Network World articles from February 2007

Network World archives from February 2007

Battle of the ages; How CIOs can avoid generational clashes among their IT staff.(Rusty Bruns and Buddy Gray speak about the generation gap between IT professionals and how CIOS can manage that)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Sandra Gittlen Charleston Southern University CIO Rusty Bruns has a secret weapon to handle needy users -- Buddy Gray, a 63-year-old network manager. "His customer service is impeccable. He has the patience and knowledge...

NAC insight from Vernier Networks' CEO; * Why certain businesses are buying into NAC quickly.(network access control, Simon Khalaf)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Here is some insight from the CEO of one of the NAC appliance vendors, about who is buying NAC gear and what they go through before they shell out cash for it. The businesses that are buying quickly fall into...

Get to the root of application performance issues; * What causes application sensitivity? Gartner analyst Bjarne Munch explains.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Ann Bednarz There are a wide range of tools available for boosting application performance over the WAN, but it's not easy to figure out which ones are appropriate for each enterprise. A key step is to understand how...

Kasperskys on cybercrime: Don't blame the Russian mafia and why we need anti-anti-anti virus software; Chinese hackers are the big threat, say Russian security experts.(Eugene and Natalya Kaspersky )(Interview)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Neal Weinberg Russian security professionals Eugene and Natalya Kaspersky dropped by Network World this week en route from Moscow to the RSA Conference in California. In a wide-ranging interview with Features Editor Neal...

Cisco warns of SIP handling flaw in IOS devices; * Patches from Debian, OpenPKG, Gentoo* Virus located in TomTom GPS systems* How Schwab shuts out hackers, and other interesting reading.(Charles Schwab & Company Inc. will be responsible for any security ramifications)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jason Meserve Editor's Note: I am attending DEMO 2007 this week in Palm Desert, Calif. 68 companies are here demonstrating their wares. Check out all of Network World's coverage here. Today's bug patches and security...

Verizon Wireless turns up Rev. A.(Evolution Data Optimized Revision A technology)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Verizon Wireless this week said it is launching its next-generation high-speed wireless broadband network in select cities throughout the country. The carrier is turning up Evolution Data Optimized (EV-DO)...

CIRT management: Learning from emergencies; * The postmortem.(computer incident response team)
February 1, 2007... Byline: M. E. Kabay This is another in an occasional series of articles looking at computer incident response team (CIRT) management. One of the most important principles of management in general and operations management in particular...

Cool products from DEMO.(Seagate Technology L.L.C. introduced Digital Audio Video Experience equipment)(Zink introduced digital printing systems)
February 1, 2007... Here are some cool products that launched last week at DEMO 2007 (produced by Network World's events team): For complete coverage go to DEMO 07 HQ Seagate's DAVEa(Digital Audio Video Experience) device is a flat palm-sized storage...

Blackboard pledges no action against open source courseware; Higher education groups remain concerned about Blackboard's current U.S. patent and enforcement plans.
February 1, 2007... Byline: John Cox,aJohn Cox In a deal worked out with higher education groups, electronic courseware vendor Blackboard this week promised not to enforce its controversial patents against open source and homegrown software systems. ...

Microsoft partners on SSL VPN software; Celestix Networks, Network Engines are making SSL appliances.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Microsoft is announcing that SSL VPN appliances based on technology it acquired last year when it bought Whale Communications are available through two Microsoft partners. Microsoft calls the devices Intelligent...

Kicking virtualization up a notch.
February 1, 2007... Of all of the technology trends that have been important in the world of enterprise IT, there's one that stands out as the 800-pound gorilla - the pink elephant if you will - of the last few years: virtualization. Virtualization has...

Internet Telephony update; * AstriCon and more good news.
February 1, 2007... Byline: James E. Gaskin How prevalent is Internet Telephony now? You may have it and not even know it. A customer I visited last fall had a phone system installed by an independent exchange carrier at full telephone company rates. But...

Energy-efficient Ethernet takes the next step; * IEEE forms study group for Energy Efficient Ethernet.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jeff Caruso The IEEE has decided to go ahead and form a study group to look into the possibility of standards pertaining to Energy Efficient Ethernet. Regular readers will recall I wrote about the call for interest in...

DEMO 07: Alcatel-Lucent to manage laptops; Evros Project enables always-on endpoint management of mobile laptops.
February 1, 2007... Byline: John Cox For complete coverage, go to DEMO 07 HQ A project unveiled this week at DEMO 07 by Alcatel-Lucent will let enterprise network administrators reach out and touch corporate laptops anytime, anywhere. The Evros...

Don't be alarmed by IPv6's declining numbers.(internet telephony)
February 1, 2007... Before a tsunami hits shore the sea recedes abruptly and there is a deceiving period of calm before the waves arrive. Given IPv6 address allocation trends, perhaps the analogy applies to the deployment of IPv6. 2006 was a year of...

SWsoft and Parallels offer virtual choice; * SWsoft and Parallels clarify their different approaches to virtualization.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears When it comes to x86 server virtualization, VMware, of course, seems to get all the attention. Of late, there has been more written about the open source Xen hypervisor (and XenSource, the corporation formed to...

Google revenue climbs 67 percent; Site traffic increases while Google limits ads per search.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Google Wednesday reported revenue of $3.21 billion in the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2006, an increase of 67% over the same period in 2005. Google officials said they have been able to increase revenue while showing...

The tale of a beach, dial-up, and port 25 blocking; * All cable services are not created equal.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aJim Metzler Over the past year or so, we've addressed the issue of the SOHO market, cable and DSL services, and SMTP port 25 blocking (for sending e-mail) to servers other than those provided by the ISP. In...

Fiberlink adds zero-day threat protection service; Security add-on offers a cost-effective way to keep mobile users' laptops safe, Fiberlink says.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Fiberlink Communications announced Thursday that it's teaming with Sana Security to offer customers zero-day threat protection. Sana's Primary Response SafeConnect software uses multi-behavioral analysis to...

RSA: Mirapoint puts e-mail security appliance on a blade; Spam, virus protection slated for IBM's BladeCenter.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson E-mail vendor Mirapoint on Monday announced plans to release a version of its RazorGate e-mail security appliance that slides into IBM's BladeCenter. Slated for availability during the second half of the...

Cisco, Canadian cable provider test 100Mbps service.(Videotron Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Videotron, a Canadian cable multisystem operator, said it can achieve Internet access speeds approaching 100Mbps using equipment from Cisco. Videotron claims this is the first time an ISP in North America has...

Venture capitalists reveal hot sectors.(investments in information technology sector)(Discussion)
February 1, 2007... Byline: John Dix I recently hosted a panel discussion featuring leading Boston-area venture capitalists and the conversation ranged from hot investment sectors to the differences between East and West Coast venture capital firms. ...

A no-news day at Google News; Google site experiencing technical difficulties.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Having trouble getting your news today? Instead of the latest on global warming, Google News has been serving up a lot of server errors over the past hour and a half, beginning around 10 a.m. EST. Here at...

BT puts up $196 million for INS; U.K.-based carrier is looking to expand its presence in North America.(British Telecommunications PLC acquired International Network Services)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo BT Group announced Thursday its plans to acquire International Network Services, an IT consulting and professional services firm. "Coming on the heels of its BT's acquisition of Counterpane in 2006, the...

Daylight saving time: What's up with those time servers?
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears While time servers keep networked devices synchronized, they don't recognize daylight saving shifts. As several experts noted in our recent "Daylight saving changes: No Y2K, but there could be headaches" story, a...

Novell should better exploit GroupWise strengths; * Some observations from GWAVACon.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Michael Osterman Last week's visit to GWAVACon confirmed a couple of things for me. First, Novell has a large base of very loyal customers that remind me in many ways of Mac users - they tend to be quite vocal in support of...

Start-up aims to predict when to increase storage capacity; * Solving the storage capacity nightmare.(MonoSphere introduced Storage Horizon 3.0)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Planning the storage capacity you need is sometimes like a blind-folded partygoer pinning the tail on a donkey - it's a hit or miss proposition. Many storage administrators allocate storage capacity by...

Sending e-mail to cell phones from Web forms.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... We have some existing Web forms that generate e-mails when they are submitted to the server. How can we have these text messages sent to cell phones as well? Most cell phones can receive Short Message Service (SMS) messages through...

Kaspersky unveils antivirus product for mobile devices, security bundles for businesses; Anti-Virus Mobile software will work on Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.(Anti-Virus Mobile)
February 1, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Kaspersky Lab next week will announce new software to protect smart phones from viruses, as well as new bundles of its security software to protect devices on business networks. The new Anti-Virus Mobile...

Not using all of that GigE pipe? Save some energy; IEEE's Energy Efficient Ethernet looks at ways to throttle down connection speeds to save power.(gigabit ethernet)
February 2, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth The IEEE wants to make idle or underutilized Ethernet connections more energy efficient, which could mean huge electrical cost savings for large enterprises. The trick: finding a way to seamlessly throttle between...

Betting on the IT department; This casino team is ready for the Super Bowl.(Station Casinos Inc.)
February 2, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Marshall Andrew has two big reasons to be nervous this weekend. The former Chicago resident's favorite football team will be vying for its first Super Bowl championship in two decades. But Andrew will scarcely...

UPDATE: YouTube complies, removes Viacom content.
February 2, 2007... Byline: Michael Cooney Bad news for the YouTube set: Viacom today demanded that the popular video site remove all Viacom content from the site and Google, which bought YouTube last year,athis afternoon complied. Viacom includes...

Inside the X-Force; On the front lines in the global war on cybercrime with the vulnerability threat team from ISS.(Internet Security Systems Inc.)
February 2, 2007... Byline: Deb Radcliff ATLANTA -- When the sensors feeding into Internet Security Systems' Global Threat Operations Center detected a new XML HTTP vulnerability early last November, attacks exploiting that vulnerability already were...

CA earnings reflect renewed stability; Company exceeds earnings expectations, shows solid bookings for the quarter.
February 2, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Software maker CA Thursday reported more than $1 billion in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, giving the company and industry watchers cause for cautious optimism. Revenue rose 4 % in the third quarter of...

Vendors make a splash without causing a scene.(DEMO 2007)
February 2, 2007... Byline: Paul McNamara Sixty-eight companies at Network World's DEMO 07 conference last week managed to bring attention to their new products and services without shutting down a single highway, bridge or river. Not a bomb-sniffing dog...

Open source tool released for translating between Microsoft, ODF file formats; Open XML Translator is designed to transform documents between Open XML, which is the default format in Office 2007, and the Open Document Format.
February 2, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Developers funded by Microsoft delivered on Friday the first phase of an open source tool designed to translate between the default Office 2007 file type and a competing open source document format. Open XML...

Inside the X-Force.
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Cisco Gear Guide.
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Check Point delivers long-awaited appliance.(UTM-1 firewall software)
February 5, 2007... Check Point at the RSA Conference this week plans to release a line of enterprise appliances that match the prowess of its firewall software. The Check Point UTM-1 series impressed us in our exclusive Clear Choice Test with its integrated...

Management software or Magic 8-Ball? * What predictive analysis can do for network managers.(Product/service evaluation)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie A couple weeks back on an especially stressful Sunday in January, I picked up my Magic-8 Ball post half-time of one NFL Playoff game and desperately asked, "Will the Patriots make it to the Super Bowl?" It's...

SailPoint sets forth Compliance IQ; * Automating compliance.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Dave Kearns Last issue I introduced the term "compliance management" to describe a relatively new niche in the market. It's also relatively small since, until last week, Aveksa was, perhaps, the only vendor securely in that...

RSA '07: McAfee enters data loss prevention space; New software protects leaks from the network and endpoints.(McAfee Data Loss Prevention Host)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson McAfee on Monday announced its foray into the data loss protection market with software designed to guard sensitive information from unauthorized access and transfer at the network, desktop and notebook levels....

Video over IP primer: Video compression; * How video over IP works.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aLarry Hettick We've used many newsletters to describe how VoIP works; this week, we'd like to review some basics on how video over IP works. As with voice, for video to be put into an IP packet it first must be...

Centeris Likewise 2.0 helps Windows, Linux coexist.(internet server software)(Product/service evaluation)
February 5, 2007... Centeris Likewise 2.0 is a tool that changes Linux settings using an application that has a Windows look and feel rather than one comprising many disparate Linux command-line or console methods. In our Clear Choice Test, Likewise...

Online subtitling with dotSUB; * There is a growing demand for translating audio content into other languages.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs As much as the Internet has broken down barriers by making the distribution of content insanely easy one serious barrier remains: Language. Online machine translation of text has helped immensely (e.g. Google's...

Hidden nodes and Wi-Fi performance; * Finding hidden WLAN nodes.(wireless local area networks)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Joanie Wexler There are many aspects to managing unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum to avoid interference and optimize wireless LAN application performance. Interference can be caused by traffic butting up against other traffic in...

How we tested Check Point firewall.(Check Point UTM-1 data security software)(Product/service evaluation)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Joel Snyder We tested the Check Point UTM-1 firewall in our lab network by putting it through a series of tests designed to reproduce what a security manager would do when managing firewall appliance installation, backups,...

Gates, Ellison to tout security at RSA.(Bill Gates, Larry Ellison)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer The annual RSA Conference, expected to draw 15,000 security professionals and more than 325 vendors from around the world to San Francisco's Moscone Center exhibit hall, kicks off this week with keynotes from...

RSA Conference: Vendors bolster wireless and mobile security offerings; Network Chemistry updates scanning software; Yoggie safeguards laptops.(Network Chemistry enhancing RFprotect Scanner)(Yoggie Security Systems introducing Gatekeeper Pro )
February 5, 2007... Byline: John Cox Two vendors this week plan to unveil new or improved mobile security products for the enterprise, staging the news at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco. Network Chemistry is updating its radio frequency...

Tagging, no longer fun and easy.(web site design)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs Most people think that tagging on the Web is pretty easy and fun. Give 'em a blog or a Web page and a field named "tags," and they'll start stuffing in text with wild abandon in the hopes that their content will be...

NAS: Roll your own or turnkey?(network attached storage)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Ron Nutter Periodically we have different "special" projects come up where additional storage would be handy to have. Somethimes we are doing mass upgrades of workstations as new ones arrive. Other times we are doing data...

RSA `07: Avinti powers e-mail security appliance for enterprise use; Blocks zero-day threats by observing code behavior.(iSolation Server 3.0)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson Avinti on Monday will release Version 3.0 of its iSolation Server, an e-mail security appliance that the company has tuned for enterprise use. Available now, iSolation Server 3.0 can be used to scan inbound...

RSA `07: ScanSafe scours Web search results; Upgraded service protects users from malicious, inappropriate sites.(SearchAhead)
February 5, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson Internet security company ScanSafe on Monday announced a new feature for its Web Filtering hosted service that blocks employees from visiting malicious or inappropriate Web sites that are listed among results in...

Letters to the editor: Moving targets.(Letter to the editor)
February 5, 2007... Moving targets Regarding "Sprint supports GPS technology for tracking school buses": This is old hat -- obsolete technology. For about $1 per day, USFleetTracking has been providing a tracking service for quite some time to the masses....

Successful application delivery; * The Handbook of Application Delivery.
February 6, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aJim Metzler There has been a lot written over the last few years about various techniques such as caching, compression, and protocol acceleration that can be used to overcome the limitations of the WAN relative...

NeoAccel's first entry into NAC; * NeoAccel's NAM-Plus.(network access control)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene NeoAccel is introducing a NAC appliance that will allow a device onto a network but then block if from running unauthorized applications. Called NAM-Plus, the appliance performs a pre-admission scan of devices...

Oracle search engine expands access to third-party data sources; Oracle software can be used to fish through EMC, Notes and other information stores.
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Oracle has released a new version of its enterprise search application, which allows users to sift through a broader set of data sources, company officials said Monday. The out-of-the-box version of Secure...

E-mail retention policies, Part 1; * Why e-mail retention is not just a good idea.(Column)
February 6, 2007... Byline: M. E. Kabay My colleague and friend Prof. Don Holden, MBA, CISSP-ISSMP, noted a gap in the discussion of e-mail in our MSIA course some time ago and has graciously allowed us to print an edited version of his comments to...

They're growing! * The number of branch offices continues to increase, creating more IT challenges.
February 6, 2007... Byline: Robin Gareiss It's no huge surprise that with a relatively healthy global economy, we're seeing corporate expansion. I'm not talking about the $36 billion profit Exxon recently reported. I'm talking about the expansion of the...

F5 takes it up a notch; * The Big-IP 8800 doubles the performance of F5's previous top-of-the-line WAN device.(F5 Networks Inc. launched application delivery platform)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Ann Bednarz There's a new top of the line for F5 Networks' Big-IP application delivery platform. The Big-IP 8800, unveiled last week, is designed to satisfy IT managers' appetite for more horsepower to handle...

Cybercrime calculator targets hackers, terrorists; Threat calculator to be made available to private sector later this year.(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Network World Staff The University of New Hampshire has unveiled a tool for gauging the level of threat any would-be attacker poses to the energy, emergency response or other sectors of the U.S. economy and infrastructure that...

RSA '07: Crossroads launches database security appliance.(Crossroads Systems Inc., StrongBox DBProtector)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Crossroads today launched an enhanced version of its database-protection appliance that lets customers protect business-critical data from inappropriate access. At the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week,...

Clearwell launches e-discovery appliance.(Clearwell Systems introduced Clearwell Intelligence Platform 2.0)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor E-mail discovery vendor Clearwell Systems this week rolled out a new version of its appliance that makes discovery of message and documents easier for users. Clearwell announced Version 2.0 of its Clearwell...

RSA '07: Arbor Networks launches new threat-analysis initiative.(Active Threat Level Analysis System )(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Arbor Networks announced Monday at the RSA trade showaa new threat-analysis initiative with the goal of zeroing in on zero-day attacks. RSA '07 HQ: Click here for complete coverage The network...

The botnets are coming! * The data center is the new castle, and the botnet hordes are coming for it.
February 6, 2007... Byline: Andreas M. Antonopoulos One of the main findings from Nemertes' security research in 2005 and 2006 was that the security perimeter is eroding. With all the connections to partners, suppliers and customers and all the mobile...

Extreme tightens security in new version of operating system; * ExtremeXOS 11.6.(Extreme Networks Inc.)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jeff Caruso Extreme Networks last week introduced Version 11.6 of the ExtremeXOS operating system for its LAN switches, with security enhancements. Extreme says the new version allows only devices with valid DHCP-assigned...

Storage vendors go green; * Storage vendors' power efficiency strategies.
February 6, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor The data center is going green and storage vendors are squeezing it for all it's worth. Research from industry firm Gartner predicts that by the end of 2008, nearly 50% of data centers worldwide will not have...

Mixing fault tolerance with virtualization; * Has fault tolerance come across your virtualization radar?(NEC Corp. introduced fault tolerant server)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears I met with the people at NEC a few weeks ago to talk about the introduction of the company's sub-$12,000 Intel-based fault tolerant server. The system is rolling out about a year after Stratus - a partner of NEC...

A growing divide in healthcare IT; Small practices slow to adopt electronic medical records because of cost.
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Electronic medical records and other IT upgrades are seen as a "silver bullet" in the health industry's struggle against rising costs and quality problems, but high startup expenses are creating a growing divide...

Training's tie to project success; * Study shows a strong correlation between skill training and IT project success.(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Amy Schurr As an IT leader, you're accountable for ensuring IT projects are successful and deliver the expected benefits. A study from IDC shows a strong correlation between skill training and IT project success. By boosting...

RSA '07:Tumbleweed announces desktop encryption software; New product secures in-house communications.(Tumbleweed Communications Corp., MailGate Desktop Messenger)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson Tumbleweed Communications on Tuesday announced new software for companies wanting to encrypt their e-mail that stays inside the organization. Go to RSA '07 HQ for complete coverage Called MailGate...

Messaging Architects does the Hula; * Messaging Architects acquires NetMail and takes over the Hula project.(acquiring Novell Inc.)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Michael Osterman Last week, Messaging Architects announced that it was acquiring Novell's NetMail product and would also inherit leadership of Novell's open source Hula project. The week before, Messaging Architects...

RSA '07: EMC bolsters security for high-end arrays; EMC's revamped Enginuity operating software adds tools for better securing Symmetrix arrays.(EMC Corp. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) introduced Symmetrix after acquiring RSA Security Inc.)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor EMC Tuesday rolled out a new version of its Symmetrix operating system that incorporates security features from its $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security in 2006. EMC debuted its Enginuity 5772 operating...

HP rolls out storage gear, software.(Hewlett-Packard Co., Enterprise Virtual Array, HP Data Protector)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor HP on Monday launched an enhanced midrange storage array, a new Fibre Channel switch for its BladeSystem servers, a network-attached storage gateway and encryption for its data protection software. At the HP...

Nortel CFO to resign.(Northern Telecom Ltd., Peter Currie)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Nortel this week said its CFO will step down at the end of April. Peter Currie will resign from the company after two years as executive vice-president and CFO. He was a holdover from the regime of ex-CEO Bill...

IBM pumps up Linux virtual machines on mainframe.(z/VM 5.3)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears Organizations running Linux in virtual machines on the mainframe will soon be able to throw more workloads onto the system thanks to an update to the z/VM operating system that now scales across 32 processor...

FaceTime and Skype partner on enterprise policy enforcement.(FaceTime Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer FaceTime Communications said it's partnering with Skype to add control over Skype IP-based voice services for use in enterprise networks through the FaceTime Internet Security Edition product for managing endpoint...

RSA '07: TippingPoint gets into NAC; A blend of existing and new gear adds up to access control.(network access control)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene 3Com's TippingPoint division is announcing at RSA Conference 2007 this week that its security platform now supports network access control by scanning end devices before they are allowed on the network and making...

Web site tracks 'colorful' mood swings; MoodJam.org lets users record emotions in a "visual diary" composed of colors and words.(Website overview)
February 6, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin On Dec. 12, at 2:41 a.m., Ph.D. student Ian Li of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. was feeling miserable and sleepy. The computer science student was in the midst of a three-paper marathon and not...

Video over IP primer: Transmission options; * How video over IP works.
February 7, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor,aLarry Hettick Today, we'll continue our primer on how video over IP networks works with a discussion about the options for video transmission. We'll start with video conferencing. Once encoded into digital format,...

OpenID's growing pains; * OpenID shows much promise, despite growing pains.
February 7, 2007... Byline: Dave Kearns I've watched over the couple of years as the OpenID community has grown - burgeoned, you might say. What started out as a way to keep comment spam and robots out of blogs and wikis now sports connections to Sun's...

Network execs are naturals for the information security fields; * Considering transferring into the information security field?
February 7, 2007... Byline: Linda Leung Networking executives interested in entering the security field, or just want to formalize their security knowledge should consider taking training for (ISC)2's Systems Security Certified Practitioner certification....

Handling hidden Wi-Fi nodes; * Getting Wi-Fi clients to see and hear each other.
February 7, 2007... Byline: Joanie Wexler If your Wi-Fi performance is degrading, one contributor could be multiple client devices that are all within range of a common access point but too far away from each other to detect the others' presence. ...

RSA '07:Websense enhances threat-detection software; New features enhance protection from inside and external threats.(Content Protection Suite)(Brief article)
February 7, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson RS '07aHQ: Click here for complete covereage. Websense this week announced a new auditing component to its data-leak prevention Content Protection Suite of software, as well as a new feature to its...