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Get up to speed fast and stay ahead of the spammers at at Strategy & Management for Messaging & Spam, the sophisticated new Network World Technology Tour event coming to Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and New York in September. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=79800 _______________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON NETWORK WORLD FUSION (SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS BELOW) 1) LAN services to get new look 2) Vendors heed cry for compliance mgmt. tools 3) Battling MyDoom: Someone to watch over the 'Net 4) Review: Extreme's S400 raises the bar for workgroup switches 5) 10GBase-T brings blazing speed 6) 10G still prepping for big dance 7) Wireless Wizards: What's the best way to authenticate wireless users? 8) Nutter's Help Desk: How to get started in Linux 9) Case study: VoWi-Fi keeps nurses on call 10) Will the real Bill Gates please stand up? 11) Management Strategies: Executive enforcers 12) Case study: Research center plugs physical security into its network 13) Infonet VPN service to exploit the 'Net 14) Presence applications poised for takeoff 15) IBM rolls out low-end storage systems 16) Windows upgrades, licenses getting in sync 17) 'Fired-up' Ballmer zings Linux 18) Multicore processor on Intel road map 19) Auto industry pushes for XML unity 20) CA updates IT service management 21) Content switch coming from Sun 22) 3Com adds oomph to wireless bridges 23) Swan dives into WAN compression 24) F5, Redline launch data center gateways 25) BMC cooks up batch management tools 1) LAN services to get new look Major service providers could begin offering high-bandwidth, low-cost Virtual Private LAN Services next year if the proposed standard for the Ethernet/Multi-protocol Label Switching-based technology is approved by year-end as expected. DocFinder: 3570 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/news/2004/090604vpls.html> 2) Vendors heed cry for compliance mgmt. tools Suppliers of management software are jumping on regulatory compliance concerns by delivering a raft of tools that do everything from sound alerts when systems drift out of whack to automatically remediate problems and generate reports that can be used in audits. DocFinder: 3571 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604compliancemgmt.html> 3) Battling MyDoom: Someone to watch over the 'Net A behind-the-scenes look as the Internet Storm Center's Johannes Ullrich battles the MyDoom-O virus. DocFinder: 3572 <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/090604sans.html> 4) Review: Extreme's S400 raises the bar for workgroup switches Enabling gigabit to the desktop - or to lots of desktops - is the name of the game for Extreme Networks' new Summit 400-48t, a 10G Ethernet workgroup switch. DocFinder: 3573 <http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/090604rev.html> 5) 10GBase-T brings blazing speed A 10GBase-T standard in the works will support 10G Ethernet over new wiring at distances of up to 330 feet and existing wiring at distances of up to 182 feet. DocFinder: 3574 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/090604techupdate.html> 6) 10G still prepping for big dance While not yet a technology for the masses, more corporations are adopting 10G Ethernet as prices fall and vendors refine their 10G product portfolios. DocFinder: 3575 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/09060410g.html> 7) Wireless Wizards: What's the best way to authenticate wireless users? The Wizards conjure up an answer for a college trying to set up an authentication system for its wireless network. DocFinder: 3576 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0906wizards.html> 8) Nutter's Help Desk: How to get started in Linux Ron Nutter answers the question: I can see that to stay competitive in the IT field it would be in my best interest to learn Linux. My question is which flavor of Linux and what is the best way? DocFinder: 3577 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0906nutter.html> 9) Case study: VoWi-Fi keeps nurses on call Hospitals deploy voice over 802.11 wireless LANs to save time and lives. DocFinder: 3578 <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/090604sector.html> 10) Will the real Bill Gates please stand up? It not only pays to be Bill Gates, it also pays to look like him. Just ask John Ranlett and Steve Sires, two Gates impersonators who don't have to dress up to look like the software maven, and in a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction twist live within 10 miles of each other and not far from the Microsoft campus. DocFinder: 3579 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604widernetgates.html> 11) Management Strategies: Executive enforcers Chief compliance officers ensure corporations toe the line. DocFinder: 3580 <http://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0906man.html> 12) Case study: Research center plugs physical security into its network Keeping its huge data center humming is vital at NASA Ames Research Center, where 4,000 scientists are working on aeronautics and biotechnology projects. When a new custom-built air conditioning system couldn't keep the research outfit's network equipment at the right temperature, it was the IT department's equivalent of a space mission gone wrong. DocFinder: 3581 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604nasaames.html> 13) Infonet VPN service to exploit the 'Net Infonet Services next week will announce a low-cost, managed VPN service that uses the popular Multi-protocol Label Switching protocol and rides over the Internet. DocFinder: 3582 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604infonet.html> 14) Presence applications poised for takeoff Before presence explodes on the scene, it faces myriad challenges, including corporate buy-in to its potential and power, management tools to control it and, most importantly, the development of interoperability standards, the same liberator that unshackled e-mail nearly a decade ago. DocFinder: 3583 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604specialfocus.html> 15) IBM rolls out low-end storage systems IBM last week expanded its storage systems with the introduction of two arrays that should help small and midsize businesses and workgroup and departmental users more easily store database, e-mail and Web serving data. DocFinder: 3584 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604ibmstorage.html> 16) Windows upgrades, licenses getting in sync A byproduct of Microsoft's overhaul of Longhorn is that the company's operating system development road map now aligns more closely with its software maintenance model, which presents users with licensing options that could help end monolithic upgrades. DocFinder: 3585 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604mslicensing.html> 17) 'Fired-up' Ballmer zings Linux Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week used an address before software industry leaders outside Boston to tout his company's vision, while casting doubt on alternatives to Windows. DocFinder: 3586 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604ballmer.html> 18) Multicore processor on Intel road map Intel will preview a multicore future this week during the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco as it tries to leave behind a tumultuous year plagued by product delays and road-map revisions. DocFinder: 3587 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604intelshow.html> 19) Auto industry pushes for XML unity Seeking to reconcile two rival XML standardization efforts while avoiding the costly and complicated process of supporting incompatible systems, General Motors, Ford Motor Company and DaimlerChrysler last week together endorsed a plan calling for the auto industry to use a single XML-based data exchange of business documents. DocFinder: 3588 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604autotech.html> 20) CA updates IT service management Computer Associates this week will unveil five upgraded applications that are designed to work together at helping customers deliver and manage IT services. DocFinder: 3589 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604caservice.html> 21) Content switch coming from Sun Sun later this month plans to unveil its first-ever content switch: a load-balancing and Secure Sockets Layer acceleration switch based on the Nauticus N2000 products that the company acquired in January. DocFinder: 3590 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604sun.html> 22) 3Com adds oomph to wireless bridges 3Com this week plans to unveil a wireless LAN bridge that quadruples the throughput of the company's current line. DocFinder: 3591 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0906043combridge.html> 23) Swan dives into WAN compression Swan Labs thinks making WAN links more responsive is such a hot idea that it bought the WAN-acceleration line of ITWorx. DocFinder: 3592 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604swan.html> 24) F5, Redline launch data center gateways F5 Networks and Redline Networks this week are set to launch new versions of their respective Layer 4-7 switch/traffic accelerator boxes, with both vendors promising improved application performance and security for corporate data centers. DocFinder: 3593 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604f5.html> 25) BMC cooks up batch management tools BMC's Batch Impact Manager is add-on software to the vendor's Control-M job scheduling and batch processing management software. BIM uses data Control-M collects to track the performance of scheduled jobs and send alerts when a slowdown in batch processing could affect a business service, such as check processing, or order e-mail notifications. DocFinder: 3594 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/090604bmc.html> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Contact Fusion Executive Editor Adam Gaffin at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Dialing for Dollars CRATE & BARREL'S VOIP MOVE NETS SAVINGS AND FLEXIBILITY An apples-to-apples comparison showed that a centralized, software-based, IP-based platform could provide significant cost savings and productivity benefits over a comparable, traditional PBX system. 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