Cisco clarifies software opportunity; Future of HTTP at center of debate

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Oracle Leveraging IT for a Sustainable Competitive Edge Can IT really be put to work to drive greater competitiveness in small and mid-size businesses? Meet one company that says it can and hear about many others that agree. Network World Daily News: AM, 07/26/07 Cisco clarifies software opportunity Cisco is looking to become a software company but not by breaking IOS. Future of HTTP at center of debate The IETF held a session in Chicago on Tuesday to debate whether HTTP should be tweaked to fix known errors or completely reworked to address its well-known security weaknesses. Next-gen 911 system nears completion The IETF plans to wrap up work on key components of its next-generation emergency communications system by the end of the year. The new system will support voice calls, text messages and images sent over the Internet. Get Up to Speed on the Latest in WLANs Easily stay on top of the latest developments and issues in WLAN technology, standards, security, telephony, management and more with Network World's latest Executive Guide, "Keeping Up With the Wireless Whirlwind." Click here to download! Researcher publishes attack code for Mozilla flaw Mozilla is working on patching its Firefox browser after a hacker posted details of a flaw that could let criminals run unauthorized software on a victim's machine. Identity framework moves into next phase The Liberty Alliance Project has started developing technical specifications for how companies can protect sensitive personal data within their IT systems and securely share that data with other organizations. ConnectU suit against Facebook continues A federal judge in Boston gave ConnectU a chance to amend its copyright-infringement suit against Facebook after the fast-growing social-networking company sought to have the case dismissed. Managing IP video on the network The growing popularity of video surveillance is fueled by the shift to IP video systems that are less expensive than traditional analog systems and make it easier to add or relocate cameras and multicast video signals to multiple locations. Grid pays handsome dividends for HR firm The mainframe is alive and well at the global human resources consulting and outsourcing firm Hewitt Associates, but it’s getting quite a bit of help these days from a Linux-based grid computing platform. Blogs Today at Cisco Subnet John Chambers tells the crowds at Networkers that Cisco is now a software company. Brad Reese notes that Marc Andreesen publicly thanked EDS, Cisco for his $138M cash payday. Author Expert Doug Alger has fun at Networkers in time-trials stacking foam data center gear. Continuing his series on Implementing IPv6, blogger Jeff Doyle talks milestones and methodologies. Buzzblog: How rumors get started and spread on the 'Net Oh, and New England Patriots star Tedy Bruschi is most emphatically not dead. Today at Microsoft Subnet Blogger Susan Hanley continues her series on good practices with SharePoint Search. Only a few days left to enter to win a copy of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed. View a sneak peek of the book here. Today on Layer 8, where we feel all you need at the beach is a towel and a pitcher of a mixed beverage: Ocean City, N.J., is a nice, family-oriented beach that will apparently soon be the high-tech model for seashore lovers and now perhaps geeks everywhere. The city has on its plate $3 million worth of public services featuring high-speed Internet access, RFID chips and Wi-Fi wireless technology.

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