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Sniffer Analysis to Get More Acute
Network General plans to re-emerge this summer with a significant refresh of the popular Sniffer product line and a new focus on managing application workflows across enterprise networks. Network General Corp., which will be officially spun off from Network Associates Inc. in July, will embark this week on an 18-month product rollout designed to give…
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Opsware Extends Server Provisioning to Remote Locations
Opsware Inc. this week will reach beyond the data center to extend its brand of server provisioning and change management to remote application servers. Opsware Satellite works with an enhanced version of Opsware System Version 4.1 to deliver more effective management to remote servers in branch offices or other remote locations. “Remote servers are not…
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Internet Operators Dig into Fallout from Cisco Code Theft
As more details were revealed Monday about the theft of Cisco Systems Inc.’s IOS Version 12.3 source code, networking analysts pondered the possible outcomes of the release for individual networks and for the entire Internet. According to Russian security firm SecurityLab, 800MB of source code from Cisco, including a developmental version of the currently released…
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Should You Worry About Cisco’s Source Code?
Should ISPs, Web hosting companies and network administrators—the people who live and die by their Cisco routers—be worried about the possible consequences of Cisco Systems Inc.‘s IOS source code being stolen? Certainly, in the past, Cisco’s IOS, like almost all software, has been shown to have security vulnerabilities. Click here to read more about the…
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Ship Windows Server Only When It’s Ready
Microsoft made a series of announcements last week regarding the future of the Windows operating system. After hedging the dates on the release of the next-generation versions of Windows for the past few years, it laid out a roadmap and time frame for the product line that extends almost into the next decade. Read more…
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Regulation Compliance Tops Companies’ Security Concerns
Just a few short years ago, the primary security-related concern for most IT executives was how to prevent hackers from infiltrating their companies’ systems. Although that issue still is quite relevant, it’s no longer the top concern of many organizations. Today, that honor goes to how to comply with the increasing number of regulatory and…
