TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING Friday, September 03, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friday Networking Feature: The 64-Bit Question 2. Networking News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. IBM Recalls Half A Million Computer Adapters 4. Hitachi's High-End Storage Said To Be Software-Rich 5. Interim WLAN QoS Standard To Be Released 6. WinZip Vulnerable To Hacks Other News This Week 7. Jump On The Broadband-wagon 8. Oracle Products Vulnerable To Hackers 9. GOP Conventioneers Fail to Lock Down Wireless 10. Spyware Could Bungle SP2 Installation ------- Advertisement ------------------- Forget track-based backup. VXA Packet Technology from Exabyte reads and writes data in digital packets, giving you superior restore integrity, faster transfer speeds and scalable capacity. VXA Packet Technology is the new standard in tape backup and restore. Learn more at http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0Cfli0AG -------------------------------------------- 1. FRIDAY NETWORKING FEATURE: The 64-Bit Question As organizations outgrow 32-bit processors, next-generation chips are ready to take over workloads. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAP0AE 2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK VoIP Services Demand Brings Back Media Gateway Market The media gateway space has recovered from the market collapse of CLEC and a severe downturn in carrier capital expenditures (CapEx). http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0CkPV0AY Broadband and Digital TV Will Drive Global Consumer Services Analysts at The Yankee Group project the global consumer services market to pass the $475 billion mark by 2008. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAQ0AF Vendors Get IPv6 Offerings Ready For Prime Time IPv6 is coming out of the lab and into the market. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAR0AG FCC Appeals Cable Broadband Decision If the decision is overturned, cable operators will be freed from regulatory restraints. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAS0AH Worldspan Awards AT&T $30 Million IP-VPN Contract Major airlines and large, high-volume travel agencies will be able to access Worldspan's systems using a dedicated high-speed IP circuit that connects directly to fiber ring provided by AT&T. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAT0AI Aruba Unveils Enterprise 'Wireless Grid' Architecture The company claims its new system integrates with existing wired networks to create enterprise WLANs that are as reliable and manageable as Ethernet. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAU0AJ ------- Advertisement ------------------- Forget track-based backup. VXA Packet Technology from Exabyte reads and writes data in digital packets, giving you superior restore integrity, faster transfer speeds and scalable capacity. VXA Packet Technology is the new standard in tape backup and restore. Learn more at http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0Cfli0AG ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. IBM Recalls Half A Million Computer Adapters Some 553,000 notebook computer adapters are being recalled because they can overheat and pose fire and shock hazards. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAV0AK 4. Hitachi's High-End Storage Said To Be Software-Rich Hitachi Data Systems is scheduled to unveil a follow-on to its Lightning storage-system family next Tuesday, and the company wants to make a big splash. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAW0AL 5. Interim WLAN QoS Standard To Be Released The Wi-Fi Alliance will release an interim standard to encourage voice-over-WLAN and streaming media. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAX0AM 6. WinZip Vulnerable To Hacks WinZip warns users that its popular compression utility is vulnerable to a pair of buffer overflow-based attacks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAY0AN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Jump On The Broadband-wagon As broadband use in the U.S. finally becomes the norm, companies can look to an increasingly robust growth in business as a result. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0Ckys0Ai 8. Oracle Products Vulnerable To Hackers Oracle has issued an alert regarding multiple security vulnerabilities discovered across a wide range of its products. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0Ckyv0Al 9. GOP Conventioneers Fail to Lock Down Wireless A 'wardrive' around Madison Square Garden found thousands of unsecured wireless access points. It also showed that the lack of wireless security is a nonpartisan issue. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAZ0AO 10. Spyware Could Bungle SP2 Installation Microsoft warns that computers with spyware may freeze upon installation of SP2. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejGd0GpvDH0G4V0ClAa0AV ----------------------------------------------------- Register Today For TechXNY Join us October 5-7 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York for TechXNY where you'll find the business solutions you need. We'll be covering storage, networking, security, database, Internet, wireless, Linux solutions and more. 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