Thursday, October 27, 2005
Wireless Strategies: U.S. to require RFID chips in passports
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Whale slims down for SMBs
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
10/27/05
Today's focus: Whale slims down for SMBs
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Whale releases Express Edition SSL VPN for SMBs
* Links related to VPNs
* Featured reader resource
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USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
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reach. How do you know which decisions are the right ones? Click
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Today's focus: Whale slims down for SMBs
By Tim Greene
Whale Communications is announcing a new model of its
Intelligent Application Gateway designed for small businesses or
small sites in larger business networks.
The Express Edition SSL VPN and application-security device
offer a slimmed-down version of the features that come with
Whale's Enterprise Edition, but with the intent of meeting most
needs of small and midsize businesses at a lower price.
The Express, for example, cannot create policies for custom
applications. A toolkit for doing so can be purchased with the
Enterprise edition.
Also, Express clears out standard caches when an SSL VPN session
ends in order to wipe traces of the session from the remote
computer. Express can be customized to look for non-standard
caches that custom applications might set up.
There's a long list of other differences, but the bottom line is
that the Express is designed to be easier to set up, do a solid
job and cost less than the more sophisticated Enterprise
Edition. The cost of an Express Edition for 250 concurrent users
is $34,000, while an Enterprise Edition for the same number of
users costs $43,000.
That's a significant savings, but it also allows small
businesses to buy into the technology at a price they might be
able to afford. The Express Edition for 50 concurrent users
costs $15,200.
While the Express Edition doesn't have as many knobs on it as
the higher-end version, it also doesn't require as much know-how
on the part of customers' IT staff. This is also likely to be
attractive to smaller businesses in which staffing and expertise
may be limited.
Potential buyers who ruled out Whale before as too expensive or
sophisticated should give this new bundle a look.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9590>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9768>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9348>
4. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9349>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9769>
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To contact: Tim Greene
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private networking gear, remote access, core switching and local
phone companies. You can reach him at <mailto:tgreene@nww.com>.
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Device makers have some fun with new offerings
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
10/27/05
Today's focus: Device makers have some fun with new offerings
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* News from Samsung, Verizon and Sony
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
* Featured reader resource
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USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
The days of simply giving traveling employees a cell phone for
talking and a laptop for dial-up data are long gone, replaced by
a complex landscape of overlapping choices. There are decisions
to be made regarding devices, carrier contracts, performance and
reach. How do you know which decisions are the right ones? Click
here for more:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=118179
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Today's focus: Device makers have some fun with new offerings
By Keith Shaw
Last issue we highlighted some new, serious,
"business-optimized" devices launched recently. Today, we're
going to highlight some new devices that let users have some fun
(although some business users may be able to still get some
value out of them).
* Samsung, Verizon launch camera, camcorder, MP3 player in one
device
Samsung and Verizon Wireless have launched the SCH-a970 mobile
phone, which includes a swivel-flip design (see it at Verizon's
Web site http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9271 ), a
2-megapixel camera, camcorder and MP3 digital music player.
The a970 includes a 262,000-color LCD screen, VoiceSignal's
VoiceMode speech-to-text dictation technology, and supports
Verizon's VCAST service, which lets users download video clips
to their phone (for an extra $15 per month).
Users can store their pictures, videos and music on a removable
TransFlash memory card that's sold separately. The phone is now
available for $299.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year
agreement. The phone has Bluetooth, but only for the headset and
hands-free accessories profiles (users won't be able to use
Bluetooth to connect their laptops to the Internet, for
example).
* Samsung and Verizon find the music in you
If music is more your thing, then Verizon Wireless and Samsung
hve a new phone that will turn you into a "mobile DJ." The
recently launched SCH-a950 includes dual stereo speakers and
enhanced sound quality for listing to ring tones, music/video
playback and even speakerphone conversations. The a950 includes
TransFlash memory card support for carrying around MP3 music
files (cards sold separately), and a jog dial on the phone that
lets users scroll through playlists quickly.
The a950 also supports Verizon's VCAST, and includes a
1.3-megapixel digital camera/camcorder for shooting photos and
videos. Bluetooth is also supported, but only for headset and
hands-free accessories. The phone will cost $149.99 after a $100
mail-in rebate and two-year agreement. More details are
available at the Verizon Wireless Web site
http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9272.
* Sony Vaio's holiday colors
If you're sick of your plain black notebook, Sony wants to add
some color to your life, or at least to your notebook. The
company recently introduced a line of slim, portable notebooks
with five different "fashion colors." The Vaio FJ series of
notebooks will include colors such as Onyx Black, Pearl White,
Sky Blue, Jade Green and Raspberry Red on their casings and palm
rests. The notebooks themselves will have a full-sized keyboard,
14.1-inch widescreen display (with Sony's XBRITE-ECO
technology), integrated 802.11b/g wireless, an on-board DVD
drive (+R double layer and +/- RW drive), and a built-in camera
and microphone for video chatting. The Onyx Black notebook,
starting at $1,400, will be available by the end of this month,
while the other colors will be available next month. Pre-orders
are being accepted here http://sony.com/fj.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9596
2. How to respond to a security breach
http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9772
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9597
4. Cartoon of the Week http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9598
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9773
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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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flexibility for optimizing capacity, performance, and business
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be part of this movement.
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GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE
Grid computing continues to gain ground and vendors such as IBM,
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challenges such as software licensing, security and bandwidth
issues hinder grid rollouts? Click here for more:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-grid.html
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Ebusiness Strategies: Try Internal WiMAX
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Pronto provides glue for municipal, public safety nets
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JOANIE WEXLER ON WIRELESS IN THE
ENTERPRISE
10/26/05
Today's focus: Pronto provides glue for municipal, public
safety nets
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Municipalities band together into national network
* Links related to Wireless in the Enterprise
* Featured reader resource
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USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
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Today's focus: Pronto provides glue for municipal, public
safety nets
By Joanie Wexler
You might recall my recent coverage of the September CTIA
Wireless Association show, where former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt
begged the wireless industry to weave together an interoperable
nationwide public safety network.
Shortly thereafter, Pronto Networks announced it had signed up a
slew of municipalities to connect into a common, nationwide
broadband wireless network, in large part to serve public safety
applications. (It so happens, Hundt was quoted in Pronto's press
release announcing the effort, which it calls the UniFi Digital
Communities Grid. Coincidence? I think not! Reed sits on
Pronto's board of directors, according to the company's Web
site.)
Pronto, by the way, is in the business of offering operations
support services (OSS), such as billing, settlement, security,
provisioning and configuration, to public wireless LAN hot spot
services. For the UniFi Grid effort, the company offers one free
Network Services Controller to any municipality wishing to join.
The controller provides Wi-Fi access to the other networks
connecting to the grid and supports 200 users. The controller is
also the platform for the application services and OSS.
The service platform is the glue that binds together Wi-Fi
(802.11), WiMAX (802.16), mesh topologies and public safety
network infrastructures at the lower network layers, making all
communications and services function in a common way across the
local municipal networks the various cities choose to deploy.
At least 43 municipalities in California, Florida,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Texas are already
signed on. Participating municipalities have agreed to give
reciprocal access to all government workers from participating
communities. Cities have the option to charge for access to
generate additional revenue or can opt to allow visitors to roam
for free on their network.
Pronto says it has committed to invest up to $15 million in
products and services to connect up to 500 municipalities in the
next 18 months. The company's presentation materials indicate
support for hierarchical control of emergency policies,
connecting city and state public safety organizations to federal
organizations such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency
and the Department of Homeland Security.
Other applications include enabling inter-municipality roaming
services to citizens, automated meter reading (AMR), traffic and
pedestrian control, video surveillance, and supervisory control
and data acquisition (SCADA) applications for water and
wastewater treatment. They are provided by software development
and systems integration partners Cellnet (AMR and SCADA), Cross
Current (public safety and computer-aided dispatch) and Lexis
(wireless parking management systems and equipment).
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9743>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9744>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9375>
4. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9376>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9745>
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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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Microsoft focuses on the mid-market
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
10/26/05
Today's focus: Microsoft focuses on the mid-market
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Microsoft defines a new midsize market
* Links related to Windows Networking Tips
* Featured reader resource
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
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Today's focus: Microsoft focuses on the mid-market
By Dave Kearns
I poked a little fun at Microsoft last month (see " Microsoft
Centro: Is it right for you?
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/0919nt2.html?rl>
") when I looked at the company's entry into the midsize market
as opposed to the small business/home business and enterprise
markets. In particular, I questioned the definition the company
used: A small business was 25 or fewer PCs, an enterprise was
more than 500 PCs, and everything in between was "midsize."
As it turns out, there's more to the story than was apparent at
that time.
Microsoft has defined a new midsize market, but it hasn't tried
to make it a "one-size fits all" market. A quick visit to the
new Microsoft Midsize Business IT Center
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9393> shows that, in fact,
Redmond segments the less-than-enterprise-sized market into
three fractions: 25 to 50 PCs, 51 to 250 PCs and 251 to 500 PCs.
You might call those fractions small to midsize, mid- to midsize
and large to midsize. You might. Microsoft didn't, and neither
will I, but you might. Not only does Microsoft differentiate
these three sizes, but it also provides guides and "solutions"
tailored to each level.
For the lower end, this includes:
* Solutions based on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003.
* Security guidelines for small businesses.
* Small IT solution for mobility.
The mid-level program includes:
* Desktop deployment solutions.
* Security and patch management guidance.
* Suggestions for implementing messaging, collaboration and
print services.
Suggestions for the biggest mid-level installations include:
* Security, anti-virus, and back-up and recovery guides.
* Desktop deployment solutions.
* Application-compatibility testing and mitigation guides.
There's also a lot more information organized for everyone who
deals with 500 PCs or fewer, which can be very useful even if
your network is simply a small part of some larger installation.
When Microsoft introduced this mid-market initiative at last
month's Business Summit 2005 conference, CEO Steve Ballmer said:
"The midmarket customer is the least well-served customer across
a spectrum of people involved in IT today. They are challenged
in dealing with complexity and scale, and need to find solutions
that are very appropriate to their needs." It looks like
Microsoft is going to do its best to provide the products and
guidance necessary to help the midmarket IT manager get the job
done.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9740>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9741>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9373>
4. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9374>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9742>
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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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Skype patches critical flaws
All the week's VoIP news and analysis, 10/26/05
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This newsletter is sponsored by Fluke Networks
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
"framework" or "platform" for the enterprise? Click here for
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Network World's VoIP News Alert
Skype patches critical flaws, 10/25/05
Skype users are being urged to upgrade to the latest version of
the popular Internet telephony client, thanks to a number of
critical flaws in the software that were disclosed Tuesday by
Skype's maker, Skype Technologies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9680>
Groups challenge FCC's VoIP wiretapping rules, 10/25/05
A group of privacy advocates and technology companies on Tuesday
filed court papers to challenge a ruling by the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), saying it overstepped its
authority by requiring VoIP providers to allow wiretapping by
law ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9681>
Opinion: Where's Walt Disney when you need him?, 10/24/05
We have a government busy moving pieces around the
telecommunications game board. Where are our national plans for
an EPCOT 2014, our New Songdo City? I guess they're on the
shelf, next to our national alternative energy strategy - in the
TBD section.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9682>
Aruba simplifies, strengthens remote wireless access, 10/24/05
Aruba Networks is unveiling wireless LAN hardware and software
that are intended to extend corporate security and quality of
service to mobile workers on the road or in remote sites.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9683>
CommuniGate adds voice features, 10/24/05
CommuniGate Systems last week released the newest version of its
messaging platform designed to provide users with improved voice
support.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9684>
Managing convergence requires teamwork, 10/24/05
Convergence changes things. Although combining voice and data
across the same packet network wouldn't, in theory, imply
dramatic changes in the organization and operations of an IT
department, in practice companies that implement convergence
find ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9685>
VoIP threats defined by alliance, 10/24/05
For all the developments around enterprise VoIP solutions, there
has been only scattered interest in the related potential
security threats but the Voice over IP Security Alliance
(VOIPSA) has shown a spotlight on problems that IT managers
ought to be ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9686>
Cisco to combine two-way radio, cellular, VoIP, other
communications into IP backbone, 10/24/05
Cisco this week is expected to announce new technology and a
business unit focused on integrating two-way radio, cellular,
VoIP and other communications methods into an IP backbone.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9687>
Polycom announces high-definition video support, 10/24/05
Polycom took advantage of its annual Polycom User Group
conference taking place in Phoenix to announce products that
support high-definition videoconferencing, including new
software for its MGC multi-point control unit and an upgrade
package for its ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9688>
Opinion: How to survive in IT, 10/24/05
So you have decided on a career in IT instead of, say, being a
dancer on Broadway or becoming a fugu chef in Japan. Given that
you consider IT more interesting than appearing in 50,000
performances of "Oliver" and less risky than serving up ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9689>
Opinion: Better phone services for small businesses, 10/24/05
Big-company phone features are now affordable for SMBs
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9690>
Opinion: Apple's unnoticed announcement?, 10/24/05
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a pile of product announcements on
Oct. 12. The video iPod got most of the press, but it was
another announcement that best indicates Apple's future
directions.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9691>
Newsletter: Skype and GoRemote collaborate on free calls,
10/19/05
Earlier this month, GoRemote announced a strategic partnership
with Skype whereby GoRemote's customer base of mobile workers
and teleworkers will get free ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9692>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9693>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9694>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9695>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9696>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9697>
_______________________________________________________________
To contact:
Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth covers VoIP for Network World.
Reach him at <mailto:phochmuth@nww.com>.
Senior Editor Tim Greene covers VoIP carrier issues for Network
World.
Reach him at <mailto:tgreene@nww.com>
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Responding to a security breach, 10/24/05
CIOs and network administrators offer tips about how to respond
following a network security breach.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9729>
Heated debate brewing over state's OpenDocument plan, 10/25/05
Debate among Massachusetts government officials may throw a
wrench in a state proposal to migrate away from Microsoft's
Office productivity suite in favor of software that supports an
open-document format.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9730>
Groups challenge FCC's VoIP wiretapping rules, 10/25/05
A group of privacy advocates and technology companies on Tuesday
filed court papers to challenge a ruling by the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), saying it overstepped its
authority by requiring VoIP providers to allow wiretapping by
law enforcement agencies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9731>
IBM leads group to create open-source storage, 10/25/05
IBM and eight other storage vendors are teaming up to form an
open-source organization initially called Aperi, Big Blue
announced Tuesday. The companies intend to work together to
develop common storage software to manage different vendors'
systems, making it easier for users dealing with disparate
storage systems. The software will be made available free of
charge.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9732>
Deciphering the world of crypto, 10/24/05
It's the computational magic for scrambling data to keep it
secret, and in the U.S., the best-known cryptographic algorithms
go by names such as Triple-DES and AES. But in other countries,
such as South Korea, Russia and Japan, it is SEED, GOST and ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9733>
VoIP threats defined by alliance, 10/24/05
For all the developments around enterprise VoIP solutions, there
has been only scattered interest in the related potential
security threats but the Voice over IP Security Alliance
(VOIPSA) has shown a spotlight on problems that IT managers
ought to be ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9734>
Opinion: Where's Walt Disney when you need him?, 10/24/05
We have a government busy moving pieces around the
telecommunications game board. Where are our national plans for
an EPCOT 2014, our New Songdo City? I guess they're on the
shelf, next to our national alternative energy strategy - in the
TBD section.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9735>
Advisory body calls for stronger authentication in Internet
banking, 10/18/05
A multi-agency federal advisory body with broad regulatory
powers over banks Tuesday issued new guidelines aimed at
improving security in Internet-based banking and financial
services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9736>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9645>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9646>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9647>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9648>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9649>
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CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
10/26/05
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In this issue:
* BellSouth CTO Bill Smith
* Links related to Optical Networking
* Featured reader resource
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
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Today's focus: CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
By Jim Duffy
LAS VEGAS -- Hurricane Katrina destroyed nine BellSouth central
offices in the Gulf Coast region, BellSouth's CTO said this
week.
The lost COs served 20,000 lines on the Mississippi coast and on
the peninsula south of New Orleans, said Bill Smith, BellSouth
CTO. BellSouth is deploying digital loop carrier systems to
restore service, Smith says.
Reconstructing the COs, however, will depend on whether people
repopulate those affected areas.
"The ones that were totally destroyed were typically small
offices," Smith says.
BellSouth has 4.7 million lines in the Katrina-affected areas of
Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Eleven other COs are still out of service but in various stages
of restoration, Smith says. Two in heavily devastated areas of
downtown New Orleans will be restored this month and in
mid-November, he says.
BellSouth is sticking to its initial estimates of $400 million
to $600 million in costs associated with the most destructive
storm in U.S. history, which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf
Coast in late August. The carrier expects to take a $100 million
charge against earnings in the third quarter to cover costs
associated with asset impairment.
In a wide-ranging interview with Network World at the Telecom
'05 conference here, Smith said BellSouth has all of the
technology assets it requires to compete with the mega-carriers
formed from the mergers of SBC and AT&T, and Verizon and MCI.
Owing to a recent nationwide MPLS interconnect agreement with
Sprint Nextel, Smith says it is not incumbent upon BellSouth to
acquire additional facilities in order to compete.
"We believe that we've got the capabilities to compete
effectively, particularly with the recent announcement with
Sprint," he says. "Prior to that agreement, it was a challenge."
The challenge for SBC and Verizon, Smith notes, is that they are
acquiring carriers that have a declining revenue base. Though
the services are still profitable, it will be hard, if not
impossible, to generate top-line growth.
"I think we can be very competitive because it's new revenue for
us, and as long as it's profitable revenue the fact that it's
being priced down from what it used to be to what it is now is
irrelevant to us," he says. "An incumbent provider has that
concern to deal with."
Smith says BellSouth chose Sprint over Qwest, with which it has
an existing nationwide wholesale arrangement, because testing
demonstrated that BellSouth could extend the same SLAs and
service classes it offers regionally for managed VPNs on its
nine-state IP backbone end-to-end across the Sprint network.
To continue reading this story, please see page 2 at:
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9620>
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<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9621>
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<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9622>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9390>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9391>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9623>
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12 years at Network World. Previously, he was senior editor at
Computer Systems News and associate editor/reporter at
Electronic News and MIS Week. He can be reached at
<mailto:jduffy@nww.com>.
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Tooling up for the new data center
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
10/26/05
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In this issue:
* The four critical pillars of data center infrastructure
* Links related to Networking Technology Update
* Featured reader resource
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
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became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
"framework" or "platform" for the enterprise? Click here for
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Today's focus:
Tooling up for the new data center
By Andreas M. Antonopoulos
By now we're all well versed on the attributes of the "new data
center," characterized by service-oriented applications running
over a virtualized service-oriented infrastructure. This
next-generation data center brings the benefits of agility,
lower operational costs, better utilization and rapid
application deployment.
Architecturally, a next-generation data center relies on
commoditized pools of resources that can be combined to support
a variety of applications. This architecture applies to the four
critical pillars of data center infrastructure: management,
storage, computing and networking. But how can organizations
transform their data centers to the next-generation model? The
trick lies in translating this vision into a series of discrete,
incremental steps - a road map, in other words. The road map
comprises four major steps: consolidation, standardization,
virtualization and utility.
With consolidation, multiple devices are consolidated into a
single location. While standardization ensures that devices have
consistent interfaces and protocols. Virtualization abstracts
the physical infrastructure creating one or more virtual
(logical) instances running on a single physical resource. For
example, one physical server might be virtualized to appear as
eight virtual servers, perhaps running different operating
systems. And utility describes an infrastructure that appears as
a service for purchase on demand, similar to a utility such as
water, electricity or phone service.
These four steps apply across each of the critical
infrastructure pillars. An IT organization can start with
whichever pillar makes the most sense for it - or even all at
once. The best part is that even an incremental step in one area
can deliver tangible benefits.
After extensive research on the new data center, Nemertes
Research has identified some of the most interesting products
that "move the needle" in innovation. For each category, we
looked at approximately 30 products - 120 in all - and selected
those that best demonstrate customer-driven design that responds
to the needs of IT executives implementing the new data center.
Each highlighted product adds a key innovation or implements a
novel approach to data center design. (Product descriptions and
features are derived from vendor documentation. Nemertes has not
tested the products highlighted in this story.)
To read in depth about the four pillars and the associated
products, please go to:
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9535>
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Antonopoulos is senior vice president, founding partner of Nemertes
Research, and writes Network World's New Data Center newsletter.
He can be reached at
mailto:andreas@nemertes.com
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9536>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9710>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9511>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9512>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9711>
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is principal research analyst at
Nemertes Research. E-mail him <mailto:andreas@nemertes.com>.
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IBM's DataPower buy shows that the stakes are high in application networking
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: SCOTT CRAWFORD ON NETWORK/SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
10/26/05
Today's focus: IBM's DataPower buy shows that the stakes are
high in application networking
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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* IBM, DataPower and the future of application networking
* Links related to Network/Systems Management
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Today's focus: IBM's DataPower buy shows that the stakes are
high in application networking
By Scott Crawford
In August, IBM embarked on a significantly heightened Web
services strategy with the unveiling of its IBM Tivoli for
Composite Application Management (ITCAM) suite
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082905-tivoli-soa.html?rl.
Yet this paled in the face of the company's announcement last
week of its acquisition of DataPower
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9262.
DataPower is an acknowledged pure-play leader in Web services,
known for its XML acceleration and Web services security
offerings. DataPower has helped to define the real-world
implementation of service-oriented architectures (SOA) by
optimizing emerging Web services and XML standards for
performance and security management with its patented XML
Generation Three (XG3) technology. This acquisition signals a
dedication to SOAs that IBM had not shown before, and the
purchase of a family of network appliances is something that is
highly unexpected of IBM.
In addition, DataPower was acquired by the WebSphere business
unit and is an example of how Web services/SOA/applications
networking is really blurring the boundaries between what can be
considered the network, what can be considered systems, and what
in software is distinct from either.
The network appliance model enables DataPower to route network
traffic based on rules-based intelligence and XML content;
perform a number of XML-relevant content transformations; and
enforce security using Web services encryption, security and
policy standards - all at wireline speeds. This will give IBM
the ability to deliver Web services technologies as part of the
network itself.
IBM's announcement is the latest in a list of headlines in the
application networking space this year. The day before IBM's
announcement, DataPower arch rival Reactivity announced the
integration of Microsoft Windows authentication
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705-reactivity.html?rl
into its own single sign-on offerings for Web services. A few
months earlier, Cisco announced its Application-Oriented
Networking (AON) initiative
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-cisco.html?rl.
IBM's acquisition of DataPower, however, now makes IBM the
player to watch in SOA integration, bringing leadership in XML
networking into the same family with WebSphere, Rational and
ITCAM.
This illustrates how dramatically applications are redefining
what the network must embrace, while network technologies for
message-based routing are forcing application and software
vendors to consider the network much more of a strategic
priority than in the past. These facts are making for some
strange bedfellows in SOA "coop-etition." Facing threats in
application delivery and management from the likes of HP and
BEA, it was no surprise that IBM declared its support for
Cisco's AON when that was announced in June. AON itself is being
led by a 32-year IBM veteran, Taf Anthias, the former head of
IBM's MQ messaging group. Yet if the DataPower deal is directed
at anyone, it is clearly at Cisco and its AON goals. IBM's
message: Applications are primarily about the software, but with
critical aspects of the network at stake - effectively the
reverse of the Cisco AON theme.
Yet Cisco, IBM, and even the likes of Google are actually
sending much the same message, which is simply this: It's not
about software vs. networks. It's about the future of IT itself.
SOAs are fast turning application networks into the information
technologies of tomorrow. Everyone with a stake in the
enterprise will need to play - and IBM's acquisition of
DataPower means that all bets are off as to what an application
network vendor looks like only a mere year or two from now.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9610
2. How to respond to a security breach
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9722
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9368
4. Cartoon of the Week http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9369
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9723
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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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GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE
Grid computing continues to gain ground and vendors such as IBM,
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Postini to sell threat-identification technology to others,
10/25/05
E-mail security service provider Postini Monday made
commercially available the Postini Threat Identification Network
service, which the company has been using internally to pinpoint
senders of spam and malicious e-mail.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9650>
CA shows growth and profit, but reins in Q3 estimates, 10/25/05
Computer Associates reported a 9% increase in its second-quarter
revenue compared to last year's, as it completed a profitable
quarter that CEO John Swainson called a solid sign of the work
CA's new management team is doing to strengthen the battered ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9651>
Microsoft introduces three-tiered certification path, 10/25/05
Microsoft Tuesday announced a certification program that maps
skills credentials based around Microsoft products with three
levels of Microsoft certifications.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9652>
Uplogix Envoy 2.0 takes auto net management to the edge,
10/24/05
Uplogix Monday released Version 2.0 of Envoy, the company's
network management solution. The new version boasts improved
availability, management security, and integration, according to
the Austin, Texas-based company.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9653>
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Open-source code verification service goes freebie
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
10/26/05
Today's focus: Open-source code verification service goes
freebie
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Black Duck offers up code verification software free of charge
* Links related to Linux
* Featured reader resource
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
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Today's focus: Open-source code verification service goes
freebie
By Phil Hochmuth
Black Duck Software, which provides a service for untangling the
licensing legalities in using various open-source software, said
last week that it would give away free access to its database
through the end of 2005.
The move is designed to boost interest in the small firm's
product offering, ProtexIP/OnDemand. The hosted service allows
application developers in enterprises and software companies
using open source to check their code against a broad database
of open-source licensing information.
Launched earlier this year
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9350>, the service allows
users to have the open-source code they're using scanned to
determine what licenses may govern the use of that software. The
service can also check to see if users have blended together
chunks of open-source code that, by their license, cannot be put
together or even run on the same hardware.
The services covers more than 120 licenses, such as the GNU
General Public License; the Apache Public License; the Common
Development and Distribution License, used by Sun and Mozilla;
and Microsoft's Shared Source license.
The temporary free offer provides access to a service that
normally costs $2,500 for an annual subscription. The service,
according to Black Duck, does not involve moving code around.
"ProtexIP/OnDemand is a completely secure solution that leaves
users' source code safely behind their companies' firewall
during analysis," according to the vendor.
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Execs embrace IP-based convergence
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN'S ISP NEWS REPORT
10/26/05
Today's focus: Execs embrace IP-based convergence
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* More corporations are migrating to IP-based converged nets,
??but cost, security concerns remain
* Links related to ISP News Report
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Today's focus: Execs embrace IP-based convergence
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Editor's Note: On Nov. 9, the ISP News Report newsletter will
change its name to Service Provider News Report. In the
newsletter each week, Carolyn Duffy Marsan will continue to
bring you news, views and analysis of IP services from carriers
and ISPs, but with a new newsletter name. Thanks for reading!
More corporations are migrating to IP-based converged networks,
but concerns about run-away costs and security threats remain.
These are the key findings of a survey of more than 200 global
executives conducted this summer by the Economist Intelligence
Unit (EIU) for AT&T.
"It's a fairly positive picture that our research paints about
convergence, but it's balanced by some sobering conclusions,"
says Denis McCauley, director of global technology research for
EIU, the business information arm of The Economist Group,
publisher of The Economist.
"Convergence is certainly gaining momentum and corporate
expectations of the value-added benefits of convergence now
equal or outweigh the cost efficiencies expected," McCauley
says. "But it's not all smooth running. Implementation barriers
remain in terms of security and cost. And these implementations
require changes to business practices that are beyond the
network."
EIU has conducted a survey for AT&T on the attitudes of
corporate executives toward networking and business strategy for
each of the past three years. The 2005 survey, which was
completed in June, included interviews with 236 global
executives, half of whom were CEOs, CFOs or CTOs. Survey results
were released last week.
The 2005 survey showed a significant rise in the number of
companies moving toward network convergence. In 2005, 25% of the
survey respondents said that most or all of their organizations
had implemented network convergence. This figure is up from 15%
in 2004.
An additional 62% of the respondents in the 2005 survey said
they expected that most or all of their organizations would
implement network convergence within the next three years.
"This suggests an acceleration of the migration to IP networks
within enterprises," McCauley says, adding that this survey
result is "very positive."
However, McCauley says that enterprises are taking a
step-by-step approach to network convergence rather than
migrating their entire enterprises in one big upgrade. "Survey
respondents are taking a cautious approach to IP-based
convergence," he adds. "This is very much the case this year as
well as last year."
EIU's survey found that many corporate executives understood the
importance of network convergence as a means of meeting broader
business goals. Convergence was viewed as important or critical
to the achievement of their firms' strategic IT or business
objectives by 45% of survey respondents.
"This points to a shift in executive thinking about
convergence," McCauley says. "They're not just thinking about
streamlined network management or reduction of costs...There seems
to be an increasing emphasis on using converged networks to
innovate and to add value."
In the 2005 survey, respondents ranked improved customer service
and better collaboration with suppliers, partners and customers
as more significant benefits of network convergence than lower
telephony costs, which had previously been the key driver.
Survey respondents noted the following benefits of convergence:
* 73% cite better collaboration with customers, suppliers and
??partners.
??* 69% mentioned better customer service as a critical payoff.
??* 68% cite lower network management costs.
??* 67% see a benefit in simplified network management.
??* 67% identified better-quality communications.
Despite the promise of converged networks, corporate executives
are wary about the costs of implementation as well as the
security risks associated with converged IP nets. McCauley says
widespread adoption of Multi-Protocol Label Switching technology
may help alleviate executives' concerns about IP security.
Survey respondents identified the following challenges to
convergence:
* 64% see network security issues as a barrier to
??implementation.
??* 62% expressed concerns about network availability.
??* 47% expressed concerns about voice quality over an IP network.
"Network security issues ranked right up there with
implementation costs as the most significant barriers to
converged networks in [the respondents'] enterprises," McCauley
says. "Corporate executives have jitters about greater hacker
activity as well as the spread of viruses."
More details about the EIU survey are available in a new report
called "Competing Through Convergence," which is available at:
http://www.att.com/presskit/eiu.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp9603
2. How to respond to a security breach
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp9715
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp9353
4. Cartoon of the Week http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp9354
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
http://www.networkworld.com/nlisp9716
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Carolyn Duffy Marsan is a senior editor with Network World and
covers emerging Internet technologies and standards. Reach her
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Acquisitions fill gaps in Symantec security line
All the week's financial news, 10/26/05
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Network World's Financial News Alert
Acquisitions fill gaps in Symantec security line, 10/24/05
Symantec is still spending hundreds of millions of dollars
annually to develop new products, but the company recently
stepped up spending on acquisitions as well to bolster its
offerings.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9657>
CA shows growth and profit, but reins in Q3 estimates, 10/25/05
Computer Associates reported a 9% increase in its second-quarter
revenue compared to last year's, as it completed a profitable
quarter that CEO John Swainson called a solid sign of the work
CA's new management team is doing to strengthen the battered ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9658>
Microsoft sets date to release Windows Vista to OEMs, 10/24/05
Microsoft is expected to release to manufacturing the next
version of its Windows desktop operating system on July 25,
2006, to ensure PC vendors will have it on machines in time for
the 2006 holiday season in the U.S., according to sources
familiar ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9659>
Novell: No comment on layoff rumors, 10/24/05
Troubled software vendor Novell wouldn't comment on a growing
number of reports and rumors circulating Monday that the company
is about to lay off as much as 20% of its workforce as a way of
cutting costs.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9660>
For outsourcing due diligence, ask these 5 questions, 10/24/05
Don't gamble with your new data center. Make sure your
outsourcer has good answers to these five questions.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9661>
CA buys e-mail archiving software, 10/24/05
Computer Associates has made public its acquisition of an e-mail
archiving software vendor whose technology CA says will help
round out its BrightStor storage management suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9662>
Opinion: Google's making everyone mad, 10/24/05
Another week brings yet another bunch of folks who are mad as
all get-out at Google. The company that once could do no wrong
now routinely finds itself being compared with Microsoft - and
not in a good way.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9663>
Opinion: Apple's unnoticed announcement?, 10/24/05
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a pile of product announcements on
Oct. 12. The video iPod got most of the press, but it was
another announcement that best indicates Apple's future
directions.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9664>
Cisco considers manufacturing products in India, 10/21/05
Cisco is considering having its products manufactured in India,
the company announced Friday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9665>
AT&T profit up, but long-distance sales decline, 10/21/05
AT&T Friday reported net income of $520 million for the third
quarter of 2005, up from a net loss of $7.1 billion in the third
quarter of 2004, though the company experienced a drop in
long-distance voice and data revenue.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9666>
SBC revenues up slightly, net income down, 10/20/05
SBC Thursday reported net income of $1.2 billion for the third
quarter of 2005, down from $2.1 billion in the same quarter of
2004.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9667>
Motorola sues Zafirovski over Nortel job, 10/20/05
Motorola has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the company's
former executive, Mike Zafirovski, from taking the helm of
Nortel.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9668>
Dell sets up second development center in India, 10/20/05
Dell announced Thursday that it has set up its second Global
Development Center in India. The center will focus on developing
enterprise-wide systems for the company's in-house use.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9669>
Security product sales help Juniper beat analyst estimates for
Q3, 10/19/05
Juniper posted third quarter results that exceeded analyst
estimates.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9670>
AOL lays off 700 workers, 10/19/05
AOL has cut more than 700 employees, or about 4%, from its
workforce of nearly 20,000 employees, a company spokesman said
Wednesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9671>
EMC posts double-digit growth in Q3, 10/19/05
EMC Wednesday reported double-digit growth for the ninth
consecutive quarter. But the storage vendor also said sales of
its midrange Clariion array cooled somewhat, as did sales of its
high-end Symmetrix hardware -- mainly due to cautious customer
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9672>
Deloitte ranks fastest growing tech companies, 10/19/05
Deloitte & Touche Wednesday unveiled its list of the fastest
growing technology companies in North America.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9673>
Cisco bets a billion dollars on India, 10/19/05
Cisco this week said it will invest $1.1 billion in India over
the next several years, with new projects in R&D, venture
capital, equipment financing, and customer support targeted for
the world's second-largest country.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9674>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9675>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9676>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9677>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa9678>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
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Fixed/mobile convergence: Who will win out?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
10/26/05
Today's focus: Fixed/mobile convergence: Who will win out?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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* Who will win the battle for applications delivery to the
consumer?
* Links related to Convergence
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Today's focus: Fixed/mobile convergence: Who will win out?
By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick
Authors' note: The names in today's transcript have been changed
to protect the innocent. The wireless advocate has been re-named
"Tom," the wireline advocate has been renamed "Sue." The
conversation about fixed/mobile convergence you are about to
read was recently held in the hallways of a major industry
analyst firm.
Tom: You know, Sue, that wireless connections will eventually
replace all wireline connections. The landline PC connection is
dead, and the wide-area landline market is dying. The cellular
handset is rapidly replacing the desktop and home phone.
Sue: Obviously, Tom you don't have a clue and neither do the
mobile phone companies. Those mobile companies still think that
just giving the customer a broadband Internet connection will
solve all their enterprise data needs. Have they even considered
offering a business application bundled with their broadband
service?
Tom: Businesses don't want any service provider to touch
applications - all they need is connectivity back to the
corporate servers that supply the business applications. And
speaking of applications, those wireline phone companies have
completely ignored bundling consumer applications, like
interactive gaming, with their local loop.
Sue: Oh, really Tom? What about IP-TV? Have you forgotten that
wireline companies offer television over phone lines? They even
have hosted call-center applications for the enterprise included
as a service.
Tom: IP-TV? Is that the best you can do? My mobile provider
offers me on-demand video news feeds whenever and wherever I
want. And if the business absolutely insists on support for a
mobile application, how will your wireline network support
tracking inventory and delivery support from factory to truck to
customer?
Sue: Well, one thing's for sure, Tom. My reliable wireline
network won't ever run out of transmission capacity because it
doesn't depend on finite radio spectrum. And, unlike my cell
phone, I never get a "searching for network" message on my
desktop phone.
Author's note to readers: Who's right? Tom or Sue? Who will win
the battle for applications delivery to the consumer? Who will
win the battle for applications delivery to the enterprise?
Please feel free offer you position by e-mail to Larry or Steve.
We'll publish your responses in a future newsletter.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9707
2. How to respond to a security breach
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9708
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9363
4. Cartoon of the Week
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9364
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9709
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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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NetFlash: Skype's patch, Microsoft's certifications, Cisco's new Ethernet gear and more
NetFlash: Skype's patch, Microsoft's certifications, Cisco's new
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10/26/05
In this issue:
* Skype patches critical flaws
* Microsoft introduces three-tiered certification path
* Cisco expands carrier Ethernet lineup
* Heated debate brewing over state's OpenDocument plan
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
By Jeff Caruso
You can talk up the benefits of Internet telephony all you want,
but you'll never hear your local phone company say it's patching
a critical flaw that could allow an attacker to take over your
phone - and the rest of your computer as well.
Skype patches critical flaws
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9612>
Microsoft introduces three-tiered certification path
Microsoft's new certification process allows IT professionals to
get certified six ways from Sunday. Now you can obtain
certifications for a range of products and at a range of levels.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9613>
Cisco expands carrier Ethernet lineup
Cisco is getting ready to sell more gear into the burgeoning
market for Ethernet services from carriers, preparing to
introduce new switches and hardware modules at the Telecom 05
show in Las Vegas this week.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9614>
Heated debate brewing over state's OpenDocument plan
Debate among Massachusetts government officials may throw a
wrench in a state proposal to migrate away from Microsoft's
Office productivity suite in favor of software that supports an
open-document format.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9615>
Groups challenge FCC's VoIP wiretapping rules
A group of privacy advocates and technology companies on Tuesday
filed court papers to challenge a ruling by the FCC, saying it
overstepped its authority by requiring VoIP providers to allow
wiretapping by law enforcement agencies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9616>
Blog: Savvis tries not to lose its shirt
Savvis CEO Rob McCormick allegedly rang up a $241,000 bill at a
topless club in New York. Now he and Savvis are being sued.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9617>
Today on Layer 8, where the Force is strong in us:
IT exec orders DNA test for employees; Google Base - threat to
eBay and craigslist?; why hating your job is bad for your heart;
and how to keep Gen Xers in your employ (if you want to); 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. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9588>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9618>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9381>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9382>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9619>
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Device vendors get serious about business
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
DEVICES
10/25/05
Today's focus: Device vendors get serious about business
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Latest devices for business users from Nokia, RIM, HP
* Links related to Wireless Computing Devices
* Featured reader resource
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Network World Executive Guide: Compliance can be an opportunity
for Network Improvements
Federal regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are driving
increased corporate spending on key IT areas such as security,
authentication, access control and document management. Get
advice from experts. Read about real-world tactics. Learn about
the dark side of compliance: what happens when thing wrong.
And, how mandates are affecting IT budgets.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=118333
_______________________________________________________________
USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
The days of simply giving traveling employees a cell phone for
talking and a laptop for dial-up data are long gone, replaced by
a complex landscape of overlapping choices. There are decisions
to be made regarding devices, carrier contracts, performance and
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Today's focus: Device vendors get serious about business
By Keith Shaw
Several companies over the past few weeks have launched new
wireless devices aimed at the business market. Here's a quick
summary of what's new:
* Nokia adds to its E Series family
Nokia launched three "business-optimized devices": The E60, E61
and E70 devices are part of the E Series range that Nokia hopes
will help businesses mobilize their workforce.
The devices include the latest edition of the Series 60
platform, as well as Version 9.1 of the Symbian OS, giving an
identical application environment for all three models, Nokia
says. The devices will support corporate e-mail applications,
including BlackBerry Connect, Good Technnology's GoodLink, the
Nokia Business Center, Seven Mobile Mail, Seven Always-On Mail
and Visto Mobile. The devices will be able to access several GSM
frequencies, as well as wideband CDMA (WCDMA) networks, in
addition to other wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
and Infrared.
Advanced voice services such as voice over IP, push-to-talk and
other SIP-based services will also be supported on the devices,
Nokia says. Companies will be able to connect these devices to
an Avaya or Cisco IP PBX system as well.
Specific details on the individual models are available at
Nokia's Web site <http://www.nokia.com/business>. The company
says the E Series will be available worldwide in the first
quarter of 2006.
* Nextel, RIM release cell phone-like BlackBerry
Sprint and Research in Motion (RIM) announced the BlackBerry
7100i from Nextel, a device that includes all the features of a
regular BlackBerry but in a slimmer design that's more like a
cell phone. The 7100i includes RIM's SureType technology, which
merges a phone's keypad and a QWERTY-style keyboard to fit
within a regular cell phone form-factor. Through software, the
SureType system gives users the chance to use their phone keypad
to type messages faster and more accurately than if they tried
it with a regular cell phone.
In addition to supporting the wireless synchronization of
calendar, contacts, notes and tasks, the 7100i includes
Bluetooth, a speakerphone, Web browser and support for Java
applications. It also includes GPS support and Nextel's
walkie-talkie services. The device has a high-resolution color
display (240-by-260 pixels), comes with 64M bytes of flash
memory and 8M-bytes of SRAM, and has a rechargeable, removable
lithium ion battery. The phone is now available for about $350,
before discounts and promotions. More details are available at
Sprint-Nextel's Web site <http://www.nextel.com/blackberry>.
* HP, Cingular release first Pocket PCs to work on Cingular's
EDGE net
HP and Cingular recently launched the HP iPAQ hw6500 series
Mobile Messenger device, the first Pocket PCs in the U.S. to
work on Cingular's EDGE network. Starting next week, Cingular
says it will be the sole U.S. carrier for the device, which
includes wireless e-mail support and an integrated GPS receiver.
Two versions of the hw6500 will be available - one with a
1.3-megapixel camera (the hw6515) and one without (the hw6510).
Other features include a built-in keyboard, Bluetooth wireless
technologies and multimedia messaging support. The device will
cost $449 with a two-year contract (plus $39.99 per month for
unlimited data), or $650 without any wireless activation. More
details on the product are available at HP's Web site
<http://www.hp.com/go/mobilitysummit2005>.
I was able to get a sneak peek at the hw6500 before it was
available in the U.S. Check out my review of the device in my
Cools Tools column <http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9267>.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9596>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9597>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9598>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9599>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile9072>
_______________________________________________________________
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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for Network Improvements
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Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are driving
increased corporate spending on key IT areas such as security,
authentication, access control and document management. Get
advice from experts. Read about real-world tactics. Learn about
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And, how mandates are affecting IT budgets.
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Are you ready for network-based services? Part 1
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND JIM METZLER ON WIDE
AREA NETWORKING
10/25/05
Today's focus: Are you ready for network-based services? Part 1
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Some history before getting into network-based services
* Links related to Wide Area Networking
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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associated challenges, market drivers and recommendations. Watch
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_______________________________________________________________
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
"framework" or "platform" for the enterprise? Click here for
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Today's focus: Are you ready for network-based services? Part 1
By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
In the beginning, there was the telephony network. And the
telephony network existed even before analog - let alone digital
- computers existed. Then, once we had computers, we invented
the need for remote access to computing functions. Then this
remote access morphed to real-time access.
Since the telephony network already existed, it was only natural
that "data communications" became "data over telephony"
communications - at least in the beginning.
But then, roughly in the late 1970s to mid-1980s, the world
started to get really complex as the need for data
communications started presenting a serious rivalry to voice
communications. And, to put it bluntly, the telephony network
providers came up two all-beef-patties shy of a Big Mac on this
one. By this time, major corporations had decided it was more
economical to "BYOB" (Be Your Own Bell) than to live with the
services offered by the phone companies.
The "Networked T-1 Multiplexer" phenomenon was an excellent case
in point. In the mid-1980s, corporations were purchasing
customer premises equipment that allowed them to take advantage
of the 1.544M-bit/sec (T-1) circuits that were already in place
for digital telephony. But there was a problem: If a T-1 circuit
failed, it could take hours - even days - for the phone company
to restore service.
However, the networked multiplexers could detect these outages
and reroute onto an alternate circuit in a matter of a few
seconds - sometimes even faster. This, more than any other
single circumstance, helped craft the great chasm between the
"data guys" and the telephone company. The message was clear: If
you wanted high-quality service above basic bit transport, you
had to do it for yourself. (Of course, as a minor defense of the
phone companies, the situation was exacerbated by the fact that
the phone companies had to spend 10 years in court after 1984
trying to figure out what they were and were not allowed to
provide as services. But that's another story.)
Had the phone companies offered a service with very fast reroute
of T-1 circuits, the problem would have been solved where it
should have been - in the network - and companies such as
Timeplex, N.E.T. and Newbridge never would have dominated the
networking scene for the better part of 10 years. But this
service was not offered in a timely fashion, and we're left with
a huge credibility gap to fill - convincing the data networking
professional that the service providers can provide enhanced
services that you're willing to bet your job on.
Next issue: Getting into network-based services - a reality
check.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan9592>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan9593>
3. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan9594>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan9595>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwan9069>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Blue Ridge Border Guard blocks sudden security breaches
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: TIM GREENE ON VPNS
10/25/05
Today's focus: Blue Ridge Border Guard blocks sudden security
breaches
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Blue Ridge cuts off user's VPN without interfering with
digital certificates
* Links related to VPNs
* Featured reader resource
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USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
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a complex landscape of overlapping choices. There are decisions
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Today's focus: Blue Ridge Border Guard blocks sudden security
breaches
By Tim Greene
Blue Ridge Networks is introducing a security appliance family
that has built-in digital certificates and can override them on
the fly to block sudden security breaches.
Called Border Guard 6000, the devices can red list users,
cutting them off the VPN even if they have a valid digital
certificate. The certificate itself stays valid, so if security
administrators decide access should be restored, it doesn't
require fiddling with the certificates themselves.
This feature is designed for protecting very sensitive data. It
lets network security staff cut off a user's access immediately
without having to revoke certificates and wait for any current
sessions to end before the cutoff takes effect. If a user's
behavior on the network is suspicious or malicious, access can
be cut right away. Similarly, if the user is fired suddenly,
their access can be terminated.
By containing its own digital certificates, the devices make
setting up two-factor VPN authentication simpler because no
external certificate authority is needed. But if a business
already has an established public key infrastructure (PKI), the
appliances can tap into that as well.
This is important to businesses and government agencies that
have invested in, say, VeriSign or Entrust for PKI already and
don't want to complicate it by having their VPN gear use a
separate infrastructure.
The new appliances have a tunnel-lock feature that allows only
traffic in and out of remote machines via the VPN during VPN
sessions, protecting the VPN from attempts to hack in from
devices that are on the same LAN with the remote computers. The
Border Guard 6000 family supports roaming with a wireless
laptop, so if a machine is connected to a VPN and the user
wanders from access point to access point, the session stays
alive.
Border Guard 6000 series gateways come in five models - 6100,
6200, 6400, 6500 and 6600 - and cost $4,000 to $20,000. They
differ in VPN throughput and number of concurrent users
supported.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9590>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9348>
3. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9349>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn9591>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvpn8984>
_______________________________________________________________
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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EMC: What's in its shopping bag?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MIKE KARP ON STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
10/25/05
Today's focus: EMC: What's in its shopping bag?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* The baubles that EMC has picked up on its recent shopping
spree
* Links related to Storage in the Enterprise
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________
GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE
Grid computing continues to gain ground and vendors such as IBM,
Platform Computing, Sun, SAS and Univa are launching services,
products and partnerships to support this growth. But will
challenges such as software licensing, security and bandwidth
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_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: EMC: What's in its shopping bag?
By Mike Karp
EMC is making plans to go beyond its traditional niche market of
storage. Admittedly, that "niche" is a mile wide and almost as
deep, but in order to remain competitive in large enterprise IT
- EMC's traditional market - the company will have to be able to
look beyond to include an enterprise's networks, servers,
applications and security. That is what HP, IBM, and Sun - EMC's
major competitors - are doing.
And so, EMC has been acquiring technology. Some folks still
think that buying a company in order to get a quick toehold in
the market is a mistake, but it really is quite the opposite. It
is merely an example of the realization that some companies do
things better than others, and in many cases it is likely to
cost you less to buy a company than to build a technology.
Economists refer to this as competitive advantage; those of us
who have participated in failed R&D efforts recognize it as a
repudiation of the NIH ("Not Invented Here") syndrome that so
often is a driving force at engineering-run companies.
EMC's purchase of Documentum
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2003/1014emcoffer.html?rl>
and SMARTS
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2004/1221emcsmarts.html?rl>
last year offer plenty of evidence that EMC is looking beyond
its traditional strength. As do last week's acquisition of
document management software maker Captiva Software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage9385> (which likely will
provide a document acquisition front end to Documentum), and
several other baubles EMC has picked up along the way (
Rainfinity <http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage9386> certainly
stands out among these).
The SMARTS purchase was particularly important, however, as EMC
is looking to the SMARTS InCharge software to give it an ability
to look out across the enterprise and monitor - and eventually
manage - with some appropriate level of granularity.
InCharge is definitely still a work in progress and will clearly
continue to be so for a long time to come. But then, what isn't?
What's more important is that InCharge is also a work that holds
lots of interesting technology. The software looks across the
connections within a data center, interprets data, and provides
root-cause and impact analysis. For gathering data, it relies on
"adapters" to provide it with information about the various
elements it looks at. These adapters sit between the SMARTS
software and the elements being managed (voice over IP and DSL
are examples of such elements - in the case of storage, EMC's
ControlCenter management framework is the adapter).
If this sounds to you like the architecture that is used in the
Knowledge Modules that go with BMC's patrol software, go to the
head of the class. We'll look at this a bit more next time.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage9580>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage9387nlstoragealert9431>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage9388nlstoragealert9432>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage9581>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstorage8987nlstoragealert9434>
_______________________________________________________________
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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VMware, PlateSpin bolster virtualization offerings
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
10/25/05
Today's focus: VMware, PlateSpin bolster virtualization
offerings
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* VMware aims at server consolidation; PlateSpin announces
PowerConvert 5.1
* Links related to Servers
* Featured reader resource
_______________________________________________________________
This newsletter sponsored by Xerox
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_______________________________________________________________
GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE
Grid computing continues to gain ground and vendors such as IBM,
Platform Computing, Sun, SAS and Univa are launching services,
products and partnerships to support this growth. But will
challenges such as software licensing, security and bandwidth
issues hinder grid rollouts? Click here for more:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=118187
_______________________________________________________________
Today's focus: VMware, PlateSpin bolster virtualization
offerings
By Deni Connor
Virtualization is red hot as VMware, IBM and PlateSpin announce
new products that carve up physical servers into separate
logical, virtual machines.
VMware last week announced a series of services around server
consolidation and capacity planning that help customers identify
where opportunities for consolidation exist.
VMware's server consolidation assessment services use the VMware
Capacity Planner - a hosted IT analysis and planning tool that
estimates capacity planning and server consolidation. The
services are based on the VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Methodology, which produces, validates and improves the use of
VMware's virtualization products. The services include capacity
assessment and a virtualization assessment.
PlateSpin announced PowerConvert 5.1, the latest version of its
software that enables the migration of operating systems,
applications, data and settings among virtual or physical
machines. PowerConvert allows consolidation, de-virtualization
and fast recovery of data. Among the new features of
PowerConvert are support for Windows Dynamic Disk, incremental
third-party images and integrated job scheduling. PlateSpin
initially announced PowerConvert back in July
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers9264>.
Windows Dynamic Disk enables PlateSpin to convert physical
Windows servers with dynamic disks to virtual machines, other
physical servers or to image archives. Support for third-party
images includes images captured by Acronis TrueImage or Symantec
LiveState.
In addition, PowerConvert 5.1 includes integrated job
scheduling, which lets customers schedule conversions, and a
Conversion Analyzer Tool that provides inventory reports.
Finally, IBM and VMware announced that they would launch a
hosted infrastructure
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101905-ibm-blade.html?rl>
for IBM's xSeries and BladeCenter servers. The infrastructure is
client-based and will use Citrix's terminal server capabilities.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers9578>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers9523>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers9524>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers9579>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers9027>
_______________________________________________________________
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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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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New Zealand government gets set for open source
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
10/25/05
Today's focus: New Zealand government gets set for open source
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Kiwi Green Party applauds NZ government's move to open source
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: New Zealand government gets set for open source
By Dave Kearns
I'm rarely impressed by information in press releases. I use
press releases because sometimes there's a nugget of useful
information among with all the fluff. For example, one that
crossed my desk this week begins:
" [Major U.S. company] announced today that it is advancing its
position as a biometrics solutions provider by enhancing its
portfolio of identity management products. The comprehensive
Identity Management portfolio broadens [the company]'s
commitment to help governments evolve to next generation
ePassports and National ID cards to help deliver safer travel
worldwide."
Next week, the company will tackle curing cancer.
But occasionally there is a press release that makes me pause
and think. Another one that crossed my desk this week was like
that. Even better, it was about Novell - but it wasn't from
Novell!
The press release
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0510/S00123.htm> extensively
quoted New Zealand Green Party IT spokesperson Metiria Turei.
Well, it was released by the Green Party. But who would expect
that a political party, especially one concerned mostly with
ecology, would have an IT spokesperson?
In fact, Turei was commenting on the software ecology and a
recent agreement between Novell and the New Zealand government
to adopt and expand the government's use of non-proprietary,
open-source software. Displaying a very good working knowledge
of the open-source movement, Turei's quoted as saying: "Clearly
much will be made of the money that can be saved by moving away
from inflexible licensing requirements, but, IMHO, the most
important part of this deal is the opportunity for agencies to
embrace the increased reliability, security and flexibility of
open source. In turn, the economy of scale and credibility
provided by the government choosing open source should go some
way to increasing its use in New Zealand generally, which in
turn will start to roll back the virus-vulnerable Microsoft
monoculture on Kiwi desktops."
(An aside: Do you suppose she actually said "IMHO" and if she
did, did she say the phrase "In my humble opinion" or spell it
out the letters? I very much believe that no one actually says
the words attributed to them in press releases!)
In fact, this is very good news for Novell as was the recent
announcement that the State of Massachusetts would only use
software applications conforming to the Open Document standard
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell9273> for file formats
(Microsoft Office doesn't conform).
While neither of these announcements directly sells any NetWare,
GroupWise or ZENworks licenses - and, in fact, could be seen as
limiting their future sales - anything that helps Novell's
bottom line can only be good news for those who use the
company's networking and productivity products. So it really is
good news. There is one downside, though. The New Zealand
government agency that Novell signed the deal with is Inland
Revenue. Do we really cheer when the tax collector chooses more
secure, more reliable software and operating systems?
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell9572>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell9573>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell9574>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell9575>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell9063>
_______________________________________________________________
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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User gets flexible compression
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
10/25/05
Today's focus: User gets flexible compression
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* F5 adds intelligence to compression
* Links related to Network Optimization
* Featured reader resource
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authentication, access control and document management. Get
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the dark side of compliance: what happens when thing wrong.
And, how mandates are affecting IT budgets.
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
"framework" or "platform" for the enterprise? Click here for
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Today's focus: User gets flexible compression
By Denise Dubie
Chris Sherwood was ready to upgrade his load-balancing and
compression tools in order to get something that could handle
gigabit speeds. In the process, he came upon a better way to
compress - or in some cases, not compress - data being
distributed across the company network to some 200,000 end
users.
Sherwood, network operations manager at Rappatoni, an
Internet-based Multiple Listing Service (MLS) real estate
provider, in Simi Valley, Calif., says his former compression
technology from NetScaler
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/070405-netscaler.html?rl>
didn't allow him as much control or flexibility over how to
manage application traffic. He refers to the tools from
NetScaler and his specific implementation as a "light switch" of
sorts that only allowed him to choose on or off when it came to
compression.
"In the NetScaler box the compression was on or off for the
entire unit, which wasn't ideal for us," Sherwood explains.
Following reviews of an upgraded product from NetScaler and one
from F5 Networks, Sherwood decided upon F5's Big-IP application
traffic management product
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2004/0831f5jams.html?rl>.
While he experienced some problems getting the Big-IP appliances
to synchronize, Sherwood says now he can better control the
amount of compression applied to application traffic and even if
it gets compressed at all.
"Compressing everything slowed some applications down,
actually," he says. "Often the time it takes to decompress data
would lengthen the entire process, so not compressing it at all
was a better option."
F5 calls its technology intelligent compression, saying that
"compression is not a one-size-fits-all technology. Compression
that lacks intelligence and granularity can actually hurt
end-user performance, especially for those clients accessing an
application via a broadband connection with low latency."
Sherwood says he likes that he can apply policies and rules to
different applications to better manage how the traffic
traverses his net.
"We can set compression at 10 different levels, and depending on
the importance of the application or the end users, we can
decide which rules to apply," he says.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop9551>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop9394>
3. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop9395>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop9552>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop8994>
_______________________________________________________________
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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It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
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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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Organizations across all industries are finally realizing that
they can achieve LAN-like performance on their WANs. Examine in
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Messaging management: Do you want it all from one vendor?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
10/25/05
Today's focus: Messaging management: Do you want it all from
one vendor?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Messaging management: One-stop shop or best-of-breed?
* Links related to Messaging
* Featured reader resource
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USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
The days of simply giving traveling employees a cell phone for
talking and a laptop for dial-up data are long gone, replaced by
a complex landscape of overlapping choices. There are decisions
to be made regarding devices, carrier contracts, performance and
reach. How do you know which decisions are the right ones? Click
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Today's focus: Messaging management: Do you want it all from
one vendor?
By Michael Osterman
It used to be, back in the olden days of e-mail management, that
if you ran good anti-virus defenses and maintained e-mail
servers properly you were pretty much ahead of the game in terms
of good management of your e-mail infrastructure. Then along
came the deluge of spam; the need to focus more on encrypting
messages; the need to scan outbound messages for confidential
and other sensitive information; and the need to implement sound
disaster recovery, as well as to keep on top of spyware. Then
there's the need for regulatory oversight, managing the
increased use of consumer instant messaging in the workplace and
the threat of IM-oriented malware. The result is that messaging
administrators face a lot of different problems that need to be
solved properly in order to keep messaging running 24/7.
While best-of-breed solutions work very nicely to address these
problems, a collection of eight or 10 different vendors' systems
can be difficult to manage given the potential for unexpected
interactions between them, different upgrade cycles, etc. As a
result, our research finds that the vast majority of people who
manage e-mail systems want an integrated messaging management
system that will allow them to have a single view into all of
the functions they need to manage messaging properly.
Vendors are responding to this market demand by offering new
capabilities in their products, acquiring companies that offer
point solutions that can be integrated with other complementary
systems, or both. The market's need for integrated messaging
management is the key driver for all messaging acquisitions
we've been seeing in the past year or so, including those by
Symantec, Microsoft, Computer Associates and many other
companies. And, it's the driver that will keep these
acquisitions coming at a regular pace throughout the next 12 to
18 months.
In short, many vendors are becoming "one-stop shops" of
messaging management functionality, a trend that will continue
unabated for the foreseeable future. I'd appreciate getting your
feedback on the usefulness of these one-stop shop approaches vs.
selecting best-of-breed capabilities: please drop me a line at
<mailto:michael@ostermanresearch.com>.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg9547>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg9548>
3. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg9549>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg9550>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmsg9057>
_______________________________________________________________
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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10 Gigabit goes to school
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
10/25/05
Today's focus: 10 Gigabit goes to school
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Schools deploy Foundry 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches
* Links related to High Speed LANs
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: 10 Gigabit goes to school
By Jeff Caruso
Foundry Networks continues to roll 10 Gigabit Ethernet out to
various organizations. This time the network hardware company
has announced that two educational institutions have separately
opted for its gear.
The first is Vanderbilt University (whose football team,
coincidentally, was thrashed by my alma mater a couple weeks
ago, but that's neither here nor there). The university's
Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education is
installing Foundry's BigIron RX-16, which you may recall
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan9538> is also going into
Internet exchanges.
In Vanderbilt's case, the RX-16 becomes the core infrastructure
for the university's high-performance computing cluster. The
computing center is used by researchers in areas ranging from
genetics, molecular biology and physiology to high-energy
physics, electrical engineering, chemical engineering and math.
Vanderbilt says it needed a switch to scale up to hundreds of
Gigabit Ethernet ports and dozens of 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
while keeping latency low. Plus, it had to be able to work
continuously. The RX-16 has redundancy features and "graceful"
software failover capabilities, and it boots up in less than 45
seconds.
Meanwhile, Southern California's El Monte Union High School
District went with Foundry's BigIron MG8 switches for its
backbone. Foundry FastIron SuperX edge switches connect to a 10
Gigabit Ethernet core network supported by the BigIron. The
school system is also using Foundry access points to create a
wireless LAN.
On top of that network, El Monte is running voice over IP via
Mitel gear, providing VoIP to 8,000 users distributed among
seven high school campuses.
El Monte is one of the first high school districts to deploy a
10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone. What are they going to fill that
pipe with? Multimedia, primarily. High school isn't what it used
to be.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan9539>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert9415>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert9416>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan9540>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllan9030nllansalert9418>
_______________________________________________________________
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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It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
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online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
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Consistency in processes and policies across IT
Automation and policy enforcement are key in solving
configuration and change issues. Tune in and learn how to
establish policies for change and configuration that can be used
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Obsessed with music, Outlook list
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10/25/05
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Editor's Note: On Nov. 8, the Gibbs and Bradner newsletter will
become Gibbs' Backspin. The newsletter will feature all of Mark
Gibbs' musings of the week, including highlights of his newest
Gearhead and Backspin columns, along with links to the latest
postings to his Gibbsblog. You will continue to be able to read
Scott Bradner's 'Net Insider column each week at the 'Net
Insider page
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/bradner.html> . We hope
you'll enjoy the new format.
This week we take a break from our current VoIP obsession and
instead focus on some of our other obsessions.
Music, for example. We have a large collection of digitized
music and we'd like to preserve the context of an album's
context. It's irritating to listen to an album we've ripped
where the tracks on the original flowed from one to the next and
the player pauses between each track because they were ripped
into separate files.
Of course you could rip the album to a single file but then you
would not be able to easily find the start of any particular
track. In short, your choices are imperfect playback or
unmanageable content.
If you, like us, have theorized about a standard to fix this,
theorize no longer. A group called ID3 is working on a proposal
to add table of contents and chapter data to any file that uses
the ID3 tag.
The ID3 tag is a data structure that is commonly used in a
number of audio file formats, including MP3, AAC, WMA and Ogg
Vorbis, and stores meta-information such as artist, album and
release date. The entire ID3 tagging scheme is a de facto
standard and can be applied to any file, although its use
outside of audio is rare.
ID3 tags are prepended as the file's header and the reason they
don't interfere with the original contents is any code that
parses data is supposed to ignore data structures it doesn't
understand.
ID3 Version 1 was limited in the amount of data it could store
(all data fields were of a fixed length and totaled 128 bytes),
but Version 2 tags are, in comparison, huge (as large as 256M
bytes). Version 2 tags consist of a series of chunks of data
called frames (in common with MP3 data structures), and each
frame can be as much as 16M bytes in size.
There are no restrictions on what kind of data can be stored in
ID3 Version 2 frames so anything from raw text (Unicode is
supported) to images and even program code can be embedded.
There is even support for synchronized lyrics and audio
encryption.
Anyway, what got us excited was the proposal for table of
contents and chapter frames . In this scheme chapter frames
define the start and end of a chapter in the content as well as
an optional title, related URLs and so on. Table of content
frames can list either "child" tables of content (which allows
for hierarchical structures) or chapters. There also is a field
to indicate whether the listed chapters are ordered, that is, to
be treated as sequential and continuous.
Obsession No. 2 is actually a question: In Outlook 2003 we had a
distribution list that was imported from another copy of
Outlook. The problem is internal data architecture issues mean
when you move a list from one machine to another you lose the
individual list entries. And when you use these corrupted
entries you get the terribly useful message "An unexpected error
has occurred." You have to delete the offending distribution
lists and recreate them.
But if you use the same name for the new distribution list the
automatic name-checking feature will find the old distribution
list details from some internal cache. This list in fact points
to nothing so if you accept the entry and then try to send your
message you'll get that unexpected error.
To get around this you have to go to the address book to use the
new version of the distribution list. After that it seems the
old version of the list is purged from this mysterious cache and
automatic name completion will provide the new distribution
list. Of course, there's a catch. When you restart Outlook the
old cache appears to be reinstated.
So, our question is how do you either purge the old cached
contents used by the automatic name-completion feature or force
the updated cache contents to be flushed to disk to be used by
automatic name completion when Outlook next starts?
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad9541>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad9526>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad9527>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad9542>
5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlgibrad9051>
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in Network World, as well as the Gearblog blog
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/gearblog/> . We'll spare
you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go to
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Intel alters server processor roadmap
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Intel alters server processor roadmap, 10/24/05
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<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews9560>
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On the first day of the inaugural HP Technology Forum last week,
Kristi Browder's real job evaluating servers took a back seat to
speech-making, press interviews and receptions honoring her
fellow users of HP's technology.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews9561>
EMC posts double-digit growth in Q3, 10/19/05
EMC Wednesday reported double-digit growth for the ninth
consecutive quarter. But the storage vendor also said sales of
its midrange Clariion array cooled somewhat, as did sales of its
high-end Symmetrix hardware -- mainly due to cautious customer
...
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IBM taps VMware, Citrix to create blade PCs, 10/19/05
After spending the past few years on the sidelines, IBM
Wednesday jumped headlong into the blade PC market, announcing
partnerships with Citrix and VMware to provide users with the
means to manage desktop PCs from a secure, centralized location.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews9563>
HP CEO pledges support for Itanium, 10/18/05
HP CEO Mark Hurd Tuesday said that his company will "double
down" its commitment to its server storage management software
businesses, and he offered up a long-range vision of IT that
includes automated data centers.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews9564>
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[NWP] Networking Pipeline - 10.25.2005 - Protect Yourself Against The Worst VoIP Dangers
| Networking Pipeline Newsletter www.NetworkingPipeline.com Tuesday, October 25, 2005 In This Issue: - Security Group Takes First Major Step Against VoIP Dangers - eBay CEO Says All Phone Calls Will Be Free - AJAX-Driven Web-Based Software Challenges Microsoft Office - More News... - Protect Yourself Against The Worst VoIP Dangers - Which Wireless Device Delivers Data Best? - What's the ROI For Wireless Broadband? - More Picks... This issue sponsored by: IP 4 IT, Conference and Expo IP 4 IT is coming to Las Vegas, Nevada November 14-16. Are you looking for the answers to all of your IP questions? Then IP 4 IT is where you need to be! Plan to attend keynotes, technical sessions, and panels. Plus, visit over 200 companies on the exhibit floor. As a special offer to all of our SOA Pipeline Newsletter subscribers we are offering 50% off, but you better act NOW as the offer ends soon. "https://secure.pulver.com/ip4it/register.html" ----------------------------------------- Editor's Note: VoIP's Promise: Tear Up Your Phone Bill If eBay's CEO Meg Whitman is to be believed, you can throw your phone bill out the window. During an eBay earnings call last week, she told analysts that VoIP will drive down telecom costs so much, in the future all your phone calls will be free. That doesn't surprise me. I wrote in my blog a few weeks back that VoIP is killing Big Telecom, and Whitman's proclamation was only one more bit of proof. That's not to say that VoIP is perfect. Far from it. There are plenty of security dangers associated with the technology, and in response, this week the Voice over IP Security Alliance took the first major step to combat VoIP dangers, by releasing a complete taxonomy of VoIP threats. But VoIP will soon change everything. I, for one, am looking forward to tearing up my phone bill. Now all I want is VoIP to get working on my tax bill. The Gralla Blogosphere Catch up with my blogs from last week:
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TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a primer on the auditor's
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NetFlash: How to respond to a security breach
NetFlash: How to respond to a security breach
10/25/05
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* How to respond to a security breach
* Net access control on tap from Juniper
* CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
* Novell: No comment on layoff rumors
* Blog: Reconsidering the Shifting Past
* Today on Layer 8
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM
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IT defenses and put your customers' data at risk. What do you
do? There's a right way and a wrong way to respond, and this
week's feature looks at both, with real-world examples.
How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9584>
Net access control on tap from Juniper
Juniper Networks this week plans to unveil a policy management
appliance, a key piece of a secure network access scheme
designed to rival those of Cisco and Microsoft.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9585>
CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
Hurricane Katrina destroyed nine BellSouth central offices in
the Gulf Coast region, BellSouth's CTO said this week.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9586>
Novell: No comment on layoff rumors
Troubled software vendor Novell wouldn't comment on a growing
number of reports and rumors circulating Monday that the company
is about to lay off as much as 20% of its workforce as a way of
cutting costs.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9587>
Blog: Reconsidering the Shifting Past
As Network World's Web component turns 10, blogger Ken Fasimpaur
reflects on what a decade in IT looks like.
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3380>
Today on Layer 8, currently battening down hatches:
The technological drawbacks of prison; file sharers moving off
BitTorrent; how spammers are getting past your anti-spam
software; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest;
all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking
news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9588>
2. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9381>
3. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9382>
4. Juniper gains corporate network ground
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5. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash9048>
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Idiosyncrasies of location tracking
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JOANIE WEXLER ON WIRELESS IN THE
ENTERPRISE
10/24/05
Today's focus: Idiosyncrasies of location tracking
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Hospital recalls early lessons with location tracking
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USERS AWASH IN EMERGING WIRELESS OPTIONS
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Today's focus: Idiosyncrasies of location tracking
By Joanie Wexler
If you read the last newsletter
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9323> , you'll know that
Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, Ill., hopes to use
Wi-Fi-based asset location tracking to take a chomp out of the
$1.5 million in annual productivity losses it attributes to
searching for mobile equipment.
It has partially deployed a system combining the PanGo Networks
PanGo Locator application, Cisco 1100 and 1200 series access
points, and Four Rivers asset management software. Joe
Granneman, Rockford Memorial's manager of networking and data
security and HIPAA security officer, says the location-tracking
system's ability to use the hospital's existing Wi-Fi network to
communicate location information to the application sealed the
deal.
Earlier tracking systems used infrared-based technology and
readers with specially cabled overlay networks that would have
cost a quarter of a million dollars to install. "The healthcare
community just doesn't have that to spend, regardless of the
potential savings," Granneman says.
The existing cabled communications network couldn't be used for
transporting asset-tracking information because of interference
problems with the older technology, explains Gary Bayston,
manager of biomedical engineering.
Granneman notes that with the Wi-Fi setup, "security was
tricky." The PanGo tags available when the project got underway
supported 802.11 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption,
which wasn't strong enough to meet hospital policy. So the
hospital created a custom Wi-Fi virtual LAN (VLAN) for asset
tracking that can't see any other applications, such as the
hospital information system or pharmacy system. The Cisco 1100
and 1200 access points each support six different service set
identifiers (SSID), each with different security profiles,
Granneman explains.
The next release of PanGo tags, due late this year, are
scheduled to support stronger encryption - Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA), according to PanGo. However, a company
spokesperson says, "WPA association takes more time and as a
result eats up more battery power. Changing batteries too often
can be labor-intensive, so generally our customers don't ask for
WPA for asset tracking."
Granneman was glad he built the Wi-Fi network with 50% coverage
overlap in anticipation of supporting voice over IP (VoIP),
because location accuracy is closely tied to how many access
points a tag can hear, he says.
He adds that he discovered that the dynamic power allocation
mode supported by Cisco access points - and those made by other
vendors - must be disabled to work with location tracking.
Location is determined by a signal-strength table built during a
location site survey, and dynamic power allocation (whereby if
an access point fails, those around it compensate), throws
accuracy off, he explains.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9375>
2. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9376>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9324>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9081>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir9217>
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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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Microsoft revises its shared source licensing programs
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS
10/24/05
Today's focus: Microsoft revises its shared source licensing
programs
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* October is Microsoft license season
* Links related to Windows Networking Tips
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
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Today's focus: Microsoft revises its shared source licensing
programs
By Dave Kearns
I just can't seem to get away from licensing issues in this
newsletter. Evidently, October really is "license season" in
Redmond. Microsoft last week released a revised set of licenses
that didn't get as much attention in the press as the
virtualization licensing issue we talked about last week
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/1017nt1.html?rl>
. This time, it was open-source licenses that Gates & Co. were
revising under the Shared Source Initiative ( SSI
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9331> ) project.
The big surprise, the thing that should have made the front page
of at least the business section of the major newspapers was
that a number of opponents of proprietary software had nice
things to say about the move. Even Larry Lessig, founder of the
Center for Internet and Society (with whom I almost never agree,
see " Death of the Internet
<http://vquill.com/2003/05/death-of-internet.html> "), said it
was a good move because it reduced the number of licenses used
by the open-source community. Lessig believes the huge number of
different open-source licenses is the single-most important
problem in the world of free and open-source software, because
many are incompatible, leading to situations in which it's
impossible to use the software.
The new licenses were announced by Microsoft's voice of open
source, Jason Matusow (think of him as the "anti-Ballmer"; see "
Getting inside Microsoft
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/0411nt2.html?rl>
" for more about Matusow) at the recent European Open Source
Conference in Amsterdam. There are still three versions of the
license, but according to Matusow they've been simplified and
made easier to understand. His aim is to obviate the need of a
highly priced lawyer while making it easier for a developer to
know what is and isn't allowed under each license, which should
make it easier for Microsoft developers to share code.
The first of the three templates is the Permissive License -
Ms-PL. The only restrictions it places on what you do with the
code are that you mustn't use the Microsoft trademark, and that
the code must carry proper attribution.
Second is the Community License, Ms-CL, a reciprocal license
that is similar to the Mozilla public licensing model - if you
modify and distribute the code, you must give that file back to
the community.
The final template is the Reference License, Ms-RL, essentially
a "read-only" license to examine source code. This is especially
popular with government entities.
You can find more information on the three new licenses on the
Microsoft Shared Source Initiative Web site
<http://www.microsoft.com/sharedsource/>. Head to " Shared
Source Licensing Programs
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9332> " and find links to the
dozens of different programs Microsoft offers based on these
licenses.
In conjunction with the three new license types, Microsoft also
announced that eight new Starter Kits for Visual Studio 2005
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9333> and the next version of
the Windows CE Bluetooth Wrapper
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9334> will be offered under
the new Ms-PL. This license will enable software developers to
have access to the Starter Kits and the Windows CE/Bluetooth
code, modify them, and build a business or community around them
without paying royalties to Microsoft.
Maybe the leopard can change its spots!
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9373>
2. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9374>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9335>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9209>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlwnt9213>
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written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
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found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.
Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these
respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.
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manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
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Google is full of baloney
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON THE VOICES OF
NETWORKING
10/24/05
Today's focus: Google is full of baloney
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Google is full of baloney
* Face-off: Are smart networks a good investment?
* Convergence is all-encompassing
* The good ol' days?
* Links related to Voices of Networking
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Google is full of baloney
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Google claims that its plan to index every book under the sun is
"fair use." So why is the company offering an "opt-out" option
for authors and publishers? 'Net Buzzman Paul McNamara this week
says it's really all about the money.
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/102405buzz.html?vo>
Face-off: Are smart networks a good investment?
Aventail CEO Evan Kaplan calls smart networks the "Star Wars
defense system of our time - monolithic, vulnerable and
inherently unreliable." Rob Redford, Cisco's vice president of
product and technology marketing, begs to differ. Who's right?
Read both sides and use our forum to put in your own two cents.
Kaplan: No
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9502>
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<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9503>
Convergence is all-encompassing
Combining voice and data onto the same network sounds like a
fine idea on paper. But once you start down that road, the voice
people and the data people have to work together like never
before. In fact, the way you manage your whole company has to
change. Johna Till Johnson explains.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9504>
The good ol' days?
Ten years ago, Network World took its first steps onto the Web
with Network World Fusion. Networking was a whole lot different
back then. Chuck Yoke takes a stroll down Memory Lane this week
in his User View.
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The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9505>
2. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9506>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9507>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9508>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoice9509>
_______________________________________________________________
To contact: Jeff Caruso
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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
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Nortel eyes Motorola COO as next CEO
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
10/24/05
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In this issue:
* Nortel picks Motorola President and COO Mike Zafirovski
* Links related to Optical Networking
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
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Today's focus: Nortel eyes Motorola COO as next CEO
By Jim Duffy
Nortel last Monday surprised the industry by announcing that CEO
Bill Owens will leave in mid-November and be replaced by
Motorola President and COO Mike Zafirovski.
But not so surprising given Nortel's track record over the past
few years, the move might not go smoothly. Motorola filed a
lawsuit the next day against Zafirovski seeking to prevent him
from taking the new job, based on an alleged breach of
non-compete agreements.
Owens' retirement caught industry watchers offguard in that the
65-year-old ex-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
recently indicated that he intended to remain CEO after leading
Nortel through a financial scandal and refocusing the company on
its enterprise network operations.
Owens became CEO after Nortel fired then-CEO Frank Dunn in April
2004 upon determining he helped orchestrate Nortel's bogus
accounting, which forced the company to restate years of
earnings.
During a Webcast press conference, Owens said he was not asked
to step down. He said he "openly and willingly" participated in
the executive search for his replacement, which began after the
company's annual shareholder meeting in June.
Zafirovski, 51, has a 30-year career of leadership with two of
the world's highest-profile corporations, General Electric and
Motorola.
"Zafirovski is well respected by the street, and seen as a
competent manager in the telecom industry," wrote UBS Warburg
Analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos in a bulletin. "Nortel has been in
need of telecom and operational experience in the top role."
Ramesh Kapoor, CIO for the public school system in Virginia
Beach, Va., says he's looking forward to new leadership at
Nortel. Kapoor says the school district has had some problems
with Nortel's Business Communications Manager VoIP gear and he
has not been satisfied with Nortel's support. Kapoor says he
hopes Zafirovski will bring new direction to Nortel.
Features Editor Neal Weinberg contributed to this report.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9390>
2. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9391>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9392>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical8990>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nloptical9198>
_______________________________________________________________
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has 18 years of high-tech reporting experience, including over
12 years at Network World. Previously, he was senior editor at
Computer Systems News and associate editor/reporter at
Electronic News and MIS Week. He can be reached at
<mailto:jduffy@nww.com>.
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App IDS guards databases
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
10/24/05
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* How application security implements traditional network- and
OS-level IDS concepts at the database level
* Links related to Networking Technology Update
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management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
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Today's focus:
App IDS guards databases
By Aaron Newman
Applications and their back-end databases are increasingly
exposed to application-level intrusions, such as SQL injection,
cross-site scripting attacks and access by unauthorized users -
all of which bypass front-end security systems and attack data
at its source.
What has emerged in response is a new level of security -
application security - that implements traditional network- and
operating system-level intrusion-detection system (IDS) concepts
at the database (that is, application) level. Unlike generic
network or operating system solutions, application IDS provides
active, SQL-specific protection and monitoring, protecting
thousands of prepackaged and homegrown Web applications.
For example, application IDSs monitor and defend critical data
against database-specific attacks such as buffer overflows and
Web application attacks, and will also audit these events.
Application security differs from network and host security. The
applications vary, but the attacker's goal is always the same -
to access the database. Since applications use SQL to
communicate with the database, a good application IDS parses
SQL, providing an objective layer of protection that understands
the traffic yet remains independent of the application.
Most application IDSs have three components: a network- or
host-based sensor, a console server and a Web browser. To read
about them, go to <http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9510>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9511>
2. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9512>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9513>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9190>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate9194>
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OOB: A little-known technology with big potential
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENNIS DROGSETH ON NETWORK/SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
10/24/05
Today's focus: OOB: A little-known technology with big
potential
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
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Today's focus: OOB: A little-known technology with big
potential
By Dennis Drogseth
Most people associate Out-of-Band Management (OOB) - if they
have a clear association for it at all - with remote KVM
(Keyboard Video Mouse) used to fix problems and reboot troubled
systems consoles in remote locations. KVM enables administrators
to work with the processor or system as though they were
virtually inside the machine. It also enables IT to control
multiprocessor machines or machines with multiple blades.
Moreover, KVM can be used to stop and start processes, or
restart processors and reboot remote devices.
Many network administrators may also recognize that OOB can
deliver serial console access, primarily for internetworking
devices such as switches, firewalls, load balancers and routers.
Virtually every network device has a RS232 serial port for
management purposes that largely complements any existing
in-band management instrumentation.
Other IT professionals may also be aware of OOB support for
service processors, which are embedded agents that provide
native support for monitoring device hardware - primarily server
platforms and blade computing - and are well adapted for remote
management. These include support for standards such as IPMI
(Intelligent Platform Management Interface), as supported by
Intel, Dell, HP and NEC.
Finally, many in IT may know that OOB remote management can
provide remote power control, which is critical for recycling to
fix devices by turning power on and off. A good example might be
a crash in which the system is frozen and the keyboard doesn't
respond.
All these things, combined with powerful ROI in terms of
minimizing mean-time-to-repair delays and eliminating costs
associated with truck rolls - or time and travel to fix devices
at remote locations - have made OOB a relatively fast-growing
market. OOB includes a number of vendors, some quite sizeable,
which as a group are growing well and building up substantial
customer loyalty. Some names, in alphabetical order, include
Avocent, Cyclades, Raritan and UpLogix (this last focused on
network edge devices).
However OOB, or remote management, hasn't yet gotten the
industry respect and attention it deserves, being viewed
primarily as a niche market with clear but limited
functionality. This is a shame because OOB holds promise beyond
the obvious, as in-band management systems become increasingly
vulnerable, and the huge amounts of detail needed for thorough
analysis of the infrastructure can threaten infrastructure
performance.
OOB could and should be viewed as another building block to
enable a more versatile approach to management more generally.
Most of the vendors named above, for instance, already provide
systems for monitoring consolidation and scale well across high
volumes of devices. Most, as well, provide some combination of
in-band and out-of-band awareness. And all provide solid designs
for controlling access to devices and ensuring that security and
compliance requirements are enforced.
How OOB will come into play more broadly is an open-ended
question, however, and one that the industry has, in general,
done little to address. Viewing OOB as a true building block
enabler for infrastructure management in general will, however,
bear worthwhile fruit for those vendors willing to think
creatively and break through yet another industry stereotype.
I'm interested in your comments and experiences here. Have you
tried products from any of the above companies, and if so, how
are you using them? What would you like to get out of the
opportunity to utilize a more fluid approach to mixing in-band
monitoring and out-of-band control if the marketplace stepped up
to this bigger challenge?
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9368>
2. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9369>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9370>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9075>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnsm9189>
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To contact: Dennis Drogseth
Dennis Drogseth is a vice president with Enterprise Management
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service level management and network management platforms and
products. He is actively researching trends in management
software and changing IT roles internationally. His 22-plus
years of experience in high-tech includes positions at IBM and
Cabletron. He is widely quoted in the press and is a speaker at
many industry events. E-mail him
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Readers sound off on Linux certifications
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
10/24/05
Today's focus: Readers sound off on Linux certifications
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Did Linux certifications help you land your dream job?
* Links related to Linux
* Featured reader resource
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
Many vendors stopped using the term "frameworks" when they
became synonymous with endless deployment cycles. So, if
management frameworks are out, what is the alternative? Does a
series of multiple products from multiple vendors work? Will
Configuration Management Database (CMDB) emerge as the new
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Today's focus: Readers sound off on Linux certifications
By Phil Hochmuth
Many readers responded to last week's newsletters
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9327> about Red Hat's new
security certification. At the end of the piece, I asked if
Linux certifications are valid or bogus in the current IT
industry. Readers seemed to be in favor of certifications, as
more employers are looking for a tangible way - whether valid or
not - to measure the competency of Linux professionals.
"Before 2001," one reader wrote, "I used to think my traditional
engineering degree and over a decade of engineering and
technology experience would land me any client or position. But
after getting laid off twice in the downsizing of 2001, I found
that having experience wasn't enough. With a glutton of
technology workers seeking employment, those little letters
quickly became 'filters' to trash resumes or ways for recruiters
to reduce the number candidates they look at."
Another reader - someone with an inside look the Linux
certification process - is more skeptical of vendor-sponsored
certifications: "IT is one of the remaining fields left in which
certification is primarily seen as a way to sell training and
doesn't serve the public interest," wrote Evan Leibovitch,
former president of the Linux Professional Institute, which
offers vendor-neutral Linux certifications. "Compare the state
of IT certification to that in the fields of law, medicine,
engineering or other fields. Does your drivers' license come
from Ford?"
According to others, any little bit of credentials helps in a
tight market. "I work as a freelancer and [certification] does
get me more appreciation from colleagues. It might well have
been one of the reasons to prolong my contract with another
year, giving me job security until end 2006," one reader wrote.
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9351>
2. Cartoon of the Week <http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9352>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9328>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9181>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux9185>
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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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IDOTA or IDDOTA?
NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
10/24/05
Today's focus: IDOTA or IDDOTA?
Dear networking.world@gmail.com,
In this issue:
* Does it or does it not depend on the application?
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE OUT - BUT WHAT'S IN?
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Today's focus: IDOTA or IDDOTA?
By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick
Back in the early days of networking when Larry first went to
his company's data communications institute to learn about data
networks, the most important acronym was "IDOTA" or "It Depends
On The Application." Twenty years ago, enterprises had to choose
the right network protocol or network technology based on the
individual application. For example, when an application needed
a bulletproof data delivery guarantee between two points, the
first choice was probably a private line. If an application
needed to cross a multi-point public data network and still
needed to guarantee data packet integrity, the choice was
usually X.25. Of course, 20 years ago a 1200-baud modem (1.2K
bit/sec) was used to support the "mobile worker."
Today, we propose that the current acronym should be "IDDOTA",
or "It Doesn't Depend On The Application."
We believe the ultimate architectural goal for any private or
public network is to evolve into an applications delivery
platform. Networks should be created in a way that IDDOTA;
rather any application needed by business or consumers should
and can be supported.
Of course, we know that X.25 protocols are still being used -
and somewhere token ring, Burroughs Poll Select and SNA are
still sitting between an application packet and an IP frame.
But even though network planners still have to deal with legacy
data-communications protocols, we think it's time to change the
acronym and the philosophy behind it. As network designers
evolve their current multi-protocol, multi-service network into
a multi-applications delivery platform, we think the IDOTA
acronym should be retired and IDDOTA should rule the day. Maybe
even someday, we'll stop calling the IT staff "network
designers" and start to call them "applications delivery
magicians."
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9363>
2. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9364>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9338>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9167>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence9171>
_______________________________________________________________
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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Deciding to outsource
All the week's storage news and analysis, 10/24/05
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GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE
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Network World's Storage News Alert
Deciding to outsource, 10/24/05
IT executives tell how they've made their choices.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9420>
IT complexity and outsourcing options, 10/24/05
Binod Taterway, founding partner at outsourcing firm Blue
Canopy, identifies four levels of complexity inherent in any IT
organization. Here he explains them and tells why outsourcing
becomes a less practical option as complexity increases.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9421>
Test: Storage options abound in SMB-based NAS market, 10/24/05
Options abound in the SMB-based market for network-attached
storage.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9422>
Best-of-breed tools for the next-generation data center,
10/24/05
A research analyst identifies the best tools for the
next-generation data center.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9423>
EMC enters continuous data protection fray, 10/24/05
RecoverPoint differs from some other products on the market
because it can be used to back up both file and database data to
disk. Other products, such as Symantec's Backup Exec 10d for
Windows Servers and LiveState Recovery 6.0, IBM's Tivoli Data
Protec
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9424>
Analysis: Where EMC is and where it's going, 10/24/05
My recent meeting with several EMC managers resulted in some
intriguing information.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9425>
CA buys e-mail archiving software, 10/24/05
Computer Associates has made public its acquisition of an e-mail
archiving software vendor whose technology CA says will help
round out its BrightStor storage management suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9426>
EMC to buy document capture vendor Captiva, 10/20/05
EMC agreed Thursday to acquire Captiva Software, a maker of
software for digitally capturing documents, for about $275
million.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9427>
Newsletter: EMC: Where it is and where it's going, Part 2,
10/20/05
Today, more on EMC. First, a non-surprise: Expect EMC to
continue to build out its core product lines, particularly the
Symmetrix DMX and several Clariion ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9428>
EMC posts double-digit growth in Q3, 10/19/05
EMC Wednesday reported double-digit growth for the ninth
consecutive quarter. But the storage vendor also said sales of
its midrange Clariion array cooled somewhat, as did sales of its
high-end Symmetrix hardware -- mainly due to cautious customer
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9429>
Newsletter: EMC: Where it is and where it's going, Part 1,
10/18/05
My meeting last week with several managers at EMC resulted in
some interesting information. In the next three newsletters,
I'll share some of what I heard ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9430>
The top 5: Today's most-read stories
1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9431>
2. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9432>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9433>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9434>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9435>
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Reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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