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Download any or all of our Special Reports at: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=81405 _______________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON NETWORK WORLD FUSION (SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS BELOW) 1) Feds eyeing one access model for all 2) IP services profitability still in doubt 3) Lighting up broadband 4) Face-off: Wireless site surveys 5) Wireless Wizards: Controlling the access point signal 6) Nutter's Help Desk: Protecting a wireless net with RADIUS 7) Review: Endpoint security products aid in client defense 8) Technology Update: Virtual directories solve identity crises 9) Management Strategies: Security certification staples 10) HP's StorageWorks Grid garners mixed reaction 11) Linux supporters rally around standard 12) AT&T strengthens its IP service SLAs 13) JPMorgan Chase cancels deal with IBM 14) Storage vendors ease resource management 15) Case study: RFID joins wireless lineup at UPS 16) Sprint attracting converts with combo plans 17) IP video adds oomph to mature technology 18) IBM Linux-only server targets mainstream apps 19) Novell set to advance identity management package 20) Network World Fusion Radio: Sendmail on e-mail authentication 1) Feds eyeing one access model for all A mandate from President Bush has required the entire federal government to adopt common technology to be used to identify employees and contractors accessing federally controlled networks and buildings. DocFinder: 3841 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004fedsmart.html> 2) IP services profitability still in doubt Are IP services profitable yet? That's the big question hounding providers of VPN, VoIP and other packet-based offerings, but answers are hard to find. DocFinder: 3842 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004ipprofit.html> 3) Lighting up broadband For Nancie Motley, the arrival of a high-speed network to Chatham, Va., (population 1,300) is bittersweet: It signals in part the demise of the tobacco farming industry that has sustained her tobacco auction business since the 1920s, but it also opens up a world of new opportunities for her cash-strapped rural community. DocFinder: 3843 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004widernettobacco.html> 4) Face-off: Wireless site surveys Two experts debate whether new technologies are making site surveys for WLAN deployments obsolete. Read their opening statements, then jump in with your comments. DocFinder: <http://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1902> 5) Wireless Wizards: Controlling the access point signal The Wizards help a reader who asks: How accurately can the radio signal from an access point (which supports attenuation by varying the power output, such as some Buffalo access points) be attenuated, contained or controlled? DocFinder: 3872 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0920wizards.html> 6) Nutter's Help Desk: Protecting a wireless net with RADIUS Ron Nutter helps a user who wants to know more about using this authentication technology to protect his expanding wireless network. DocFinder: 3871 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/092004nutter.html> 7) Review: Endpoint security products aid in client defense We test enterprise endpoint security products from nine vendors: eEye Digital Security, Finjan Software, F-Secure. InfoExpress, SecureWave, Sygate Technologies, Symantec, WholeSecurity and Zone Labs. EEye's Blink wins our Clear Choice designation because of its solid reporting and hybrid approach to client defense. But F-Secure, Check Point and Sygate also make the short list of contenders because they registered strong performances across test categories. DocFinder: 3849 <http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0920rev.html> 8) Technology Update: Virtual directories solve identity crises Virtual directory technology offers a way to provide a consolidated view of user identity without having to reconstruct an entire directory infrastructure. Implemented in the form of middleware, a virtual directory is a lightweight service that operates between applications and identity data. DocFinder: 3850 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/092004techupdate.html> 9) Management Strategies: Security certification staples Digest what some of the most popular IT credentials bring to the table. DocFinder: 3851 <http://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0920man.html> 10) HP's StorageWorks Grid garners mixed reaction HP's road map for a dynamically reconfigurable storage grid is drawing praise, although customers and industry observers also are questioning the pace at which the company plans to roll it out. DocFinder: 3852 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004hpgrid.html> 11) Linux supporters rally around standard The Linux industry hit a standardization milestone last week that observers say will further bring open source technology into mainstream use. DocFinder: 3853 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004opensource.html> 12) AT&T strengthens its IP service SLAs AT&T last week began touting new IP service-level agreements that constitute some of the strongest performance guarantees available. DocFinder: 3854 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004attsla.html> 13) JPMorgan Chase cancels deal with IBM IBM last week lost one of its highest-profile outsourced-IT clients, as JPMorgan Chase says it is canceling the remaining portion of a contract that was intended as a seven-year, $5 billion deal. DocFinder: 3855 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004jpmorgan.html> 14) Storage vendors ease resource management Cisco, Network Appliance and Microsoft are among those expected this week to unveil new storage hardware and software that makes it easier to manage, secure and protect data resources on storage-area networks and network-attached storage. DocFinder: 3856 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004upsrfid.html> 15) Case study: RFID joins wireless lineup at UPS Wireless technologies have been a critical part of the way UPS does business since the $33 billion company started using scanners to track packages in 1985. Now UPS is looking into the latest wireless technologies to infiltrate the world of logistics: radio frequency identification. DocFinder: 3857 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004upsrfid.html> 16) Sprint attracting converts with combo plans One national service provider - Sprint - wants its business customers to sign a single contract that covers wireless, data and traditional voice services. So what, you might ask. Well, if you're looking for competitive rates and a service provider that lets your wireless dollars count toward your minimum annual commitment, then you've answered the question. DocFinder: 3858 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004specialfocus.html> 17) IP video adds oomph to mature technology Despite the annual predictions that this is the year, videoconferencing, IP-based video in particular, is growing steadily. DocFinder: 3859 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004ipvideo.html> 18) IBM Linux-only server targets mainstream apps IBM last week continued to expand its Linux family with a server aimed at financial and retail customers that want to migrate business-critical applications from Unix- or Windows-based platforms to the less-expensive Linux. DocFinder: 3860 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004ibmlinux.html> 19) Novell set to advance identity management package Forthcoming enhancements to Novell's identity management wares could help users get a better handle on who is on the network and what they are doing. DocFinder: 3861 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004novell.html> 20) Network World Fusion Radio: Sendmail on e-mail authentication E-mail authentication, in one form or another, is coming to an inbox near you. Dave Anderson, CEO of Sendmail, joins the program to discuss the various authentication proposals - SenderID, DomainKeys and Sender Policy Framework - and how his company is planning to implement them. DocFinder: 3870 <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0916radio.html> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Contact Fusion Executive Editor Adam Gaffin at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia NW Special Report: Preparing an Infrastructure for Mobile Applications. Mobility, properly done, increases productivity and decreases operating costs. 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