvious to us that many
people were ignoring our policies and guidelines regarding the
steps needed to protect our network; c) we don't monitor e-mail
routinely, but several situations made us aware that people were
not adhering to our policy regarding personal use of e-mail."
Thank you to everyone who commented on the newsletter.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7719>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7868>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg6958>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7869>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7324>
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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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HP puts speed at the core
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
09/29/05
Today's focus: HP puts speed at the core
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* HP's core switches: The big picture
* Links related to High Speed LANs
* Featured reader resource
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IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
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Today's focus: HP puts speed at the core
By Jeff Caruso
It has been almost three years since HP started talking about a
LAN equipment strategy that put intelligence at the edge of
networks rather than at the core. This week, the company filled
out the core.
As reported in Network World
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan7883> the HP ProCurve group
introduced two switches whose job is really to sit at the core
of a LAN and move data quickly. Network World's Phil Hochmuth
points out that the switches are based on technology HP got from
Riverstone Networks last year.
The 8108fl and 8116fl InterConnect Fabric switches (HP indicates
there will be more members coming in this 8100fl family) take
blades of Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and they
have eight and 16 slots, respectively. With a port in each
blade, the switches are able to move traffic in a non-blocking
way.
Meanwhile, HP continued to beef up its offerings at what it
calls the intelligent edge, this time with a switch that
supports Power over Ethernet (PoE), the ProCurve Switch
2600-8-PWR. It's a stackable switch - one of many in HP's
line-up - with eight 10/100M bit/sec PoE ports and one Gigabit
uplink.
PoE is used for powering IP phones, wireless access points and
other equipment over the same wire that delivers communications.
Back when HP was originally touting the intelligence-at-the-edge
strategy <http://www.networkworld.com/nllan7884>, it said a
primary driver was the user focus - that is, the edge equipment
handles the authentication of the users connected to it. That
way, users are cleared as they first enter the network and then
given the appropriate privileges. The core equipment then can
focus on speed.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert7676>
2. IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan7885>
3. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert6933>
4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan7886>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert7238>
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To contact: Jeff Caruso
Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World.
He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs
newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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NetFlash: Google and NASA plan R&D partnership
NetFlash: Google and NASA plan R&D partnership
09/29/05
In this issue:
* Google and NASA plan R&D partnership
* NGN: Skeptics view IMS as way for carriers to control users
* Cisco rolls out datacenter architecture
* Microsoft releases backup, recovery software
* Radio: Locking down USB ports
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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IT Consolidation: Business Drivers, Benefits and Vendor
Selection
The need for consolidation is a central theme present in many IT
strategies today and, as such, businesses are challenged with
the need to reduce costs, improve service offerings and hone
security levels. This IDC report identifies the benefits of IT
consolidation and highlights key points of consideration in
vendor selection.
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REVISTING SPYWARE
Spyware can kill your business quicker than spam or viruses.
Spyware insidiously logs your keystrokes, rifles through your
files for password and credit card data, peppers your screen
with ads and slows your PCs to a crawl. So how do you stop it?
Network World reviews 16 spyware stopping products. Click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115655
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Jeff Caruso
When I first read this headline, my first thought was, why not?
Why not, indeed? Google seems on track to take over the world,
so it only makes sense that it would look ahead to carving up
the galaxy with NASA. Heck, Vint Cerf is a Google man now, and
he's been talking - in public, no less, and with a straight face
- about an interplanetary Internet for years. But it turns out
you don't have to look as far as outer space; there is something
terrestrial that NASA has and that Google desperately needs.
Google and NASA plan R&D partnership
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7870>
NGN: Skeptics view IMS as way for carriers to control users
The IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS, sounds innocuous enough.
It's a way for carriers to realize the dream of converged voice,
video and data over wired or wireless IP networks. Or is it a
mechanism for carriers to control their customers and what they
access?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7871>
Cisco rolls out data center architecture
Cisco Wednesday released a computer networking and
virtualization architecture it calls VFrame. The architecture
combines a set of InfiniBand-based server fabric switches with
the VFrame virtualization software suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7872>
Microsoft releases backup, recovery software
Microsoft Tuesday released Data Protection Manager, backup and
recovery software and the newest member of the company's System
Center family of management tools.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7873>
Radio: Locking down USB ports
This week we talk with Vladimir Chernavsky, CEO of Smartline,
about his company's DeviceLock software that can limit the
usability of USB ports on a Windows machine, helping keep
information from walking out the door on portable storage
devices. Listen in:
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MIT intros $100 laptop for kids; RFID used to tag Katrina dead;
Apple admits nano flaws - kinda; and British TV drama lets
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The top 5: Today's most-read stories
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4. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
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- White Papers: Securing the Simple Small Business Network
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HP'S BOLD MOVE IN NETWORKING
by Art Wittmann
HP announces a new enterprise-class core switch and management
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product overview.
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ATTRACTING THE 'PASSIVE CANDIDATE'
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USING NSLOOKUP FOR DNS SERVER DIAGNOSIS
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The DNS protocol has been around for decades and is a stable and
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SECURING THE SIMPLE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK
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Wireless security, VPNs, Internet connection redundancy, antivirus
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daunting and confusing list for small business owners with a simple
network and few resources. But there is an alternative.
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VOICE OVER IP 101: UNDERSTANDING VOIP NETWORKS
by Stefan Brunner and Akhlaq A. Ali
This paper will explain the fundamentals of VoIP, focusing on the
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OPTIMIZING DISK-BASED BACKUPS FOR SMALL & MEDIUM BUSINESSES
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HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR ALL: A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO SERVER
VIRTUALIZATION
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BEST PRACTICES IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MID-SIZED BUSINESS
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when purchasing a change management solution. Find out why more and
more IT organizations are realizing why change management solutions
warrant their time and investment.
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CREATING BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH COMPLIANCE-ORIENTED BACKUP, RECOVERY,
AND ARCHIVE
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require the retention and protection of electronic messages and data
records. This paper provides recommendations for backup, recovery and
archive strategies that enable infrastructure and operations to
support both compliance and business goals.
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NEW ERA OF INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS
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Document Standards?
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Document interchange is very common in any enterprise. Back in
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Companies...
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Case Of The Audacious Attacker - Part V
By SecurityMonkey
*tap* *tap* *tap* I was scrolling down through the log file at an
ever-increasing rate of speed. The log file entries seemed to
indicate that the first kiosk box started it's ping sweeps at eight
o'clock...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=87514
In the world of NetworkDNA, what is a device
By Don Krause
As I settle into my new position with my own network I am overwhelmed
with all of the devices. To review, NetworkDNA breaks the network down
into 3 parts; Infrastructure - the equipment that creates the...
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Ping-continued
By Andrew Kramer
Ah yes, back to our discussion on ping. This simple little monitoring
utility has gotten more complicated once you start using it in a
practical way. We took a slight detour last week and talked about...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88304
Are big companies using the wrong IT investment strategy?
By Joe Santana
It is time to start making investments in IT again?
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Profitable Consulting: Cash Flow Strategies - Introduction
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I need your input...(see below) There are few areas of concern for
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CONSORTIUM MAKES A PUSH FOR VOIP (Networking News)
Battalions of Internet equipment makers, software vendors and other
technology providers are trying to persuade businesses to switch their
telephone service to the Internet. They believe Voice over Internet
Protocol, or VoIP, is the Next...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88305
ROMANIAN SOFTWARE MAKER LAUNCHES NEW, AXIGEN MAIL SERVER (Networking
News)
Romanian software maker GECAD Technologies launched the first
commercial version of its AXIGEN mail server on Tuesday, the company
said. AXIGEN includes a message filtering system, Webmail with a
folder tree structure,...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88306
WHO'S WINNING THE SERVER WAR? (Networking News)
The server market continues to post solid growth, but we at Standard &
Poor's believe the sales mix and competitive dynamics present
challenges as vendors duke it out. In the second quarter of 2005,
server...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88307
DESPITE ADMIRATION FOR GATES, CHINA POSES STIFF TEST FOR MICROSOFT
(Networking News)
Microsoft recently lost an opportunity to improve its relations with
the Chinese government after Chinese President Hu Jintao's trip to the
United States was postponed. Instead, the company found itself in
court, hearing an...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88308
P2P SITE CLOSES AS LEGAL PRESSURE MOUNTS (Networking News)
The website for the WinMX file sharing service has been shut down,
suggesting that the service, best known for enabling copyright
infringements, has crumbled under legal pressure from the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA)....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88309
MICROSOFT: NEW ERA, NEW CHALLENGES (Networking News)
Microsoft Corp. will take a few moments today to reflect on its first
three decades. But the company doesn't have much time to sit back and
reminisce. The anniversary, to be marked during an employee...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88310
POOR CONNECTION QUALITY IS HAMPERING INDIA'S INTERNET GROWTH, INDUSTRY
SAYS (Networking News)
Poor service and frequent disruptions are hindering the growth of
Internet use in India, the industry's trade body said Friday, adding
that the country will fall far short of a government target...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=88311
FRENCH PM AGAIN SUGGESTS HEWLETT-PACKARD MAY BE MADE TO REPAY AID
(Networking News)
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said Friday that the government
is thinking about asking Hewlett-Packard to repay aid, after the U.S.
computer and printer maker announced plans to cut 5,900 jobs in...
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Automatically mount JFS2 with CIO
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VNC on AIX5L
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Create hd5 on a physical partition in rootvg
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911: If we can't find you, we can't help you
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
09/28/05
Today's focus: 911: If we can't find you, we can't help you
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* The scope of the 911 problems caused by wireless and VoIP
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
click here:
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Today's focus: 911: If we can't find you, we can't help you
By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick
In this continuation of our guest commentary by Jim Cavanagh,
Jim defines the scope of the problem that both wireless and VoIP
bring to the traditional telephony network that was designed
assuming that a phone number and a physical location had a
one-to-one correspondence - and that any changes in location,
such as moving to a new house, happen rarely and are the
exception rather than the rule.
Jim mailto:jpc@consultant-registry.com explains:
"We all know the drill. Terrorist on the roof across the street?
Dial 911. Lost child? Dial 911. Corpse in the swimming pool?
Dial 911. We also 'know' - a notion reinforced by countless TV
shows and movies - that as soon as we have pressed the second
'1' of the 9-1-1 dialing sequence that the SWAT helicopters are
airborne, the police cruisers and ambulances are rolling and, if
need be, the frogmen and submarines are already in the water.
"With the rapid growth of VoIP it is time to consider what
happens 'behind the scenes' and the changes that VoIP will bring
to 911 emergency dialing. In the 'old days' of telephony each
telephone number had a very strict geographic assignment. Phone
number 444-555-6767 mapped directly to 4819 Main Street and,
with only a slight allowance for the accuracy of updating phone
records, emergency personnel could be dispatched with
confidence.
"Wireless brought the first disruption to the geographic
assignment as the subscriber was equally as likely to be at 4819
Main Street as they were to be on a highway or at the mall.
Wireless location systems known as Phase II compliant are just
now being rolled out in many communities across the country. The
major benefit of Phase II over Phase I is that Phase I could
often locate a person calling for help with no more accuracy
than the nearest cell tower. Phase II can pinpoint the location
of the caller with far greater accuracy, often to within several
feet, under ideal circumstances.
"Most public safety organizations had barely begun solving the
wireless problem when VoIP came along. VoIP changes the rules
further because in addition to being stationary, nomadic or
mobile, a VoIP subscriber is identified by an alphanumeric label
rather than a phone number. While the first use of the labels
will be the old phone number, '4445556767' for instance, we will
increasingly see labels like james.p.cavanagh@telco.net."
In a later newsletter, we'll follow up with some answers to how
this problem is being solved.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence7828
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence7597
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence7829
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6913
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence7008
_______________________________________________________________
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,
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
Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com
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Telstra blankets Asia with Ethernet service
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN'S ISP NEWS REPORT
09/28/05
Today's focus: Telstra blankets Asia with Ethernet service
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Telstra launches Virtual Private LAN Service in five Asian
countries
* Links related to ISP News Report
* Featured reader resource
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increased efficiency through enhanced mobility. Learn more by
downloading this white paper today!
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115982
_______________________________________________________________
IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
storage-related problem occurs on a fiber network? For more,
click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115691
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Telstra blankets Asia with Ethernet service
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Australian ISP Telstra is expanding its presence in Asia with
the announcement of wide-area Ethernet services in five
countries: Japan, Taiwan, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. The
service, dubbed VPLS for Virtual Private LAN Service, launched
in early September.
Telstra says it is the first ISP to offer an international
Ethernet service in so many cities in Asia.
"In markets such as Tokyo, Metro Ethernet is highly pervasive.
The same is true for Hong Kong and Singapore, where the
geographies are tight," says John Paitaridis, regional director,
Telstra Global Business Asia. "A lot of our customers are asking
us for Ethernet-to-Ethernet type of connectivity
internationally. As a result of that, we've introduced VPLS,
which is a one-of-a-kind service in Asia."
Telstra plans to offer VPLS connectivity from the U.S. to Asia
soon. Telstra says it will introduce the service in U.S. cities
that have a significant amount of Metro Ethernet already
installed.
"We hope to have something available in the U.S. within three to
six months," Paitaridis says. Telstra plans to offer VPLS in
Australia during the same time frame.
Telstra is marketing VPLS as an alternative to MPLS, which
requires customers to turn over the management of their IP
addressing and routing to an ISP. With VPLS, customers retain
responsibility for their own IP address management and routing.
"For a lot of customers that prefer the do-it-yourself type
model and have issues with moving to MPLS because of the need to
hand over control of key characteristics of their networks, this
is something that's quite appealing," Paitaridis says.
VPLS is less expensive than MPLS because it requires no customer
premise equipment and fewer services from the carrier. Telstra
says that on average VPLS will be 20% less expensive than MPLS
services and as much as 40% less expensive than frame relay or
ATM.
VPLS also is easier to scale than alternative services.
Customers can buy VPLS in 1M bit/sec increments up to 100M
bit/sec. With leased lines, customers have to commit to 1.54M
bit/sec T-1 or 45M bit/sec T-3 service, with nothing in between.
"With international Ethernet, we only charge [customers] for
what they use," Paitaridis says. "That can be very cost
effective vs. a multiplexed T-1."
Telstra is targeting customers who are migrating away from older
technologies such as ATM and frame-relay to VPLS. Although
Telstra would not name its beta customers for VPLS, the ISP said
it is seeing interest from manufacturers, logistics and
transportation companies.
Telstra says its two beta customers were Japanese-based
corporations. One firm is using VPLS to replace leased lines,
while the other is replacing frame relay.
"VPLS provides a migration path for frame-relay and ATM, which
is also a Layer 2 service," Paitaridis says. "This is a very
good migration path to IP without going to a fully routed MPLS
environment."
Telstra says customers can get VPLS services within six weeks,
about the same time as it takes to get local access in many
Asian countries.
Telstra officials say China in particular seems ripe for VPLS.
The service is available in three Chinese cities: Shanghai,
Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
"We think it's going to be a big winner for us in China,"
Paitaridis says. Metro Ethernet is not as pervasive in China, so
we provide a local loop option like multiplexing."
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp7839
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp7703
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp7840
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp6992
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp7012
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To contact: Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Carolyn Duffy Marsan is a senior editor with Network World and
covers emerging Internet technologies and standards. Reach her
at mailto:cmarsan@nww.com
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LAMP/Asterisk-powered voicemail keeps Katrina victims in touch
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
09/28/05
Today's focus: LAMP/Asterisk-powered voicemail keeps Katrina
victims in touch
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* LAMP is the engine behind contactlovedones.org
* Links related to Linux
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
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click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: LAMP/Asterisk-powered voicemail keeps Katrina
victims in touch
By Phil Hochmuth
Linux, Apache Web server, MySQL and PHP - the widely used LAMP
platform - are key parts in a recently-built voicemail system
that is helping displaced residents of the Gulf Coast keep in
touch with family and friends around the country. LAMP
technology is the engine running contactdlovedones.org, a
project that provides freely accessible voicemail services to
people who had to evacuate their homes due to Hurricane Katrina.
The system works like this: displaced people call
1-866-78CONTACT (866-782-6682). At the voice prompt, callers get
the option to leave messages for other people, or to retrieve
messages left for them. Mailboxes are based on old New
Orleans-area phone numbers; to leave a message for someone,
callers enter that person's 504 area code number and then leave
the message. Displaced persons can get their messages by calling
into the system, choosing the "retrieve messages" option, then
entering their old phone number to access the mailbox.
Currently, the system consists of five Debian Linux servers
running the open source Asterisk IP PBX platform for voicemail,
auto-attendant and call processing applications. The MySQL
database back end is used to create mail boxes on the fly, based
on phone numbers callers punch in (any seven-digit number can be
used, not just New Orleans-area exchanges). Files are stored in
compressed WAV format, which also allows users to access voice
messages via the contactlovedones.org Web site.
The Debian/Asterisk servers tie into the public switched
telephone network through gateway ports donated by VoIP service
providers PalTalk, WorldCall and SIP Media, which terminate the
866 calls, translating the signals into TCP/IP session running
the Session Initiation Protocol (Asterisk's native control
protocol). Yaakov Menken, CEO of Capalon Internet Solutions, and
one of the founders of the project, along with Dan Schoeffle and
Asterisk creator Mark Spencer.
"Because asterisk is open source ... programmers can use the
language with which they are most fluent to develop the
applications," Menken says. This allowed the group to build the
system for around $10,000, while it would have cost around six
times that if traditional telephony and voicemail platforms were
used.
"Raw power and stability, ease of use and cost," were among the
reasons Menken went with Linux, he says. "What, you want me to
build this on a Windows box? Yea, Asterisk runs on Windows, but
no, I want this service to be up," he says.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux7832>
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
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3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
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4. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux6917>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux7018>
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Phil Hochmuth
Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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Microsoft touts Live Communications Server for securing IM
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
09/28/05
Today's focus: Microsoft touts Live Communications Server for
securing IM
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Microsoft shows the way to secure IM
* Links related to Windows Networking Tips
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Microsoft touts Live Communications Server for
securing IM
By Dave Kearns
Instant messaging - to some network managers it's the devil's
tool. It eats up bandwidth while contributing to a downturn in
productivity they say. Others think it's a security minefield,
where the unwary risk having viruses and other malware
surreptitiously added to their users' desktops and, worse, their
network servers.
Banning IM doesn't seem to work. Plugging ports in the firewall
keeps people from IMing across security borders, but does
nothing to stop them internally. Worse, all these measures take
time and effort to maintain while causing ill-feeling among the
users. Most users don't think much of the IT department to begin
with - why give them more reasons to complain? But you do need
to control that traffic, don't you?
According to a Microsoft white paper, "Securing Enterprise
Instant Messaging with Live Communications Server 2005,"
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt7576 : "...the implementation
of [IM] systems in many enterprises has occurred in a
disorganized manner, driven by ad hoc adoption of public instant
messaging networks by employees... From a business integrity and
security standpoint, this adoption is troublesome because public
instant messaging networks are driven by a need for open
conversation with little thought to underlying security
requirements." So what can you do?
As you may have guessed from the title of the white paper,
Microsoft thinks that it's Live Communications Server (LCS)
might just be the answer to your dilemma.
LCS is an outgrowth of an IM client that was introduced in
Exchange 2000. This is the second iteration of LCS, the first
being released in 2003 (as LCS 2003, of course), and was
designed from the ground up with security and manageability in
mind.
Microsoft claims that there are a number of security problems
inherent in public IM networks:
* The difficulty of monitoring or blocking client-to-client file
transfers, giving attackers an easy route to send malicious code
directly to internal machines.
* The existence of security vulnerabilities in the IM clients
themselves.
* The ease with which an eavesdropper can capture IM session
data by monitoring it as it transits the public network.
* The difficulty of providing adequately secure communications
between users inside an organization and business partners or
customers outside it.
Not surprisingly, Microsoft claims that LCS overcomes all of
these problems with several security and reliability features,
including enhanced encryption at both the client and server,
strong authentication between clients and servers, secure
federation, and advanced compliance and logging.
In addition, LCS provides what Redmond refers to as
"enterprise-grade" manageability (most public IM have none at
all) by being integrated with the Windows Server System platform
providing a number of benefits, including single sign-on,
policy-based management, as well as management through familiar,
extensible Windows tools.
If IM is a problem on your network, or if you feel that IM could
(if used properly) benefit your enterprise, then you should read
the white paper and then decide if LCS 2005 would be a plus in
your network.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt7853
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt7679
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt7854
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt6903
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt7033
_______________________________________________________________
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,
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Magnum Technologies upgrades management software
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Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert
Magnum Technologies upgrades management software, 09/26/05
Magnum Technologies last week upgraded its management software
with enhanced discovery and application-mapping capabilities
that the company says can help customers better track how IT
service performance affects businesses.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-magnum.html?nl
Opinion: The truth about IT, 09/26/05
We all love IT. Even though some of us might not like our jobs,
it is next to impossible to be in the IT world without having
some kind of passion about the whole idea of working with
computers and information.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt7796
RealOps extends automation features, 09/26/05
RealOps last week updated its automation software and introduced
an add-on module the company says will help customers use
software to tackle common daily operations tasks, such as
checking a server for availability.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-realops.html?nl
Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ, 09/26/05
Looking to fill out its management offerings, HP last week said
it would pay $425 million to add Peregrine Systems' asset
management technology to its software suite.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt7656
IT managers tell of ITIL adoption labor pains, 09/26/05
Enterprise companies tackle the arduous task of implementing
organizational change across distributed networks.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092205-itil.html?nl
IT prepared for Hurricane Rita, 09/23/05
"The information technologies' help desk is currently closed due
to weather conditions caused by Hurricane Rita, and the
University of Houston Downtown has decided to close the
university."
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt7657
Magnum increases its Advantage, 09/22/05
Magnum Technologies this week made available its upgraded
Advantage software with enhanced discovery and application
mapping capabilities that the company says can now help IT
managers better relate how IT service performance affects the
business.
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Google debuts partner program for enterprise products, 09/22/05
Google Thursday is unveiling a partner program to sign up
independent software vendors, resellers, consultants and systems
integrators to provide complementary wares and services for its
enterprise products.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt7658
Newsletter: Security mgmt. rooted in both agentless and
agent-based approaches, 09/21/05
Both agent-based and agentless approaches have been developed to
help IT managers deal with security.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt7659
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
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2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
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3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
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5. The rise of the IT architect
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Closing breaches in application security
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: SCOTT CRAWFORD ON NETWORK/SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
09/28/05
Today's focus: Closing breaches in application security
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Today's focus: Closing breaches in application security
By Scott Crawford
The evolution of Web-based enterprise application technologies
has been one of the hotter topics in IT this year. For security
managers, however, this enthusiasm strikes a familiar and
disturbing chord. To them, the rush to place exciting new
features and functions into production has also had an
unfortunate history of exposing serious security issues before
their implications are well understood.
Their fears remain well justified. Application attacks are on
the rise, in part because their defense is a moving target. By
definition, custom code differs from application to application.
Input and output can be specific to each individual transaction.
The challenges are great: defenses must have deep knowledge of
application structure, yet must also be broad enough to embrace
a wide range of exploits.
Today's approaches to application defense largely revolve around
two domains: code analysis and operational protection. That
these two camps have become distinct is unfortunate, because
what goes into application code has a direct impact on the
effectiveness of operational defense.
We are beginning to see this gap being bridged, however, and one
of the first vendors to do so is the aptly named Breach
Security.
While other approaches to operational defense employ inline
firewalling, Breach represents an evolution of the field with a
more distributed, multilayered approach. The readily deployed
appliance form factor of Breach's BreachGate WebDefend does not
sit directly in the application data path, which would
potentially affect application availability - something which
has required application firewalls to become application
acceleration and delivery platforms as well. Instead, BreachGate
WebDefend listens to traffic and deploys countermeasures through
multilayered techniques such as blocking at a perimeter firewall
or dropping a connection at a server.
The BreachGate WebDefend appliance can devote its resources to
analytics that give operational administrators as well as
application developers and managers a more detailed view into
the actual state of application security than many alternatives.
Aided by what Breach terms BreachMarks that apply pattern
recognition to potentially sensitive outbound information, a
broad range of out-of-the-box application security policies can
be deployed as-is or modified as needed. This policy-based
threat recognition is combined with behavior-based analysis in a
technology Breach calls Adaption, which correlates normal HTTP
request-response pairs that allow it to "fingerprint" normal
application behavior and recognize variations that may indicate
a security event.
BreachGate WebDefend's event viewer allows substantial drilldown
on these events, providing the context in which an event is
detected, as well as substantial background information. This
helps bridge yet another critical gap in application security
management: the differences in understanding between developers
and operational security managers. Defenses leverage the
existing application and security architecture, through the
distributed, multilayered blocking techniques that can be
applied at key control points.
For application developers and managers, BreachGate WebDefend
offers substantial visibility into application security as it
really is in operation, providing real-world visibility into the
practical application of secure development. For operational
security specialists, the product enables them to communicate
more effectively with application teams, helping to facilitate
more realistic security enforcement.
For the enterprise, it represents a substantial step toward
closing the many breaches that continue to aggravate the
challenge of application security. Give Breach a visit
http://www.breachsecurity.com/ - they're definitely worth a
look.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm7826
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
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3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm7827
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm6907
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm7020
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To contact: Scott Crawford
Scott Crawford, CISSP, is a Senior Analyst focused on IT
security, systems and application management with Enterprise
Management Associates in Boulder, Colo., an analyst and market
research firm focusing exclusively on all aspects of enterprise
management systems and services. The former information security
chief for the International Data Centre of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna, Austria,
Crawford has also been a systems professional with the
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research as well as
Emerson, HP, and other organizations in both public and private
sectors. He can be reached at
mailto:scrawford@enterprisemanagement.com
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Carriers are key to VoIP prominence
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
09/28/05
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Today's focus: Carriers are key to VoIP prominence
By Phil Hochmuth
The true value of convergence won't be realized until
self-contained corporate VoIP networks are linked in to the
larger IP world through carriers, network professionals said at
last week's Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo.
Some of these professionals say they are interested in tying
their converged networks directly in to carrier facilities
through IP trunks that use Session Initiation Protocol for
transport. That would give businesses more flexibility in
provisioning voice/data lines to facilities, while opening the
possibilities of more-advanced applications, said those at the
show, which attracted more than 300 exhibitors, 7,600 attendees
and keynote speakers from companies such as BellSouth, Skype and
Vonage.
But such deployments are in their infancy, as large IP trunks in
carrier networks are hard to find.
"SIP trunking holds a tremendous value for tying a bunch of
small sites together transparently," says Arnold Solomon, IT
architect for the Southern Company, which operates utilities
Mississippi Power, Gulf Power and Georgia Power, and provides
wireless network services in the Southeast.
Most companies, whether they run traditional or IP PBXs, must
plug these boxes in to digital public switched telephone network
(PSTN) circuits from phone companies to make calls to the
outside world. Companies might be able to connect branch offices
and even home workers in to a unified VoIP network, but the VoIP
stops at the voice carrier, in most cases, as it's converted to
digital TDM voice.
The alternative is plugging in to an IP voice circuit instead of
a less-flexible digital voice trunk. Solomon says if IP-based
trunks connected the Southern Company's hundreds of offices and
facilities, the firm could more efficiently manage how it buys
and uses voice services, rather than having to purchase a local
T-1 digital PSTN trunk to each site.
But Solomon adds that his own company still has far to go in
terms of converging its internal networks before linking to a
carrier via IP. With a mostly TDM-based infrastructure of
Siemens PBXs, Solomon says the Southern Company is just starting
to move toward IP handsets and PBXs.
Another user further along in its convergence push also seeks to
take the next step with IP trunking.
"Local trunks are something that we really want to get away
from," says Todd Goodyear, vice president and manager of voice
product development at Merrill Lynch in New York. "Having
[voice] T-1s locally at every branch [is inefficient]. We want
to move from those to IP trunks."
Merrill Lynch is deploying IP phones to more than 600 branch
offices this year, tying the sites back to centralized Cisco IP
PBX clusters at distributed data centers. But remote sites will
still require local trunks to make outside calls in some cases.
Goodyear says IP trunking would let Merrill Lynch allocate PSTN
phone trunks virtually through the company's centralized data
centers. This would make management and provisioning easier,
because data and on-net calls are already managed centrally.
"This is something we expected to start to have legs last year,
but we don't see it taking off, whether it's issues around
regulation or just demand in the marketplace," he says.
One expert says while carriers might be dragging their heels
about offering IP voice trunks in their networks, such a move
will ultimately benefit both customers and service providers.
"In the core of their voice networks, carriers are pretty much
IP," says Annabel Dodd, an independent network consultant and
author of the forthcoming The Essential Guide to
Telecommunications, Fourth Edition. "Carriers are starting to
move IP to the edge. It's just a matter of time before they do
offer that on a large scale, because they don't want to continue
to support two or three different types of networks."
For their part, vendors announced services last week at VON that
might begin to address some of the needs for large-scale IP
trunking and VoIP services. MCI and Sprint, for example, both
announced services designed to tie together IP services and IP
PBX gear.
Qwest and Microsoft also could help make converged applications
more easily deployable. Through a new partnership, Microsoft
said last week it is contributing its Solution for Enhanced VoIP
services to a suite comprising hosted versions of Microsoft
server products, including Exchange Server 2003, Office Live
Communications Server 2005 and Windows SharePoint Services, with
Sylantro Systems' Application Feature Server. Microsoft and
Qwest are working to deploy this suite with Qwest's OneFlex VoIP
network services.
Senior Editor Tim Greene and the IDG News Service contributed to
this story.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical7837
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical7626
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical7838
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical6923
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical7024
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Lawmaker doesn't rule out cybersecurity regulation
All the week's news about network standards, 09/28/05
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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert
Lawmaker doesn't rule out cybersecurity regulation, 09/27/05
A key U.S. lawmaker focused on cybersecurity said Tuesday he
prefers to stay away from new government regulations to ensure
Internet safety, but he didn't rule them out, either.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7799
Qwest charges SBC with anti-competitive tactics, 09/26/05
Qwest is charging SBC with anti-competitive practices, including
strong-arming carrier business partners not to entertain
acquisition offers from "restricted" SBC competitors, such as
Qwest.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-qwest-sbc.html?nl
Opinion: Governing the 'Net: Who should do it?, 09/26/05
There's the question of what's wrong with the existing bodies.
The simple answer is there's no body that exclusively focuses on
Internet policy and operational issues. Various organizations
ranging from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and ...
http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7800
Opinion: Misunderstanding the fundamentals of telecom reform,
09/26/05
This draft proposes federal regulation of broadband data and
video providers and of VoIP providers that would preempt any
state or local regulations. But the definitions in the draft are
somewhat funny.
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The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7802
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
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3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7804
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre7077
5. The rise of the IT architect
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Start-up aims to simplify virtualized testing
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09/28/05
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Today's focus:
Start-up aims to simplify virtualized testing
By Jennifer Mears
Start-up Akimbi Systems says it has the answer for IT shops
looking to reduce the headaches involved with setting up
multiple test environments for complex software development
efforts.
The company, founded in 2004 by executives from Ensim, a
virtualization and Web hosting firm, last week introduced its
capture-and-restore system. Slingshot is built on virtualization
technology from VMware and Microsoft. It is aimed at letting end
users quickly set up, tear down and store distributed software
configurations for test and development and quality assurance.
* Cutting costs
As software development becomes more complex companies are
turning to virtualization technology to reduce hardware costs
associated with setting up physical environments for each test
scenario.
But the number of virtualized test environments has become
difficult to manage with today's test and development tools from
vendors such as IBM and Mercury Interactive, Akimbi executives
say.
"The problem is because of the increasingly complex nature of
software, gaps have opened up," says James Phillips, Akimbi's
co-founder and CEO.
For example, in many cases IT has to manually set up multiple
system configurations for testers, which can take hours or even
days. And when a tester finds a bug, it's nearly impossible for
developers to recreate the identical software environment to fix
it.
To find out more about the Slingshot software, see:
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Cisco teams with Trend Micro on security service
All the week's Cisco news and analysis, 09/28/05
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Cisco teams with Trend Micro on security service
By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, 09/27/05
Cisco Tuesday is expected to announce a number of new security
features for its networking products, including a security
service it has developed with Trend Micro that is designed to
cut down on the spread of worms and viruses.
The new service, called the Cisco Incident Control System (ICS),
will help network administrators set network security policies
on Cisco hardware based on security information provided by
anti-virus vendor Trend Micro, said Joel McFarland, a product
manager with Cisco's security technology group.
Cisco had already partnered with Trend Micro to make its worm
and virus signatures available via Cisco's Intrusion Prevention
Systems (IPS), and the companies also are working together on
security enhancements for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive
Security Appliance, McFarland said.
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Yahoo working to bring customers intelligent presence
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Network World's VoIP News Alert
Yahoo working to bring customers intelligent presence., 09/26/05
A Yahoo official last week said the company has new services on
tap with major traditional phone carriers that will blend its IP
technology with the public switched telephone network.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-yahoo.html?nl
Layer 8: Is Skype freeloading off your net?, 09/27/05
Does Skype run over your company' network? No? Are you sure? NW
columnist Kevin Tolly's latest offering, "Skype: Hazardous to
network health?" offers up some new facts about the free...
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/010044.html?nl
VON offers glimpse at new VoIP wares, 09/26/05
MCI used the Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo in Boston last week
to announce a Managed IP PBX service with partners NEC and
Cisco.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-mci-voip.html?nl
What IMS promises enterprises and carriers, 09/26/05
The latest buzzword in telecommunications isn't the name of a
box, an application or a service. Instead, IMS is a way of
organizing all those elements and more.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-ims.html?nl
VoIP start-up leans on Fidelity's software, 09/26/05
A start-up whose VoIP software portfolio comes in part from
technology developed within Fidelity Investments' IT department
is set to debut this week.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-bluenote.html?nl
Opinion: Another IM-VoIP advantage, 09/26/05
If you've ever wanted to do a teleconference like the big boys,
with four or five rooms full of people conversing over
speakerphones and long distances, you have your wish.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7805
Opinion: Misunderstanding the fundamentals of telecom reform,
09/26/05
This draft proposes federal regulation of broadband data and
video providers and of VoIP providers that would preempt any
state or local regulations. But the definitions in the draft are
somewhat funny.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7806
Opinion: Is there a 'virtual PBX' in your future?, 09/26/05
With IM becoming an important means of communication in the
corporate environment, can IM-enabled VoIP be just over the
horizon? If so, what will become of the corporate PBX?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7807
Opinion: VoIP: The next generation, 09/26/05
Many speakers at the VON conference in Boston last week talked
about what one called VoIP 2.0. If VoIP 1.0 was all about
inexpensive calls, 2.0 is about integration and new
applications, said Brad Garlinghouse, vice president of
communications ...
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/092605edit.html?nl
Opinion: Preparing a disaster recovery plan, 09/26/05
Nutter outlines key elements of a disaster recovery plan
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7808
Opinion: Skype: Hazardous to your network's health?, 09/26/05
It might come as no surprise that you could be carrying Skype
traffic for your user base, but are you are aware that your LAN
and WAN links might be carrying VoIP traffic of complete
strangers? In effect, you are donating what can be scarce and
...
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/092605tolly.html?nl
Palm's Windows Treo to arrive in early 2006, 09/26/05
As expected, Palm unveiled a forthcoming Treo smart phone
running Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 at a press conference in
San Francisco Monday. The device will be available in the U.S.
early next year.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-palm-treo.html?nl
Carriers are key to VoIP prominence, 09/26/05
The true value of convergence won't be realized until
self-contained corporate VoIP networks are linked in to the
larger IP world through carriers, network professionals said at
last week's Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-von.html?nl
Newsletter: Vendors take on VoIP lifecycle optimization,
09/22/05
Nowadays it's not enough to just test an application in
pre-production or monitor an application for performance.
Vendors need to provide customers with an all ...
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7809
FCC chairman: Hurricane shows need for redundant telecom,
09/22/05
Widespread telephone and broadcast outages caused by Hurricane
Katrina show that the U.S. needs more reliable and redundant
communications systems, including a better emergency warning
system, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission ...
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7810
Newsletter: For eBay, the Skype's the limit, 09/22/05
At first glance, eBay's proposal last week to acquire Skype
Technologies seems a little like Wal-Mart buying MCI. However,
the acquisition really does make quite a ...
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7811
Yahoo working to bring customers intelligent presence, 09/21/05
Yahoo has new services on tap with major traditional phone
carriers that will blend its IP technology with the public
switched telephone network.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092105-yahoo-von.html?nl
VON: Katrina, user rights take center stage, 09/21/05
The role of the telecommunications industry as part of disaster
response and recovery was a focus of the Voice on the Net, or
VON, conference in Boston this week, where speakers and
participants also touched on the companion topic of user rights
in ...
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7812
VON reporter's notebook: Contactlovedones.org helps displaced
Katrina victims, 09/21/05
Reporter's Notebook: Seen and heard at the Fall VON 2005
Conference & Expo
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7813
Newsletter: Real estate company discovers VoIP benefits,
09/21/05
Today, we'd like to highlight a SIP success story for a real
estate company that got its private network from 3Com.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7814
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Distributing IPTV over Wi-Fi
EXLER ON WIRELESS IN THE
ENTERPRISE
09/28/05
Today's focus: Distributing IPTV over Wi-Fi
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Consider Wi-Fi for home backhaul
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Today's focus: Distributing IPTV over Wi-Fi
By Joanie Wexler
I've wondered in some recent newsletters whether the Wi-Fi
industry's myriad efforts to create QoS enhancements beyond
those in the 802.11e standard is indicative of shortcomings in
802.11e itself.
Following that line of reasoning, it would appear that start-up
Ruckus Wireless is one company that doesn't believe in the
fortitude of 802.11e, at least for streaming and real-time
traffic. Last week, the company, previously called Video54,
announced QoS-centric Wi-Fi products and technology aimed to
reliably support video (think IPTV) over 802.11.
In fact, says Dave Logan, vice president of products, 802.11e
"is inadequate for households with multiple receivers. And it
doesn't specify anything about multicast."
To compensate, the company has partnered with Wi-Fi chipmaker
Atheros, layering multiple-input multiple-output ( MIMO
http://www.networkworld.com/details/6830.html?rl ) smart antenna
technology it calls BeamFlex on top of an 802.11g chipset to
improve backhaul throughput and performance by two to three
times, says Logan. Second, the company put the chipset into a
Ruckus MF2900 wireless multimedia router and the Ruckus MF2501
wireless 802.11g-to-Ethernet multimedia adapter used to connect
to an Ethernet-equipped set-top box or video receiver.
So, for example, if you want to get IPTV from your home wireless
modem/router to your set-top box, you don't need a cable between
the two. Your MF2900 backhauls the video via Wi-Fi to the
MF2501.
Third, the Ruckus technology supports a feature the company
calls SmartCast, described as traffic management algorithms and
wireless multicast optimization technologies. The company says
that SmartCast automatically distinguishes applications and
traffic types and guarantees throughput using bandwidth
management techniques that can be applied on a per-station or
per-service basis.
Logan says the company's testing has shown that three MPEG2
video streams can be transported reliably throughout a
2500-square-foot household (to different receiving locations)
through up to four walls over an 802.11g backhaul network while
sharing the transmission medium with three 802.11b and/or
802.11g data clients. Nothing in the clients must change to make
Ruckus' QoS work, Logan says.
The company said that Hong Kong broadband service provider PCCW,
with 1 million IPTV subscribers, will be selling the Ruckus gear
as part of a managed multimedia service.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
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2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir7856
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir7857
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir6911
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir7035
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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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IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
private optical networks. Who's responsible when a
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Network World's Financial News Alert
Qwest charges SBC with anti-competitive tactics, 09/26/05
Qwest is charging SBC with anti-competitive practices, including
strong-arming carrier business partners not to entertain
acquisition offers from "restricted" SBC competitors, such as
Qwest.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-qwest-sbc.html?nl>
Microsoft reorganizes; Allchin to retire in 2006, 09/26/05
Microsoft's reorganization makes sense for the world's largest
software company, which was getting too big and unwieldy under
its former structure to continue to be managed efficiently,
industry analysts say.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-microsoft.html?nl>
Opinion: The word from DemoFall, 09/26/05
Six minutes is all a company gets to make an impression onstage
at DemoFall, so snap judgments are the order of the day for
attendees. What follows are a few of mine from last week's show
in Huntington Beach, Calif. - starting with the work stuff and
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/092605buzz.html?nl>
User: Transition from PeopleSoft to Oracle goes smoothly,
09/26/05
For one longtime PeopleSoft customer, last year's Oracle
takeover came at an awkward time: The Center for Remote
Enterprise Systems Hosting in Sioux Falls, S.D., was in the
process of spinning out from Dakota State University, and was
about to sign ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-oracle.html?nl>
Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ, 09/26/05
Looking to fill out its management offerings, HP last week said
it would pay $425 million to add Peregrine Systems' asset
management technology to its software suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7784>
The Buzz Issue: 09/26/05, 09/26/05
There's nothing like some hot technology to give your enterprise
network a productivity jolt. In this, our annual Buzz Issue, we
guide you to the fresh enterprise technologies causing the
latest industry buzz. So grab a cup o' joe and enjoy. Don't ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/index.html?nl>
Qwest accuses SBC of anti-competitive practices, 09/22/05
Qwest is charging SBC with anti-competitive practices, including
strong arming carrier business partners not to entertain
acquisitions offers from "restricted" SBC competitors, such as
Qwest.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7785>
Sony plans to cut 10,000 jobs to save costs, 09/22/05
Sony Thursday issued an earnings warning, and said it will cut
10,000 jobs and a number of product models over the next few
years, as it reorganizes its electronics division in an effort
to reduce costs.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7786>
Judge approves $6.1 billion in WorldCom settlements, 09/21/05
A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday approved a $6.1 billion
settlement to investors who lost money in an accounting fraud at
the former WorldCom.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7787>
Moves give glimpse of Allchin, Ozzie futures, 09/21/05
The impending retirement of Microsoft's Jim Allchin and the
movement of Ray Ozzie into a more key position at the company
provide a glimpse into the future for two of the software
industry's most recognizable names.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7788>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7789>
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7790>
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7791>
4. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7045>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa7047>
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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: WHITEPAPERS DOWNLOAD
09/28/05
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
Today we have 10 feature articles for you from Nokia, Opsware,
HP, Chelsio Communications, APC, Permeo, Xerox, Cisco
Systems, FaceTime, and Mimosa Systems.
You can see all of the available whitepapers at:
http://www.networkworld.com/productcentral/whitepapers.html
_______________________________________________________________
Nokia
Nokia Secure Access System - Continuing the Legacy of Leadership
with SSL VPNs
With so many different needs and options, selecting the optimal
remote access solutions can be a daunting task. With combined
expertise in both mobility and security, Nokia is uniquely
qualified to empower the entire enterprise with a total solution
that requires no compromise in either versatility or security.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115713
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Opsware
Network Automation: A Fundamental Shift in Network Management
Network Managers continue to face challenges regarding network
reliability, security, change & configuration management, and
regulatory compliance. A recent Enterprise Management Associates
study found that downtime costs a company an average of over
$700k annually for a network with 99.9% availability. This white
paper analyzes Network Automation and how it can address the
rising network management costs and improve service quality &
security.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116021
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HP
FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE
Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance. Click here to
download HP's Traffic Management Whitepaper
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Chelsio Communications
The Value Proposition of TCP Offload for 10Gb Ethernet
TCP offload has been a controversial technology, partly because
past implementations showed little performance or cost benefits.
With the recent advent of 10 Gbps Ethernet, and the resulting
CPU-to-network performance gap, the value proposition of a
properly architected TCP offload engine is demonstrated both in
terms of performance and cost savings.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112129
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APC
Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network
Room Infrastructure
An improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data
center and network room physical infrastructure and relating
these costs to the overall Information Technology infrastructure
is described, with examples. The largest cost driver is shown to
be unnecessary unabsorbed costs resulting from the oversizing of
the infrastructure.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112040
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Permeo
SSL VPN Buyer's guide
Need help selecting an SSL VPN solution ideal for your
environment? Download security analyst Mark Bouchard's latest
buyer's guide. You'll get expert advice on how to evaluate SSL
VPN technology including a list of features to look for and
implementation best practices. Download a copy today!
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Xerox
How to Manage Enterprise Printing
Reduced operating costs, quicker ROI, greater productivity-are
just a few of the benefits from an efficient-office strategy,
optimizing a balanced deployment of printers, copiers, scanners
and fax machines in a networked workgroup environment. This
paper explores real life examples of businesses enabling an
efficient office, saving money and optimizing productivity.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115829
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Xerox
The Efficient Office: Business Strategies
Need to reduce operating costs, get quicker ROI, and increase
productivity? Learn about how "The Efficient Office" shares IT
business strategies for achieving maximum results from document
management tools. Also, discover the four efficient-office
constituencies and how their differing needs must be considered
to deploy an effective solution in any organization.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115914
_______________________________________________________________
Cisco Systems
Cisco Threat Defense System Guide: How to Provide Effective Worm
Mitigation
Worms are among the biggest security challenges to business
productivity today. Protect your networks with an integrated
security solution that is both flexible and pervasive, providing
collaboration between networking and security services, and
comprehensive coverage from your network to your endpoints -
Cisco Threat Defense System.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115718
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FaceTime
Spyware Prevention: Effective Network Protection Through Defense
in Depth
Spyware is a much more complex form of malware than viruses or
worms. It is stealthy and exploitative by nature, actively
looking to deceive its host or target into acceptance. In the
following white paper learn how spyware works, the impact
spyware can have on corporate networks, and how a multi-layered
anti-spyware defense delivers the only viable solution.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=114771
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Mimosa Systems
Mimosa NearPoint: Unified Protection, Archiving & Recovery for
Microsoft Exchange - Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)
ESG identifies Enterprise Message Management (EMM) as a unique
challenge facing IT. This paper explores how Mimosa
NearPoint(tm) offers a platform for unified email data
management for Exchange -- recovery, archiving, storage
optimization & compliance. Unlike other products, NearPoint was
built from the ground up for EMM, so it tackles both IT and
business/governance challenges.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115875
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Whitepaper index on Network World Fusion:
Akamai
Web Application Performance Directly Impacts Business
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=107522
APC
Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network
Room Infrastructure
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111763
APC
Calculating Total Power Requirements for Data Centers
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111764
APC
Avoiding Costs From Oversizing Data Center and Network Room
Infrastructure
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111765
Arbor Networks
Safe Quarantine - Automated Worm Suppression
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=103413
Arbor Networks
Ensuring HIPAA Compliance on Internal Networks: Protect Your
Confidential Information
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115552
Arbor Networks
Best Practices for Simplifying Regulatory Compliance
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=107288
AT&T
Making the Case for VoIP.
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=114382
Aventail
Remote Access for Business Continuity
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115535
BMC
Effortless Systems Management
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=110902
BMC
Effortless Systems Management
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111518
Chelsio Communications
The Value Proposition of TCP Offload for 10Gb Ethernet
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112082
Chelsio Communications
Jumbo Ethernet Frames: Advantages and Disadvantages
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112092
Chelsio Communications
Independent Performance Benchmarks of 10Gb Ethernet with TCP
Offload
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112095
Ciena
Web Services: What it Will Mean to Your Wide Area Network
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115776
Cisco Systems
Cisco Threat Defense System Guide: How to Provide Effective Worm
Mitigation
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115636
ConSentry
Indentity-based Networking - Building User and Application
Control into the Network Fabric
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115815
EMC Dantz
Optimizing disk-based backups for SMBs and Distributed
Enterprise
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=113873
FaceTime
Spyware Prevention: Effective Network Protection Through Defense
in Depth
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=114553
Internet Security Systems
Spyware Prevention: Internet Security Systems' Multi-Layered
Approach to Stopping Information Theft
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=110610
LightPointe
DualPath(tm) Architecture for Outdoor Wireless Products
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111519
Mimosa Systems
Unified Protection, Archiving & Recovery for Microsoft Exchange
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111767
Neterion
10 Gb Ethernet or 1 GbE Trunking?
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111768
Nokia
Making Content Mobile: Options for the Enterprise
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111817
Nokia
Empowering the Mobile Enterprise - A Unifying Approach For the
Way People Work Today
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111818
NSI Software
Protecting Microsoft SQL Server: Instant Recovery and Data
Protection for SQL Servers
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=112765
Opsware
Network Automation: A Fundamental Shift in Network Management
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115925
Permeo
What Does Secure On Demand Access Really Mean?
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115944
Permeo
SSL VPNs and the Lockdown Loophole
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115945
Permeo
SSL VPN Buyer's guide
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115946
ProCurve Networking by HP
Protecting the Extended Enterprise Network: Security Strategies
and Solutions White Paper
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=109419
ShoreTel
Computerworld VoIP Survey
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=103490
Siemens
LifeWorks@Com: Unified Domains and Unified User Experiences
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=102196
Sophos
Wiping out spyware through integrated threat management
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115539
Spirent
What IT Managers Say about Network Testing - Survey Results
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111819
SSH Communications Security
SSH Communications Security introduces the new SSH Tectia with
G3(TM) technology
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115886
Websense
Building a Web Security Ecosystem to Combat Emerging Internet
Threats
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=113923
Xerox
Organizations Shift Focus to Information Management&
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115608
Xerox
Optimizing Document Output ROI
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115609
Xerox
The Efficient Office: Business Strategies&
http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115610
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NetFlash: Hard questions, dissension mark new stage in wireless sensing
NetFlash: Hard questions, dissension mark new stage in wireless
sensing
09/28/05
In this issue:
* Hard questions, dissension mark new stage in wireless sensing
* IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
* Espion automates e-mail encryption
* EMC unveils Exchange management software
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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IT Consolidation: Business Drivers, Benefits and Vendor
Selection
The need for consolidation is a central theme present in many IT
strategies today and, as such, businesses are challenged with
the need to reduce costs, improve service offerings and hone
security levels. This IDC report identifies the benefits of IT
consolidation and highlights key points of consideration in
vendor selection.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115833
_______________________________________________________________
REVISTING SPYWARE
Spyware can kill your business quicker than spam or viruses.
Spyware insidiously logs your keystrokes, rifles through your
files for password and credit card data, peppers your screen
with ads and slows your PCs to a crawl. So how do you stop it?
Network World reviews 16 spyware stopping products. Click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115654
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Jeff Caruso
The idea of a wireless mesh network of sensors sounds great
until you get into the nitty-gritty - security, management,
interference, reliability and total cost of ownership. These
devilish details were questioned at a conference this week.
Hard questions, dissension mark new stage in wireless sensing
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7773
IPTV will trip up Bells, analysts say
Are the phone companies doing too little, too late to bring TV
to people's homes? Are the extremely visible and extremely
expensive efforts by some to run fiber everywhere a big, fat
mistake?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7774
Espion automates e-mail encryption
E-mail security vendor Espion International last week released a
dual-key system for encrypting e-mail that works with the
company's gateway appliance or as a stand-alone appliance.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7775
EMC unveils Exchange management software
EMC this week unveiled software for managing Microsoft Exchange
environments.
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7776
Today on Layer 8, where it's all fun until someone loses their
'Net access:
Ask Jeeves drops Jeeves; China tightens 'Net restrictions -
again; how to create a disaster recovery plan; and Bluetooth
hits HBO; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Skype: Hazardous to network health?
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7779
2. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7614
3. Commuting costs drive up telecommuting
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7780
4. McAfee,?Omniquad top anti-spyware test
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6921
5. The rise of the IT architect
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7042
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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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IT Consolidation: Business Drivers, Benefits and Vendor
Selection
The need for consolidation is a central theme present in many IT
strategies today and, as such, businesses are challenged with
the need to reduce costs, improve service offerings and hone
security levels. This IDC report identifies the benefits of IT
consolidation and highlights key points of consideration in
vendor selection.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115832
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Survey identifies data center access trends
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND JIM METZLER ON WIDE
AREA NETWORKING
09/27/05
Today's focus: Survey identifies data center access trends
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Data traffic is doubling annually, survey says
* Links related to Wide Area Networking
* Featured reader resource
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Data Explosion
It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
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IS TELEWORK TAKING OFF?
Recently an Atlanta based non-profit group worked with several
local businesses to start or expand telework programs. The
results should not surprise you. Telework increased productivity
and improved morale across the board. What else did this
telework initiative bring to the table? Click here for more:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115681
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Survey identifies data center access trends
By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
In recent newsletters, we've discussed some of the issues
associated with data center consolidation. In particular, we
noted that as companies consolidate their data centers they tend
to place a higher value on providing data center access that is
speedier and more reliable. We also sought your input into the
general topic of providing WAN access into data centers. Today,
we begin the first in a series of newsletters that will
summarize the input that we received from industry analysts,
service providers and IT organizations.
One of the other industry analysts that we talked to was Michael
Howard of Infonetics Research. Howard recently completed a study
that included a survey of 100 users and their plans for
high-speed access within North America. One of the trends
identified was that data traffic is doubling annually and this
was driven in a large part by the move to make more applications
accessible over the WAN.
Given the high value that network organizations place on
ensuring the availability of WAN access into the corporate data
centers, it was not surprising that Infonetics' study identified
the leading service feature that network organizations consider
when choosing a service provider is real-time network monitoring
and fault detection. The next most important service feature is
service-level agreements (SLA) with an emphasis on service
restoration intervals.
The study also identified the technologies and carriers that
network organizations are using. It was interesting to realize
that 40% of the companies surveyed are already using Ethernet at
the headquarters sites, with roughly a quarter of these
facilities running either Gigabit Ethernet or 10 Gigabit
Ethernet. The vast majority of companies are using the major
inter-exchange carriers and incumbent local exchange carriers
such as AT&T and Verizon. However, a sizeable minority is using
some of the larger competitive local exchange carriers or
multiple system operators (MSO) such as Broadwing and Time
Warner Cable.
In our next newsletter, we will discuss the input that we got
from two carriers on this topic.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan6977>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7764>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7765>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7766>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan7088>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Check Point and Nokia join forces to offer VPN gateway for midsize businesses
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
09/27/05
Today's focus: Check Point and Nokia join forces to offer VPN
gateway for midsize businesses
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* What the Nokia IP 260 and IP 265 offer midsized businesses
* Links related to VPNs
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
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Recently an Atlanta based non-profit group worked with several
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results should not surprise you. Telework increased productivity
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http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115679
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Check Point and Nokia join forces to offer VPN
gateway for midsize businesses
By Tim Greene
Check Point and Nokia are combining their software and hardware
to offer midsized businesses a VPN gateway that supports SSL and
IPSec VPNs.
Called the Nokia IP 260 and IP 265, the former with a hard drive
and the latter with flash memory, support up to 500 end users.
The software on the devices is Check Point's Express, a bundle
of Check Point security features more sophisticated than the
company's small-business gear but less complex and less
expensive than its large-business packages.
The two devices can be upgraded with add-ons, including support
for SSL VPNs that can be used for remote access.
The devices come packaged with the Check Point license included
in the purchase price, something that will simplify life for
customers. Buying an appliance from one customer but having to
deal with another to pay license fees is a headache no IT
department needs, but particularly those in smaller businesses
where IT staff may be in short supply.
Nokia's Web-based management platform can be used to manage the
devices remotely and set security parameters.
Check Point came out with the Express bundle of features two
years ago in an effort to give businesses without the financial
resources of the larger corporations a set of firewall-VPN
features they could afford. The software can be purchased
separately and deployed on Windows, Linux and Sun servers.
Prices for the two boxes range from about $4,800 to about
$9,000, depending on what options customers buy and how many
end-user licenses they sign up for.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn6975>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn7728>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn7729>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn7730>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn7163>
_______________________________________________________________
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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#1 Security Myth: Your Firewalls, IDS or IPS protects
applications from attack
You've invested heavily in making sure your network is secure.
But does a secure network equal secure applications? With 75
percent of attacks happening at the application layer, hear why
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HP changes the storage competitive landscape with AppIQ purchase
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MIKE KARP ON STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
09/27/05
Today's focus: HP changes the storage competitive landscape
with AppIQ purchase
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* What HP's acquisition of AppIQ means to the industry
* Links related to Storage in the Enterprise
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: HP changes the storage competitive landscape
with AppIQ purchase
By Mike Karp
Last Monday, HP announced its acquisition of AppIQ
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-hp-appiq.html?rl>,
the Burlington, Mass., start-up that has played a major role in
building the SMI specification
<http://www.networkworld.com/details/6264.html?rl> into an
industry standard. Today we'll look at what the fallout from
this purchase is likely to be.
AppIQ produces an SMI-based tool kit that hardware vendors use
to interface with management software so that managers can
discover their products. AppIQ also builds a management product
called StorageAuthority, a storage resource management (SRM)
package that is rebadged by HDS, HP and Sun. StorageAuthority is
built from the ground up on SMI-S, and the SNIA's last published
test results show that StorageAuthority is a technology leader.
HP is moving away from its home-grown proprietary tools in favor
of standards-based ones: the company uses StorageAuthority as
the SRM piece of its Storage Essentials software, the storage
management component of HP's standards-based Systems Insight
Manager. This move certainly provides significant added value to
HP's intellectual property portfolio, and makes it the industry
leader in standards-based storage management.
This move makes a lot of sense for HP and helps to bring a lot
of very useful SRM knowledge into the company. But does this put
competitors at a disadvantage? Probably not.
It is unlikely that HP would try to bring pressure to bear on
HDS and Sun, taking advantage of the fact that these two
competitors now rely on HP-AppIQ for a significant piece of
their SRM solutions. To understand this, it is necessary to be
mindful of the fact that the sole value of SMI-S is that it is a
standard extending across the industry. In other words, it
provides value by providing a common playing field to all
vendors. Were HP to withhold any aspect of the SMI-S tools it
develops, much of the value of its investment would suffer.
HDS, HP and Sun will still differentiate themselves from one
another through the non-SMI parts of their SRM solutions, and
through the proprietary management capabilities that they will
keep in-house. This, of course, is exactly what EMC and IBM are
already doing with their SMI-based offerings.
Actually, a parallel to this relationship already exists and,
curiously enough, with the same companies. Both HP and Sun buy
their high-end storage arrays from HDS, and have been doing so
for years. It is a good example of what has been termed
"co-opetition," where competitors sometimes find it is in
everyone's best interest to become allies even while they
compete.
Because of this, while Sun certainly won't like the idea of
contributing to HP's income, it is most unlikely that it would
walk away HP. And of course, don't expect HP to walk away from a
revenue stream.
Still, it must be said that with this acquisition HP at once has
stolen a march on its competitors and at the same time made a
public statement about the importance of standards-based
management to its strategy.
Feel free to disagree with me, of course. I try to respond
promptly to all e-mail that is sent my way.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert6931>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage7749>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7669>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage7750>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7268>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Sun unveils faster processor
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
09/27/05
Today's focus: Sun unveils faster processor
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Sun's UltraSPARC IV+ processor
* Links related to Servers
* Featured reader resource
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Sun unveils faster processor
By Deni Connor
Sun last week unveiled the UltraSPARC IV+ processor, which the
company says is two to five times faster than previous
processors and can accommodate heavier workloads.
The UltraSPARC IV+ is contained in five Sun Fire servers - the
V490, V890, E2900, E4900 and E6900. These servers are powered
with 1.5-GHz processors and run the Solaris operating
environment.
Chuck Sears, director of research computing for the College of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Science (COAS) at Oregon State
University in Corvallis, Ore., is beta testing a Sun Fire V890
at COAS, where he is running scientific simulations and weather
modeling.
"The UltraSPARC IV+ brings new life into the company," Sears
says. "The processors over the past few years have not been very
efficient. With the UltraSPARC IV+ all our workflow processes
can efficiently run on this architecture. Before I would require
a whole rack of UltraSPARC 3 processors - now I just need a file
cabinet-sized box."
One of the most important features of the UltraSPARC IV+ servers
is that previous-generation UltraSPARC 3 and UltraSPARC 4
processors can be intermixed in the same server, allowing
upgrade protection.
"From an end-user perspective, mixing and matching processors
and keeping the high efficiency is important. They can handle
multiple threads so nothing stalls," says Sears, who has Sun
Fire V1280 servers, Sun Ray ultra-thin clients, a Sun Fire V440
and a Sun Fire E4900. He says he will upgrade to the V890.
Also, the processors can be swapped in and out on the fly
without taking down processes that are running.
The UltraSPARC IV+ is five times as fast as the UltraSPARC 3 and
two times as fast as the UltraSPARC IV.
The processors are positioned on a "uniboard," which contains up
to four processors and 32G bytes of memory.
All servers are available now. Pricing starts at $31,000.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers6971>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7743>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7744>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7745>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers7144>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
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_______________________________________________________________
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What Messman thinks will happen when Microsoft ships Vista
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
09/27/05
Today's focus: What Messman thinks will happen when Microsoft
ships Vista
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Novell CEO expects flood of customers when Microsoft releases
Vista
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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assess your data management style, and maximize your
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By Dave Kearns
While there were - as I mentioned last issue - lots of good news
and good feeling coming out of the recent BrainShare Europe
get-together in Barcelona, Novell CEO Jack Messman once again
took the opportunity to place his foot deftly into his mouth.
<aside> It was just two years ago at BrainShare in Salt Lake
City that Messman declared Linux to be an "immature" operating
system. </aside>
This time he laid out the grand strategy for selling Linux to
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release of Microsoft Windows Vista and the high costs associated
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and that will push migrations to Linux."
While it might, indeed, be true that migrating from XP to Vista
would cost more in terms of hardware upgrades and software
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retraining your IT staff and all of your users to install,
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Training them on Vista would be a small incremental cost.
But the major thing Messman overlooks is that there's no
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Both Novell and Microsoft have well documented proof that users
are often very reluctant to upgrade or migrate. There are
thousands and thousands of NetWare 3.x and Windows NT 4 servers
installed throughout the world. There are even more NetWare 4
and NT 5 servers as well as countless NetWare 5, NetWare 6, and
Windows 2000 servers. In fact, I'd be very willing to wager that
NetWare 3, 4, 5 and 6 servers vastly outnumber Open Enterprise
Server installations, and that there are a lot more NT 4, NT 5,
and Windows 2000 Servers installed worldwide than there are
Windows Server 2003.
People (at least rational people who need to live within a
budget) do not upgrade their operating systems simply because a
new one is available. But, in addition to budgetary concerns,
many people don't upgrade or migrate because they can't. They've
tied their business' success to one or more applications that
simply aren't available, or can't be ported to a different
platform. Somewhere in between are those who resist upgrades and
migrations because they feel they know their current system very
well and can't afford to invest the time needed to learn a new
one.
Intelligent organizations pick the applications that they
believe best satisfy their business needs and then choose an
appropriate platform for them. If you have the applications
running on Windows 2000 or Windows XP and aren't ready to
replace those desktops with ones running Windows Vista would
your first choice be to throw out the apps and the investment in
Windows training by replacing your desktops with Linux? Or would
you, rather, keep what you have while perhaps exploring other
options? If there was ever a mantra that's common to IT folk the
world over, it's "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Windows
Vista isn't going to solve Novell's revenue problems. But
perhaps the next CEO will have a different idea. We can only
hope.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6964>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7733>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7734>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7735>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell7181>
_______________________________________________________________
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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you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
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companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
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Converged Access unveils enterprise-level appliance
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
09/27/05
Today's focus: Converged Access unveils enterprise-level
appliance
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Converged Access' CTM 12000
* Links related to Network Optimization
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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Today VPNs and VLANs can satisfy web, Email and file transfer
requirements. Is it reasonable to expect them to handle
storage, XML and/or VoIP traffic, too? Download Ciena's white
paper on "WAN Optimization for Enterprise Applications" to learn
how new traffic can affect your network and how you can
proactively meet these diverse demands efficiently today and for
tomorrow.
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_______________________________________________________________
Network World New Data Center
Spotlight on Advanced IP
Piecing Together the Next Generation IT Architecture. This 5th
installment in a 6 part series takes a look at at On-demand
services, automated management, and management technologies.
PLUS, see how two IT Execs are plotting their way to an all
IP-world. This NDC issue has it all, click here to read now,
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Converged Access unveils enterprise-level
appliance
By Denise Dubie
Application performance management vendor Converged Access this
week announced it had added a data center-level appliance to its
suite of products. The company also upgraded its Converged
Traffic Manager software.
Converged Access, which launched last year with its CTM
products, competes with Allot Communications and Packeteer in
the application traffic and performance management market.
Converged Access says its new CTM 12000 appliance supports sites
with up to 500M bit/sec of bandwidth, 500,000 IP sessions or
flows, 5,000 concurrent VoIP calls, and 2,000 compression
tunnels.
"A lot of times with traffic management solutions the product is
not protecting the good traffic, but more so minimizing the bad
traffic," says Doug Antaya, vice president of marketing at
Converged Access, in Billerica, Mass. "What we do is make sure
you are not only protecting the good traffic, but also giving it
the bandwidth it requires."
The CTM 12000 joins several other appliances from Converged
Access and starts at $32,000, depending on the type of licenses.
The appliances sit between a router and a switch in large data
centers and branch offices, the company says.
The appliances work with Converged Access software applications
such as CTM 3.0 and another new product, Centralized Policy
Manager (CPM) 3.0. CTM 3.0 comes loaded on the appliance and
provides customers with application acceleration features such
as compression, application monitoring and reporting, and
optimization for latency-sensitive applications, the company
says.
CPM 3.0 is an optional software application that would be
suitable for large data center customers, says Antaya, who would
like to get centralized policy controls in place across multiple
appliances. The software would, for example, enable IT managers
to selectively compress specific applications based on
pre-defined policies. The software starts at $10,000 to manage
up to 10 devices and $65,000 for a site license.
All products are available now.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop6960>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7731>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7629>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7732>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop7158>
_______________________________________________________________
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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requirements. Is it reasonable to expect them to handle
storage, XML and/or VoIP traffic, too? Download Ciena's white
paper on 'WAN Optimization for Enterprise Applications" to learn
how new traffic can affect your network and how you can
proactively meet these diverse demands efficiently today and for
tomorrow.
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Mailbag: The pros of providing e-mail to all workers
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
09/27/05
Today's focus: Mailbag: The pros of providing e-mail to all
workers
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Readers in favor of providing e-mail to everyone
* Links related to Messaging
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase
Data Explosion
It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115846
_______________________________________________________________
REVISTING SPYWARE
Spyware can kill your business quicker than spam or viruses.
Spyware insidiously logs your keystrokes, rifles through your
files for password and credit card data, peppers your screen
with ads and slows your PCs to a crawl. So how do you stop it?
Network World reviews 16 spyware stopping products. Click here:
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Mailbag: The pros of providing e-mail to all
workers
By Michael Osterman
Last week's newsletter on whether or not organizations should
provide e-mail to all of their workers generated a significant
number of responses. In this newsletter, we'll focus on the
responses of those who believe all workers should have e-mail.
Here are some highlights:
* "The way we approach the efficiency problem with part-timers
is that we expect our people to be 75% efficient. If they work
eight hours, we expect six of that to be directly billable to a
customer project. The other 25% is for reading e-mail, surfing
the Web, research, telling jokes, etc. For the full-timers, we
don't track that 25%. For the part-time people, we have them
enter it into our time-tracking tool."
* "I say let them have it. The time management, or rather
micromanagement, war is long lost. No e-mail in an effort to
peak productivity? We must first ban cell phones at work to
accomplish that goal. That prospect is far too retro."
* "The major objection - as I understand it - to granting use of
e-mail to certain kinds of employees is that they're likely to
make inappropriate use of company e-mail. I take the view that
the higher-ranking, salaried employees are as prone to make
inappropriate use of e-mail as are the hourly paid workers below
them in the company hierarchy. [Since our] company has some
vision of itself as fulfilling a mission to which all of its
employees are dedicated, there may be no choice but to provide
e-mail - as just one of the tools for pursuing that mission - to
all employees."
* "My reaction is that if you have a computer on your desk, you
will have e-mail. There is too much information that is
exchanged regarding day-to-day business that flows too easily
through e-mail not to make it available to everyone who uses a
computer."
Most of the responses we received were actually against
providing e-mail to everyone - although there are strong
opinions on both sides - and we'll get to those next time. Thank
you to everyone who commented on the newsletter.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg6958>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7718>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7719>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7720>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg7324>
_______________________________________________________________
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>
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase
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It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115845
_______________________________________________________________
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Lenovo at DemoFall launches two ThinkPads, including an $800 laptop
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
09/27/05
Today's focus: Lenovo at DemoFall launches two ThinkPads,
including an $800 laptop
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* New Lenovo notebook kick off DemoFall highlights
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase
Data Explosion
It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115943
_______________________________________________________________
IS TELEWORK TAKING OFF?
Recently an Atlanta based non-profit group worked with several
local businesses to start or expand telework programs. The
results should not surprise you. Telework increased productivity
and improved morale across the board. What else did this
telework initiative bring to the table? Click here for more:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115683
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: Lenovo at DemoFall launches two ThinkPads,
including an $800 laptop
By Keith Shaw
The name DemoMobile may be a thing of the past, but there were
still plenty of mobile computing-related products and services
at the DemoFall 2005 show, held last week in Huntington Beach,
Calif. This was the first year for DemoFall, which dropped its
"mobile" title in favor of adding more companies that might not
have necessarily had a mobile offerings.
Still, I had my mobile cap on as I searched for products and
services at the show, and I was not disappointed - the mobile
spirit lives on from several companies, which we'll highlight
here and in the next few newsletters.
The big mobile device news at the show came from Lenovo, which
announced two new widescreen ThinkPad notebooks (the Z-Series) -
the first time that a ThinkPad has come in a widescreen format.
In addition, the company announced a special edition of the
notebook that gets rid of the traditional black casing of the
ThinkPad with a slicker titanium case. Even cooler, the Z60m
model will include an embedded wide-area wireless radio that
gives users access to Verizon Wireless' Broadband Access network
(EV-DO).
The Z-Series notebooks include either a 15.4-inch display (Z60m)
or a 14-inch display (Z60t). The 14-inch model weighs just 4.2
pounds and measures only 1.1-inches thick, Lenovo says.
Something else that has carried over to Lenovo from the old IBM
days is its dedication to notebook protection. The Z-Series will
feature a new "inner armor chassis" that Lenovo equates to a
race car's roll cage - the stiffer chassis aims to reduce the
amount of stress on the notebook's internal components when the
notebook is dropped. The ThinkPads already feature a hard drive
protection system (the Active Protection System) that parks the
drive when it detects that it is falling (similar to an air
bag). Lenovo says the roll cage concept will be included in
future ThinkPads, in addition to the Z-Series.
Other features include three USB 2.0 ports, connections for
S-Video, VGA and IEEE1394 ports, and a 3-in-1 media card reader.
The system will use the full range of Intel processors and come
with a 100G-byte hard drive.
If that wasn't impressive enough, the Z60t will start at $1,099,
and the Z60m will start at $799 (did you ever think you would be
able to buy a ThinkPad for about $800?). Lenovo says the
notebooks will be available in October at the Lenovo Web site
<http://www.lenovo.com/>.
We've got some more DemoFall mobility products in the next
newsletter, but if you can't wait you could always check out the
Network World DemoFall blogs
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=taxonomy/term/213>.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile6979>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7746>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7747>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7748>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile7186>
_______________________________________________________________
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>.
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase
Data Explosion
It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
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_______________________________________________________________
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FTTE is where the real cost savings are
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
09/27/05
Today's focus: FTTE is where the real cost savings are
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* FOLS cost model shows benefit of
fiber-to-the-telecommunications-enclosure
* Links related to High Speed LANs
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter is sponsored by Adtran
More bandwidth for the buck.
Now you can implement Gigabit Ethernet switching in your network
for about the same cost as Fast Ethernet. ADTRAN's new NetVanta
1524ST Gigabit Ethernet switch delivers 24-port, managed, 1000
BaseT switching at a cost that is up to 50 percent less than
most managed Gigabit switches. The savings aren't a result of
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technical support, free firmware upgrades, and a 5-year
warranty. See it in your network!!
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_______________________________________________________________
IS TELEWORK TAKING OFF?
Recently an Atlanta based non-profit group worked with several
local businesses to start or expand telework programs. The
results should not surprise you. Telework increased productivity
and improved morale across the board. What else did this
telework initiative bring to the table? Click here for more:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115666
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: FTTE is where the real cost savings are
By Jeff Caruso
Last time, I started discussing the cabling cost model developed
by the Fiber Optics LAN Section of the Telecommunications
Industry Association - but I didn't get to the most interesting
part.
While the model can give you cost estimates of an all-fiber
network and a hierarchical-star network, it also introduces the
concept of fiber-to-the-telecommunications-enclosure, or FTTE.
It turns out that this network cabling design brings the most
cost benefits of all.
In an FTTE network, you run fiber all the way from a central
location to an "enclosure" - a "$300 box with a fan," as FOLS
Vice Chair Dan Harman says. This enclosure can be placed close
to users, under the floor or in a ceiling space, and copper
cabling can run from the enclosure to desktops.
The network uses the best attributes of fiber and copper. You're
using fiber for the long runs (from the central location to the
enclosures on every floor), and fiber is better than copper for
long distances. "It's not just good at it, it's cheaper," Harman
says.
You're using copper to connect to desktops, and copper is better
than fiber when it comes to NIC costs.
Plus, you're not taking up valuable floor space with a wiring
closet on every floor. And moves, adds and changes are easier
than with a centralized cabling scenario.
FOLS says that its cost model shows FTTE setups coming in at 30%
to 40% less than the hierarchical star architecture.
The FTTE architecture was recently standardized by the TIA,
although the idea has been around in the form of Corning's "zone
cabling," for example, says FOLS Chair Gary Cawley.
The cost model is available for free (but requires registration)
from the FOLS Web site
<http://www.fols.org/resources/costmodel_reg.cfm>.
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3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
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5. The rise of the IT architect
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Misunderstanding the fundamentals
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: GIBBS & BRADNER
09/27/05
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In mid-September the House Energy and Commerce Commission took
its first shot at trying to set the ground rules for telecom
reform. The commission was apparently trying to produce a more
balanced starting point than the strongly pro-carrier bill
proposed by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). (See my earlier column,
"Making Verizon giddy"
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad7522> )
Three Republicans and two Democrats spearheaded the effort,
which succeeds in being a bit less of an incumbent local
exchange carrier rescue plan than Ensign's proposal. But the
bipartisan plan does get some of the basics wrong, so it is too
soon to tell whether something helpful will result.
The new document <http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad7523> is a
staff discussion draft and, I hope, will undergo significant
modification before it is formally introduced. This draft
proposes federal regulation of broadband data and video
providers and of VoIP providers that would preempt any state or
local regulations. But the definitions in the draft are somewhat
funny. It says, "broadband Internet transmission service" (BITS)
is a service that offers "the transmission of information in a
packet-based protocol, including TCP/IP protocol or a successor
protocol, regardless of facilities used." Likewise, a "broadband
video service" is one that offers a "two-way, interactive
service," with or without fee, to the public "regardless of the
facilities used" and "integrates, on a real-time and subscriber
customizable basis, a video programming package" and "integrates
the capability to access Internet content of the subscriber's
choosing. The draft also defines a "VoIP service" to be a
"packet-switched voice communications service . . . effectively
available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities
used; and enables a subscriber to send or receive voice
communications . . . over a broadband transmission service to or
from any subscriber with a telephone number . . . or other
identification method as designated by the commission."
The draft would require all BITS, broadband video and VoIP
service providers to register with the government before they
could offer service (there is a grace period for providers
already in business).
What's wrong with this picture? Note that none of the
definitions require a facilities-based service provider. All of
these services can be offered over any infrastructure that
supports IP. In theory, service providers anywhere in the world
could provide them all, as long as there is sufficient bandwidth
in the communications path. The draft does not seem to
understand this basic feature of the Internet.
Also, the U.S. has never required registration of Internet-based
service providers, and such a move would have a big, and
negative, impact on service innovation. Based on the current
wording, Apple would have to register in order to provide iChat
service.
The draft does have good words about BITS providers not getting
in the way of subscribers' use of the Internet. It also warns
not to "block, impair, or interfere with the offering of, access
to, or use of" Internet content or services and specifically
permits governments to offer these services to the public as
long as they follow the same rules as commercial providers.
If the House staff ever figures out how the Internet works and
redoes the draft to separate regulation of physical plant from
regulating - where actually required - services that use that
physical plant, we might get somewhere.
Disclaimer: Harvard has schools that debate the need or non-need
for regulations, but I did not ask them about this article. So
the above separation plea 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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Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ
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Network World's Data Center News Alert
Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ, 09/26/05
Looking to fill out its management offerings, HP last week said
it would pay $425 million to add Peregrine Systems' asset
management technology to its software suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7751>
IT managers tell of ITIL adoption labor pains, 09/26/05
Enterprise companies tackle the arduous task of implementing
organizational change across distributed networks.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092205-itil.html?nl>
Start-up aims to simplify virtualized testing, 09/26/05
Start-up Akimbi Systems says it has the answer for IT shops
looking to reduce the headaches involved with setting up
multiple test environments for complex software development
efforts.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-akimbi.html?nl>
Software as appliance, 09/26/05
Next up on the applications scene - enterprise software that can
be bought, deployed and managed as easily as a typical network
appliance.
<http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/092605-softapp.html?nl>
Newsletter: Virtualization requires top-down management,
09/20/05
Data center managers have already discovered that consolidation
and virtualization of data center resources can produce
significant ROI. Part of that ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7752>
High bandwidth requirements may force LAN cabling decisions,
09/19/05
LAN cabling experts and vendors say that organizations
installing copper cabling in data centers should investigate new
unshielded twisted-pair products that can support future
high-bandwidth technologies such as 10G Ethernet.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-cabling.html?nl>
Opinion: Can networking make a financial comeback?, 09/19/05
It's hard to remember the heady days of the 1990s, when network
stocks were flying high, IPOs showed enormous gains in their
very first hours and the financial future of networking seemed
rosy. Networking is sure not looking like a high-flyer anymore
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/091905nolle.html?nl>
Newsletter: Factors to consider when weighing iSCSI for storage,
09/13/05
ISCSI is a standard protocol for running block-level SCSI
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low-cost way of ...
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| Networking Pipeline Newsletter www.NetworkingPipeline.com Tuesday, September 27, 2005 In This Issue: - Google Is Building Massive Core Network: Report - Booming Broadband Adds Another 24 Million Subscribers - Cisco Inks Deal To Upgrade World's Largest Educational Network - More News... - Ten-Minute Guide To Deploying VoIP - Get Protection Against New-Generation "Pharming" Attacks - Wireless Security: What's Good Enough? - More Picks... Attend a FREE, live CSI/FBI Roadshow TechWebCast on Computer Crime and Security. The CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey is the world's most widely quoted research on computer crime. Come hear CSI Editorial Director Robert Richardson, author of the survey, discuss the findings of the 2005 Survey and what they mean. Robert will be joined by the FBI, who will discuss how and why to report crime, and what happens when you do. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:00-10:00 AM PT / 12:00-1:00 PM ET "http://www.techweb.com/webcasts/computercrime101205" ----------------------------------------- Editor's Note: What's Hot In Networking This Week Three of the hottest names in networking world were all in the news this past week --- Google, VoIP, and Cisco. Maybe the biggest Google news was the curious fact that the company is building a massive core network-- most likely the largest in the world, and what may be, in essence, the company's own private Internet. Theories abound about its plans, everything from becoming the world's largest ISP and WiFi provider, to saving costs on bandwidth. The search giant made controversial news as well. The Authors Guild and three authors sued Google for copyright infringement, because Google Print will scan copyrighted books and make them available for searching for free online without publisher or author approval. Google is flat-out wrong here, as I note in my blog. For details, see these blog entries:
Finally, Cisco was in the news as well, inking a deal with the China Education and Research Network (CERNET) to upgrade the world's largest educational network. How open and free will that network actually be? Considering that China yesterday announced a crackdown on Internet news sites, most likely not very. By the way, those with RSS readers who want to keep up-to-date on my blog, should check out its RSS feed. Preston Gralla Don't let future editions of Networking Pipeline Newsletter go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: networed@techwire.com If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. Top Networking News Google Is Building Massive Core Network: Report Google is in the process of building one of the world's largest core transport networks to distribute huge quantities of digital content from massive server farms. Cisco Inks Deal To Upgrade World's Largest Educational Network
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