Communications News articles from May 2005

Communications News archives from May 2005

A tough task.(security measures)
May 1, 2005... Enterprise IT professionals are between a rock and a hard place when dealing with network security issues. On the one hand, the task of securing their networks is not getting easier, despite the plethora of products available for any number of...

PDAs pose WLAN concerns.(Trends)
May 1, 2005... New personal digital assistant (PDA) devices and their associated applications are placing greater demands on existing network infrastructures and requiring organizations to rethink their current wireless strategies. Organizations and IT...

Server Architectures--Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, Storage Solutions.(Publication)
May 1, 2005... Server Architectures--Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, Storage Solutions, by Rene Chevance, presents and compares various options regarding server architecture from the perspective of both an information technology...

Security growth strong.(Trends)
May 1, 2005... Worldwide network security appliance and software revenue topped $3.7 billion in 2004, up 30% from 2003, and is projected to grow to $5.5 billion in 2008, according to Infonetics. The growth is being driven by the many new viruses, malware and...

Appliances gaining.(e-mail security services)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Growth in the e-mail security market will be driven by appliances rather than software, according to The Radicati Group--a key transformation that signifies an overall shift in the way e-mail security is implemented. The worldwide e-mail...

MSP use growing.(industry sales forecast)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Revenue from services in support of enterprise customer premises (CPE) and network systems equipment totaled $246.5 billion in 2004 and is expected to increase 15.2% to $284 billion in 2005, according to the Telecommunications Industry...

More tech jobs.(survey on chief executive officers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Tech CEOs are focused on hiring, according to Deloitte's 2005 CEO survey of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Key findings of the survey: * Ninety-five percent of the CEOs plan to grow their workforce, almost...

Lost productivity.(Trends)
May 1, 2005... In a recent survey of IT managers, sponsored by Symantec, 86.9% reported they spend at least five hours a week--or 32.5 workdays a year--combating unwanted e-mail and instant messages. The majority of IT managers surveyed consider spam and spim...

Mike's Top 10.(installation)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... When the subject of cabling comes up, some IT managers just want the cheapest solution that can be installed the fastest. Here are the Top 10 reasons why IT managers should care about the kind of cabling they install and why shelling out the...

Smart security: Chicago Housing Authority's George Stephenson met staff's remote-access needs with an SSL VPN solution.(Cover Story)
May 1, 2005... George Stephenson was in for another late night. The security officer at the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and his team of four internal IT staff were working around the clock trying to manage a growing network and user base. Just maintaining...

Charting a Web course.(Advertising)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... No IT executive looks forward to asking upper management to spend $200,000 on a major system upgrade. But Henry Svendblad, vice president of IT at ChartOne, felt he had little choice. To better serve its customers and to ease the burden on its...

How to lower your storage costs: operating and data-recovery costs are significant portions of overall expense.(survey on storage costing)
May 1, 2005... Many organizations believe that the journey to a lower-cost storage operation begins and ends with procuring cheaper primary disks. To ensure reduced costs, however, organizations should take a more holistic approach and consider the total cost...

Firm manages SAN changes.(storage area networks)
May 1, 2005... State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), with $1.4 trillion in assets under management, is the investment-management arm of State Street Corp. SSgA has 27 offices and 10 investment centers across five continents. Three major divisions constitute...

Selecting the right storage.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... Storage infrastructure architectures can range from a simple direct-attached storage (DAS) solution to network-attached storage (NAS) appliances (also known as network file servers) to storage area networks (SAN). At the high end of the...

Buyers guide: companies listed in this Storage Technologies Buyers Guide can assist you in selecting the products and services that work best for your organization.(Special Focus: Storage)(Buyers Guide)
May 1, 2005... CACHING Cisco Systems 800-877-0519 www.cisco.com DataCore Software Corp. 954-377-6000 www.datacore.com Datalink 800-448-6314 www.datalink.com Exanet 917-210-8290 www.exanet.com Network Appliance ...

Dense optical storage.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... The TeraCart PD is a blue laser optical-storage library that offers scaleable capacities ranging from 2 TB to more than 33 TB. The solution requires no more than four square feet of floor space and provides 9-MBps write speeds and 11-MBps...

Data protection.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... Retrospect 7 for Windows backup-and-recovery software includes wizards for reliable, automated data protection of servers, desktops and notebooks in heterogeneous environments. Improved disk-to-disk-to-tape capabilities enable backup to disk...

iSCSI solution.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... MetaSAN iSCSI delivers all the same SAN shared-storage benefits as MetaSAN 2.0 in a tailored solution that leverages cost-effective Gigabit Ethernet technology. The high-speed file-sharing SAN management software solution enables multiple users...

SATA RAID enclosures.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... Four new EonStor Serial ATA (SATA II) RAID subsystems are based on the company's high-performance, fourth-generation RAID engine. The 2U rackmount, 12- and eight-bay storage enclosures support SATA II drives and come in Fibre Channel and SCSI...

One-touch NAS solution.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... The One-Touch NAS Solution from ONStor and Nexsan allows companies to quickly deploy and scale cost-effective NAS infrastructure, allowing users to consolidate dozens of Windows, UNIX and Linux file servers into a single, easily managed storage...

Quick data recovery.(Special Focus: Storage)
May 1, 2005... ZettaServer IR for RealTime Data Protection and Instant Recovery is a software-based solution for Windows and UNIX that delivers unlimited snapshot capabilities, management of mixed-use infrastructures and the ability to non-disruptively scale...

Protect your voice network: hackers will find ways to exploit weaknesses in IP voice networks.(Voice over IP)
May 1, 2005... As voice over IP (VoIP) proliferates in large, high-profile businesses, hackers will find ways to exploit the weaknesses they already know to disrupt voice service. As network convergence moves forward, separating data, voice, video and other...

IPS platform secures university: outside-the-edge platform examines traffic using signature- and rate-based monitoring.(Network Security)
May 1, 2005... With more than 32,000 students and 12,000 staff and faculty embers, the University of Georgia-Athens (UGA) is like a small city--but this small city had a big problem. UGA's large computer network was providing only lightly regulated access to...

Switches enable fiber to the desk: economical, wall-mountable, managed devices support optical uplinks and copper ports.(Cabling Infrastructure)
May 1, 2005... Optical-fiber cable connectivity in the horizontal has been deterred due to the excessive cost associated with the optical interface at the computer desktop. To date, end-users desiring optical connectivity have relied on media converters to...

The need for speed.(communications protocols)
May 1, 2005... Advances in media converter technology have focused on two major directions-Layer 1 media converters (10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1,000 Mbps) and Layer 2 media converters (10/100 Mbps--10/100Base-TX to 100Base-FX, as well as 10/100/1,000 Mbps-10/100/...

University tries broadband wireless: distance learning is first application to test Texas A&M's distributed network strategy.(Wireless)
May 1, 2005... Costs are always at the top of the list for any educational project. A publicly supported school is even more financially crunched than smaller private schools and universities where endowments make funding less of a hassle. Despite such budget...

SOHO power protection.(Power Management Products)
May 1, 2005... The Powerware 5110 is designed to protect small office computer and telephone equipment from frequent power problems, such as power outages, surges and sags, as well as brownout and overvoltage conditions. The device delivers short-term mobile...

Managed power distribution.(Power Management Products)
May 1, 2005... The HP Power Distribution Unit (PDU), with power monitoring, supports rackmount applications with either single-phase power or three-phase power. The rackmount PDU provides full-rack power utility ranging from 7,300 watts up to 22,000 watts....

Compact online UPS.(Power Management Products)
May 1, 2005... Designed for applications with low power requirements but high criticality, such as gateway routers, firewall or VPN concentrators in IP telephony applications, the GXT2-500 UPS offers four 5-15 R output receptacles and comes in a flexible 2U...

PoE for VoIP.(Power Management Products)
May 1, 2005... With the 6548 PoE Midspan, companies can upgrade their network by incorporating PoE without replacing the existing Ethernet Switches, thus saving cost and time associated with a VoIP rollout. The 48-port device incorporates a mechanical design...

Modular PoE hubs.(Power Management Products)
May 1, 2005... The PowerSense Midspan In-Line Hubs add power to the spare pairs of the system's network cable without disturbing the transmission of data. Similar to patch panels, these hubs are installed between the existing Ethernet switch and the LAN...

802.11g router.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... The EZ Connect g Wireless Broadband Router (SMCWBR14-G) features 802.11g 54-Mbps wireless connectivity and offers secure broadband, file and peripheral sharing for as many as 253 simultaneous users. Compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless...

Mesh networking.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... The EnRoute400 is a commercial off-the-shelf device for mesh communications that provides "wireless broadband to go" for emergency response, homeland security, military and industrial applications. The unit uses a radio-independent wireless...

Dual-band access point.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... The secure ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point supports 802.11a/b/g standards, and provides an enterprise-class feature set. The device simultaneously supports both 5-Ghz and 2.4-GHz 54-Mbps radio transmissions. The 802.11i-ready access...

E-mail access.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... Let employees stay on top of e-mail and appointments wherever they go within the Verizon Wireless NationalAccess coverage area with the new BlackBerry 7250 wireless handheld. Designed for mobile professionals seeking flexibility, the handheld...

Metro wireless.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... The MOTOMESH Multi-radio Broadband Solution's architecture supports up to four radio networks in a single access point. The product provides fixed and mobile broadband access to users in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band, as well as in the new...

Reliable wireless VoIP.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... System Director Version 3 software and family of WLAN controllers work with the company's AP200 access points to create a coordinated cellular WLAN architecture. The architecture provides enterprises an easily scalable WLAN infrastructure...

Point-to-point bridge.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... The OS-Spectra broadband wireless Ethernet bridge provides a secure point-to-point broadband link to connect separate networks for up to 125 miles, with a performance of up to 300-Mbps aggregate user throughput. Designed for telecommunications...

WLAN security.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... BlueSecure Intrusion Protection System, version 3.1, is a dedicated wireless LAN monitoring and intrusion-protection system to protect an organization's network from wireless-based attacks. New features include active containment of rogue...

RF planning and management.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... In addition to RF planning, the RingMaster WLAN lifecycle management suite includes new wizard-based configuration tools, automatic configuration verification, advanced change management, highly scalable monitor servers and new time-based...

Remote data access.(Wireless Devices and Management)
May 1, 2005... The Secure Mobile Enterprise (SME) system gives mobile workers instant, secure and cost-effective access to all their latest data files and e-mail when not in the office. The wallet-sized device receives and stores encrypted data, then...

Monitor and authenticate users.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... The EdgeWall security appliance is a clientless network access-management solution. The system allows organizations to screen devices and users, restrict network access to only authorized resources, inspect traffic once the user is on the...

Storage analysis.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... Profiler Rx assists enterprises in meeting their compliance reporting objectives, assuring compliance with federal and state regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or EU regulations....

Telephony management.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... Enterprise Telephony Management System version 5.0 is a unified security and management system spanning hybrid enterprise telephony networks, which features VoIP capabilities, including an application firewall and QoS/performance-monitoring...

VoIP recording and monitoring.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... CallRex is a VoIP call recording and monitoring software for small and midsize businesses with IP or IP-enabled telephone systems. Version 3.0 includes look-back call recording, support for Citrix terminal services, the ability to export...

SNMP alarm management.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... Designed for remote alarm monitoring of incompatible equipment at multiple remote sites, the T/Mon NOC collects remote alarm monitoring data, regardless of manufacturer or protocol, and maps it to one consistent interface. The solution supports...

Security monitoring.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... The Enterprise Vulnerability Management module (EVM), part of the company's Enterprise Security Management System, harnesses data from isolated security-assessment tools that were not designed to be integrated. The EVM module associates the...

Collaborative cyberspaces.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... Premium Workspaces are Internet-based, ready-to-use packages that provide flexible and secure collaboration workspaces. The service provides collaborative tools and services that are adapted to any type of use or project, from home businesses...

Cable support system.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... A wire mesh pathway product, FastTrac Cable Tray, is designed for overhead horizontal cable distribution. The tray installs quickly and easily, using a system of supports that eliminates the need to cut and form every transition. The ends of...

Certify cable runs.(New Products)
May 1, 2005... The NT950 Validator is a full-featured performance certifier for cables in the small-business installation market. Software that comes with the unit allows a user to lay out a floor plan, denote where each cable drop will be installed, test and...

System status dashboard.(Network monitoring)
May 1, 2005... BirdsEye 2.0 is a Web-based computer system-monitoring software that monitors up to 17 vital signs of any system, including internal and remote network applications, system logs and network connectivity, as well as hard disk, memory and CPU...

LAN monitoring.(Network monitoring)
May 1, 2005... The Visual UpTime Select Ethernet Suite is a modular solution that provides in-depth, real-time and historical information that enables enterprises to intelligently manage network availability across the entire enterprise. The solution provides...

Deep network discovery.(Network monitoring)
May 1, 2005... InSight 3.0 features scalability enhancements and extended integration to leading systems-management solutions, such as IBM Tivoli and HP OpenView. The agentless appliance is an automated discovery solution that can create a three-dimensional...

VoIP for the SMB: small business needs easier, less complex, lower-cost systems.(Guest Column)
May 1, 2005... Larger IT organizations have the expertise to evaluate VoIP technologies and integrate multiple complex products into a VoIP network solution, and the resources to oversee the migration and operation of a converged network. Small and...