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This week, we expand that to Data Center Doctors, because there's a lot more going on in the enterprise data center than just the care and feeding of your servers. Our specialists are now on call to answer questions on everything from storage to switches to, yes, servers. In our first Data Center Doctors column, the docs investigate a case of utility computing in a heterogeneous data center. DocFinder: 4470 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/110104dcdoctors.html> 2) Service-oriented hype to meet hard realities Hype alone would have IT executives believe that in coming years service-oriented architectures will be as standard within companies as morning coffee. But network professionals and industry analysts say it won't be that easy, because SOA is something you build, not buy. DocFinder: 4471 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104soapart1.html> 3) Roadblocks for shared IDs: Trust, immature standards Speaking at last week's Digital ID World conference, American Express, Fidelity Investments, Boeing, Fifth Third Bank, Premier and a host of other companies shared their hopes, early successes and concerns as they try to integrate their identity management services with business partners and customers. DocFinder: 4472 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104federate.html> 4) Testing your mettle: Zinc whiskers in the data center One expert says one way that zinc whiskers are identified is through a distinctive popping sound that power supplies emit as they are snuffed out by the whiskers. He recalls one customer whose data center lost dozens of power supplies after an old upflow air conditioning system and a new downflow one were turned on at the same time, scattering zinc whiskers everywhere. "It sounded like popcorn," he says. DocFinder: 4473 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104widernetwhiskers.html> 5) Data center cooling issue heats up IT professionals often over-build their cooling and power systems in data centers because they misunderstand or miscalculate necessary thermal requirements, experts say. Such misjudgments can result in the unnecessary purchase and installation of hundreds of thousands of dollars of computer room air conditioning units and power supplies, and far-too-cool data centers. DocFinder: 4474 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104cooldatacenters.html> 6) Wireless Wizards: What happens when everyone has a WLAN? The Wizards conjure up an answer for the question: Will interference limit the value of wireless LANs in the future? What happens when every company, resident and such has a wireless LAN? DocFinder: 4475 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/1101wizards.html> 7) Nutter's Help Desk: Server reboot problem Ron Nutter helps a user whose server keeps rebooting for no reason he can discover. DocFinder: 4476 <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/110104nutter.html> 8) E-mail at a crossroads: Dealing with a crisist Spam, phishing and other abuses are threatening to undermine confidence in the internet. What will it take to solve the crisis before it's too late? DocFinder: 4477 <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/110104email.html> 9) Security Summit: CIOs gather to talk about security CIOs gather at Dartmouth College to share ideas on enterprise security. DocFinder: 4478 <http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/110104summit.html> 10) Configuresoft succeeds at system compliance management With its intuitive interface, great flexibility and automatic compliance functionality, Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) Version 4.5.2 is one of the best Windows-centric programs we've tested. DocFinder: 4479 <http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/110104rev.html> 11) LLDP-MED simplifies VoIP deployments Draft standard Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint Discovery facilitates information sharing between endpoints and network infrastructure devices. Such data will simplify the deployment of endpoints, enable advanced device firmware management and boost support for E911 in enterprise networks DocFinder: 4480 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/110104techupdate.html> 12) Improving IT infrastructure In too many companies, IT is suffering from what Accenture refers to as the austerity trap. It's a trap that is triggered when companies, responding to short-term pressure for greater earnings - and suspicious at best about what might be seen as inward facing IT investments - focus only on cost-cutting and on replacement. DocFinder: 4481 <http://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/110104man.html> 13) Switch vendors crunch Gigabit chips Companies such as Broadcom and Agere Systems are working to squeeze more Gigabit switch port controllers onto one chip. For switch buyers, this could result in lower-cost, feature-rich gear that is less prone to failure. DocFinder: 4482 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104infchips.html> 14) Sprint rolls out wireless management services Sprint last week announced its first management system that lets users manage enterprise-wide wireless services and devices while also promising reduced costs and increased security. DocFinder: 4483 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104carrsprint.html> 15) Cable operators target business accounts Think your cable TV company is just for video and residential VoIP? Think again. Cable multisystem operators are building a strong presence as providers of business telecom services, particularly to small and midsize businesses. DocFinder: 4484 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104carrspecialfocus.html> 16) HP launches edge switch with copper, fiber 10G links HP this week is expected to release two wiring closet switches that let users uplink with 10G Ethernet via fiber or copper links. DocFinder: 4485 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104hpswitch.html> 17) HP to detail product integration, plans HP later this month is expected to unveil the fruit of two acquisitions that the company says will help customers automate the detection and resolution of application performance problems and maintain IT service levels. DocFinder: 4486 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104hp.html> 18) Top Layer unveils clustered IPS Top Layer Networks this week is expected to unveil a clustered version of its intrusion-prevention system that can reach 8G bit/sec throughput while supporting inspection and traffic blocking through multiple routers. DocFinder: 4487 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104toplayer.html> 19) Equipment makers revive corp. net plans Traditional telecom equipment vendors are increasingly targeting the enterprise network market, banking on growing demand for packet-based capabilities similar to those for carriers. DocFinder: 4488 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104enterprise.html> 20) Red Sox IT department caches in on World Series The Boston Red Sox, newly crowned champs of Major League Baseball, traditionally haven't been known for team speed. Until recently, neither was the network the club used to support news reporters and photographers working postseason games at Fenway Park. DocFinder: 4489 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104redsox.html> 21) Vendors tout WLAN security products New software from two vendors is intended to boost security for wireless LANs, one targeting the network, the other wireless clients. DocFinder: 4490 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104wlanproducts.html> 22) Packeteer software fights network congestion Packeteer is issuing software for its traffic-shaping gear that makes it easier for customers to resolve network problems. DocFinder: 4491 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104packeteer.html> 23) GXS to inherit IBM's EDI business Global eXchange Services stands to become the largest player in an industry some predicted would continue to falter and eventually die out altogether. Instead, today's value-added network service providers are mulling a comeback as increasingly complex business integration efforts have companies looking to outside providers for help. DocFinder: 4492 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104ibmvan.html> 24) Carriers aim for MMS interoperability U.S. wireless operators have created a plan for Multimedia Messaging Services interoperability across networks, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced last week. DocFinder: 4493 <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104carrmultimedia.html> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Contact Fusion Executive Editor Adam Gaffin at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia NW Special Report: Preparing an Infrastructure for Mobile Applications. Mobility, properly done, increases productivity and decreases operating costs. 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