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Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering network access control, virtual private networking gear, remote access, WAN acceleration and aspects of VoIP technology. You can reach him at tgreene@nww.com.
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IP call centers will do well despite VoIP slowdown
01/05/09
Sales of IP contact centers will grow in 2009, but probably not as dramatically as they did in 2008 due to an expected slowdown
in sales of IP telephony gear, according to a new Infonetics report.
Analyst: Early Nortel bankruptcy might be smart
12/19/08
It might make sense for Nortel to declare bankruptcy sooner rather than later in an effort to be in as strong a position as
possible when it happens, an industry financial analyst says.
Avaya looking to catch unified communications wave in 2009
12/18/08
For Avaya, 2009 could solidify the company's top spot on the unified communications sales charts, putting it in the best position
to reap even more as the world economy improves in later years, industry experts say.
Mobility, faster call handling goal of cutting-edge call centers
12/18/08
Innovations in presence, service-oriented architecture and mobility are what the most aggressive users of IP contact centers
are looking for, according to a Gartner report. (Learn more about IP contact centers.)
NetClarity claims its NACs are eco-friendly
12/18/08
NetClarity is making the pitch that it is the greenest of the NAC vendors, and maybe it is. It has three points to this claim:
the tiny version of its NAC appliance, EasyNAC Micro doesn't use as much electricity as most other NAC boxes; the company
buys energy credits with renewable energy groups to offset the power the devices use; and the company’s Endpoint Defender
NAC agent includes a tool that enables shutting down unnecessary and power-consuming desktop functions.
Palo Alto sniffs out credit card, Social Security numbers
12/16/08
For small businesses that can't afford data-loss prevention software, Palo Alto Networks has added a slice of DLP technology
to its application-aware firewall.
Tool helps manage bulk file-transfers
12/16/08
Aspera, which specializes in gear that accelerates bulk Internet file transfers, has added a management console to its client-server
software package that is designed for businesses that use Aspera acceleration at multiple sites.
Bribes, scams cost Siemens $1.6 billion
12/16/08
Siemens and some of its subsidiaries admit they spent more than $1.4 billion to bribe foreign officials, scammed the United
Nations Oil for Food program and cooked their books for years until they were caught by prosecutors in Germany and the United
States.
NAC won't get its own year
12/16/08
This time of year, people make predictions about what the coming year will bring, and in technology circles that comes down
to things like, "Next year will be the year of [name the technology]."
Alcatel-Lucent cuts jobs, focuses attention on three sectors
12/12/08
Alcatel-Lucent is naming enterprises as one of three markets it will focus on as it lays off 1,000 more workers and makes
cuts in other areas in an attempt to turn the company around.
Top execs would roll up sleeves to fight cyber war, according to think tank study
12/11/08
Top executives of major corporations should expect to serve on new government cybersecurity panels if president-elect Barack
Obama follows the recommendations released this week by a think-tank panel.
Enforcing regulatory compliance standards with NAC
12/11/08
NAC is often used as one tool for enforcing regulatory compliance standards and then proving that the standards were met.
Nortel mulls bankruptcy
12/10/08
Nortel has hired lawyers to consider whether it should seek bankruptcy protection, but the company says it has made no decision
to do so.
Feds tone down security warning about Asterisk IP PBX software
12/08/08
The FBI is toning down its warning about security flaws in Asterisk IP PBX software and is acknowledging that the company
that markets the software already found the problem and fixed it back in March.
SonicWall beefs up storage offerings
12/05/08
SonicWall is revamping the hardware for its storage appliances, giving them much more capacity from the top of the line to
the bottom.
IP contact centers pose significant challenges
12/05/08
IP contact centers are proliferating, but they still pose a set of potential gotchas that businesses need to beware of as
they consider upgrading from the TDM world, experts say.
Printing firm dumps MPLS service
12/04/08
Shortcomings of an MPLS service led printing firm Wise Business Forms to dump the network service in favor of an Internet-based
VPN that delivers better speed at less cost and will pay for itself in 16 months.
Check Point adds EAP support for better NAC enforcement
12/04/08
Check Point is adding extensible authentication protocol (EAP) support into its UTM-1 appliances, giving them the ability
to enforce NAC policies for devices accessing wireless networks.
Elfiq makes big logical links out of multiple Internet connections
12/03/08
Elfiq has upgraded its link-balancing gear so it can make communications faster and more reliable between sites that have
multiple Internet connections.
FastSoft technology speeds downloads for Getty Images
12/02/08
The Getty Images organization relies on the Internet to distribute increasingly large media files and needed a non-intrusive
way to speed up the transfers so end users didn't wait for them any longer than they had to.
The company had looked at several alternatives but chose one that required no client software and minimal changes on the server
side yet still cuts download times by more than 80% in some cases, says Katey Schuyler, senior manager, media management systems
for Getty Images.
Impulse Point ties its NAC appliance with Blue Coat security gateways
12/02/08
NAC vendor Impulse Point is teaming up with WAN-optimization vendor Blue Coat to ensure that their gear works well together.
Blue Coat makes ProxySG security gateways that perform multiple security functions but can also compress traffic and optimize
it between devices or between an appliance and a workstation running a ProxySG client. Impluse Point makes Safe-Connect, a
NAC appliance that discovers new devices on networks and pushes a Safe-Connect agent and a policy key. The key dictates what
configuration parameters the device must meet and the agent enforces the policy on the device itself at Layer 2.
FBI warns of holiday cyber scams
12/01/08
With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards
and ads for shopping bargains.
Delaware bank layers desktop, network security to keep data safe
12/01/08
Wilmington Savings Fund Society relies on gateway protection and security agents on workstations.
Fayetteville State University troubleshoots with NAC
11/25/08
Since it has implemented ConSentry NAC gear, Fayetteville State University in North Carolina finds that it gives the school
better visibility into network traffic that results in using the gear as a troubleshooting tool.
AlgoSec upgrades analysis platform to paint big picture of firewall protection
11/24/08
AlgoSec is releasing new software that enables its Firewall Analyzer to simulate the effect multiple firewalls have on traffic,
making simpler to determine the net effect of the firewalls and to streamline their rule sets.
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