Wireless LANs turned inside out; 10G Ethernet storage appliance unveiled

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by IBM Complimentary Trial: IBM Software Development Tools Click here to download complimentary trials of nearly 20 IBM Rational V7 desktop products, offering new capabilities for empowering global teams to speed SOA results. Rational tools help you support the most effective software development for your enterprise and address common software development problems. Network World Daily News: PM, 05/08/07 Controller-based wireless LANs turned inside out Aerohive Networks wants you to step forward into the future of wireless LANS... by stepping backward. The venture-funded start-up this week launched its HiveAP product line, which turns the dominant wireless-controller architecture of most enterprise WLANs inside out. 10G Ethernet storage appliance unveiled Intransa today announced a new IP storage-area network (SAN) appliance that operates at 10Gbit/sec to alleviate application-performance bottlenecks. IT reorganization: What you had to say about it We asked for your ideas about the ideal IT organization of the future as part of package of stories we're doing on this subject. Here’s a sampling of what you had to say. Data Center Power & Cooling Options Tune into this webcast on Data Center Power and Cooling Options for tips and advice on how to prepare your data center for the future. Network World's Editor-in-Chief John Dix discusses current data center challenges and how to overcome them with data center expert Robert McFarlane of Shen, Milson & Wilke. Click to watch today! Next-generation multimedia networks face security challenges There may be no hotter topic in telecom right now than IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), an evolving standard that promises to offer a common way for multiple wireless and wireline networks to deliver multimedia applications. IBM and Amazon.com settle all patent litigation Amazon.com has paid IBM an undisclosed amount of money to settle all outstanding patent lawsuits between the two companies. They have also agreed a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement, giving Amazon access to IBM's patents on Web technology, the vendors said. IBM gathering public input to help Africa IBM wants your advice on how to spur innovation and economic development in Africa. IBM is inviting public comment on the Web until May 25, and the best ideas will help the company shape the agenda for an upcoming series of seven conferences around the world known as the Global Innovation Outlook (GIO). GlobalScape adds ad-hoc, security features to file exchange server GlobalScape on Tuesday announced a module for its file transfer server that lets customers grant business partners temporary access to the server without having to set up FTP accounts. Sun: The bulk of Java is open sourced Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2). The vendor made the announcement at its ...

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