Network Computing Report #408
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Monday, June 27, 2005

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In This Issue:
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1) Reviews and How-Tos
    - Sneak Preview: Eset Software's NOD32 v. 2.5
    - Sneak Preview: Cendura's Cohesion 3.5
    - Quick Takes: Performance Management
    - Centerfold: Nancy's Specialty Foods Cooks Up Dual SAN 
Implementation
    - Quick Review: Blogging Software
2) Reader Reverb
    - Top 11: Prison--It's a Good Thing
    - An Interview with Juniper's Scott Kriens
    - Curt Franklin's Weekly Podcasts
    - NWC Channels
3) Calling All Readers
    - NWC Reader Survey
    - Time for The News Show
    - Wireless Expert Series
    - TechQuiz: Wireless Security
    - 2005 Intelligent Enterprise Awards
4) The Daily Blog
    - Stupid Spammer Tricks
    - Throwing the Book at Book-Cookers
    - Droids at Work
5) Opinion
    - BuzzCut: Impact of WiMAX Standard Adoption May Be Long Ways Away
    - FUDBuster: AT&T Chairman: IP Will Outgrow Long Distance
    - Air Time: IT Matters: Today and Tomorrow
    - Letters: Colorful Cables
6) Your Monday IT Briefing
    - IE, Firefox Spoofable, Again
    - Nokia's Open-Source 'Safari'
    - Ethernet Services: The Next Big Thing?
    - The Don't-Fix-It-If-It's-Not-Broken School of BPM
    - Next-Generation WANs:  Ethernet's Second Coming
    - Microsoft Targets Smartphones
7) Coming Events
    - Become Less Vulnerable to Security Threats
    - Customer Experience and Deployment Options in VoIP
    - IT Service Optimization--Best Practices for IT Service Delivery
8) CMP MarketPlace

Look for the next Network Computing Report newsletter on Tuesday, July 
5, 2005.


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1) Reviews and How-Tos
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a) Sneak Preview: Eset Software's NOD32 v. 2.5
By Curtis Franklin Jr.
Anti-malware uses heuristics rather than signature updates to 
protect the network, but does this work as well? We investigate.
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b) Sneak Preview: Cendura's Cohesion 3.5
By Sean Doherty
See how included and configurable blueprints let you manage 
configuration for network devices while still remaining in favor 
with the Feds.
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c) Quick Takes: Performance Management
By Patricia Thomas
In this edition we look at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' 
Ultrastar15K147, NetScout Systems' nGenius Performance Manager 
3.0, FullArmor's IntelliPolicy for Clients 1.5 and Sandstorm 
Enterprises' LANWatch 7.0.
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d) Centerfold: Nancy's Specialty Foods Cooks Up Dual SAN Implementation
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
We go inside the iSCSI SAN project to see why the gourmet frozen 
food maker chose IP over Fibre Channel for its storage area network.
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e) Quick Review: Blogging Software
By Scott Koegler
Blogs are not just for blowhards anymore. We review five blogging 
packages that can suit a range of business sizes and budgets.
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2) Reader Reverb
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a) Top 11: Prison--It's a Good Thing
This time around, we're grilling you for the "Top 11 reasons why 
Bernie Ebbers' jail time will be tougher than Martha Stewart's." 
Lock us down with laughter and we may post your entries in print 
and/or online. Here's a few ideas to get you started.

*Knowing how to cook the books is not as helpful in jail as 
knowing how to cook vichysoisse. *Bernie won't have a kitchen 
knife to protect him from overly friendly cellmates.
*Bernie doesn't have Martha's flair for decorating a cell block.
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b) An Interview with Juniper's Scott Kriens
By Rob Preston
The CEO of Juniper Networks discusses a broad range of subjects, 
from the state of his company's product portfolio to the future 
of the industry.
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c) Curt Franklin's Weekly Podcasts
Listen in as senior technology editor Curt Franklin discusses the 
latest happenings in the security arena. Each week, Curt shares 
his thoughts on topics ranging from insider theft, identity 
federation, actions against attacks and more.
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d) NWC Channels
Get a daily dose of industry news, commentaries, analysis and 
reviews from our editors and industry experts focusing on key 
tech areas such as security, business strategy, convergence and more.
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3) Calling All Readers
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a) NWC Reader Survey
Network Computing is conducting its annual reader poll to be 
published in the September 22, 2005, issue. Help us understand 
your concerns, and what pushes your buttons. We'll share the 
complete, aggregated results with all readers in the September 22 
issue. Please take a moment to help make the results as inclusive 
as possible.
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Be part of our Apple iPod Minis drawing. The drawing rules are 
online at:
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b) Time for The News Show
Ready for an irreverent inside look at the technology industry? 
Tune into "The News Show." Our new media presentation features 
breaking news, technical reviews and trend analysis, along with 
gossip, opinions and an overheated rant or two. The News Show is 
available at 12:00 PM EDT every weekday at:
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c) Wireless Expert Series
In this installment of our Expert Series we'll bring you up to 
speed on some of the most compelling developments in wireless 
data services, including Wi-Fi, 3G and mobile applications, with 
abridged versions of stories originally published in Network 
Computing and Network Magazine. It's an exciting time in the 
mobile and wireless arena, with innovative products being 
introduced even as technology debates rage on.
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Read more from the Mobile and Wireless Expert Series.
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Check out our other Expert Series.
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d) TechQuiz: Wireless Security
There's still time to see if your Wi-Fi security strategy is up 
to snuff. Take our latest quiz to find out. If you can outsmart 
our editors, we'll throw your name into the hat for a free NWC 
collectible.
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e) 2005 Intelligent Enterprise Awards
Nominate your Chief Information Officer or senior IT executive 
for the first annual Intelligent Enterprise Awards 2005. The IE 
Awards recognize IT executives and their ability to create and 
sell a vision, utilize technology as an enabler and, ultimately, 
deliver quantifiable results for the enterprise. The nomination 
deadline is Friday, July 15, 2005.
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4) The Daily Blog
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a) Stupid Spammer Tricks
By Tom LaSusa
Our very own Don MacVittie received an interesting e-mail in what 
appeared to be Russian (I can't really tell--I have enough 
trouble with English).
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b) Throwing the Book at Book-Cookers
By Tim Wilson
Man, it just doesn't pay to defraud investors anymore. In the 
first of three major sentencing decisions facing former high-tech 
executives gone bad, Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John 
Rigas and his son, CFO Timothy, this week received 15 and 20 
years of hard time, respectively, from a U.S. District court.
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c) Droids at Work
By Tom LaSusa
In our June 23rd edition of The Last Mile, we told you about a 
team of Italian Engineers who created their very own RD-D2. It 
chirps like the original, walks on two or three legs and--get 
this--comes equipped with Bluetooth and USB. Their hope is that 
robots like this could someday be used in museums, hospitals and
even homes.
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Read more entries from The Daily Blog.
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a) BuzzCut: Impact of WiMAX Standard Adoption May Be Long Ways Away
By Dave Molta
Several vendors have launched WiMAX products recently, but the 
real affects won't be felt until products based on IEEE 802.16e 
begin to become available, probably after 2007.
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b) FUDBuster: AT&T Chairman: IP Will Outgrow Long Distance
By Tim Wilson
AT&T's David Dorman concedes that IP services are a better growth 
proposition than conventional analog long distance services. Next 
he'll be telling us that CDs will someday outsell cassettes!
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c) Air Time: IT Matters: Today and Tomorrow
By Dave Molta
Enrollment in computer science programs has plummeted because we 
live in a culture that views an IT degree as a ticket to nowhere.
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d) Letters: Colorful Cables
By NWC Readers
Brian Phillips contends, "The lines between application 
firewalls, traditional firewalls and other network access control 
offerings have become so blurred most people cannot distinguish 
one from the next."
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6) Your Monday IT Briefing
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Here are some of the must-read news stories we're following this week.

a) IE, Firefox Spoofable, Again
Hackers intent on stealing passwords or other confidential 
information can spoof Internet Explorer and Firefox, a security 
firm says.
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b) Nokia's Open-Source 'Safari'
Nokia and Apple cook up an open-source surprise: a mobile Web 
browser that actually browses the Web.
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c) Ethernet Services: The Next Big Thing?
Many say metro Ethernet services are the wave of the future. Is 
there any truth beyond the hype?
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d) The Don't-Fix-It-If-It's-Not-Broken School of BPM
Plenty of business process management (BPM) buzz phrases focus on 
"changing processes on the fly" and "continuous process 
improvement," but most BPM practitioners I've spoken to don't 
take process change lightly.
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e) Next-Generation WANs:  Ethernet's Second Coming
New Ethernet VPNs promise cheap, multiprotocol any-to-any 
connectivity in the WAN. Are the days of layer 3 services numbered?
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f) Microsoft Targets Smartphones
Even though Symbian owns 76 percent of the smartphone market, 
Microsoft believes more features and a new platform can turn its 
paltry eight percent share into a leading position within three years.
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For additional research, check out our online encyclopedia 
providing Web-based definitions of IT terms.
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You can find links to these and other breaking news stories 
organized by technology via our handy NetNews Service.
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7) Coming Events
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a) Become Less Vulnerable to Security Threats
--A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, June 30, 2005
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
Protect your company from security breaches, failed audits, 
viruses and worms, regulatory compliance, and theft of corporate 
and client data. Learn how you can automate vulnerability audits 
and leverage best-of-breed remediation tools.
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b) Customer Experience and Deployment Options in VoIP
--A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, June 30, 2005
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
Join us for a free, live TechWebCast to examine enterprise 
purchase criteria, deployment experience and ongoing operational 
results with IP telephony systems. Industry experts will also 
discuss alternative approaches to deploying IP telephony 
solutions and will examine their impact on reliability, 
management and ease of use.
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c) IT Service Optimization--Best Practices for IT Service Delivery
--An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
The ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) is an increasingly popular 
foundation for IT process management worldwide. This presentation 
focuses on a subset of ITIL that centers on delivering acceptable 
IT services at the least cost: IT service optimization. Join us 
to learn best practices for many aspects of IT service delivery 
and support, going beyond the ITIL descriptions using real tools 
and examples.
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insights and practical recommendations.
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