Network World articles from May 2007

Network World archives from May 2007

Guide to NIST security documents; * NIST publishes a guide to its security documents.(Guide to NIST Computer Security Documents)(Book review)
May 8, 2007... Byline: M. E. Kabay One of the most valuable sources for downloading free, unbiased publications about security management is the Web site of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory...

Phishing scam targets Microsoft piracy control warning; Symantec says scam activated by Trojan.kardphisher.(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Symantec says it has identified a phishing scam that attempts to fool the victim by faking a Microsoft Windows piracy-control warning and demanding a credit card. According to Symantec, the phishing scam, which is activated by a piece...

10 Gigabit Ethernet gear demonstrated; * Tehuti, Fulcrum demo their server-focused network gear.(Tehuti Networks)(Fulcrum Microsystems)(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Jeff Caruso Start-up Tehuti Networks is ramping up demonstrations of equipment built on its 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology. Tehuti is a fabless semiconductor company that develops so-called "solutions-on-a-chip" for...

Intransa debuts 10G Ethernet storage appliance; Latest StorStac appliance offers up to 180TB of storage capacity.(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer Intransa today announced a new IP storage-area network (SAN) appliance that operates at 10Gbit/sec to alleviate application-performance bottlenecks. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet StorStac (PCU100) appliance is the...

Tolly: Application acceleration: Divide and conquer.(Tolly Group)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Kevin Tolly More than perhaps any other area except virtualization, the term "application acceleration" can be defined and characterized in almost as many ways as there are products on the market. Still, if you take the right...

Blue Shield girds for the long haul; New integrated planning function provides long-term view.(Blue Shield of California)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan Executive Summary: When Elinor MacKinnon arrived as the new CIO of Blue Shield of California two years ago, she decided to reorganize the company's 300-person IT shop to improve long-range planning. ...

IT workers feel secure about jobs; * IT Employment Report.(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Amy Schurr IT workers may be slightly less confident about the economy and job availability, but they're still confident about their personal employment situations. Those are the findings of the Spherion IT Employment Report...

IMS networks face security challenges.(IP Multimedia Subsystem)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy There may be no hotter topic in telecom right now than IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), an evolving standard that promises to offer a common way for multiple wireless and wireline networks to deliver multimedia...

More users headed to Vista, but some concerns increasing, survey shows; Bugs, hardware requirements, unclear benefits are top Vista issues.
May 8, 2007... Byline: John Fontana More users are starting to evaluate and deploy Windows Vista, but they are showing more concern over perceived performance and patching improvements and the operating system's hardware requirements, according to a...

Symark updates access-control software; PowerBroker authorization and access-control software gains reporting features.(Symark International Inc.)(PowerBroker 5.0)(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer Symark this week unveiled the fifth version of its PowerBroker authorization and access-control software for heterogeneous Unix and Linux networks. New to the product are reporting capabilities which Symark says...

The people challenge; * Does the growing virtual workplace mean an overhaul of management tactics?
May 8, 2007... Byline: Robin Gareiss Many supervisors think managing people "virtually" requires different skills than managing people in an office. The management skills don't change too much, but managers must be painfully aware of the processes,...

Automated network-management tools to the rescue.
May 8, 2007... Byline: Jeff Kaplan One of the fundamental challenges facing network professionals is balancing ongoing responsibilities with reacting to daily events. Many spend the bulk of their time putting out fires or responding to unanticipated...

Converged Access consolidates branch-office gear; Branch Services Gateway includes firewall, VPN, traffic shaping and PBX.
May 8, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Converged Access this week unveiled managed branch-office hardware designed to reduce the number of devices deployed in remote locations and simplify their installation. Branch Services Gateway (BSG) combines a...

Incorporating business smarts into network operations; * Acquisition positions Radware to add more business intelligence to its network optimization technologies.
May 8, 2007... Byline: Ann Bednarz The effort to more closely align IT operations with business objectives is a campaign being played out on many fronts - including the network arena. Over the years IT executives and vendors have worked to make...

Integrated archiving for Sun JMS Environments; * AXS-One's AXS-Link for Sun Java Messaging Server.(network storage management software)(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Michael Osterman Last week, AXS-One announced AXS-Link for Sun Java Messaging Server, an archiving solution designed specifically for JMS environments. This policy-driven system is the only archiving system integrated into the...

Start-up adds new twist to x86 virtualization; * 3Leaf digs into virtualization.(3Leaf Networks)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears It's been a trend for some time now: enterprise buyers turning from Risc-based servers to increasingly powerful x86 systems as a way to cut costs and improve efficiencies. At first, it was a one application to...

ConSentry's new NAC access switch; * ConSentry's CS-4024 switch, and Universal Endpoint Interoperability.(network access control)(Brief article)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene ConSentry is announcing a new NAC access switch for smaller sites that checks the security posture of devices before they get on networks and enforces policies based on those scans. The CS-4024 switch has 24...

The PAUSE that is refreshing storage centers; * The key to making Fibre Channel over Ethernet work.
May 8, 2007... Byline: John Burke To arrive at the DCoE - the Data Center over Ethernet - we need to find ways to make Ethernet behave like the non-Ethernet networks we deploy in our data centers: the fiber channel storage-area network and the...

The V-word strike data protection; * Storage vendors go virtualization-crazy.
May 8, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Since the V-word entered the corporate lingo, storage vendors have been busy making products that support server "virtualization" environments. Marathon Technologies launched its v-Available initiative to link...

The benefits of managed service for applications performance; * Akamai's perspective on network performance.(Akamai Technologies Inc.)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor, Jim Metzler This is the fifth and last newsletter in a series that has summarized what the presenting vendors had to say during two seminars that Network World recently produced, and Jim moderated, on the topic...

IBM gathering public input to help Africa; ThinkPlace Challenge designed to spur innovation and economic development.
May 8, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin IBM wants your advice on how to spur innovation and economic development in Africa. IBM is inviting public comment on the Web until May 25, and the best ideas will help the company shape the agenda for an upcoming...

Controller-based WLANs turned inside out; Cooperative AP architecture creates simpler, cheaper wireless LAN, company says.(Aerohive Networks)(Company overview)
May 8, 2007... Byline: John Cox Aerohive Networks wants you to step forward into the future of wireless LANS . . . by stepping backward. The venture-funded start-up this week launched its HiveAP product line, which turns the dominant...

GlobalScape adds ad-hoc, security features to file exchange server; New module includes authentication, compliance reporting.(GlobalScape Enhanced File Transfer server)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson GlobalScape on Tuesday announced a module for its file transfer server that lets customers grant business partners temporary access to the server without having to set up FTP accounts. The Secure Ad Hoc...

Hammerhead prays to no one; Company pledges agnosticism in response to MPLS/PBT issue.(multiprotocol label switching)(provider backbone transport)(Hammerhead Systems)
May 8, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Responding to a recent report on the market prospects of an MPLS alternative for metro Ethernet, edge switch market Hammerhead Systems this week reiterated a soul-baring confession. It is not religious. ...

Is MPLS alternative DOA? * Provider Backbone Transport proponents face tough crowd at MPLS conference.(multiprotocol label switching)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy Granted, it was an MPLS-immersed conference. And Cisco had its best engineering SWAT team there to exterminate anything that threatened its router franchise. But this week's Future-Net conference -- formerly...

A healthy dose of identity; * Identity management in healthcare.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Dave Kearns Continuing our look at niche marketing by identity tool vendors, today we'll see what's up at Sentillion. Sentillion is no Johnny-come-lately to the identity party as the company was started way back in 1998 - just...

Tech jobs growing in the United States; * Cyberstates 2007 report on high-tech employment.(American Electronics Association)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Linda Leung Some good news from the American Electronics Association's (AeA) 10th anniversary Cyberstates report on high-tech employment - the United States added nearly 150,000 net jobs for a total of 5.8 million. AeA says...

Wavering Wi-Fi architectures; * Wi-Fi architectures evolve to match traffic patterns.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Joanie Wexler Within the past five years, the trend in wireless LANs has been toward centralized architectures that allow for scalable configuration, administration, and management. The idea has been basically that the...

Yipes adds class-of-service offering; * Yipes new CoS offering will be useful for VoIP and video conferencing applications.(Yipes Enterprise Services Inc.'s voice over internet protocol)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Duffy Marsan Yipes Enterprise Services, a leader in fully managed Ethernet services, Tuesday announces new class-of-service capabilities to directly compete against rival VPN providers. The CoS offering allows...

Aligning business with IT: practical steps.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Johna Till Johnson Last week we talked about the need for business to align with IT. That is, it's business' job to start by asking the question, "How can we use technology to deliver products better, faster, more cheaply and...

How do you spell patent relief? Supreme Court decision should make patent system stronger.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Scott Bradner Patents, at least the way they have affected modern telecommunications and business, have been very controversial. Patent advocates look to Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution and its adoption of the concept of...

Microsoft outlines road map for business intelligence.(introduced SQL Server Katmai)
May 9, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Microsoft Wednesday staked out the future of its business intelligence strategy by unveiling the next version of SQL Server and the performance management layers to be built on top of it. At the Microsoft...

IBM, Red Hat team to reinforce Linux on mainframes; Better customer support in the works, vendors say.(System z)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin IBM and Red Hat Wednesday announced a partnership to deploy and support Red Hat's Linux software on IBM's System z mainframes. The vendors say they created the partnership because governments and companies are...

Racketeering case against Microsoft, Best Buy revived.
May 9, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Microsoft and Best Buy are facing racketeering charges in a case first brought seven years ago that alleged consumers had MSN accounts activated and were charged for them without their knowledge when they purchased...

Search technology with MIT roots takes hold; General Mills, Clorox, Procter & Gamble among early adopters.(Accelovation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin A search technology developed at the MIT Media Lab is helping some Fortune 500 companies uncover new markets and trends by examining consumer sentiment found on the Web. Accelovation, which was founded in 2003...

Q&A: How RIM marries BlackBerry smart phones to the corporate PBX.(Research in Motion Ltd.'s Theron Dodson tells about new product BlackBerry Mobile Voice System )(Interview)
May 9, 2007... Byline: John Cox Can you trust the folks who recently brought you a 12-hour wireless e-mail outage to bring your cell phone to the corporate PBX? Research in Motion says yes. RIM this week introduced what it's calling the...

Verizon anxious to fight for government accounts; Having won a piece of Networx, goal now is to woo individual agencies.(Verizon Business bidding for General Services Administration contract)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Verizon Business says it's ready to take on as much of the federal government's business as it can win. Verizon, AT&T and Qwest in March won the opportunity to bid on the federal government's $20 billion,...

CIOs share secrets of getting IT some respect; Raise IT's profile by rotating jobs, ditching jargon and dressing the part, they say.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Bob Brown One of John Furlong's pet peeves is IT employees who don't dress like their clients. "Look at the way your clients are dressed. Make sure your IT organization matches them," says Furlong, managing director and ...

Network General: More than Sniffer; * Sometimes brand recognition can do a disservice.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie For most people, when they need to blow their nose, they say to themselves, "I need to get a Kleenex.," but maybe fewer folks say, "Boy I could use a facial tissue." That's because Kleenex somehow became the...

Getting going kicking those Longhorn tires; * Test your Longhorn.(Microsoft Windows Vista)(Column)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Dave Kearns Now that you've had a chance to give Vista a thorough workout in your testing lab (you have, haven't you?) it's time to let it play with the next version of Windows Server. And, right on cue, Microsoft is making...

The Japanese government looks to go open source; * IT vendors line up to deliver Linux systems to Japanese government.(Brief article)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth The Japanese government wants to go open source, as a way to rely less on a single vendor IT software infrastructure. And plenty of vendors are lining up to help make this happen. Oracle, NEC, IBM, HP, Hitachi...

Enterprise notebooks tout new wireless LAN features; Wireless options include draft 802.11n, integrated cellular.(Buyers guide)
May 9, 2007... Byline: John Cox A trio of notebook makers have unveiled lighter, faster PCs, including several with optional cellular interfaces and Intel's latest wireless LAN technology, aimed at the enterprise mobile market. Intel has...

Avinti upgrade targets blended threats; Observation engine now searches e-mail body for links to malware.(developing iSolation Server 4.0)(Brief article)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson Avinti on Wednesday announced a new version of its e-mail security software designed to catch inbound messages with active content and embedded URLs that can expose recipients to Internet threats. Slated for...

A stream of consiousness service; * Tumblelogging, random shorthand blogging.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs According to Wikipedia a tumblelog is "a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs...

CIOs must make IT a competitive weapon; Survey data reveals more companies bringing technology leaders into business strategy discussions.(chief information officers)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Corporate executives are more aware of the value of IT in terms of business strategy and competitive advantage, according to a recent survey, which found more CEOs bring their CIOs to the table for business...

Siemens updates its unified communications line-up; * Siemens aims to provide easy starting point for unified communications.(Siemens Communications Ltd.)(Brief article)
May 9, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor, Larry Hettick Siemens Communications announced Tuesday several updates to its OpenScape unified communications portfolio. The first upgrade is targeted at providing an easy starting point for unified...

Cybercrime update: Is organized crime moving into cybersphere? FBI says malware currently purview of loosely organized criminals.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Bob Brown As if FBI special agent Tim O'Brien and his cybercrime fighting comrades don't already have their hands full with bot herders, virus writers and other loosely-aligned crooks, now people are wondering when more...

Study: Businesses want unified communications but staff structure leaves them unprepared; Systems require network, applications, communications groups to cooperate.
May 9, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Businesses say they are interested in unified communications but still face some of the same obstacles that prevented them from adopting VoIP a few years ago, according to a study by Nemertes Research. While...

Nevis announces free LAN security assessment service; * Innovative service assesses LAN security.(Nevis Networks Inc.)(Brief article)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Nevis Networks is announcing a free security assessment of business networks using the company's LANenforcer NAC gear. For businesses that qualify, Nevis will come in with its equipment and monitor network traffic...

New IPv6 speed records set; * Chelsio Communications part of team that set IPv6 record.(internet protocol 6.0)(Brief article)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Jeff Caruso Who says speeds and feeds are passe? Who says network interface cards are a commodity? If you look at the latest 10 Gigabit Ethernet activity, the speed of NICs is very much at the forefront of industry competition....

Reflex Security teams up with Insightix for better IPS; Intrusion-prevention software is enhanced with network-detection capabilities.(Brief article)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Tim Greene Reflex Security has upgraded its intrusion-prevention technology with real-time network status information to give enterprise IT staff better insight into devices involved in possible attacks. Reflex is licensing...

The Pirate Backup System; * You need several methods working together to backup well.
May 10, 2007... Byline: James E. Gaskin In honor of the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie, let me introduce the Pirate Backup System (ARR). ARR, besides a bit of pirate talk, stands for Automatic, Redundant, and Restorable. Meeting those three...

A security tool with a message.(Orchestria's data security products)
May 10, 2007... Byline: John Dix Security experts will tell you that it isn't always about technology. While the latest tools help, more often than not security comes down to policy and staff education. If you can get employees to commit policy to...

To be proactive or not to bee?(business enterprises adopting green technology)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs Being "green" has become very fashionable. Along with that there's a lot more talk about behaving in ways that support our environment rather than our business-as-usual habits. But the problem with being green in...

6LoWPAN: low-power IP connectivity.(wireless personal area network)(Internet Engineering Task Force)
May 10, 2007... Until recently, extending IP out to wireless industrial networks was thought to be impractical, if not impossible. Vendors embraced proprietary protocols because they presumed that IP, which is memory- and bandwidth-intensive, couldn't be...

Welcome back, Winrot.(Raxco Software Inc.'s Perfect Disk Rx Suite, disk optimizing software)(Column)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Mark Gibbs About 20 months ago we wrote about our struggle against Winrot, which we described as "the creeping, pernicious degradation of the integrity of Windows systems to the point where they run slowly, behave erratically,...

Energy bills rising? These tips may help; From the datacenter to the mobile employee, eco-friendly products IT managers should consider.
May 10, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo You don't have to be a tree hugger to want to reduce your company's energy consumption. High energy costs and increasing power requirements are driving enterprises to pay closer attention to energy usage. ...

Cisco reports multilple flaws IOS FTP Server; * Patches from VMWare, Cisco, Microsoft, others* Nigerian scammers do a take-off on Three Kings* Next-generation multimedia networks face security challenges, and other interesting reading.(File Transfer Protocol)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Jason Meserve Today's bug patches and security alerts: Cisco reports multilple flaws IOS FTP Server The Cisco IOS FTP Server, which is not enabled by default, is vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, improper validation...

Sprint Nextel vs. 41 nonprofits.(educational broadband service spectrum licenses)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Paul McNamara Here's an interesting story about a David vs. Goliath dispute over wireless spectrum -- interesting in part because it isn't at all clear that we should be rooting for David. The issue involves the 2495MHz to...

Big Blue lays out 'Big Green' vision.(IBM's Project Big Green plans)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor In making a purported billion-dollar-a-year commitment to "green" technology, IBM is demonstrating more than mere marketing savvy: Big Blue is driving home the point that out-of-control energy consumption is...

Big Blue announces "Big Green" initiative.(International Business Machines Corp.)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor IBM on Thursday unveiled a $1 billion-a-year service initiative aimed at building and redesigning data centers that consume less energy. At a press conference in New York City, the company debuted Project Big...

Dell: 'Direct model is not a religion'; * Dell 2.0 moves into 3.0?(Brief article)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Jennifer Mears Dell has been suffering through some tough times. It has gotten outplayed at its own game at the low-end as competitors such as IBM and HP - and now Sun - have been eating into its business. And, according to...

Bluetooth headsets: quality or features.(Aliph Jawbone)(Mvox Duo)(Product/service evaluation)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Keith Shaw When it comes to Bluetooth mobile phone headsets, do you choose voice call quality over features and functions? This week I have two products that take different approaches. The scoop: Mvox Duo Wearable Smart...

Akorri balances application resources; * Akorri's Balancepoint 1.5 management software.(Brief article)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Deni Connor Akorri, a start-up in the application service level management space, introduced software this week that ties in virtual environments. The Balancepoint 1.5 management software, which comes loaded on a...

Industry group offers free COBIT update; Best-practices framework updated with simplified implementation features, improved regulations compliance and better performance measures.(COBIT 4.1)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie IT shops that want to ramp up their IT governance efforts and prove to auditors that those controls align with industry regulations might download a free, updated version of the Control Objectives for Information...

Are 'free' conferencing services abusive? * A hitch with free conferencing services.(Column)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Steve Taylor, Jim Metzler In a recent column, we mentioned the possibility of using POTS (plain old telephone service) as a substitute for more sophisticated multimedia presentations. And even though Kubernan is chomping at...

A cynic rips open source.(software companies plans for open source software support)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Howard Anderson I chaired an interesting meeting the other day. It was me against senior executives of Cisco, Agilent Technologies and Novell. The subject was: Do enterprise users really want open source? Are you strongly...

Key Longhorn virtualization features cut; Features would have helped it compete with VMware.(Microsoft's development plans)
May 10, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Microsoft Thursday said its forthcoming Windows Server Virtualization technology would ship without a key performance feature designed to help it compete with rival VMware. In addition, Microsoft said the first...

Interop buzz getting louder; * An informal guide to educational sessions, tutorials and vendor booths showcasing network optimization strategies and gear.(Interop 2007)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Ann Bednarz The spring Interop event kicks off in Las Vegas in less than two weeks - which means vendors from all areas of IT are readying new and improved wares to debut at the conference and exposition. Network...

Looking for stripped-down Linux distribution.(Crux Linux)(Brief article)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Steve Blass I'm looking for a stripped-down Linux distribution to use on a specialized network server. What do you recommend? The Crux distribution may be right for you. The installation image is a 244MB ISO file, and a...

CIO and CSO: fox watching the henhouse?(chief security officer)(chief information officer)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Andreas M. Antonopoulos The chief security officer is a fairly new position. We first saw it emerge in larger corporations in the late 1990s; these days, it's standard in most organizations. The CSO's role varies, but typically...

Secuware Security Framework offers interesting functionality; * White paper lays out benefits of Secuware Security Framework.(Column)
May 10, 2007... Byline: M. E. Kabay Organizations differ in the amount of control that is necessary and appropriate for information circulating among people who work together. In some organizations, it makes sense to maintain a liberal policy of...

How secure is a hosted environment? * Many decision makers believe message stores will not be as secure if managed by a managed or hosted service provider.
May 10, 2007... Byline: Michael Osterman We have been following the hosted messaging market for many years in all of its various flavors: complete hosted messaging, hosted messaging security, hosted archiving, etc. In the research that we have done,...

Red Hat client strategy adds virtualization twist.(Red Hat Inc. and Intel developed operating system, "Red Hat Global Desktop")
May 10, 2007... Byline: John Fontana Red Hat on Wednesday laid out its desktop strategy, which includes versions of the Linux operating system for emerging markets, enterprise customers and inexpensive laptops, along with a virtualization technology...

Appliance monitors, analyzes employee behavior; Tool from eTelemetry is designed to map employee communications to optimize business processes, spot malicious behavior.(Interop 2007 conference)(ETelemetry Metron EBA)
May 10, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie Business and IT executives looking to drive bottlenecks out of business processes and uncover security threats in their environments might want to check out a product that promises to map a company's organizational...

HP unveils blade optimization services; Company offers blade customers services to help build best practices around their HP implementations.(HP Proactive BladeSystem)
May 11, 2007... Byline: Denise Dubie HP this week announced a set of services that would offer blade server customers insight and expertise on power and cooling options, security measures and process improvements for their bladed environments. HP...

Cisco says FTP feature in IOS is a hacker backdoor; Software fixes and workarounds are available for Cisco router and switch users.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
May 11, 2007... Byline: Phil Hochmuth Cisco says a flaw in the FTP server utility in its IOS router/switch software could be used as a backdoor by attackers. IOS FTP, which comes disabled by default in IOS, is used to upload IOS software images and...

Security: Thumb sucking, slurping, snarfing?Excuse me? The Dictionary of Wacky Security Threat Terms.
May 11, 2007... Byline: Cara Garretson Remember when thumb sucking was considered an innocent activity, except that if you did it as a young child you might need braces as a teen? Today you'd need a lot more than a mouthful of metal to protect from...

Travel agency consolidates outsourcing providers; Travel Authority goes from eight vendors to one for voice and data management.(Smoothstone IP Communications)
May 11, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin The Travel Authority used to pay about eight to 10 vendors to provide local phone service, long distance and data services to the company's few dozen branch offices across five states. When there were...

Borders preps for life after Amazon with new Web site; Taking e-commerce site in-house brings opportunity for large bookseller.
May 11, 2007... Byline: Jon Brodkin Despite being one of the largest bookstore chains in the United States, Borders for several years has relied on Amazon to operate its entire online business. But that will soon change, as Borders is building its...

Nortel plans major enterprise product launch; Nortel to bolster weapons againt Juniper, Riverbed, Packeteer, Ipanema, Allot, Citrix and Cisco.(Nortel Networks Corp.)
May 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Duffy, Phil Hochmuth Nortel will soon unveil significant additions to its enterprise arsenal, including its initial entre into the WAN acceleration market. Nortel is expected to announce a data center application...

Green IT; Eco-friendly products can help IT managers trim data center expenses.(Brief article)
May 11, 2007... Byline: Denise Pappalardo Return to main story Next slide > SprayCool's M-Series server rackLiquid cooling system keeps rack-mounted servers cool while reducing energy consumption.~~ Return to main story Previous slide | Next slide...

Midtier management tools register high marks; Argent, HP earn top honors for sophisticated monitoring and flexible alerts.(Argent Extended Technologies 8.0a)(HP OpenView 7.0)(Product/service evaluation)
May 14, 2007... A midsize network ranging from 1,000 to 20,000 nodes exhibits virtually all the same complexities and troubleshooting challenges as a mega-network with more than 50,000 nodes. Monitoring and management products for midrange networks,...

Software aims to keep databases, Web apps under control; Securent's entitlement management product gains Microsoft, IBM software support.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Ellen Messmer Securent Monday plans to announce the third version of its server-based Entitlement Management Solution software, adding a way to include fine-grained policy controls for several commercial database and Web-portal...