Thursday, May 31, 2007

The week's most-read stories

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Network World Daily News: PM, 05/31/07

The top 10 most-read NEWS STORIES this week

1. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
4. Cisco, Nortel weigh in on switches of the future
5. Palm set to unveil 'smart phone companion'
6. Report says Avaya in talks for private-equity buyout
7. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan: report
8. Second part of $20B government telecom award imminent
9. IPS app available for free
10. Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar

The top 5 most-read IN-DEPTH STORIES this week

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1. Windows Server 2008 includes something for everyone
2. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
3. End of BMC's .Net Identity Management suite highlights stink with Microsoft
4. Don't sniff at used network gear
5. Zigbee: The new Bluetooth?

The top 5 most-read BLOG ENTRIES this week

1. FiOS TV? Maybe Verizon ought to stick to phones
2. FAA plan to make business flights easier
3. Open source envy over 235 violated Microsoft patents
4. You might be digitizing books on the Web without knowing it
5. Cisco: The end of a religion?

The most-read REVIEW this week

NAC players on experimental show network

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

MOST E-MAILED STORY:
Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi


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100-gigabit network processor in the works

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Network World's LANs & Routers Newsletter, 05/31/07

100-gigabit network processor in the works

By Jeff Caruso

Semiconductor company EZchip Technologies revealed that it is working on a 100Gbps network processor that's scheduled for sampling next year.

The NP-4 is being designed to reduce costs by integrating many key components of line cards into a single chip. Switch system makers would have enough headroom to build line cards at 20Gbps, 40Gbps or 100Gbps in carrier Ethernet switches and routers (CESR), EZchip says.

The chip is just the latest example of how multiple components continue to get smaller and integrated into fewer pieces. The trend generally leads to simplicity, reliability and cost savings.

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The chip has 100Gbps of throughput, with a 100Gbps port, eight ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and 24 ports of Gigabit Ethernet.

Traffic management would be integrated, allowing managers to granularly control bandwidth. Service providers could use this feature to deliver "triple-play" services in Ethernet networks, according to EZchip. Individual traffic flows can be assigned specific levels of quality of service. SLAs can be enforced for applications, services and users.

The company lists these other features of the chip:

* Integrated 100Gbps, 10Gbps and 1Gbps Ethernet serial ports.
* Integrated fabric interface chip for direct connection to Ethernet switches that are used as switch fabrics while providing system-wide quality of service.
* Operations, administration and management processing offload.

EZchip quotes Infonetics Research as saying the market for CESR equipment, which the NP-4 would fit into, will grow from $5 billion last year to $9 billion in 2010.


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TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him at jcaruso@nww.com



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ITIL V3 goes live; Nearly 30% of businesses not ready for a disaster

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Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 05/31/07

ITIL V3 goes live, 05/30/07:  The keepers of the IT Infrastructure Library Wednesday made available a refresh of the ITIL best practice framework, which industry watchers, vendors and IT executives anticipate will provide adopters with more how-to guidance. Click here for more.

Teleworkers continue to multiply, 05/30/07:  The virtual workplace is becoming a reality. A recent Nemertes Research survey of 120 IT executives found that 62% plan to increase the number of their branch-office locations. The research firm says branch offices will grow 11% in 2007, up 8.9% from 2006. Survey respondents also said close to 20% of their employees telecommute. And respondents said that some 80% of companies are virtual workplaces, which means some of the employees work at a different location than their supervisors or workgroups. Click here for more.

Brocade unveils file management software, Fibre Channel enhancements, 05/30/07:  Brocade on Tuesday launched wide-area file services and storage virtualization products intended to consolidate and manage remote office data. The company also announced new capabilities for its hardware-based Fibre Channel switches and directors. Click here for more.

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Survey: Nearly 30% of businesses not ready for a disaster, 05/30/07:  According to AT&T’s annual business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness study, 72% of IT organizations have plans in place in case of a natural or manmade catastrophe. Click here for more.

Network/Systems Management Newsletter: BMC updates products with IT operations in mind, 05/30/07:  A few years back management software maker BMC started its journey toward automated IT service management with the introduction of its business services management (BSM) strategy. Click here for more.

BMC picks up ProactiveNet, 05/29/07:  BMC Software today said it acquired privately-held software maker ProactiveNet for an undisclosed amount. Click here for more.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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Making a profound business case for new technologies

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Network World's Unified Communications Newsletter, 05/31/07

Making a profound business case for new technologies

By Michael Osterman

Last October, I was involved in a client’s advisory board meeting in New York and sat next to a senior manager from a large, U.S.-based company. That company’s senior management, concerned about the potential breach of sensitive data resulting from the loss of company laptop computers, issued an edict that all laptops had to be secured within a period of two months. Any laptop that was lost after that time and that was not equipped with appropriate encryption software would result in the immediate firing of the employee who lost it.

That’s a good example of a profound business case for technology: implement it or risk getting fired.

However, there are a variety of messaging technologies for which such a profound business case is a tougher sell. For example, in talking with someone the other day from a leading provider of enterprise instant messaging (EIM) systems, that individual related that they are seeing a somewhat soft market for EIM and presence, softer than what many people might have anticipated a few years ago.

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Part of the issue is that many IT departments and business units have not yet found a really compelling reason to implement EIM and presence technologies, perhaps because they just don’t see enough business benefit from them relative to the other technologies they are faced with implementing. For example, a messaging decision-maker is faced with perhaps 15 different initiatives, technologies, etc. and must prioritize among them. If decision-makers in an organization have to solve problems around image-spam, phishing, spyware, archiving, policy creation and enforcement, outbound content filtering, e-discovery, etc., they will be less likely to consider the benefits of EIM and presence simply because these technologies are too far down the list to be addressed in the near term.

The key for vendors, then, is to move EIM and presence up the list through the marketing of a clear business case for these technologies. We are currently conducting a survey of prospective EIM and presence customers in North America and will have some results to share on this topic in the next couple of weeks.


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TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi


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Robots: More than meets the eye

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Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 05/31/07

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TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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RenewData refreshes data for e-discovery, archiving

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Network World's Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter, 05/31/07

RenewData refreshes data for e-discovery, archiving

By Deni Connor

RenewData, a start-up in Austin, Texas, launched a new service last week aimed at helping companies migrate their historical e-mail systems to new systems.

The company, which does e-discovery of e-mails and other unstructured data for compliance and litigation purposes, is rolling out its Data Migration Services.

The service uses RenewData’s ActiveVault Conversion Engine to do the migration. It supports CA’s Message Manager, Lotus Notes, Novell’s GroupWise and Microsoft Exchange environments and works with e-mail archiving systems such as Symantec’s Enterprise Vault and EMC’s EmailXtender.

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RenewData’s ActiveVault Conversion Engine de-duplicates e-mails and converts the data into a format that can be used by the e-mail archive. The migration service can also be used for data such as Word files, instant messaging and chat.

The process of the migration results in a full chain-of-custody for litigation.

RenewData also performs electronic discovery services, in which information needed for litigation is pulled off of tape and other media. Its technology can identify keywords, dates and files and generate custom reports of the results.

RenewData was founded in 2001 as the result of the merger of DSTX Limited and Progressive Data Recovery. The company is funded by ABC Capital Partners and CIBC Capital Partners. It just received $5 million in Series D funding after receiving $30 million Series C funding last summer.


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1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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AMD, Intel bunk together in OSS server

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Network World's Servers Newsletter, 05/31/07

AMD, Intel bunk together in OSS server

By Jennifer Mears

I first spoke with Open Source Systems last year when the company was called Open Source Storage. It has since changed its name to better reflect its focus on servers, as well as storage hardware. But its basic philosophy remains the same: to let buyers custom design industry standard-based systems optimized for open source deployments.

Last year, Open Source Systems introduced its Gemini line of servers, all based on AMD’s Opteron processor and promising better energy efficiency. Now, OSS is expanding its Gemini Line with the Green Series of Gemini Servers. The Green Series servers are designed to be more energy efficient. They use a high efficiency power supply that runs at 93% energy efficiency, enabling the servers to use up to half the power and emit up to half the heat of traditional servers, OSS executives say.

In addition, the servers are modular, so buyers can swap parts, including mother boards, in and out, as needed. And speaking of motherboards, the new server packs two motherboards into the 2U, 25” long chassis. That means buyers can run both Intel and AMD processors in the same box, enabling a single server to run two distinct operating systems and two completely different tasks, such as Web serving and database serving, without needing virtualization technology.

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“The Gemini is built around open standards. The motherboard trays fit any standard ATX or E-ATX board. This makes future upgrades a snap,” an OSS spokesman says. “In two years when motherboards offer more features, all the customer needs to do is upgrade the motherboard. You can't do that with a machine from HP, Dell, Sun, or IBM. They use their own motherboard reference design, made exclusively for a particular chassis.”

First of the Green Series servers, the Gemini 2U, supports up to 16 CPU cores, OSS executives say. The servers are available now and pricing ranges from $4,000 to $104,000, depending on memory (1GB to 12GB). Get more detail on the Green Series Gemini 2U here.


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1. Novell publishes terms of Microsoft Linux deal
2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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Jennifer Mears is a freelance journalist based in Arizona. She was previously senior editor at Network World focusing on server issues. E-mail her at jlmears@gmail.com.

 



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Getting down to application specifics

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Network World's Network Optimization Newsletter, 05/31/07

Getting down to application specifics

By Ann Bednarz

Just as network gear evolved from routing all traffic indiscriminately to treating it differently based on the type of content, WAN optimization appliances have done the same to speed traffic according to location, system and user-level priorities.

In the application acceleration arena, Certeon stands out among vendors looking to take specialized traffic handling to new levels.

Certeon’s S-Series appliances provide application acceleration and security for HTTP- and HTTPS-based applications running over the WAN. Customers also have the option of using embedded “Application Acceleration Blueprints” that Certeon builds to optimize specific application environments, including Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office and Oracle E-Business.

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Its latest Blueprint, unveiled last week, is aimed at users of EMC’s Documentum Content Server and eRoom applications. The embedded software helps the S-Series appliances to understand the specific object and messaging semantics of EMC’s content management and collaboration applications and use this knowledge to improve responsiveness and minimize traffic and chatter over the WAN.

For example, the technology can identify Documentum and eRoom application objects contained within documents and Web traffic, perform object differencing to identify new information, and then only send the compressed differences over the network.

“The Blueprint is specifically designed to recognize semantics and objects from eRoom and Documentum. It deals with the fact that 98% of this traffic goes over Web protocols -- HTTP and HTTPS -- using what Documentum calls Webtop, which is their Web front end,” says Gareth Taube, vice president of marketing at Certeon. “Above Documentum and eRoom objects and files, there are all sorts of custom applications and compressed and obscured content that needs to be accelerated. Our Blueprint accelerates all of these.”

Users of these EMC applications can speed file downloads and page renderings by over 90% without replicating, synchronizing or modify the existing environment, Taube says.

Certeon worked directly with EMC Documentum, through its partner program, to develop the Blueprint. Having access to EMC content management specialists and technical resources helped Certeon refine the Blueprint, Taube says.

Certeon’s Blueprints, including the new EMC Documentum one, are available bundled for no extra charge with its S-Series appliances. Prices for the appliances range from about $6,000 to $40,000.

Founded in 2003, Certeon is a private company based in Burlington, Mass. and funded by Globespan Capital Partners and Sigma Partners.


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2. Verizon planning iPhone killer
3. Michigan man fined for using free Wi-Fi
4. Switches of the future
5. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?
6. Cisco routers cause major outage in Japan
7. Microsoft routs BMC's .Net Identity Management
8. Report slams FBI network security
9. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
10. Don't sniff at used network gear

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The 'sweet spot' for Metro Ethernet

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Network World's Wide Area Networking Newsletter, 05/31/07

The ‘sweet spot’ for Metro Ethernet

By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler

According to a recently published report by Kubernan, Metro Ethernet is poised to be the next generation of access technology. The report, based on an extensive survey of both enterprise customers and providers of the service, finds that 36% of the enterprise respondents indicated that they already had Metro Ethernet services in production and/or that they were in the implementation process. The biggest single barrier to this adoption rate seems to be the service availability – a situation that the service providers will soon be remedying.

In addition to higher speed access at lower cost being an obvious driver for the services, a stark contrast was found between the service providers and the perceived benefits. In particular, improved/simplified options for business continuity was the third-ranking overall driver for end users (cited by 39%), while only 19% of the service providers saw this as a major driver.

The study also found that there was a definite “sweet spot” in the speed range desired for these services. While there was moderate demand for all speed ranges, the peak was clearly in the 10Mbps to 100Mbps range. This is most reasonable. On the high end, 100Mbps leaving the campus/office is still a tremendous amount of bandwidth for many users. At the same time, on the lower end of the speed spectrum, there is tremendous competition in the sub-10Mbps range. In particular, while these services can be delivered by mid-band Ethernet services (see this newsletter and related follow-up discussions), they also are increasingly available as DSL and cable services which already deliver up to 6Mbps in many areas.

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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, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at 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 via e-mail.



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