NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: THIS WEEK ON NW FUSION 11/15/04 In this issue:
Welcome to This Week on NW Fusion, featuring breaking news, info, and tips from Network World Fusion, the most comprehensive enterprise networking resource on the Internet. See below for the week's biggest stories and check out our other e-mail newsletters at http://www.nwfusion.com/focus * Links related to This Week on NW Fusion * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Intel IT Productivity; Increasing ROI Learn how to effectively measure employee productivity, manage IT investments and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership in enterprise data management. Visit Intel's IT Productivity center. Click here to download white papers, books and IDC Research. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88402 _______________________________________________________________ What will the headline be when your network is hit? Unfortunately--protected or not--no network is exempt from an attack. 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Here's what to do now before you make headlines: Attend "Network Security: Structuring an Aggressive Defense." http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88461 _______________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON NETWORK WORLD FUSION (SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS BELOW) 1) How to patch: A debate 2) The Extended Enterprise: Collaborating with partners and customers 3) Wireless LAN product barrage on tap 4) Competition heats up for key piece of 'Net infrastructure 5) Nutter's Help Desk: Network connectivity problems 6) Data Center Doctors: Consolidation vs. virtualization 7) Desktop search engines threaten SSL VPN security 8) App routers integrate data in a snap 9) Hosted software tracks sales info 10) Sesame opens up wireless guest access 11) Novell bets on Linux desktop suite 12) Vendors back Web app security testing 13) 3Com is the latest to go 10G 14) Solaris 10 garners positive reviews 15) Hospitals smooth prescription process 16) VoIP ruling a start, not an end 17) Mixed net brings smarts to factory floor 18) Sarvega releases new XML processing blade 19) Vendors uncrate single sign-on software 20) ITIL best practices gain growing interest: survey 21) Tool fights wireless, wired worm outbreaks 22) Companies target IM, peer-to-peer threats 1) How best to patch: A debate Vendors from multiple industry segments are tackling the patching problem. We've invited six to argue online about why their approach is best. You can read their opening statements and follow as they debate each other on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, we open up the forum to your questions and comments. The participating vendors: Shavlik, BigFix, Altiris, Configuresoft, Citadel Security Software and Symantec. DocFinder: 4650 <http://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1964> 2) The Extended Enterprise: Collaborating with partners and customers Our annual guide analyzes the latest tools, techniques and strategies for creating an extended business ecosystem. So whether you're setting security policy or building applications for business partners, you'll find the latest info. DocFinder: 4653 <http://www.nwfusion.com/ee/2004/> 3) Wireless LAN product barrage on tap Some of the biggest names in the wireless LAN industry this week plan to unveil products that could help define the next stage for enterprise wireless networks. DocFinder: 4651 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504wlan.html> 4) Competition heats up for key piece of 'Net infrastructure When most people think of the Internet, they think of Web sites with names ending in .com. However, many network engineers rely heavily on servers with .net names to keep their higher-profile Web operations up and running. DocFinder: 4652 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504dotnet.html> 5) Nutter's Help Desk: Network connectivity problems Ron Nutter helps a user figure out why his Windows machines freeze up at a customer site. DocFinder: 4654 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/111504nutter.html> 6) Data Center Doctors: Consolidation vs. virtualization The doctors consult on the case of the user who wants to know if it's better to buy multi-function appliances or begin to look at virtualization in his data center. DocFinder: 4655 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/111504dcdoctors.html> 7) Desktop search engines threaten SSL VPN security New PC indexing tools such as Google Desktop Search pose security risks to businesses that use SSL remote access because the tools copy material accessed during SSL sessions and make it available to unauthorized people who later use the same PC. DocFinder: 4656 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504googledesktop.html> 8) App routers integrate data in a snap An application router is an emerging alternative to using expensive, customized software for data integration. This appliance serves as a translation engine that connects all sorts of legacy systems, offering a cost-effective way of joining applications. DocFinder: 4657 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/111504techupdate.html> 9) Hosted software tracks sales info Centive last week unveiled new hosted software aimed at helping companies monitor sales performance, calculate commissions and keep their salespeople on track. DocFinder: 4658 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504-centive.html> 10) Sesame opens up wireless guest access Sesame Networks is launching in the U.S. a subscriber service, with some on-site hardware, to automatically provision visitors and guests with WLAN access to the Internet. It's like creating your own WLAN hot spot outside the corporate firewall, without any work on the part of network IT staff. DocFinder: 4659 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504sesame.html> 11) Novell bets on Linux desktop suite Novell last week announced its Linux desktop product, an offering aimed at technical workstation users and price-sensitive customers seeking a Windows alternative. DocFinder: 4660 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504-novell-linux.html> 12) Vendors back Web app security testing Debate over what protections a Web application firewall is supposed to provide reached a head last week as four security vendors rallied around a common product-testing regimen. DocFinder: 4661 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504firewalls.html> 13) 3Com is the latest to go 10G 3Com is expected to join the 10G Ethernet parade this week with the Switch 8800 series - its first line of 10G-capable backbone boxes. DocFinder: 4662 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1115043com.html> 14) Solaris 10 garners positive reviews Sun this week is expected to unveil Solaris 10, the most significant update to its flagship Unix operating system in two-and-a-half years. Sun also will introduce new storage products. DocFinder: 4663 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504solaris10.html> 15) Hospitals smooth prescription process Some of Massachusetts' largest health plan companies, hospitals and prescription providers are uniting to pilot technology aimed at getting critical patient information quickly and easily in the hands of emergency room caregivers. Dubbed MedsInfo-ED, the project is designed to give healthcare providers in hospital emergency departments real-time access to patients' prescription histories. DocFinder: 4664 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504medinfo.html> 16) VoIP ruling a start, not an end The FCC's decision last week to exempt VoIP from state regulation is heralded as a watershed ruling by some, but it is only the first step in defining policy for broadband IP services. DocFinder: 4665 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504voip.html> 17) Mixed net brings smarts to factory floor Big companies that make big products - the GMs, Dows and Boeings of the world - have worked for years toward better factory and back-office integration. But even smaller manufacturers are following this trend. DocFinder: 4666 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504lifetime.html> 18) Sarvega releases new XML processing blade Sarvega this week will push its XML acceleration technology deeper into the realm of blade architectures, providing users with an innovative option for deploying Web services infrastructure. DocFinder: 4667 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504savega.html> 19) Vendors uncrate single sign-on software Imprivata and RSA Security each announced client/server products this week for bringing single sign-on authentication to corporate networks. DocFinder: 4668 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1115impriviata.html> 20) ITIL best practices gain growing interest: survey Interest in and adoption of the IT service management best practices outlined by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library continue to grow, according to a recent survey, which shows the framework second only to in-house practices as the method used most often to manage IT service processes. DocFinder: 4669 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504survey.html> 21) Tool fights wireless, wired worm outbreaks Trend Micro last week announced an appliance intended to help users monitor for computer worm outbreaks across wired and wireless LAN segments. DocFinder: 4670 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504trendmicro.html> 22) Companies target IM, peer-to-peer threats Real-time communications vendors Akonix and FaceTime last week beefed up their security gateways to lock down the avenues that viruses and malware travel using instant-messaging and peer-to-peer programs. DocFinder: 4671 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504secure.html> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Contact Fusion Executive Editor Adam Gaffin at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This Newsletter is sponsored by Lucent Technologies FREE EMA ANALYST REPORT Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) describes how to optimize VoIP services with network and application performance management. 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