InfoWorld articles from May 2002

InfoWorld archives from May 2002

A Flash-forward look : Flash Remoting heralds a new generation of Internet apps.(Macromedia Flash MX and Macromedia ColdFusion MX)(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... MACROMEDIA'S MX product line, unveiled last week, charts a future for Internet applications that beckons two very different groups of developers. Flash MX on the client side and ColdFusion MX on the server side converge on the formula that made...

Sanctum boosts AppScan.(AppScan 3.0)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Sanctum announced Version 3.0 of its AppScan application security audit tool this week, enhancing its testing and reporting features, and boosting its performance. AppScan performs automated tests on applications to determine their...

Mozilla poised to attack.(testing Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1 going on)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Widespread testing of Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1 is under way after last month's release. The open-source, cross-platform Web browser boasts tabbed browsing, which allows users to view multiple pages without opening new windows. Version...

Business smarts.
May 6, 2002... It's not enough to be the top technologist in the company. To be effective, CTOs must be able to crunch numbers, assist with marketing strategies, and develop complex ROI models. Some are turning to MBAs; others learn on the job ANALYZING...

Controlling conflicts.(IT services and financial auditing)
May 6, 2002... Because of potential conflicts with a single source engagement, many CTOs think IT services and financial auditing should be contracted to separate companies. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Seamless service.(interview with Digital Impact's Gerado Capiel, CTO and co-founder on Web services)(Interview)
May 6, 2002... Digital Impact CTO sees Web services improving his ASP's ability to integrate with customers DIGITAL IMPACT IS an ASP that focuses on augmenting the marketing capabilities of its clients. As CTO of Digital Impact, Gerardo Capiel is charged...

Networked storage : Terabytes of data are piling up around the enterprise, and IT needs to act fast to get it under control. Building a storage network is the only answer.
May 6, 2002... Morphing from workaday drudge to the belle of the ball, storage is the Cinderella of IT. Its traditional, and often ancillary, role as a safe and reliable repository for data hasn't changed, but the amount and variety of information that...

The show must go on : Smart IT leaders will make business continuity as important as capacity in their long-range storage plans.
May 6, 2002... THE MODERN ENTERPRISE is an amalgam of solutions forged by necessity, and the demands of meeting a company's day-to-day requirements often obscure priorities. When it comes to storage, users' only concerns are getting more than what they have...

State of storage.
May 6, 2002... The glut of business-critical data -- databases, e-mail, Web sites, and more -- is making networked storage a priority for respondents to a recent InfoWorld survey. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Security to steal show : Cisco, Intruvert Networks, Recourse Technologies to reveal intrusion-detection offerings at N+I.
May 6, 2002... UNDER FIRE FOR relentless network security breaches, IDS (intrusion detection system) vendors are readying wares to boost speed and narrow anomaly determination methods. At the NetWorld+Interop (N+I) conference in Last Vegas next week,...

Sun readies UDDI registry for Sun ONE.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Sun Microsystems is preparing within a few months to launch a server-based product for setting up UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) registries for publishing Web services. UDDI is an industry standard for development of...

VoiceStream readies hybrid wireless.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... VoiceStream will roll out a hybrid wireless service early next year that will combine its 2.5G (2.5-generation) GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) data network with its network of Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) hot spots. The system leverages the 650...

Carriers tout wireless apps : Cingular, Sprint chase enterprise approval with wireless app delivery.
May 6, 2002... ATTEMPTING TO GAIN favor with enterprises that are demanding wireless access to enterprise applications, Cingular Wireless, Sprint, and AvantGo are on the verge of rolling out new server-side technologies. Designed to work inside the...

10 GigE steps right up : Core networking technologies make noise at NetWorld+Interop.
May 6, 2002... JUST MONTHS away from being ratified as a standard with the IEEE, 10 Gigabit Ethernet products from companies including 3Com, Intel, and Extreme Networks are set to make a mark on NetWorld+Interop 2002 in Las Vegas this week. The push for...

Astute Observer : Network Instruments' Observer Suite provides an easy, cost-effective way to audit use and spot misuse of WLANs.(Observer Suite 8.1)(Evaluation)
May 6, 2002... AS WLANS (WIRELESS LANS) continue to be deployed throughout the enterprise, administrators need tools to help them audit wireless network installations, analyze performance, and identify security issues. One of the big security issues facing...

ABOVE THE NOISE: Time to get savvy about storage : If you think managing storage is boring, take a second look at this make-or-break issue.(Editorial)
May 6, 2002... THE THREE HARDWARE elements of any datacenter strategy are networks, servers, and storage. And while the first two elements tend to be well understood, the crucial role storage plays in the enterprise is frequently overlooked. Up until...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Get your act together.
May 6, 2002... AMBER AND HER twin sister took a trip last weekend, so it was just me and the pooch. A little peace and quiet never hurt anybody, after all. And having Apache around to keep me company was great. He was right there with me when I wanted to stay...

To the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 6, 2002... No quick CRM fix "ELIMINATE THE CUSTOMER" was a great column (see Survival Guide, April 22). The CRM packages I've seen lack an audit feature so we could ask ourselves -- as well as the prospective client -- why we lost the sale. In...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Desktop penguins : Don't underestimate the various Linux alternatives to popular Microsoft desktop applications.
May 6, 2002... MAYBE IT'S coincidence; maybe it's just fate. I spent much of the last two weeks examining many of the latest products and projects that work toward a viable Linux office desktop. So, naturally, what crosses my desk but a document from...

WINDOW MANAGER: The patch that refreshes : In the future, everyone will be famous without having toupdate Windows every 15 minutes.(Column)(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... I WROTE LAST week that a free utility, MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer), is now available. This tool allows you to scan the Windows XP, 2000, and NT 4.0 machines on your network to find any that lack the latest security patches. And,...

SECURITY ADVISER: Cross-site scripting : With the threat of CSS lurking, organizations should be developing Web apps to deflect attacks.
May 6, 2002... IN EARLY 2000, CERT issued an advisory regarding a serious issue in many Web applications: CSS (cross-site scripting). (You can read the advisory at http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html.) CSS is often overlooked as a threat to users...

STORAGE INSIDER/CTO TEST CENTER: Making a case for CAS : EMC's content addressed storage platform looks for a place alongside SANs and NAS devices.
May 6, 2002... ONCE AGAIN EMC has spotted a good idea and made the idea its own. In the same way that EMC took a hint from crafty storage software startups last year and then all of a sudden decided to become "the first" true enterprise storage software...

WIRELESS WORLD: A wireless 'humbug' : Some ghosts of the wireless future haunt the otherwise rosy promise of always-on connectivity.
May 6, 2002... AS EVERYBODY eagerly awaits packet-based networks and the always-on wireless connectivity they bring, I thought I'd play Scrooge and talk about the downside. Truth is, packet-based networks will create a number of new challenges for...

ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES: The 64-bit quandary : AMD's Opteron will change the CPU landscape, but should it change your company's server plans?
May 6, 2002... AMD'S TRAJECTORY toward the enterprise began in 1999 with the introduction of its Athlon Pentium III-compatible CPU. In the months that followed, AMD destroyed Intel's stranglehold on the PC industry, derailed the Intel-backed Rambus cartel,...

CTO CONNECTION: Making the right hire : The pool of applicants may have grown, but filling job openings still takes careful consideration.
May 6, 2002... OUT OF ALL the things I do in my daily life as CTO, the most important is hiring the right people for my organization. Conventional wisdom dictates that the market is employer-driven these days, but despite the tough economy and the deep...

SURVIVAL GUIDE: How to avoid chaos : Proximity to developers can be the key to making sure that your project stays on track.(Column)
May 6, 2002... TAKE SOME NUMBER, double it repeatedly, and it gets very big very fast. Nothing grows forever, though, because there are always limiting factors, so add a feedback term to slow the rate of growth as the number approaches them. The result...

THE GRIPE LINE: UCITA, the undead : Just when you think another silver bullet has hit, UCITA proponents find a way to revive the monster.
May 6, 2002... I HAD HOPED by this point I could write UCITA's final obituary. But the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act is unfortunately showing no signs of resting in peace. UCITA is still walking around in spite of having had more than one...

THE GRIPE LINE: Gartner diary : While the official line on Web services may be 'wait and see,' XML is making its way into quite a few new products.(Column)
May 6, 2002... "ALL OF MY CLIENTS are asking about .Net. What is it? Do I need it?" "Hello, your server has crashed. What do you want to do?" "The White House said today... Reporting from the White House... A White House spokesperson... " By...

Attachments in hand : METAmessage keeps BlackBerries and other handhelds in the loop.
May 6, 2002... E-MAIL IS THE primary collaboration tool of our time, and the e-mail attachment is what makes businesses tick. Even after organizations invest in document management systems and integrated collaboration environments, users often find it faster...

Veritas broadens software's reach.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Veritas announced at its user conference in Dallas this week that its storage management software will now run on AIX, IBM's flavor of Unix, and on Linux later this year, in addition to the HP-UX, Solaris, and Windows servers it already...

IBM adds to mainframe hardware, OS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... IBM has introduced a new mainframe-class server and a new version of the OS/400 operating system. OS/400 Version 5 Release 2 ships in the new i890 server, which can also run Linux, IBM said. The server ships with Big Blue's eLiza technology to...

Microsoft updates SMS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 6, 2002... Microsoft this week detailed the forthcoming version of SMS (Systems Management Server), code-named Topaz, at its Management Summit 2002 in Las Vegas. SMS 2003 features tighter integration with Active Directory, support for Windows CE devices,...

AMD talks 64-bit.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... AMD has licensed a 64-bit microprocessor design from MIPS Technologies. The microprocessors will be used in devices running Windows CE .Net, the company said. Copyright (c) 2002 InfoWorld Media Group Inc.

Wireless tool targets PDA : RIM and BEA advance framework to bring Web services to BlackBerry.
May 6, 2002... BLACKBERRY MAKER Research in Motion and BEA Systems are working on a development tool to help programmers create software and Web services for BlackBerry wireless devices, the companies announced Wednesday. San Jose, Calif.-based...

Keeping service constant : Service management tools aim to satisfy rising expectations.
May 6, 2002... UNDER PRESSURE to support a new breed of high-powered IP services and to survive on a shrinking playing field, service providers are targeting improved service-level management to satisfy customer demands. At NetWorld+Interop 2002 in Las...

Learn from errors - IntegriTea saves IT time by capturing, playing back problematic Web app conditions.(Evaluation)
May 20, 2002... A WEB APPLICATION'S reliability can harm or bolster a company's relationship with its partners and customers. More importantly, application errors can lead to loss of revenue as end-users unable to process Web-based transactions are wont to go...

SPS polishes supply chain.(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... SPS Commerce rolled out enhancements this week to its supply-chain integration service designed to further ease electronic enablement of retailers and distributors. Among the enhancements unveiled were four portal templates, each tailored to a...

The standards body politic - The drawn-out process for developing Web services standards is drawing enterprise CTOs' ire. Some are getting involved and others say the market will control.
May 20, 2002... CTOS HAVE WATCHED as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, IBM, and other major vendors fight for position as standards are developed for Web services, which are regarded by many as the future model for enterprise computing. Now Rob Robless, CTO of...

Presidential mandate.(Interview)
May 20, 2002... Federal CTO Norman Lorentz takes on the Herculean task of streamlining and managing the U.S. government's e-initiatives THE SINGLE-MOST challenging job in IT has to be the CTO, office of management and budget (OMB), executive office of the...

The politics of standards.
May 20, 2002... Can't live with 'em -- can't live without 'em. CTOs say Web services standards and operability issues cannot be adequately resolved without industry organizations, but they are divided about just how political these development bodies are. ...

Diagnosis dilemma - Thanks to dynamic, layered architectures and Web services, Web app management and monitoring is getting even trickier.
May 20, 2002... FEW WILL ARGUE that the Internet doesn't make life a lot easier, unless of course you're the one tasked with maintaining the very complex Web applications that provide these services. Businesses are jumping on the inherent benefits of...

Reeling in the tiers - New approaches address the challenges of performance monitoring in the era of distributed Web applications and services.
May 20, 2002... CAN WEB APPLICATION monitoring technology keep pace with the evolution of Web applications? At first glance, the answer would seem to be no. The infrastructure behind Web applications keeps getting more complex, distributed, and asynchronous,...

Focus on apps.
May 20, 2002... As Web applications gain importance, the need to manage their performance is increasingly critical. Tackling application management is tricky, but it can't be ignored. Related Articles:Web application management and monitoring ...

Sun tightens software grip - Solaris 9 challenges app server, storage partners.(also upgrading Sun Cluster 3.0)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... ATTEMPTING TO BUILD a new foundation for its software business and Web services platform, Sun Microsystems on Wednesday will officially launch its Solaris 9 operating system. As Sun wrestles over the strategic direction of its software...

Borland unveils JBuilder.(Borland JBuilder 7.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Borland at its BorCon conference in San Diego next week plans to announce its JBuilder 7 Enterprise developer tool, which is focused on Web services and integration with the company's OptimizeIT Performance Suite, for performance management....

Ximian touts Star Office.(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Ximian will announce next week the bundling of Sun's Star Office 6.0 applications suite with its Desktop Professional Edition. The company will also offer Version 6.0 to subscribers of its Red Carpet CorporateConnect software management...

IP addresses storage call - Cisco drives IP agenda in attempt to supersede Fibre Channel.(Cisco SN-5428 Storage Router)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... DESPITE A RAFT of technical challenges and entrenched support for Fibre Channel, IP-based storage networks are gathering steam, as vendors roll out new technologies. Leading the charge this week was Cisco Systems, which has stepped up to...

SBC touts services.(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... SBC Communications announced this week the availability of services for managing corporate firewalls and intrusion detection systems and for scanning for network vulnerabilities. The company will manage the services from its network operations...

IBM's tale of the tape.(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... IBM this week announced its engineers have successfully stored 1TB on a single linear tape cartridge. Using tape read/write stabilization technologies, Big Blue managed to fit 1,536 recording tracks on a half- inch tape, four times that of...

Inktomi searches XML for content answers.(introducesI nktomi Search Toolkit database access software)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Search vendor Inktomi is looking to drive its search technology into the heart of enterprise applications, tapping XML to extract data from structured and semistructured data buried in corporate systems. The Foster City, Calif.-based...

ABOVE THE NOISE: Why we still like Ike in the digital era - The federal drive to build our highway system in the 1950s is a worthy model.(Editorial)
May 20, 2002... BACK IN THE 1950s with a Republican president named Dwight D. Eisenhower guiding the policies of the nation, the U.S. government took on the task of building out the U.S. highway infrastructure. At the time, the argument made was that an...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Tricks are for kids.
May 20, 2002... I DECIDED TO play a little trick on Amber, purely to test her mettle. At a recent gathering of friends, I had one of our friends pass around a fake scratch-off lottery ticket. When Amber rubbed a quarter on hers, it revealed that she won...

To the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 20, 2002... Sun and the WS-I GREAT ARTICLE IN InfoWorld (see Ahead Of The Curve, April 29). This Web Services market has so much overlap and confusion today. If you are an IT person and you are trying to set a strategy based on things that have any...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Dance with a dragon - Mozilla RC 1 is on the loose, and the much-anticipated browser is showing promise.(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... I PUSH MY BROWSER. I push it hard. At any given time, I will have four to eight browser windows open. And it is not uncommon for me to have many pages loading data simultaneously. As such, it is important that my browser be robust and...

SECURITY ADVISER: The Honeynet Project - Honeynets and honeypots are sweet research resources for busy bees with security in mind.
May 20, 2002... I HAVE BEEN following the Honeynet Project (http://project.honeynet.org) for about a year now and find the data they gather on attack techniques valuable and fascinating. Started by Lance Spitzner, the Honeynet Project uses honeynets -- a...

STORAGE INSIDER/CTO TEST CENTER: Reference protector - Network sentinel technology stores e-mail, IMs, and more so you don't have to.
May 20, 2002... DID YOU KNOW those instant messages that pop up on your PC screen instructing you to proceed with whatever it is you do for a living may be considered business documents? So, where are they now? This is the question federal regulators...

WIRELESS WORLD: The swelling bubble - Customer expectation for wireless will dictate whether or not promising technologies will thrive.
May 20, 2002... CONTRARY TO ALL the noise about 3G (third generation) cellular networks and their widespread deployment by early next year, most (if not all) of the major carriers are still testing the wireless waters with alternative technologies from small...

ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES: Bite spam back - Companies can fight unsolicited e-mail on the cheap, but should also donate time and assets to the cause.
May 20, 2002... UCE (UNSOLICITED commercial e-mail) is expensive. It eats bandwidth, hogs disk space on mail servers, and wastes employees' time. The problem is magnified for users on dial-up connections and wireless devices -- they have to wait for UCE to...

CTO CONNECTION: CTO with a cause - The environment motivates this IT executive, who builds systems for the greater good.
May 20, 2002... MEETING OTHER CTOs is a key component of my job at InfoWorld -- it helps me find content for this column and helps me understand what issues other CTOs face in their work day to day. On an individual level, there is no "typical" CTO, but...

SURVIVAL GUIDE: Minding your business - No IT executive can afford the claim that an IT project is unrelated to the business changes it may bring.
May 20, 2002... AS I MATURE (or maybe just age) I increasingly divide the world into things-that-are-my-problem and things-that-aren't-my-problem. Earning enough to pay my share of the mortgage and groceries is my problem. Figuring out how other people should...

THE GRIPE LINE: The spy who loves you - Some 'free' Internet services come with the kind of surveillance you may not want.
May 20, 2002... LOOKING TO SCORE something for nothing on the Internet? You may discover too late that there's a price to be paid for the spyware that winds up on your system. Even during the dot-com boom, the "free" Web services provided us with many...

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Save the whalestorm - Hailstorm's future within Microsoft is cloudy, so it's no wonder the rest of us are feeling confused.
May 20, 2002... JIM ALLCHIN IS a careful man. In interviews, he hews closely to the topic at hand. That's not to say that his responses are tightly scripted, but clearly there are talking points -- a skeleton of issues that form the boundaries of the...

Hyperlinks matter - Network effects depend on putting the Web back in Web services.
May 20, 2002... THE WEB PAGE has always been a creature of dual personality. To an author it looked like a document with an address that could be bookmarked, linked, or sent in e-mail. To a programmer it looked like a software application or an information...

Oracle ships dev Suite.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Oracle next week will ship Oracle9i Developer Suite, a set of tools for application development and business intelligence. The suite is built to work with the upcoming Oracle 9i Release 2 database and the application server of the same...

Apple plants new seed with rack server.(Apple Computer Xserve)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Apple Computer has unveiled its first dedicated rack-mount server called the Xserve. The sleek, silver boxes represent Apple's foray into the enterprise market. The company has also previewed a rack-mounted storage device that it plans to...

Sagent builds on BI.(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Sagent has announced support for Web services that makes it easier for customers to embed BI (business intelligence) into its applications and develop collaborative BI solutions. Its next-generation platform -- code-named Telluride -- will...

Portal to Web services - Plumtree, BEA among vendors adding Web services support to portals.(Plumtree Corporate Portal 4.5WS adds Web services)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... WEB SERVICES ARE promising to revolutionize the portal landscape, and various vendors are readying their offerings in anticipation, adding standards support and tools designed to simplify Web services creation and consumption. Plumtree...

Casting a line for service providers - .Net, Sun ONE, Linux eye sea of opportunity.
May 20, 2002... THE RISING TIDE OF WEB services is leading to a battle among Microsoft's .Net framework, Sun's ONE (Open Net Environment) platform, and Linux for the allegiance and revenue from Web-hosting service providers. As part of its strategy,...

StarOffice bundled.(StarOffice 6.0 from Ximian)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 27, 2002... Ximian this week announced it will bundle StarOffice Version 6.0 with a handful of its desktop products and services. Desktop users and developers who purchase Ximian's Desktop Professional Edition, or who subscribe to the company's Red Carpet...

Intraspect boosts e-mail.(Intraspect 5.5 workgroup software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 27, 2002... Intraspect Software this week introduced Version 5.5 of its namesake collaboration application. It features C-mail technology, which allows users to access business apps and workflow within any SMTP-compliant e- mail account. Copyright (c)...

IBM mixes data into grid computing recipe.
May 27, 2002... EXTENDING THE CONCEPT of grid computing, IBM officials revealed details of new software research that engineers refer to as a data grid. Most of the discussion around grid computing has focused on the potential to create a Great Global Grid...

A platform for development - Not all CTOs are ready to adopt a Web services computing model, but many are finding that Webservices platforms are key for integrating applications throughout their enterprises.
May 27, 2002... RAVI APTE, CTO OF the American Stock Exchange, has a team of more than 30 people working to develop applications for the country's second- largest options exchange. But this month, that work will be made easier when New York-based Amex...

Extended enterprise.(CTO of divine, Robert "Buck" Flannigan)
May 27, 2002... CTO of divine crafts solutions that will enable organizations to stretch their boundaries AS THE CTO of divine, Robert "Buck" Flannigan is out to change the way people think about CM (content management) and the way that applications...

Changing standards.(Editorial)
May 27, 2002... The work that companies and their partners are doing will be affected by standards development, according to a poll of 45 members of the InfoWorld CTO Network. Related Articles:CTO Network Survey - StandardsPolitics of standards ...

Apps on the edge - Moving applications from the datacenter to the edge has its challenges -- but a layer of business logic is already making its way to the network perimeter.
May 27, 2002... WILL MISSION-CRITICAL enterprise business logic someday reside on distributed application infrastructures rather than in corporate datacenters and thus span the globe to deliver improved performance? A recent flurry of announcements has put a...

Edge moves.(Editorial)
May 27, 2002... Placing application logic and intelligence at the edge of the network allows companies to improve application performance and efficiency. But apps on the edge are a work in progress. Related Articles:Special Report: Applications at the edge...

Microsoft extends .Net - Softricity deal fuels drive toleverage Windows apps with Web services.
May 27, 2002... EAGER TO EMBED its .Net environment in enterprise application deployments, Microsoft is working to give companies the ability to transform and manage internal Windows-based apps as .Net-enabled Web services. In a move to leverage...

Sun submits portal spec.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Sun Microsystems plans to submit technology to the JCP (Java Community Process) that would create a standard for the identity layer around portals and Web services. The latest JSR (Java Specification Request) follows on the heels of JSR 168,...

Accenture details Web services environment.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Accenture has outlined the first details of its upcoming Web Services and Application Development Platform designed to help corporate users develop and deploy Web services for the Microsoft .Net environment as well as for J2EE (Java 2...

Database growth ahead.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 27, 2002... IDC has predicted worldwide sales of RDBMSes (relational database management systems) and object-RDBMSes are poised to surge to $20 billion by 2006. The market will begin to mature as service providers ramp up their buying in 2004. ...

Intel hatches carrier plan - Fujitsu-Siemens deal integrates middleware as Intel builds server blades.
May 27, 2002... WORKING TO DEVELOP a new generation of network devices, Intel will announce on Tuesday a deal to integrate Fujitsu-Siemens Computers' telecommunications middleware into Intel platforms and will introduce its first dual-processor server blade...

Network edge courts apps - Web services inspires switch to develop 'deep packet inspection'.
May 27, 2002... DRIVEN BY THE opportunity to secure the role of edge networking devices in enterprise IT infrastructures, a groundswell of networking vendors is beginning to embrace Web services. Companies including 3Com and Cisco are in the process of...

Loudcloud manages security patches.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Loudcloud announced this week that it has added to its system for maintaining Web sites, called Opsware, a distribution system that can identify vulnerabilities in a customer's software stack and apply patches to affected systems without any...

InfiniBand, system management melded.(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Startup Vieo this week announced its AAIM (Adaptive Application Infrastructure Management) product, which uses one of the InfiniBand management channels to add system management technology at the application level to help network administrators...