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07/28/08

This week in Network World

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IBM/Lotus sharpens weapon for unified communications battle
IBM/Lotus is banking on the integration of its Sametime platform and collaboration software with tools from telephony partners to fuel its climb up the ranks of unified communications contenders.

Tests/Buyer's Guides

FalconStor, NetApp lead the way on data protection
If there's any easy way to tell products apart in the iSCSI SAN server space, it's in the support for advanced data protection features like snapshots and replication.

NetApp, Compellent, HP, Dell top the field in 12-product test
A terabyte isn't what it used to be. Disks are slower than you think. And a Gigabit Ethernet is plenty of bandwidth for many storage applications.

Tech Update

E-mail encryption: It’s easier than you think
In order to properly secure confidential information -- everything from trade secrets to financial data and personal identity information -- corporations need policy-based e-mail encryption.

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Big Brother's new software
A look at how new software applications are giving surveillance systems the ability to index and analyze what they see

Cisco to buy home-network software vendor
Cisco announced plans to buy Pure Networks, a Seattle company that has developed software aimed at making home networking easier, for US$120 million.

WiMAX WISPs target the enterprise
Wireless ISPs are migrating to WiMAX, offering cost-effective, responsive network alternatives to wireline providers

Oracle unveils access management suite
Oracle Wednesday unveiled a suite of access management tools including a new server that provides controls to fine-tune user privileges.

VPNs: Six burning questions
VPNs are well established as essential tools for corporate communications, but they are not all created equal. Here are six questions and their answers that can help you make decisions about which VPN technology to use.

IT project management yields savings for energy company
Portfolio and project management software tends to work independently from IT service management software. HP worked to change this by integrating its PPM tools into other products, which the vendor says will help IT better understand how its resources allocate their time.