TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING Friday, November 19, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friday Networking Feature: Hotspots Put Enterprises On The Hot Seat 2. Networking News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Fast-Spreading Sober Worm Up In Europe, Heading To U.S. 4. Congress Blocks Taxation Of Internet Connections 5. Intel Considers Investing Millions More In India 6. Oracle Deadline On PeopleSoft Looms Other News This Week 7. E-Commerce -- Backbone Of The Holidays 8. More Security Holes Found In Internet Explorer 6.0 9. As Sarbanes-Oxley Looms, Companies Rush To Comply 10. Bill Gates Dubbed 'Spammiest' ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Monitor and Measure - Making Print Accountable! Would your organization benefit from gaining control of your document output costs? We�ll feature representatives from IDC, Cooper Cameron Corporation, Equitrac, and IKON Office Solutions. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0Cbra0Al ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Networking go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. FRIDAY NETWORKING FEATURE: Hotspots Put Enterprises On The Hot Seat Network managers must confront the impact of public wireless hotspots on network security, IT budgets, and the converged wireless and voice future. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGW0AH 2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK Nextel's Wireless Broadband To Be Fast, But Late An executive says the company is avoiding WiMAX in favor of either FLASH-OFDM or next-generation EV-DO, but the network won't be fully rolled out until at least late 2006. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGX0AI Cisco Announces Optical Networking Solutions For Service Providers Offers end-to-end carrier Ethernet functionality, increased density for voice services, and enhanced bandwidth flexibility and switching capabilities. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGY0AJ Survey: XML Traffic Poses Long-Term Network Problems Says XML appliances and solutions are needed to solve bandwidth-hogging and processor slowdowns. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGZ0AK Service Provider Router And Switch Market Skyrockets Study says total sales will reach $8.4 billion in 2007; finds Cisco remains market leader. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGa0AR Cisco Virtual SAN Technology Adopted As Industry Standard VSAN Virtual Fabrics technology allows a single, physical SAN fabric to be segmented into many logical, completely independent SANs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGb0AS Survey: VoIP Can Save Enterprises From $9,600 To $28,000 Per Site Survey also finds that ShoreTel and Nortel offer the lowest start-up costs, while Avaya and Cisco prices were the highest. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGc0AT ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Monitor and Measure - Making Print Accountable! 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Intel Considers Investing Millions More In India The chip giant says it may invest tens of millions of dollars to expand its R&D efforts in India. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGf0AW 6. Oracle Deadline On PeopleSoft Looms Oracle's deadline for PeopleSoft shares is drawing to a close, but most expect the battle to continue. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGg0AX OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. E-Commerce -- Backbone Of The Holidays Companies are beefing up IT initiatives and supply chains in expectation of a hot online shopping season for home entertainment gadgets. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0Cx3u0AQ 8. More Security Holes Found In Internet Explorer 6.0 Three more vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 browser were disclosed by Danish security vendor Secunia. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0Cx310AI 9. As Sarbanes-Oxley Looms, Companies Rush To Comply SEC official says compliance with Sarbanes Oxley will be a "sprint to the finish." An independent survey, meanwhile, finds only about 20 percent of companies on schedule to meet the deadline. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CxYp0Ax 10. Bill Gates Dubbed 'Spammiest' Reportedly, Gates gets 4 million e-mails a day, making him arguably the most spammed person in the world. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eklc0GpvDH0G4V0CyGh0AY -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign Up For Info On Our Latest Webcasts TechWeb's live, interactive webcasts bring the industry's top experts right to your desktop for in-depth discussions about the market's most-pressing issues. 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