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10G or not 10G?
That is the question regarding high-speed switch products.
Alcatel switches stack up
Alcatel this month is scheduled to start offering stackable 10/100M bit/sec Ethernet switches that pack much of the punch
of enterprise chassis-based boxes.
MasterCard factors 9/11 into disaster-recovery plan
MasterCard is gearing to build a back-up and disaster-recovery site designed for the age of terrorism.
Special Report: The Early Adopters
Find out how companies are cutting costs, smoothing operations, better serving customers and enabling new business opportunities
through the adoption of cutting-edge network technologies.
ESP over Fibre Channel secures SANs
ESP can secure communications between any two entities in a fabric by providing message authentication and optional confidentiality.
It is widely deployed in the IP world, and the IETF iSCSI proposal specifies it for link security.
VocalTec head says VoIP adoption coming slowly to U.S.
VocalTec CEO Elon Ganor talks about what net executives should be looking for in VoIP and how to prepare for it.
Optical subsets up while market slumps
Leading research firms recently released figures and made statements indicating that certain subsets of the worldwide optical-hardware
market are experiencing healthy growth while the overall market languishes.
Switch lightens database server load
Start-up Savantis Systems is introducing a switch that lets users pool databases to better utilize capacity and potentially
reduce the number of database servers they maintain.
Sprint buffs up managed data offerings
Sprint revamps its managed data service offerings by simplifying the product set and pricing while extending the reach of
its management capabilities.
Antispam help is on the way
In the last year, spam has grown from a nuisance to a nightmare for corporate network executives, who are scrambling to respond
to the increased volume and objectionable content of unsolicited commercial e-mail messages sent to end users. In response,
messaging vendors are beefing up their antispam filtering capabilities targeted at corporate customers.
Making wireless LAN security air tight
Losing sleep lately? With rogue wireless LAN access points popping up every time you turn around it's easy to understand why.
Securing the ether is becoming job No. 1.
Latis rolls out wireless LAN protection
Latis Networks has introduced an 802.11 wireless LAN security gateway that enforces user authentication and continuously scans
the wireless network to block computer worms and Web attacks.
GSA to keep vigilant with patch-notification service
The U.S. General Services Administration last week began offering federal civilian agencies a way to keep track of new software
patches so that they can apply them before hackers exploit known vulnerabilities.
The customer is king
Nordstrom's salespeople are getting ready to throw out their little black books. Instead of filling pages with hand-scrawled
notes about customers' sizes and designer preferences, 20,000 sales clerks at the Seattle chain's 137 stores soon will be
using new software and mobile devices to track their customers' tastes and match them to new merchandise arrivals and store
promotions.
IP VPN extends manufacturer's reach
In an effort to save money and tie together its widely scattered groups, Russ Berrie and Co. is turning to high-speed IP VPNs
to augment its existing frame relay network connections.
New OS creating Macintosh converts
Unix-based Mac OS X 10.2 offers network executives more familiar administrative tools.
Sun move placates users
Ending nearly a year of sometimes cantankerous debate with its users, Sun appeased its Unix customers when it posted on its
site a downloadable early-access version of its Solaris 9 operating environment for Intel-based servers and workstations.
Optical in the enterprise
Optical switching and transport systems are finding their way into corporate networks as users deploy fiber to support high-speed
connections and bandwidth-hungry applications between buildings in a metropolitan campus.
Under control
Route control products and services are primarily designed to pick the best paths for Internet traffic at companies that use
more than one ISP. But early adopters of the technology say it delivers a range of additional benefits.
SIP passes taste test
The Session Initiation Protocol has gained industry momentum for its promise as the future of real-time voice, video and messaging
applications. But early adopters like it for one reason - it's very simple to manage.
Experts flag security flaw in Solaris
Plus: news on Siebel Systems, Hitachi, AOL and more.
Utility IT exec to explore power of Web services
Zimon, CIO and a senior vice president at energy company Nstar in Boston, has an atypical perspective on network technology.
He sits down with NW's Bob Brown to discuss Nstar's key IT initiatives.
BindView tunes tools for Microsoft
BindView this week will release tools for easing delegation and deployment tasks for those managing Microsoft Active Directory
environments.
Bank of America chooses Sigaba
Bank of America has awarded Sigaba, a San Mateo, Calif., start-up, a multimillion-dollar deal that industry observers say
is one of the largest-ever enterprise purchases of secure messaging software.
Los Alamos builds big InfiniBand cluster
Los Alamos National Laboratory has turned to server maker Promicro Systems to build what it says is the largest cluster that
uses the fledgling InfiniBand interconnect.
Infrastructure Briefs
News from Raritan, Linmor, and Northern Parklife.
Vendor crafts handheld access to corporate apps
At the recent Comdex show, National Semiconductor showed a working prototype of a handheld computer that can access standard
enterprise applications over more wireless infrastructures.
Enterprise Applications Briefs
Macromedia announces a new version of Director MX; RealNetworks announces security flaws in RealPlayer
Collaboration software gets CAD support
With an eye toward reducing product development cycles, Web-based collaboration vendor eRoom Technologies is adding support
for CAD drawings to its online meeting room software that will let users share, edit and annotate those files.
Carrier briefs
News from Telstra and BroadSoft and on broadband pricing.
SBC unifies offerings across U.S.
SBC Communications last week rolled out standardized national data services, letting SBC business customers get the same speed,
service level and pricing options across the U.S.
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