NetFlash: Spyware stoppers target biz networks 11/10/04 In this issue:
* Spyware stoppers target biz networks * Microsoft to launch search engine technology * Companies target IM, peer-to-peer threats * Cisco hits analysts' Q1 expectations * Today on Layer 8 * 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=88038 _______________________________________________________________ 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=87920 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso After viruses and spam, the next big threat to corporate networks could be spyware. Not only does spyware lift personal information, it also can steal cycles from PCs that should be used for corporate applications and redirect browsers to alternate Web sites. The problem right now is that there is no one definition of spyware - and there are very few options for dealing with spyware at the corporate network level. But that's all changing, as we report in this week's story. Spyware stoppers target biz networks <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804spyware.html?net> Microsoft to launch search engine technology The search for more money has led Bill Gates & Co. to search engines. Tomorrow, the company's first entry into the market will go live on Microsoft's MSN Web site. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1110microtola.html?net> Companies target IM, peer-to-peer threats Real-time communications vendors Akonix and FaceTime this week are expected to beef up their security gateways to lock down the avenues that viruses and malware travel using instant messaging and peer-to-peer programs. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1109akonix.html?net> Cisco hits analysts' Q1 expectations Cisco posted fiscal 2005 first quarter results in line with analyst predictions. For the period ended Oct. 30, net sales were $6.0 billion, compared with $5.1 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2004, an increase of 17.1%. Sales were up 0.8% sequentially from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1109cisco.html?net> Today on Layer 8 - no shirt, no shoes, no snark: Wanna make money? Get into security; NASA maps Rain Man's brain; educators losing students to online schools; and Supreme Court passes on music swapping case; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?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! 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