Network World back issues from October 2001:
Five tech trends with legs; If you're doing some long-range planning, here are five developments that will shape networking for years to come.(including dedicated bandwidth, wireless Internet access devices , outsourcing)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Ask people to imagine what enterprise networks will look like in the future and they generally laugh. Most are too busy worrying about how they're going to get through next week to wonder about the technology landscape down the road. But those who don't have to worry about ...
The new low-cost enterprise WAN.
Oct 01, 2001; ... A year ago, the enterprise WAN was under great pressure. Many companies felt that if they did not quickly extend their WANs to a range of customers, suppliers and distributors, they would be at a severe competitive disadvantage. Today, the enterprise WAN is still under great pressure, but ...
Network planning in the real world.
Oct 01, 2001; ... People often refer to network planners as being divorced from others who work "in the real world," and figure they work in ivory towers. Two recent incidents make me think such separatists must reside in dark, musty basements. Or that's at least what they deserve. In the first ...
VoIP shopping.
Oct 01, 2001; ... VoIP shopping When you evaluate a VoIP vendor, investigate its channel partner too because that's who will be performing the installation. By Susan Breidenbach Early voice-over-IP adopters get plenty of attention from vendors seeking customer showcases to ...
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2001 ... B2C not working Regarding Paul McNamara's "Net Buzz" column "Why B2C e-commerce isn't working" (http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2001/0827buzz.html): There are several reasons why B2C could not work. I have two of them in mind from an economic point of view: 1 ....
One size doesn't fit all.(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Regarding the Technology Insider on voice over IP (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 6234): I think Miercom did an excellent job in identifying key issues with voice over IP and reporting the research findings in this very ambitious survey. I also think that there is an inherent ...
A security catharsis.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Everything has changed. American airports will soon resemble armed camps - and we won't mind. Law enforcement will make more requests of ISPs to monitor traffic, and we won't mind nearly as much as we did before. Our goal posts of differing opinions are moving closer together, toward ...
A flooded field for IPSec-based VPNs is good for users; Tests show a variety of top-quality gear available for enterprise users.(Evaluation)
Oct 01, 2001; ... A flooded field for IPSec-based VPNs is good for users Tests show a variety of top-quality gear available for enterprise users. By Joel Snyder, Network World global test alliance While security vendors will sell you wares for any logical layer and all ...
How we did it.
Oct 01, 2001 ... We used equipment from Cubix and Spirent Communications to build a test bed surrounding the VPN security gateways under test. We used the Cubix Density system running custom software to create VPN tunnels, verify connectivity between the gateways, measure up-time and display the full ...
Client interoperability.(from Safenet)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Generally, remote access client interoperability is not a big concern. Most companies have only a small number of remote access gateways and will typically select a single vendor to provide the gateways for their users. The client software provided by the gateway vendor is then the obvious ...
Downsizing with dignity; Many firms make layoffs less painful for their employees with outplacement help and rehiring bonuses.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Bill Baker, a former systems engineer for Commerce One in Harmony Park, Mich., wasn't surprised when he got laid off in late April. In fact, just a week earlier, a human resources representative at the e-commerce service provider asked him for his resume and forwarded it to client Ford ...
Shipping co. cuts application development costs.(APL)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Michel Langlois is writing another chapter in his company's legacy of 150 years of innovation, and he is using network security and access management to do the job. The director of enterprise architecture for APL, one of the world's oldest ocean shipping companies, is ...
Multirouters enable real private nets.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Incremental changes have made routers faster, denser and generally more efficient, but their fundamental monolithic architecture, in which one processor performs all routing calculations, has not changed. This has become a serious bottleneck and design constraint when it comes ...
Are we looking at the sunset for 'solution'?(Cisco Systems)
Oct 01, 2001; ... I admit, I'm a technology-centric guy. Talk of "solutions" has always made me uneasy. The fundamental premise that a vendor can create a "superior solution" out of demonstrably inferior component products is suspect. But there are signs pointing, perhaps, to the sunset of all this ...
Tensions in a privacy purist.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Regular readers of this column will know that I have been worried about the ease with which governments can erode expectations and realities of individuals' privacy on the Internet. I have written about these threats for many years. Suddenly it's not so easy to be a privacy purist, but ...
Enterprise Apps briefs.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Tavve Software last week named Robert Davis as its president and CEO. Davis comes to Tavve, a network management software maker in Research Triangle Park, N.C., with 20 years industry experience. Davis worked at IBM subsidiary Tivoli Systems as vice president of the service provider ...
Infra briefs.(Nortel Networks agreements with Apple and Certicom)(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Remote Apple Macintosh users can now connect with Nortel VPN gear over dial-up Internet connections. Nortel has added a software client for Mac operating systems to its Contivity VPN equipment, which previously supported only Microsoft operating systems. Nortel says it will have a VPN ...
cool tools.(new PDA's and modules for them)(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Almost everyone in the PDA world is gearing up for the holidays with new model announcements. Sony, Handspring and Palm all came out with new PDAs that make improvements on existing models. Palm debuts m125 Think of Palm's m125 model as an update to the entry-level ...
New Interland hosting lets users decide.(introduces Power Dedicated Hosting and Accelerator Dedicated Hosting services)
Oct 01, 2001; ... ATLANTA - Interland last week expanded its Web hosting line for small and midsize businesses with its first services since being reinvented in August after Micron Electronics acquired it. The "new" Interland - a combination of the formerly independent company and Micron's ...
Aprisma expands Spectrum; Network mgmt. software will come in three targeted versions.
Oct 01, 2001; ... DURHAM, N.H. - In November, Aprisma will break its flagship Spectrum network management package into three targeted releases and add features that will help customers track and find the cause of network problems more quickly. Although the company would not disclose specific ...
Proxomitron poses problem.(Column)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Last week we delved into Proxomitron, an excellent (and free) HTTP proxy designed to automagicly edit incoming content on the fly to remove things such as pop-ups, pop-unders and nosey JavaScript. We discussed Proxomitron's search and replace specifications and how they are used, and this ...
carrier briefs.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... British Telecom last week said it expects to reach a decision about the breakup of telecommunication carrier Concert Communications, its joint venture with AT&T, by year-end. Company officials said existing customers would receive uninterrupted service and that BT would like to retain the ...
Nortel's alternative for metro Ethernet recovery.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Nortel is offering service providers an alternative to a recently ratified standard for recovering Ethernet networks, one the company claims makes better use of redundant switches, links and bandwidth. The company is pitching its Split-Multilink Trunking Protocol (Split-MLT) ...
Ask Dr. Internet.
Oct 01, 2001; ... My company is moving from a peer-to-peer network to a Windows 2000 Small Business Server domain network. We have to travel back and forth from each location with a Windows 98 laptop. Is there an easier way, like a batch file, that would reset the network settings back and forth to ...
VeriSign, Illuminet take on IP telephony; Merger driven primarily by new technology called Enum.
Oct 01, 2001; ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - The combination of dot-com powerhouse VeriSign and telephony services provider Illuminet that was announced last Monday is driven largely by the companies' desire to dominate an emerging technology called Enum that bridges the Internet and the public switched ...
3Com keeps Gigabit Ethernet train rolling.(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... SANTA CLARA - 3Com will introduce several Gigabit products this week to help small to midsize companies bolster the speed of their networks while reducing network deployment and management headaches. 3Com has been one of the technology companies hit hardest by the recent ...
Travel's loss could be conferencing's gain; CONFERENCING: Video, audio and Web collaboration technologies.
Oct 01, 2001; ... While many Americans have vowed not to let last month's terrorist attacks on the U.S. change their ways of life, it's clear that some things will never be the same. Business travel is likely to be one of them. Many companies are looking harder than ever at alternatives to ...
RIVERSTONE TO MAKE IP ROUTERS MORE SONET-LIKE.(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... BY PHIL HOCHMUTH SANTA CLARA - Riverstone Networks this week will unveil software for its metropolitan Ethernet routers designed to give service providers SONET-like reliability in IP routing equipment. Riverstone's Hitless Protection System (HPS) software can be ...
VIBRANT SOLUTIONS WANTS TO SEE THE MONEY.(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... BY JIM DUFFY FAIRFAX, VA. - Software developer Vibrant Solutions this week will unveil a suite of applications that add a twist to traditional billing, inventory, mediation and operations support system packages for service providers. Formed in May by the merger of ...
edhe briefs.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... The Resilient Packet Ring Alliance announced that the IEEE 802.17 working group made progress on the draft development of the standard. During a meeting in San Jose, members made more than 30 detailed technical presentations. Attendees also agreed on the outline of the final draft. The ...
Report: AT&T courting BellSouth.
Oct 01, 2001 ... Published reports say AT&T is looking to merge with regional service provider BellSouth. AT&T and BellSouth representatives declined to comment last Friday on potential merger talks. Reportedly, AT&T President David Dornan proposed in mid-September a merger of equals with BellSouth, in ...
TSUNAMI'S NEW LOW-END OPTICS PRODUCTS.(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... BY TERRI GIMPELSON Tsunami Optics last week announced three new metropolitan optical access products designed to let service providers reduce the cost of provisioning high-bandwidth services to companies. The products are an integrated four-channel coarse wavelength ...
Peribit takes a bite out of WAN traffic.(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Borrowing from pattern recognition technology developed in DNA sequence research, start-up Peribit says its new compression technique can reduce traffic across WAN links by up to 90% by swapping labels for redundant blocks of IP data. The company's SR-50 compression appliance, ...
VPN service aims to straighten your apps priorities; Ardent uses MPLS and RSVP to direct traffic better, guarantee bandwidth.
Oct 01, 2001; ... ARLINGTON, VA.- Ardent Communications this week is expected to launch a VPN service that will let enterprise customers prioritize their IP WAN traffic over secure connections on the carrier's nationwide backbone. The service relies on Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS), which ...
Stage set for Storage Smackdown.
Oct 01, 2001; ... We invited five heavyweight storage players into the ring to participate in Network World's Enterprise Storage Smackdown at Comdex in November, and all five have happily donned their leopard skins. To refresh your memory, this smackdown is a playoff of the showdowns Network ...
Getting back to normal; By Jeff Zbar.
Oct 01, 2001 ...For Christine de la Huerta, the events of Sept. 11 taxed her psyche as a teleworker. The program manager for a Coral Gables, Fla., public relations firm, de la Huerta's home office is 45 minutes from her corporate offices, where co-workers she learned had gathered in a ...
compendium.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Nimda hysteria? In a pair of commentaries, Rob Rosenberger says no, Nimda is not the end of civilization as we know it, despite what some antivirus companies seem to be saying. And he says the government should have more important things to worry about than a worm. ...
WorldCom, SBC go DSL shopping; Purchases of Rhythms, Prodigy could boost broadband access offerings.
Oct 01, 2001; ... WorldCom and SBC Communications have strengthened their Internet services arms - WorldCom by picking up bankrupt DSL provider Rhythms NetConnections and SBC by acquiring what it didn't already own of ISP Prodigy. The WorldCom deal has immediate impact, because officials say ...
Pack links internal and external net security.(Secure Computing introduces SafeWord PremierAccess server software)(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Secure Computing this week will announce an authentication server package that eases security administration and improves the vendor's current product by allowing internal and external Web access to be managed via one server and one database, rather than two. The SafeWord ...
Tools to spotlight net performance.
Oct 01, 2001; ... ALVISO, CALIF. - ProactiveNet plans to release by year-end three tools to help companies measure the performance of their networks in new ways. ProactiveNet will unveil two products, ProactiveAssurance andProactiveWeb, andupdate its flagshipProactiveNet performance monitoring ...
Bankruptcy basics.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Many people believe that filing for bankruptcy protection means "the end" for a business. While that's true in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, in Chapter 11, filing for bankruptcy is only the first step in a process that can see the business reorganized, sold to another company or ...
IBM bolsters WebSphere; New programs support more third-party applications.
Oct 01, 2001; ... SOMERS, N.Y - With an eye toward helping businesses integrate, grow and manage Web software and services, IBM last week enhanced the programs that support its flagship WebSphere applications server. The new programs run in conjunction with IBM's WebSphere 4.0 Server program, ...
'Net authentication gains attention; New alliance to focus on identity management, could challenge Microsoft's Passport.(Liberty Alliance)
Oct 01, 2001; ... The topic of user authentication on the Internet ignited last week as Sun and 32 other end-user and vendor organizations joined forces - called the Liberty Alliance Project - to create a universal single sign-on mechanism. The previous week, Microsoft announced plans to open its ...
Trio squares off with new Unix servers.(IBM, Sun Microsystems, HP)(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - Users will soon have the luxury of high-end, mainframe-like server features - including the ability to handle large volumes of electronic transactions - with a new generation of powerful servers from IBM, Sun and Hewlett-Packard. IBM is set to roll out its high-end ...
IT will never be the same again.(aftermath of World Trade Center attack; travel, teleconferencing; telecommuting)(Column)
Oct 01, 2001; ... After the appalling World Trade Center attacks we can be certain life will never be quite the same. Taking that as a given, it's no trick to predict there will be some great changes in the way we live our lives and run our businesses. And, of course, one of the major questions facing ...
Slim budgets test users' creativity.(IT spending)
Oct 01, 2001; ... With the economy continuing to flag, many network executives are under the gun to stay within IT budgets that are either shrinking or growing more slowly than in past years. They're responding by looking for bargains, lengthening buying cycles, automating network management, ...
Siebel to unwrap CRM suite.(Siebel Systems' Siebel 7)
Oct 01, 2001; ... CHICAGO - Dave Martinson is traveling to Chicago this week for one thing: To see Siebel Systems roll out its long-awaited Siebel 7 customer relationship management package. "We will definitely upgrade," Martinson says. He is vice president of the Upper Midwest Siebel Users Group ...
Microsoft prepping Exchange for; Messaging system to be key part of grand .Net plan.(Exchange conference)
Oct 01, 2001; ... ORLANDO - Microsoft this week begins integrating its Exchange 2000 Server into the vendor's all-encompassing .Net platform, and network executives will get a first-hand look at how Web services will transform the messaging and collaboration software. At its annual Exchange ...
Merrill copes with spike in telework requests.
Oct 01, 2001; ... How the company is handling the onslaught in wake of the terrorist attacks. Merrill Lynch's Janice Miholics is working from home full time these days, healing a fractured shoulder suffered Sept. 11. When the second plane hit, Miholics was caught up in the crowd and pushed to the ...
Start-ups aim to manage Web services.(Flamenco Networks, Grand Central)
Oct 01, 2001; ... ATLANTA - A new breed of service provider is aiming to help companies exploit Web services, an emerging software concept that may be as complex as it is intriguing. Start-up Flamenco Networks last week became the latest company to launch a Web service offering that will let ...
Hosting pioneer Exodus waves a white flag.
Oct 01, 2001; ... SANTA CLARA - Exodus Communications, the firm that virtually invented Web hosting and went on to become a darling of the Internet boom, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an attempt to reorganize its balance sheet and shed its crushing debt. The company jumped ...
Exodus' Krause on the road ahead.(Exodus Communications CEO and Chairman William Krause)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Exodus Communications CEO and Chairman William Krause, who took over less than a month ago after founding CEO Ellen Hancock resigned abruptly, quickly determined Chapter 11 was the only way out for the struggling Web hosting pioneer. Network World Senior Writer Jennifer Mears talked to ...
Protecting yourself from remote users.(Tutorial)
Oct 01, 2001; ... My company has been going through an explosive growth phase. We now have more and more remote users to deal with and Management is concerned about protecting sensitive company information. We have a VPN between corporate offices already in place. We probably should look at putting a ...
Time to review IT budgets.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Even before the terrorist attack of September 11th, the economy was in a slump. Today, of course, it's in much worse shape Over the past two weeks, we've lost an estimated 100,000 jobs across a number of industries, and that number will surely increase as we continue to feel the ...
DOJ hits CA with antitrust lawsuit.
Oct 01, 2001; ... The Department of Justice Friday hit Computer Associates International with an antitrust lawsuit seeking up to $1.27 million in civil penalties, a charge that the New York software company quickly denied. The lawsuit accuses CA and Platinum Technology International of ...
SuSE Linux gets new round of financing.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Open-source software maker SuSE Linux has received a financial shot in the arm, announcing Monday a new round of investment worth 15 million euros ($14 million). "SuSE stands on solid financial footing," spokesman Christian Egle said. Most of the new financing comes ...
OSA changes name, revamps software mgmt. suite.(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Open Software Associates Monday changed its name to ManageSoft and introduced its newest software management suite for the enterprise. The company also is using the name ManageSoft for its flagship product, which was previously called netDeploy Global. With the newest ...
Survey: Inertia keeps Microsoft IIS sites running.
Oct 01, 2001; ... The number of Web sites using Microsoft's Internet Information Services software continued to climb in September, despite the effects of Code Red, the closure of a major Web hosting company using IIS and an analyst's warning that IIS users should look for more secure alternatives, ...
WorldCom, Sun to jointly offer hosting services.
Oct 01, 2001; ... WorldCom and Sun Monday announced a joint marketing and sales agreement to promote global hosting product and service offerings for enterprise customers. Financial details of the agreement were undisclosed, and the deal doesn't specify what equipment will be used, beyond Sun ...
CIO poll: Attacks shrink IT budgets.
Oct 01, 2001; ... The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have led IT managers to cut their projected budgets for IT purchases over the next 12 months, according to the September CIO Magazine/Yardeni.com poll of CIOs and other high-level managers. Respondents said that they expect their IT budgets to grow ...
Security firm issues warning about fake Nimda fix.
Oct 01, 2001; ... Computer security firm SecurityFocus said it is not the author of an e-mail and file attachment claiming to be a fix for the recent Nimda worm. In a warning posted to the company's "Incidents" mailing list yesterday, the San Mateo, Calif.-based company said it believes the ...
Q&A: Oasis exec discusses role in Web services.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Oasis is a nonprofit, international organization that creates interoperable industry specifications based on public standards such as XML and Standard Generalized Markup Language, an international standard for electronic document exchange. Members include IBM, BEA Systems, Accenture, ...
Lotus makes play for content management.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Oct 01, 2001; ... IBM subsidiary Lotus Monday made its foray into content management, rolling out a packaged bundle of products and services. The Lotus Web Content Management Solution ties together existing Lotus and IBM systems with Aptrix, a suite of distributed web content management and ...
Markets enter Q4 down; tech stocks mixed.(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Despite last week's rally, U.S. markets Monday began the fourth calendar quarter down as profit warnings, impending military action and a slouching economy continued to plague the minds of wary investors. Even Monday's release of better-than-expected manufacturing sector ...
Microsoft adding collaboration services to Windows base.(Windows 2000 Server)(Product Announcement)
Oct 02, 2001; ... Microsoft said Tuesday that it will add collaboration services directly to the base operating system in the next version of Windows 2000 Server. Scheduled to ship during the first half of next year, Windows.Net Server will include SharePoint Team Services, which allow small, ad ...