NetFlash: 10G Ethernet vendors look to stoke demand 11/08/04 In this issue:
* 10G Ethernet vendors look to stoke demand * Early adopters: SOA worth the effort * Resilient hardware unveiled for Check Point software * Summer blues slow Q3 venture funds * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers Switched IP networks are rapidly becoming the corporate communications architecture of choice. By converging voice, data and video onto IP telephony platforms and Virtual Private Networks, enterprises can supply bandwidth when and where end users need it, while significantly lowering administrative and equipment costs. Click here to download this Whitepaper now http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88036 _______________________________________________________________ SECURTIY SUMMIT: CAN SECURITY BE A COMPETITIVE EDGE? Recently 23 prominent IT executives and academics gathered at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for a daylong roundtable to address such questions. CIOs and VPs from some of the largest and most well-known companies in the US shared with peers their security fears, goals, frustrations and challenges. Find out more: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87864 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso It looks like this will be a strong week for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, as several major vendors are set to crank out gear that supports the standard. Interestingly, much of it centers around 10GBase-CX4. This is the flavor of 10 Gigabit that runs over copper - the heavy InfiniBand kind - and only stretches across short distances. But there's also high-end gear on tap from Enterasys and Foundry. Check it out. 10G Ethernet vendors look to stoke demand <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804tengig.html?net> Early adopters: SOA worth the effort Last week's look at service-oriented architectures separated the hype from the reality. This week we talk to the early adopters - those who have gone through the needed transformation and have come out better off for it. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804soapart2.html?net> Resilient hardware unveiled for Check Point software Resilience is introducing two hardware platforms for Check Point VPN-1 Pro software that feature high availability. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1105resilience.html?net> Summer blues slow Q3 venture funds Venture capital investments in network companies and other IT vendors dipped during the third quarter, a traditionally slow period for such funding. A few sweet spots in the industry continued to attract most of the dollars. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804venturesurvey.html?net> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers Switched IP networks are rapidly becoming the corporate communications architecture of choice. 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