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Users demand better net hardware management
While network equipment makers have reinforced the management elements in their routers, switches, accelerators and voice equipment, customers still want more.
U.S government approves merger of Lucent and Alcatel
U.S. government regulators have approved the planned merger of telecommunications giants Lucent and Alcatel. The deal would not violate American antitrust laws, according to filings on Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S Federal Trade Commission.
Cisco buys two small software companies
Cisco Friday announced it has agreed to acquire two small companies that will help it create a common application development interface for its voice, video and data communications platform.
Court upholds VoIP wiretapping
An FCC ruling requiring VoIP providers to give law enforcement agencies wiretapping capabilities is legal, a court ruled Friday. The U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the FCC’s August 2004 ruling saying interconnected VoIP providers must allow wiretapping by May 14, 2007. Several groups, including the American Council of Education, Sun and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), had appealed the ruling, saying it could introduce security vulnerabilities into VoIP services and drive up costs for customers.
Microsoft to let users lead Longhorn forward
Seattle - Microsoft plans this summer to offer special licenses to users who want to run the Beta 2 version of the Longhorn Server operating system in specific roles within their networks.
The hacker-resistant database
New Data Center security tactics can help you build a fortress around your database.
Cisco buys into virtualization vendor NeoPath
Cisco last week got in on an $11 million funding round for NeoPath Networks, a maker of file and storage virtualization gear.
New Orleans gives Earthlink go-ahead on Wi-Fi network
Reaping another municipal network deal, Earthlink this week got a green light from the New Orleans city council to build a Wi-Fi mesh network for the hurricane-battered city.
Microsoft tries to sell two-tiered grand vision
Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, who last week hosted his 10th annual CEO summit, used his keynote address to show how search features being developed in Office SharePoint server 2007 and Window Vista will integrate with a new desktop version of Windows Live Search and the MSN Internet service of the same name.
Wireless fosters ‘real time’ mind-set
Wireless connectivity is changing the business mind-set at EMS technologies. Employees at the Atlanta company now expect to connect to corporate data and applications wherever they are and whenever they need to. That means decisions at all levels can be made, and acted upon, faster than ever.
Upgrading Cisco Switches
Get information on how to upgrade Cisco switches.
This year’s hottest jobs in IT
If you’re thinking about mapping our your next career step, here are some of this year’s hottest job skills. One big trend affecting certified and non-certified positions is that many large companies are getting to new technology deployments that they had put on the back burner as they focused on complying with rules from such legislation as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
This year's hottest jobs in IT
Employers look for well-rounded tech talent with application-development and infrastructure skills, as well as vertical experience.
The SOX tax
Many companies find initial costs were high, but they decline in subsequent years.
20 people who changed the industry
Looking back at the network industry's most important people of the last 20 years.
Cisco phases out 1700, 2600 and 3700 series routers
Cisco's end-of-life announcement for its 1700, 2600 and 3700 series of router platforms isn't catching users by surprise.
Cisco, Juniper pry open WAN links
Rivals Cisco and Juniper are set to announce products that could bolster the speed and efficiency of corporate wide-area connections.
IT's big flops
Network World editors and columnists nominate their favorite failures chronicled - OK, hyped - in Network World over the past 20 years.
Router man
The creator of the multiprotocol router reflects on the development of the device that fueled the growth of networking.
20 network-changing products in 20 years
Hindsight is indeed 20/20. Even though we didn't build the products that have changed the way networks do business in the last 20 years, our birds'-eye view of those developments gives us a license to pinpoint which 20 products have had the most impact on the network industry.
EBay helps shut down Russian Web site selling stolen eBay account info
EBay helped to shut down a Russian Web site this week that was offering to sell stolen customer account information for as little as $5 for each login and password.
Microsoft security chief to step down
After four years at the helm of Microsoft's security group, Mike Nash is taking a break. This June he will go on sabbatical after handing over responsibilities to his replacement, Ben Fathi.
Who's connected to Internet2? Maybe your kids
Internet2 isn't just for hardcore researchers anymore. A survey by the not-for-profit consortium shows that 46,000-plus K-12 schools, libraries, museums and others are also exploiting the Internet2 backbone.
Marketer hit with $900,000 spam fine
An Internet marketer will pay a $900,000 fine, the largest ever on spam-related charges, in a consent decree announced Thursday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
The FBI isn't after you - at least not via e-mail
The FBI warned the public this week not to be fooled by a new e-mail scheme in which messages tell recipients their Internet use is being watched by the FBI.
Netgear settles lawsuit on Wi-Fi speed claims
Netgear has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of inflating the data speeds of its Wi-Fi networking devices in advertising materials.
Sober variant on rise, security firm warns
The latest variant of the Sober worm is aiming for the top virus of the year spot. As of Monday morning, a staggering one in 14 e-mails circulated on the Internet contains the Sober worm, according to the anti-virus vendor Sophos.
Knowing your company's IT culture will pay off
When working with clients, one of the things I try hard to assess is how the organization views technology: Is it a strategic competitive advantage or a necessary evil?
Blockbuster video deal for Cisco
Cisco nabs Scientific-Atlanta for $6.9 billion to gain access to consumers' living rooms.
Cisco proposed $6.9 billion buyout last week of Scientific-Atlanta makes clear that the enterprise network leader wants into your living room, too.
Cogent network seized by fiber cuts
ISP Cogent Thursday had two fiber cuts in its network from construction mishaps, disrupting service in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the country.
Googling literature: The debate goes public
If there was any point of agreement between publishers, authors and Google in a debate Thursday night over the giant Web company's program to digitize the collections of major libraries and allow users to search them online, it seemed to be this: Information does not necessarily want to be free.
Paris Speeds Move to Open Source
The city of Paris is accelerating its move to free and open-source software as part of a strategy to reduce its dependence on suppliers. It plans to replace more of its server software with free and open-source alternatives, and to install open-source applications on desktops, city officials said Thursday
Cisco gets hip to mesh, WLAN management
Company's centralized WLAN management product comes nearly one year after competitive offerings
Cisco Systems did a bit of catching up last week when it finally announced products to support centrally managed, large Wi-Fi and mesh networks for outdoor WLAN deployments.
Microsoft, Cisco support ICE for VoIP
Microsoft and Cisco have teamed up to support a protocol for communicating across network address translators (NATs) that they believe will hasten the adoption of VoIP for enterprises.
Networking skills are still hot
VoIP, storage/storage-area networking and Gigabit Ethernet remain the top-3 highest paying, non-certified network-related skills, according to Foote Partners' most recent skills pay survey.
Security takes center stage at CSI conference
The Computer Security Institute Conference kicking off in Washington, D.C. on Monday will be the launch site for a collection of new and upgraded products focusing on security issues that range from to network management to anti-fraud services to securing devices on a network.
Cisco continues small business push
Cisco Systems is expanding its product lineup to small business, with an offering that will content hosted voice, video, data networking, and applications via Internet service providers, the company said Monday.
Start-up aims to join telephone, wireless calls
SAN FRANCISCO--A secretive start-up backed by two powerful Silicon Valley venture capital firms will on Monday outline its plans for bridging the gulf between mobile telephones and fixed-line phone networks
Cisco warns holes in IOS, WLAN and IPS gear
Cisco this week issued three separate security advisories, warning customers of potential vulnerabilities in IOS-based products and WLAN gear.
Cisco in space
Router in orbit puts more wide into WAN.
If you are a router company with as much as 80% market share and a $3.2 billion R&D budget to play with, why not bolt a router to a rocket and shoot it into orbit?
Sprint, cable companies go for quadruple play
Sprint Nextel and four large cable television providers will move beyond the Holy Grail of integrated telecommunications offerings - the so-called triple play of voice, data and video - with a joint venture aimed at adding wireless service to the mix.
Open source, open wallet
Open-source business models are booming in the software industry, a rapid rise that has some experts wondering if it's a bubble that will burst.
Cable goes for the quadruple play
The fight between cable operators and phone companies is heating up as attention turns from the triple-play offering to the quadruple play, a service bundle that includes high-speed data, telephony, TV, and now wireless.
Gates, Ozzie seen unveiling hosted services next week.
Top Microsoft executives speaking in San Francisco next week are expected to reveal the first in what many observers believe will be a range of hosted services from the software company, analysts said Friday.
AT&T: Fall of an icon
Ed Block knew the future was bleak. "What the hell do we do now?" he asked himself when AT&T agreed to the 1984 consent decree that broke up the company and gave birth to the regional Bell operating companies, one of which, SBC, is finalizing its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T.
Google throws bodies at OpenOffice
Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense.
Key spyware call: Where to protect?
With spyware threatening corporate networks, whether it be adware hogging bandwidth or malicious code logging personal data, network executives are being forced to define their defensive strategies.
Westinghouse tightens security
Early virus detection through behavior blocking was worth the aggravation of extra training.
To combat viruses and spyware, Westinghouse Electric has rolled out desktop software that watches for suspicious code activity and blocks it based on behavior.
Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
Cisco this week said it will invest $1.1 billion in India over the next several years, with new projects in R&D, venture capital, equipment financing, and customer support targeted for the world's second-largest country.
IT execs see higher spending because of Sarb-Ox rules
But compliance processes can help companies meet federal rules
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has increased IT spending for most companies, but firms that have built processes to handle compliance issues may be better equipped to meet any new federal regulatory burdens, according to IT executives at Gartner Inc.'s ITxpo here.
The Tech party isn't over
Reports from Intel, Motorola, and IBM show demand for chips, phones and PCs, remain strong. How long will the good times last?
Livermore: HP to stay the course
Exec says there are no plans to shut divisions or shift direction
A top Hewlett-Packard Co. official put to rest today speculation, which came with Mark Hurd's appointment as CEO last spring, that the company might spin off divisions or fundamentally shift its technology direction.
Tempted by blogs, spam becomes 'splog'
The scourge of e-mail--spam--has reinvented itself for the world of blogs, in a phenomenon experts have dubbed "splog." And Google is in the hot seat.
Cisco preparing management play
Cisco is looking to expand its proprietary network monitoring tools into enterprise-scale management products that can tackle multi-vendor networks, advanced IP applications and business services.
Who's minding the data store?
Encrypting e-mail is a good start, but it doesn't address the security of data sitting on servers and back-up systems. And it doesn't protect data being transported to offsite back-up facilities, a lesson several companies learned the hard way this year when their tapes containing sensitive customer information were lost in transit.
Cisco to Juice 6500 Switch, report says
A Wall Street analyst firm report says that Cisco is readying a Catalyst 6500 switch upgrade that will double bandwidth on the device, offering customers greater support for 10G Ethernet LANs.
Cisco puts focus on Web services, starting with AON
The Zotob worm apparently caused “significant” performance problems for the Web sites of ABC and ESPN, reported Keynote Systems late Wednesday.
Future-proof your network
If you've ever done a tricky remodeling project at home, you might be familiar with the urge to just level the place and start over. But on your corporate network, no one wants to have to explain the need for a forklift upgrade where large parts of the infrastructure must be overhauled. How can you maximize the longevity of your IT investments in a world of ever-changing protocols and constantly evolving security dangers? Beyond thinking carefully about scalability and capacity, here's a look at some key tasks for your future-proofing to-do list. Keep these considerations in mind as you evaluate and purchase new gear.
CA: Windows 2000 worms now affecting 250,000
Malicious software that takes advantage of a recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system has spread rapidly and has now infected more than 250,000 systems, primarily Windows 2000 systems being run in corporate environments, according to security vendor Computer Associates.
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