NASA boosts packet inspection on 10 Gig WAN links NASA has turned to a start-up specializing in packet inspection to monitor some of its 10G bit/sec WAN links. Juniper boosts edge routers for multimedia Juniper this week announced enhancements to its service provider edge routers that are designed to improve multimedia service delivery to users. Ants munching? There's nothing quite like awakening on a Sunday morning to the triple play of fail: no phone, no TV and no Internet service. Think the kids were happy? Think their Mom was happy? Think Dad was happy? Of course, we've been through this before. Cisco announces its biggest, baddest networking certification ever On Monday, Cisco announced a new certification, the Cisco Certified Architect, which will become the rank above CCIE. Ethernet on a Ring If you are considering a network design that has a ring topology and you desire to use Ethernet then you should first be aware of the issues of using Ethernet with a ring architecture. Roll your own XP-to-Windows 7 upgrade on a USB drive While news reports are circulating today that Microsoft may be building a version of Windows 7 distributed on a thumb drive, the bigger news for enterprises is that Microsoft is releasing a tool that let's you roll your own and that it supports XP-to-Windows 7 migration. Acronymania Nervosa So I'm dutifully studying up on Server 2008 R2 and reading on Microsoft's website about how Terminal Services is so good now, that we really can't call it Terminal Services anymore. In fact, we need at least three new names to describe it. Trouble is, they all seem to mean the same thing. Nortel Customers Fear The Future In the past twenty years, Nortel has built a large market share in the enterprise voice markets, accumulating thousands of customers across the globe. Now, with a potential buyer on the horizon, many Nortel customers are fairly asking: "What now?" ICANN chief refutes US control The new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) chief has poured cold water on claims the organisation is resisting a break from alleged US oversight. Heightened data-loss prevention needs fuel arms race between vendors Though deploying commercial DLP still is expensive a $100,000 price tag and up is not unusual the process of filtering content to spot leaks of data, intentional or otherwise, shows signs of starting to become commoditized. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
No comments:
Post a Comment