Network World articles from April 2007

Network World archives from April 2007

Saddling a Brontosaurus; * A follow-up test unveils a problem with Socializr.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs In the last issue of the Web Applications Newsletter I wrote about a service called Socializr, which is designed for inviting people to events and coordinating their responses. After I had tested the service for...

StillSecure announces open-source network and security services platform; The Cobia Unified Network Platform from StillSecure combines routing, firewall and intrusion-prevention modules.(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer StillSecure this week announced an open-source platform for IPv4-based routing, firewall, DHCP, intrusion-prevention, Wi-Fi and VPN services. The Cobia Unified Network Platform is being offered free to...

Fuzzy logic: How Webkinz is getting young kids hooked on the Web; Webkinz marries the Internet with soft, plush animal toys; even some adults are biting.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo If you have or know a kid around 6 to 8 years old then you probably have heard of Webkinz and chances are you too may have been bitten by the bug. Webkinz are real small plush toys that virtually live in...

Fortify identifies JavaScript vulnerability in AJAX apps; JavaScript exploit lets an attacker hijack a Web browser session.(Asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup Language)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer Security vendor Fortify today said it has identified a JavaScript-related vulnerability that lets an attacker hijack a Mozilla or Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser session. The vulnerability, which...

Symantec offers mobile security; Motorola takes voice, data mobile; * News from CTIA Wireless.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aLarry Hettick This week, we'll report on the CTIA Wireless 2007 conference announcements. As usual, much of the event focused on innovative wireless handsets and consumer services, but several announcements were...

Bonding T-1s as a cheaper alternative to DS3.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Ron Nutter We are adding an additional T-1 to our existing T-1 connection to the Internet. We would have liked to have installed a fractional DS3 but the installation and ongoing costs were just to much for us at this point....

Showcasing technology that's easier to use; * Happenings at the International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Linda Musthaler As I write this story, I am finishing up a week at a very unique technology conference: the International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. The conference is hosted by California State...

Newbury Location Appliance is adept at tracking Wi-Fi gear.
April 2, 2007... With an invisible fence, a barking dog runs right up to an unseen barrier and stops cold. Underground is a ropelike antenna that defines a perimeter and shocks the pet if it attempts the cross the boundary. Our Clear Choice Test of Newbury...

WiMAX star among many at CTIA; Wireless conference appeals to businesses, consumers, content and service providers, and ex-presidents.(Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy ORLANDO - Many themes carried last week's CTIA Wireless 2007 conference but perhaps none were more prevalent than WiMAX. The show, which catered to all things mobile for consumers, businesses, operators, vendors and...

Ask Dr. Internet.(Brief article)(Column)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Steve Blass We have installed the Liferay portal software on a Windows server and accepted the installation default settings. Now we need to move our document library from its default location on the C: drive to a different...

IT automation: Then and now; * The promise of automation.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Everything old is new again, or so the saying goes. When it comes to IT management, the promise of automation has been appearing in product plans nearly as far back as the futuristic family The Jetsons popped...

How we tested Newbury appliance.(Newbury Location Appliance )(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... We initially configured the Newbury Location Appliance via a serial cable, then deployed it into a rack and connected it to a 100Base-TX switched fabric. We installed a Trapeze Networks' wireless LAN consisting of six MP-372 access...

Cellular routing turns legit; * Cisco gets 3G operators to sanction cellular router use.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Joanie Wexler Cisco has helped blaze a trail for the legitimate use of cellular routing. The company announced a 3G module for its widely installed branch office Integrated Services Router (ISR) last week at the CTIA...

Vendor aims to 'cloak' WEP.(Wired Equivalent Privacy )
April 2, 2007... Byline: John Cox New software from AirDefense is designed to protect a widely used but flawed wireless LAN encryption protocol. The software "cloaks" the encryption key used to scramble WLAN data packets by means of the Wired...

$20B telecom pact will reverberate for years; Government awards $20 billion telecom deal.(Networx Universal)
April 2, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan AT&T, Verizon Business and Qwest have hit the jackpot, winning a 10-year, $20 billion telecommunications contract with the federal government that is the largest of its kind in the world. Sprint Nextel...

Letters to the editor: Trusting open source.(Letter to the editor)
April 2, 2007... Standard treatment Regarding "Is the IEEE standards process broken?": As past marketing chairman of the now-defunct HomeRF Working Group, which eventually lost in the market to IEEE 802.11, I offer a perspective that addresses the IEEE...

Cheap chills: Inexpensive ways to cool your data center; * Tips for cooling that don't cost a lot.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Andreas M. Antonopoulos Data center cooling is one of the top challenges facing companies. In our recent research benchmark "The New Data Center 2006," 57% of participants said cooling was their top data center challenges. ...

IT management done right; How Babson College syncs its network, systems and software groups.(Interview)
April 3, 2007... With the emergence of such technologies as VoIP, server virtualization and wireless networking, the lines between network, systems and applications groups keep getting blurrier. Network World Editor Bob Brown recently conducted separate...

Cisco's all-in-one LAN/WAN/VoIP box.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
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Q&A: How one college syncs up across IT groups; Pushing QoS beyond the bits and bytes level.(Quality of service)(Interview)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Bob Brown With the emergence of such technologies as VoIP, server virtualization and wireless networking, the lines between network, systems and applications groups keep getting blurrier. Network World Editor Bob Brown recently...

Addressing disaster recovery; * Investing in more bandwidth is an incomplete approach to strengthening disaster recovery plans, Forrester Research says.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Ann Bednarz Throwing more bandwidth at a network is rarely a cure-all approach to improving performance. When it comes to disaster recovery objectives, it's an equally inadequate strategy for making conditions better, new...

Postini upgrades hosted security services; Messaging security and compliance services feature new antispam techniques, encryption, Web filtering.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson Postini on Monday announced new features for its hosted messaging security and compliance services that add investigation management, encryption features, and better protection against Internet threats. The...

SiteKey tries to counter phishing; * How SiteKey's anti-phishing method works.(Column)
April 3, 2007... Byline: M. E. Kabay The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) continues to publish its regular reports on phishing, the practice of sending potential victims misleading e-mail messages directing them to fraudulent Web sites that look like...

Netuitive lands $8 million in VC funding; Performance-management software company plans to expand U.S., European operations.(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Netuitive announced Tuesday it had secured $8 million in venture-capital financing, which the company plans to put toward expanding its operations in the United States and Europe. Netuitive, founded in 1997,...

Q&A: Cisco channel changes lead to smoother VoIP installs; Certification, training requirements cited by Cisco for improvements.(Cisco Systems Inc.'s vice president Edison Peres)(Interview)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Last year, Cisco revamped its channel partner certification programs in an effort to get the VARs and integrators -- through which Cisco sells 80% of its products -- to become more competent in such advanced...

Compuware upgrade uncovers performance problems; Application management software from Compuware adds Java and .Net analytics, user experience monitoring.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Compuware this week made available an upgraded release of its flagship management software that the vendor says will help IT managers more quickly determine the root cause of poorly performing applications. ...

How was the NCAA tournament for you (and your networks)? * NCAA - a non-event for IT managers?(NCAA Championship 2007)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aJim Metzler Most of us really have a great time when the weather service makes a mistake. As a kid I remember the weather man once admitting that we now had six inches of white and fluffy "partly cloudy" covering...

Alcatel-Lucent acquires optical innovator.(Tropic Networks Inc.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Alcatel-Lucent this week signed an agreement to acquire Canadian metro optical network equipment maker Tropic Networks for an undisclosed amount. Alcatel-Lucent has been an investor and reseller of Tropic gear...

Virtual Iron jumps onboard with HP; * Virtualization market moves.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears It's clear that 2007 is going to be a turning point for the virtualization market with leader VMware facing increasing competition from others such as Microsoft, Virtual Iron, SWsoft and the open source Xen...

ForeScout bolsters NAC appliance; CounterAct security device gets directory, identity support.(network access control)
April 3, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Network access control (NAC) vendor ForeScout has added Oracle to the list of directory and access management software that integrates with its network appliance. The company said Monday that its CounterAct...

Q&A: Babson College's manager of enterprise services; Virtualized servers pulling everyone in IT together.(Steve Thurlow)(Interview)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Bob Brown With the emergence of such technologies as VoIP, server virtualization and wireless networking, the lines between network, systems and applications groups keep getting blurrier. Network World Editor Bob Brown recently...

Q&A: Babson College's manager of software services; Evolving to support SOA, wireless and more.(Interview)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Bob Brown With the emergence of such technologies as VoIP, server virtualization and wireless networking, the lines between network, systems and applications groups keep getting blurrier. Network World Editor Bob Brown recently...

Anxiety lurks among IT staff; * Survey reveals the challenges IT managers face.(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Amy Schurr Your IT managerial staff is a stressed-out lot, if the results of a recent vendor survey are any indication. OpTier, makers of IT service management software, commissioned a survey of IT managers about the challenges...

Xerox scientist notches patent number 150; Xerox fellow tackles everything from color images to energy consumption.(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... You wouldn't want to have to photocopy all the patents awarded to Xerox's Santokh Badesha. The Xerox fellow and manager of research open innovation, Tuesday was awarded his 150th U.S. patent. That ranks him second only to retired Xerox...

Copper theft is incredibly widespread; * Copper thieves risk lives, cause fires.(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Jeff Caruso Who knew that the copper wiring in your network was such an investment? Thieves everywhere are stealing copper as prices for the commodity have stayed at high levels - and they're risking their lives to get it. ...

IBM ISS announces IPS for small offices.(Internet Security System)(intrusion-prevention system)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer IBM's Internet Security System division announced an intrusion-prevention system, the GX 3002, designed primarily to guard against attacks against small branch offices or machines, such as bank ATMs or kiosks. ...

Cisco converged products target small businesses; An all-in-one LAN/WAN/VoIP box, switching and remote-control software are part of the package.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Smart Business Communications System)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Cisco this week is expected to launch a new all-in-one LAN, WAN and VoIP box for small offices with fewer than 50 users. Slideshow: Take a closer look at Cisco's new package The line of gear is the Smart...

Q&A: Nobody beats the used-Cisco wiz; CEO of Network Hardware Resale says there's no stopping the market for used Cisco gear.(Mike Sheldon)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Interview)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Mike Sheldon is president and CEO of Network Hardware Resale, one of the largest dealers of used Cisco network gear. His outfit sold more than $138 million in products last year in a market that Cisco estimates to...

Fibre Channel isn't dead; * IDC predicts 80% market share for Fibre Channel.(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Last week, I had a briefing with executives from the Fibre Channel Industry Association and they presented their Fibre Channel roadmap. Here is what they had to say. According to a study from IDC entitled...

A new approach to solving the spam problem; * A way to solve the ever-growing spam problem.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Michael Osterman More than four out of five spam messages are generated by zombie computers - usually home computers with a broadband connection that have been infected by hackers for the express purpose of using them to...

Third parties to the rescue? * As branch locations grow, IT staffs need outside help to keep up with demand.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Robin Gareiss With any type of business, leveraging the expertise of third parties is a necessity - whether it's accounting, auditing, engineering, or printing. This isn't to say that every company is outsourcing or should...

VoIP saves colleges no money, but it's coming anyway; Conference recognizes that VoIP is the future, but has reservations.(voice over internet protocol)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene BALTIMORE -- Saving money is no longer the object in VoIP deployments among colleges and universities -- it is the search for converged communications and acceptance of the inevitable, panelists agreed at the VoIP...

Legislation promotes federal teleworkers; Telework Enhancement Act of 2007 would open more doors to telecommuting.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears A pair of senators has introduced legislation that would pump up federal support for telework, enabling more government employees to work from home. The Telework Enhancement Act of 2007, S. 1000, introduced...

Management software monitors Web applications usage; Indicative Software adds support for troubleshooting .Net applications.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Indicative Software next week will unveil updates to its flagship service management software that the company says will enable IT managers to measure end-user experience with Web-based applications. ...

Red Hat joins forces with SOA vendor; Partnership means more integration for JBoss open source middleware.(SOA Software)
April 3, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin SOA Software, a vendor of security, management and governance products for services-oriented architectures, is partnering with Red Hat to make its products available with JBoss open source middleware. JBoss,...

NeoScale proposes storage encryption interoperability network.
April 3, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor NeoScale Systems Tuesday announced it will use a standards-based security API for key management interoperability and outlined a plan for managing data encryption of customers with multi-vendor enterprise storage...

Bar/Book rides the popsoc networking wave; * Bar/Book is making the scene with pop networking.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs Social networking has come a long way very, very fast. On the Web this area of personal interaction has evolved particularly rapidly from free form forums and wikis through intranets and extranets, to complex...

Web-browsing habits enforce gender stereotypes; Forrester Research study of Internet activity suggests Web surfers can't hide their gender.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie When it comes to Internet use, men tend to devote more time each week to playing games and researching techie gadgets, while women log on to chat with friends, shop and plan vacations. Released this week,...

Sourcefire releases Daemonlogger open source tool.(open source intrusion-detection system software)(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer Sourcefire, the security firm that oversees the open source intrusion-detection system software, Snort, is making available another open source tool for network traffic logging. The tool, called Daemonlogger,...

Q&A: McAfee's new CEO discusses consolidation and the Cisco threat; The CEO of security vendor McAfee reported to his new job on April 2.(Dave DeWalt)(Interview)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson On Monday at 6 a.m., Dave DeWalt stood in front of McAfee's Plano, Texas, offices to greet employees with coffee, doughnuts and a handshake. "They were wondering, 'Who's the guy in the suit?'" says the former EMC...

Oracle rolls out a roll-call of Unbreakable Linux customers; * Oracle attempts to boost its Unbreakable Linux strategy with a long list of customer testimonials.(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Oracle last week attempted to boost its Unbreakable Linux strategy with a long list of customer testimonials, touting the benefits of receiving both Oracle software and Red Hat Linux OS support from the database...

Other carriers benefit from AT&T, Verizon acquisitions; Level 3 and AboveNet pick up divested assets.(Verizon Communications Inc., Level 3 Communications Inc., AboveNet Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Level 3 Communications and AboveNet announced Wednesday that each has separately picked up local and metropolitan fiber assets from AT&T, and in AboveNet's case Verizon, around the country. AT&T and...

AT&T offers wireless WAN connectivity; Sonus buys Zynetix; * More news from CTIA Wireless 2007.(Sonus Networks Inc.)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aLarry Hettick At last week's CTIA Wireless 2007 show, we found two announcements of interest to service providers that are including wireless infrastructure and services into their enterprise portfolio. The first...

Microsoft's new patch causing issues for XP users.
April 4, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Just one day after releasing an emergency patch for a vulnerability in its operating system, Microsoft has documented one problem with it and is asking users to report any other issues they might encounter. ...

Start-up claims more secure, faster DNS server; * Secure64 targets its DNS server at service providers.(Secure64 Software)(domain name system)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan If you need a battle-ready DNS system, take a look at the latest offering from start-up Secure64 Software. Secure64 in March announced the general availability of a super-fast and secure DNS server software...

Cost-saving tips for global travelers; * Taming international mobile phone costs.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Joanie Wexler When users with GSM phones working for U.S.-based multinational companies travel overseas, they could unwittingly rack up all kinds of premium charges. The reason is the generally disjointed nature of the...

Every tech pro needs project management skills, says CompTIA; * Project management or bust.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Linda Leung A recent Forrester Research surveyaof technology skills sought by IT decision-makers found that 55% of the 280 managers polled believe project management is a "missing skill set." Kyle Gingrich, who has 15 years...

Responding to IT security incidents; * Microsoft white paper goes into what do to when responding to an attack.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Dave Kearns According to Mary Landesman, technical editor for Microsoft Security Research and Response, "A significant evolution has occurred in the malware landscape over the past five years - a change of intent from amateur...

H-1B cap for 2008 reached in record time; In less than two days, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received 150,000 applications for 65,000 slots.(United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services)(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Employers looking to keep skilled foreign workers on staff in 2008 this week rushed to file some 150,000 petitions with the U.S. agency doling out 65,000 H-1B visas. Yet the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service...

Cisco kisses NeoPath products goodbye; Questions remain over how Cisco will bring newly acquired file-area-network/virtualization company's technology into its mix.(NeoPath Networks)(Cisco Systems Inc.)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Cisco has given notice to customers of NeoPath Networks, the file-area network (FAN) and virtualization technology company it bought last month, that NeoPath products, support contracts and professional services...

LAN/wireless LAN integration still evolving; Wireless network trends: Overlay networks all the rage in most cases.(local area network)(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Ethernet switch vendors who offer combined or unified LAN and WLAN gear say the ultimate goal is to get wired and wireless network technologies to appear as a single network access layer. However, switch vendors...

VPLS or PBT? Switch maker hammers out answer.(Virtual Private Local Area Network Service)(Provider Backbone Transport)(Hammerhead Systems enhanced HSX 6000 )
April 4, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Edge switch maker Hammerhead Systems this week announced enhancements to its HSX 6000 switch, including a "multiclass" implementation of VPLS and support for Provider Backbone Transport (PBT). Virtual Private LAN...

March Madness, Microsoft and the management market; * 2007 will be the year Microsoft gets into the professional management game.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Just as the world of professional basketball eagerly anticipates the arrival of Ohio State's Greg Oden and the University of Texas' Kevin Durant, IT industry watchers have long awaited Microsoft's full-blown entry...

Where to learn about smart cards; * More educational opportunities.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Dave Kearns Continuing education is a good thing, especially if it means you can do it during the time you would normally be crawling under desks, slithering through conduits in the ceiling or grubbing in some server/router/hub...

Start-up snares billion-dollar military network deal; * Start-up snares billion-dollar military network deal.(Core180)(Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc.)(Defense Information Systems Network of Department of Defense)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan Core180 is a start-up service provider that's starting out with a big bang, thanks to a key subcontracting job on a billion-dollar Defense Department contract. Core180 is the sole subcontractor to...

IBM donates 10,000 copies of translation software for use in Iraq; IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano writes President George Bush about the donation.(International Business Machines Corp.)
April 4, 2007... IBM today made the unprecedented move to donate 10,000 copies of its speech-translation software and 1,000 laptops to run the software to the U.S. government for use in humanitarian settings in Iraq. Published reports say the move was...

VoIP freeing colleges from wired phones; Unified communications innovation driven by student cell phone use.(voice over internet protocol)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene BALTIMORE -- With wired phones dying off at colleges, IT executives on campus are looking to VoIP and unified communications platforms as ways to meet the needs of students and faculty using wireless devices. ...

SaaS model gaining ground; Mass Technology Leadership Council event examines advantages and pitfalls of SaaS delivery model.(software-as-a-service)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Software-as-a-service is still a relatively small component of the business applications industry, but vendor executives who spoke at a Mass Technology Leadership Council today are betting that the...

Telcos stand to lose $4 billion to cable in SMB market; Cable operators getting more aggressive on business services, report shows.(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Cable company incursions into small business telephony could cost incumbent telcos $4 billion in lost revenue over the next five years, a market researcher claims. As the top 20 cable operators ramp up efforts to...

Managed services a risky endeavor if not managed; Enterprises need to commit time, effort and money to looking after service contracts, Butler Group says.
April 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Organizations opting for outsourced managed services put themselves at risk if they do not manage their providers properly. Managed services - which involve the use of telecom carriers and other service providers to...

WAN Optimization: Management challenges arise as traditional boundaries blur; This piece was contributed by a reader. If you have expertise or an experience you would like to share, contact Network World Editor in Chief John Dix at jdix@nww.com.(wide area networks)
April 5, 2007... WAN optimization, or acceleration as it is sometimes called, is a hot and growing area in networking. Though vendor implementations vary, the general concept is the same. The technology is designed to enhance application performance and...

Data security breach at UCSF may put thousands at risk; Investigation ongoing into whether data was compromised.(TJX Companies Inc.)(University of California (San Francisco))(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Network World Staff The University of California, San Francisco's co-CIOs Wednesday issued the sort of letter every top IT official dreads: notification of a possible computer data breach. UCSF co-CIOs Randy Lopez and...

RAID 6 covers more bases.(Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
April 5, 2007... RAID technology -- Redundant Array of Independent Disks -- lets you establish varying degrees of data protection depending on the particular requirements of a given application. RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10 have been the most widely used,...

Nexsan, Reldata combine NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel products.(Nexsan Technologies)(internet small computer system interface)(network attached storage)(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Nexsan Technologies and Reldata have announced they are teaming to produce a combinedaIP storage area network/network-attached storage product that includes data replication over WANs. The package combines...

Novell and the computer game that changed networking; Ex-Novell exec shares the story of Snipes.(Drew Major)(Interview)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor For a larger story, "Nine things you don't know about Novell," I recently asked the Father of NetWare Drew Major about Snipes, a game written by the original NetWare developers. Snipes is a maze game written in 1982...

Quantum's clustered file system de-duplicates data; * Quantum file server management environment.(StorNext)(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Quantum this week announced software that not only manages file server environments, but de-duplicates data and allows for the dynamic allocation of resources. Quantum, which acquired ADIC last May, inherited...

Cirrus CEO busted for selling U.S. computer technology to India.(Parthasarathy Sudarshan of Cirrus Electronics was accused under violating export regulations)(Arms Export Control Act of 1968)(International Emergency Economic Powers Act)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Michael Cooney In actions that could damage U.S. and India relations, the CEO of electronics supplier Cirrus Electronics pleaded not guilty this week to a 15-count indictment that he shipped U.S. computer technology to India...

Booz Allen takes on mobile security challenges; Always on-the-go consultants pose security, management challenges.(Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.)
April 5, 2007... When enterprise security pros are designing their network defenses, one thorny problem they're sure to address is how to handle those dreaded consultants -- outside employees who need access inside the network. But what if you're the...

Microsoft ships final Longhorn preview; Longhorn Server is set to ship in the second half of the year, Microsoft says.
April 5, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Microsoft Wednesday shipped out the last preview of its Longhorn Server beta. Next up is the planned release of the Beta 3 milestone that will be the final version for testing before the operating systemais...

Does WebEx change the Cisco model?(Cisco Systems Inc.)(WebEx Communications Inc.)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Thomas Nolle Cisco's acquisition of WebEx is in many ways as startling as if Alcoa had bought an aluminum canoe company. Cisco makes network gear, and WebEx is a consumer of network technology. The apparent disconnect has...

Web site lets the blind request library books; Software-as-a-service application makes Maryland library's online catalog accessible to blind users.(Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped)(Keystone Library Automation System)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Blind and disabled residents of Maryland have been served by a special library for nearly 40 years, but until December they couldn't use the Internet to request books and other library materials. The Maryland...

Broadband to the boonies; * Satellite winning race over wireless.(Hughes Network Systems Inc.)
April 5, 2007... Byline: James E. Gaskin Generations of people have run from the farm toward the city, which is why we all curse during rush hour. But the idea of telecommuting, even part time, makes it possible for many to return to the small towns...

Software not helping student test scores, study finds; Ongoing U.S. government study also will examine individual learning products.
April 5, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Reading and mathematics software used by elementary and high school children does not appear to improve test scores, despite the substantial sums of money school districts spend on computer products, according to a...

The tax traffic cometh; How the IRS gets its Web site ready for April 15.(IRS.gov by Internal Revenue Service)
April 5, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan Millions of procrastinating Americans will tackle their 2006 tax returns during the next few days, but the Internal Revenue Service says it's ready for all of those last-minute electronic filers to hit the...