Network World back issues from May 2005:
Advanced SIP interoperability is slow in the making.(serial interface protocol)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JOEL SNYDER, NETWORK WORLD LAB ALLIANCE A team of 20 iLabs engineers spent eight days running more than 1,100 SIP interoperability tests, and the conclusion is that having multi-vendor VoIP devices work together is by no means a given. Last year, the VoIP ...
SIP videophones fall short of the Interop mark.(serial interface protocol )
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Joel Snyder SIP videophones fall short of the Interop mark Our testing of five videophone products - softphones from Nortel and Xten (on Macintosh and Windows platforms) and hard phones from InnoMedia and Leadtek - was not a pretty picture. As with ...
In search of safe network access.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Rodney Thayer In search of safe network access By Rodney Thayer, Network World Lab Alliance Access to network resources has become an easy problem to solve. Using LAN connections, wireless access points, remote VPNs and Internet-enabled coffee ...
ILabs how we did it.(Interop InteropNet Labs)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Joel Snyder How we did it We tested SIP products by building a large, multi-vendor test bed at the NetWorld+Interop InteropNet Labs Hot Stage facility in Belmont, California. Using Extreme Networks and Cisco Power-over-Ethernet switches, as well as PoE ...
SIP phone interop test plan.(Serial Interface Protocol)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Joel Snyder SIP PHONE INTEROP TEST PLAN Phase 0 testing: Run tests on phones as configured on one PBX: Asterisk. This is to validate basic "phone is not broken" behavior. Phase 1 testing: Move phones to the PBXs as assigned. Make calls, hang up, ...
Risk mgmt., controls key to SOX.(Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Daniel Blum Good information security professionals don't need a regulation to tell them it's important to protect their business. But, overprotecting the business? That's another matter. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's (SOX 404) focus on internal ...
ILabs teams dig deep on SIP interoperability, secure access and open source integration.(Interop InteropNet Labs)(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Christine Burns ILabs teams dig deep on SIP interoperability, secure access and open source integration Like they've done for more than 15 years now, dozens of engineers from all walks of network life last month gathered in a dank warehouse in Belmont, ...
Shopping for software maintenance; Take care to avoid paying for service, support and upgrades that you neither need nor want.
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: John Fontana Shopping for software maintenance Take care to avoid paying for service, support and upgrades that you neither need nor want. As for any discerning shopper, value is the end goal for companies buying software licenses and maintenance ...
Game over: Demand is dead.(network/datacom/telecom industry)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Howard Anderson We're screwed. There's no other way to put it. Who's "we?" The network/datacom/telecom industry. And why are we screwed? Because demand is dead. Kaput. Moribund. Innovation has never been better, and demand has never been worse. The industry ...
Interwise leads field of 11 vendors in global test of voice/video over IP services; WEB CONFERENCING.(Enterprise Connection Platform (ECP), iMeeting 5.2)(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: CHRISTINE PEREY, NETWORK WORLD LAB ALLIANCE Web conferencing vendors are adding two key features to their baseline data collaboration platforms: voice and video over IP. The advantages of being able to establish a single session for voice, video and data are increased ...
Web conferencing test how we did it.(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Christine Perey The testing team consisted of 11 people in four countries - the U.S., U.K., Switzerland and Austria. Testers used Windows XP-based laptops connected to either corporate networks or broadband Internet; others used Macintosh PowerBooks although support for ...
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 02, 2005 ... Regarding the story "Spyware flap looks headed for court" (www.networkworld.com, DocFinder: 6925): If Todd Sawicki of the adware firm 180solutions is so committed to his "belief that the person has the right to choose what's on the machine," I have a simple solution to prevent his software ...
Software moves streams in real time.(stream-processing engine, a data management software)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: UGUR CETINTEMEL Applications that process real-time datastreams are pushing the limits of traditional data processing technologies. These applications are characterized by the need for sub-second response times - whether they involve automating trades, monitoring ...
Apple: Predator or protagonist?
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Dave Kearns The big news last week on the PC front, at least according to the general press, was the release of a new version of the Macintosh operating system - the one that's been touted by the code name Tiger, as in the hypothetical headline "Apple unleashes Tiger to ...
Forecasts for double or nothing.(meteorological services)(Column)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Scott Bradner In the No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Department, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has introduced legislation to cripple the ability of the National Weather Service to show you weather information and forecasts that you paid to have collected. Last year ...
SugarCRM unveils open source package.(Sugar Suite 3.0)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: STACY COWLEY SugarCRM last week released an upgrade to its open source CRM system, a software package SugarCRM's founders say they hope will woo customers that would otherwise turn to more expensive commercial CRM offerings. Sugar Suite 3.0 represents a ...
Unix not standing pat in data centers.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JENNIFER MEARS Alpine Electronics, probably best known for its booming car stereos, got a bang of its own when it moved its ERP environment to IBM pSeries Unix servers that enable the electronics manufacturer to dynamically allocate workloads and get more out of its ...
Enterprise Computing briefs.(Sepaton S2100-ES2, a virtual tape library appliance)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: staff writers Sepaton announced last week an enhanced version of its virtual tape library appliance, which lets companies back up data to disk as if it were tape. The Sepaton S2100-ES2 includes the ability to back up data at up to 4.3T byte/hour and to scale from 3T ...
Novell preps Linux/NetWare upgrade.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: ROBERT MCMILLAN Just one month after shipping its merged Linux/NetWare operating system, called Open Enterprise Server, Novell is planning a major update to the product, scheduled to be released by the first half of 2007. The next version, code-named Cypress, ...
Security protocol has lots of work ahead of it.(WS-Security)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JOHN FONTANA The security protocol that began to increase use of Web services on corporate networks is now a year old: WS-Security has firmly established itself as a foundation IT can trust for securing XML-based traffic, according to analysts and the specification's ...
The economics of emergency services.(Column)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Johna Till Johnson My recent column on the necessity of universal 911 services definitely hit a hot button. Many thanks to those who wrote to share their views. A few clarifications: First, I provided some inaccurate information regarding Vonage's 911 ...
Hooked on photonics; BBN researcher builds hack-proof quantum cryptography network that uses photons to generate secure keys.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: AMY SCHURR Hooked on photonics BBN researcher builds hack-proof quantum cryptography network that uses photons to generate secure keys. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Chip Elliott is every hacker's worst nightmare. Elliott, principal scientist at ...
Infoblox upgrades appliances.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN As more companies support mobile access to network resources, they're finding they need a dynamic infrastructure for assigning IP addresses, authenticating users and controlling network access. Infoblox, a leader in network identity appliances, is ...
short takes.(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005 ... Macromedia last week released Version 5.0 of Breeze, an online conferencing and collaboration platform that uses the company's Flash format to support virtual meetings and training. Breeze 5.0 includes a new Events application for managing large online seminars and events. Breeze also has ...
Sprint pumps up volume on its Wi-Fi network.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: DENISE PAPPALARDO Sprint is beefing up its Wi-Fi hot-spot coverage in what the company calls an effort to offer users better wireless access support around the world. The Sprint PCS Wi-Fi Access service now sports 19,000 wireless LAN (WLAN) hot spots, up from ...
Spike in distributed work boosts professional suites giant Regus.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: toni kistner Spike in distributed work boosts professional suites giant Regus Big companies pushing distributed work realize that mobile employees need three places to work: a corporate office, a home office and some sort of third place, an alternate office. ...
Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP apps.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JORIS EVERS AND JOHN BLAU SAP and Microsoft later this year plan to deliver a jointly developed product that links SAP's software and Microsoft's Office products, giving users a familiar user interface to more complex ERP applications. Code-named Mendocino, ...
IBM has some tall RFID plans.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: ANN BEDNARZ IBM is ramping up its efforts to compete in the emerging market for products that communicate environmental data to IT systems for analysis - which Big Blue says could represent a $20 billion opportunity by 2007. These days there's a spotlight on ...
Cisco's Sipura buy boosts VoIP support.
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: STEPHEN LAWSON Looking to buttress its small-business network support of VoIP, Cisco last week grabbed up Sipura for integration into its Linksys division. Cisco will pay about $68 million in cash and options for privately held Sipura, which was founded in ...
Router vendors boost IPTV services.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JIM DUFFY Don't touch that dial: Video appears to be the killer app for IP routing these days. Two vendors this week are expected to unveil enhancements for their router lines designed to address the burgeoning market among service providers for IPTV ....
Sprint to bundle Orb media access with DSL.(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: MARTYN WILLIAMS Sprint last week said it will offer its broadband customers a remote media access service from Orb Networks. The service lets users remotely access media stored on home PCs from a Web browser. It requires a home PC running the Windows XP or ...
Consortium seeks to make grids more enterprise network ready.(Globus Toolkit from Globus Alliance)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JENNIFER MEARS A consortium led by HP, IBM and others to promote commercial adoption of an open source-based grid computing tool kit says a new version of the software will make it easier for companies to roll out distributed computing environments. Grid ...
Cisco wears a big target, plugs IOS leaks.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: PHIL HOCHMUTH Even as Cisco focuses on writing more secure software and diffuses its next-generation router operating system across more platforms, observers say they expect the future of IOS to more resemble the cyclical patch-and-update state of Windows. ...
A revised review, the aftermath of real life.(Intradyn RocketVault)(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: mark gibbs We recently ran several columns about a network back-up appliance called the Intradyn RocketVault, (the last was www.networkworld.com, DocFinder: 6938), and we concluded by saying we really liked the product even though it "has a few rough edges." ...
Ask Dr. Internet.(Jsch from www.jcraft.com)(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Steve Blass Can you recommend an open source Java Secure Shell library that provides Secure FTP services in a Java client application? Yes - Jsch from www.jcraft.com is a pure Java implementation of SSH2 that offers a complete set of SSH, Service Control Point ...
Service Providers briefs.(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005 ... Byline: staff writers The global cellular handset market saw robust growth during the first quarter, according to reports from major handset manufacturers. Most of the top handset makers registered double-digit percentage growth. Siemens registered a double-digit loss on both ...
Net Buzz.(Stamps.com Inc.)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Paul McNamara Took a licking and . . . Turns out that The Smoking Gun only winged Stamps.com after all. You might recall that last fall we told the story of how a test run of Stamps.com's wildly popular PhotoStamps service had been suspended by the ...
Akamai accelerating Web-based apps.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: DENISE PAPPALARDO Akamai Technologies this week is expected to launch a service that promises to improve the performance of Web-based applications for business customers. The content delivery network (CDN) service provider intends to announce its Application ...
Same content, different Web address.(NetworkWorld.com)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Adam Gaffin After nine and a half years online, it's time to say good-bye to Network World Fusion. But don't worry, we're not abandoning the Web. In fact, today, we launch a completely revamped Web site - as NetworkWorld.com. Why the name change? "Network ...
Cool tools.(product intro)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: keith shaw Create DVDs without a computer Part of the problem with taking home videos and putting them on DVD has been the conversion process and the use of a PC as the middleman. Sony last week got rid of the middleman with its DVDirect recorder, which lets ...
Aventail upgrade controls VPN access.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: TIM GREENE Aventail this week is upgrading software for its SSL VPN appliances with features that will let customers set policies that pare down the resources remote users can reach. For example, Aventail's Smart Tunneling policy might let a user connecting ...
Microsoft has server beta on tap.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Microsoft proved last week that it still has a lot of work to do on Longhorn before it is corporate-ready. But the imminent release of the next version of its server operating system is on target to provide users with key technology designed to greatly ...
Citrix revises software, adds VPN box.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: STACY COWLEY AND JOHN COX Citrix last week unveiled a flurry of product updates that include speed and scalability enhancements along with new features such as an overhauled printer-support system, additional security and access controls, and Pocket PC synchronization ...
Group to demo ways to secure desktops.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: ELLEN MESSMER An industry consortium this week plans to demonstrate a specification for desktop policy enforcement that has been a year in the making. The Trusted Computing Group's (TCG) specification, which is scheduled to make its debut at Interop in Las ...
Trustgenix eases identity integration.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JOHN FONTANA Trustgenix last week released a simplified version of its server for sharing identities among companies that is designed to let users easily integrate partners into their infrastructure for access control. The company's new IdentityBridge Standard ...
Emergency extension; State Farm Insurance can bring nodes up in disaster-torn areas in a matter of hours.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JOHN DIX When you have a backbone network that spans the country, supporting three giant corporate facilities, 35 operations centers, almost 500 claims offices and some 17,000 agent offices, you'd think you'd have your bases covered. But natural disasters ...
Juniper fills gaps in its enterprise strategy.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: TIM GREENE AND JIM DUFFY Juniper this week is set to reveal a key component of its corporate customer strategy that will include a network quarantine scheme that relies on the use of the company's WAN VPN technology to enforce access, security and QoS policies. ...
News Bits.
May 02, 2005 ... It's not the first time he's shown a preference for it and likely won't be the last, but Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates last week said he'd like the Bush administration to do away with the limitation on foreign engineers U.S. companies can hire. The stance isn't popular with ...
Interop to feature net mgmt. releases.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: DENISE DUBIE Vendors plan to use Interop this week to launch new and upgraded products designed to show how networks and applications affect each other. Companies such as Allot Communications, Computer Associates and WildPackets are expected to showcase ...
Avaya aims to boost VoIP performance.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: PHIL HOCHMUTH Avaya is expected to launch a raft of updates to its IP PBX family this week at Interop, including features that bolster VoIP reliability and ensure call quality. The server software Avaya is introducing lets different IP PBXs deployed across a ...
Sun steps up services offerings.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JENNIFER MEARS AND DENI CONNOR As part of a continuing effort to cast off its mantle as strictly a big server vendor, Sun this week is expected to expand its services offerings with the Sun Connection portal that will provide end users access to a menu of managed ...
Why go with a hosted service?(web conferencing)(Brief Article)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: CHRISTINE PEREY Businesses can purchase Web conferencing in three different options: They can deploy it as an in-house application on the corporate network; a dedicated server can be set up and configured for a corporation on a hosting service's server; or the company ...
Who played, who didn't.(parameters for webconferencing services survey)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Christine Perey The Web conferencing industry is crowded. More than 40 companies offer services for business users. We expect that there will continue to be consolidation in the industry in coming months and years. To focus on the features we believe are most ...
Freedom through surveillance data.(Column)
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: Mark Gibbs Since our discussions a few weeks ago about the use of RFID tags to track schoolchildren, I've been thinking: What about tracking cars and trucks? Motorized vehicles are without doubt central to the American economy. Remove trucks and cars and go ...
Interop features array of security gear.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: TIM GREENE AND PHIL HOCHMUTH A host of security vendors are set to roll out everything from intrusion-prevention gear to SSL VPN equipment at Interop this week. This focus on securing networks is not surprising considering that 59% of respondents to the most ...
Cisco hedging its bets with WLAN game plan.
May 02, 2005; ... Byline: JOHN COX AND PHIL HOCHMUTH Cisco last week finally answered customer questions on whether they should stick with Cisco's current and pricey wireless LAN product plan or embrace the WLAN products from the company's $500 million purchase of WLAN vendor Airespace. ...
Crunching the numbers; IP address management comes to the forefront as IT shops work to deliver more services and ensure their networks remain available and secure.
May 09, 2005 ... Byline: DENISE DUBIE Will McGregor isn't an accountant, but still his job requires that he keep tabs on 20,000 numbers at once. As a LAN network and security team member for Reuters in London, the numbers McGregor monitors are IP addresses, which represent more than ...
Lucent edges MetaInfo in IP address management test; VitalQIP is fast and scalable, Meta IP offers security and useful reports and ApplianSys' DNSBox 300 is an easy-to-deploy plug-and-play device.(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: BARRY NANCE, NETWORK WORLD LAB ALLIANCE When your company's IP address list begins to rival the Manhattan phone book, it's time for a serious IP address management tool. Dealing with a growing and rapidly changing population of IP addresses is a tedious and dismal chore, ...
Tech Insider how we did it.(testing of subnets)
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: Barry Nance Our test environment consisted of six routed Fast Ethernet subnet domains and a T-1 Internet connection. The Internet link let us perform massive zone transfers and other large-scale IP address operations, but most of our testing was local. We ran ...
So where is all the IPv6?(internet protocol, forecast)(Column)
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: Chuck Yoke Five years ago, I wrote a column questioning the need for IPv6 because I felt IPv4 was more than adequate. Two years later, I wrote another column basically saying the same thing - which did nothing to endear me to the IPv6 contingent. Then last year, my ...
Zultys launches small-office SIP-based IP PBX.(Brief Article)
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: PHIL HOCHMUTH Zultys Technologies last month released a small-office version of its IP PBX, which targets offices with fewer than 30 users. The MX30 could be used as a stand-alone IP PBX in offices that need business phone systems with standard PBX features ...
E-mail snooping: A smart strategy.(survey)(Brief Article)
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: Linda Musthaler Last week I was drawn into a conversation between two women who happened to be small-business owners. One woman was telling the other how her husband occasionally looks at their employees' e-mails. Her mention of this almost sounded like a confession - ...
Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 09, 2005 ... Byline: readers Your story on wireless communications while driving (www.networkworld.com, DocFinder: 7027) is extremely appropriate these days. I fear the day will come when I see more drivers talking on cell phones while driving than not. Using hands-free devices only solves ...
When animals attack; Networks pay the tab for voracious varmints.
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: BOB BROWN AND JOHAN BOSTROM The crime scenes last February in rural Sweden looked remarkably similar despite being 90 miles apart. The perpetrators appeared to have entered through the smallest of cracks. Footprints dotted the snow. Each case claimed more than a thousand ...
Symantec targets client management; Company announces products to manage, secure and restore desktop devices.
May 09, 2005; ... Byline: DENISE DUBIE Symantec last week unveiled a suite of client management applications that the company says will converge management features, security capabilities and storage tools to help customers more easily maintain, secure and restore end-user desktops and other ...