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1) Windows users put on defensive by SP2
2) FDA reads riot act to device makers
3) Technology Insider: Blade servers
4) Wireless Wizards: Stop the interference!
5) Nutter's Help Desk: Problem with old e-mail server
6) A Wider Net: Still no word from ET
7) Technology Update: Network modeling detects anomalies
8 ) Management Strategies: Technology testers
9) Check Point primps for small firms
10) On the lookout for spyware
11) Utility company powers up savings
12) Level 3 snares major IP VPN deal
13) Linux makes inroads with Novell users
14) San Jose scandal highlights issues in government buying
15) EBay taps WholeSecurity to fend off phishers
16) Companies play nice in front of W3C
17) HP focuses on enhanced virtualization
18) Cisco dampens growth prospects despite record Q4
19) Sprint offers first SLAs for wireless

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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: THIS WEEK ON NW FUSION

08/16/04

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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON NETWORK WORLD FUSION
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1) Windows users put on defensive by SP2

Corporate customers that use Microsoft's Automatic Updates feature to patch will have to install blockers on their desktops this week to thwart the delivery and installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2.
DocFinder: 3357
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604xpsp.html

2) FDA reads riot act to device makers

Amid growing concern about security in hospital patient-care systems, the federal agency that regulates medical devices last week announced a get-tough policy to improve equipment safety.
DocFinder: 3355
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604fdapatch.html

3) Technology Insider: Blade servers

With hardware vendors throwing their weight behind blade servers, they are poised to replace rack-mount servers in the enterprise data center. We look at early adopter advantages, and test offerings from IBM, HP and RLX. Plus: Use our blade-server buyer's guide to compare detailed specs from vendors and jump into our face-off on the value of these boxes: Are they just the thing for today's data centers?
DocFinder: 3362
http://www.nwfusion.com/nlthisweek497>

4) Wireless Wizards: Stop the interference!

The Wizards ponder all the different devices that can screw up your wireless network.
DocFinder: 3376
http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0816wizards.html

5) Nutter's Help Desk: Problem with old e-mail server

Ron Nutter helps a user close off an open relay on an e-mail server so old the vendor isn't around anymore.
DocFinder: 3377
http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0816nutter.html

6) A Wider Net: Still no word from ET

Five years and 5 million networked PCs find no sign of extraterrestrials, but they'll keep looking.
DocFinder: 3356
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604setiathome.html

7) Technology Update: Network modeling detects anomalies

New relational network-modeling systems detect security threats by recognizing when network traffic patterns vary from the norm.
DocFinder: 3363
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/081604techupdate.html

8 ) Management Strategies: Technology testers

Special IT teams evaluate new technology, determine business benefits of deployment.
DocFinder: 3364
http://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/0816man.html

9) Check Point primps for small firms

President Jerry Ungerman talks about SMB needs, the company's SofaWare and Zone Labs acquisitions, and more
DocFinder: 3365
http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/081604netlead.html

10) On the lookout for spyware

Organizations are increasingly eyeing spyware as a threat that needs to be blocked from reaching end users' desktops.
DocFinder: 3366
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604spyware.html

11) Utility company powers up savings

A Canadian power company is saving about $500,000 using laptops and PDAs, with some third-party mobile applications, for 400 field workers.
DocFinder: 3367
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604hydroone.html

12) Level 3 snares major IP VPN deal

Level 3 Communications will provide IP VPN services to Sears, Roebuck & Co. stores nationwide through a network outsourcing deal that telecom experts say is one of the largest of its kind.
DocFinder: 3368
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604level3.html

13) Linux makes inroads with Novell users

Early adopters of Novell's Nterprise Linux Services say the package lets them consolidate server operating systems and offers a smooth migration path to Linux from NetWare servers.
DocFinder: 3369
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604specialfocus.html

14) San Jose scandal highlights issues in government buying

The scandal resulting from collusion between Cisco and the city of San Jose on an $8 million VoIP installation highlights how the rules differ for IT buying in the public and private sectors.
DocFinder: 3370
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604citycios.html

15) EBay taps WholeSecurity to fend off phishers

EBay will include Web Caller-ID in the Account Guard feature of the eBay Toolbar that stays resident in users' browsers, alerting them whenever they visit a site purporting to be eBay or its online payment subsidiary PayPal.
DocFinder: 3371
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604wholesecurity.html

16) Companies play nice in front of W3C

IBM, Microsoft, BEA Systems and newfound partners Sun and SAP last week submitted to a major standards body a protocol that will help accelerate the development of other standards for building secure and reliable Web services applications.
DocFinder: 3372
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604standards.html

17) HP focuses on enhanced virtualization

Troubled by its underperforming storage and server systems business, HP plans this week to unveil new server virtualization capabilities and an updated Unix operating system that it says will boost performance and make it easier for users to move to its Intel Itanium line of servers.
DocFinder: 3373
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604hpworld.html

18) Cisco dampens growth prospects despite record Q4

The holidays might be a little less bright this year if Cisco's financial outlook is any indication.
DocFinder: 3374
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604cisco.html

19) Sprint offers first SLAs for wireless

Sprint has become the first wireless service provider to offer standard performance guarantees with its voice services.
DocFinder: 3375
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604sprintsla.html
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Grid computing is breaking out. Familiar mostly to academics, government groups, and scientific researchers, this technology that links together the power of diverse computers to create powerful, fast and flexible systems is beginning to catch on in the corporate world. Included in this white paper, results and interviews from a global survey among Sr Executives, click to download now
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