Keynote consolidates IT’s view of online business performance

The ABCs of WAN optimization savings; VMworld product blitz: Hot technology for the virtual world Network Optimization Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Fluke Networks Determining the Cause of Poor Application Performance Are users constantly complaining that your network is too slow? Or that they can't connect or can't stay connected? Are network applications hanging and slowing productivity? Do you spend way too much time trying to isolate the source of the problem and to prove that often the issue isn't the network at all but the application? Download this whitepaper and learn best practices and common root causes of application problems using case studies and live network traffic. Click here. Spotlight Story Keynote consolidates IT's view of online business performance Performance monitoring gets trickier as Web sites add rich content such as Adobe Flash and Silverlight, link to third-party content providers, and execute more asynchronous application communications. Read full story Related News: The ABCs of WAN optimization savings WAN-optimization gear has evolved from one-trick point products – compression boxes, QoS appliances, TCP optimizers, caching devices – into equipment that performs all these functions and saves big money by moving traffic quicker across wide area links. VMworld product blitz: Hot technology for the virtual world At VMworld in San Francisco, a bevy of vendors show off new technology. WAN optimization: Maximizing a global investment For a $5.5 billion agricultural cooperative whose 42,000 farmers work cohesively across 19 countries to supply food and farming services, Lantmännen's IT infrastructure was surprisingly unwieldy. Cisco NetFlow is a must have for managing virtual applications in the cloud Check out Brad Reese's Q & A with Jagan Jagannathan, the founder and CTO of application management 2.0 solution vendor Xangati. IBM puts virtual desktops in the cloud IBM is rolling out a subscription service that aims to make it easier for large companies to use desktop virtualization, a technology that has been slow to take off but which some say has big potential. Broadcom suddenly dominates 10 Gigabit controllers Broadcom pointed out at the VMworld 2009 trade show this week that the company now has almost 70% of the market for 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers, a huge jump, according to the latest Dell'Oro Group numbers. Savvis unveils cloud-based service Savvis will announce a next-generation cloud computing platform that it claims is the first fully virtualized private data center offering aimed at enterprise customers. Hosted UC offers fast track for deployment When I buy a new care, it's a huge decision. I think long and hard about what features I want, the cost of the car, and the cost of maintenance. And of course, I made sure to take it for a test drive (or two) before I made my final decision. Don't you wish we were able to do that before making any purchase, especially a huge technology one? Well you can -- sort of. It's called hosting. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. Others just annoy. Apple disasters Apple has enjoyed huge success with the iPod and iPhone, but Apple has had a number of commercial flops, too. IDC: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs Read this review on today's storage optimization and technologies. Learn how they reduce the data footprint and identify how various technologies work toward this goal. Learn more Go Green - Save Green - IT Power Management Download this whitepaper and discover the building blocks of a successful IT Power Management policy and how this policy can align with your business's green initiatives. Learn More   September 01, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Wi-Fi encryption cracked in 60 seconds Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious 12 words you can never say in the office FBI investigating laptops sent to U.S. governors China game boss sniped rivals, took down Internet The opposite of Twitter 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power Proposed bill gives Obama power to shut down Internet Group offers tools to evade China's Web censorship 5 techs that could reinvent cell phones Do More with Less Thru Netcool? This white paper outlines methods to help service providers improve overall operational efficiency within the service assurance operational environment. Learn how IBM Tivoli® Netcool® solutions can help service providers streamline their operations, improve responsiveness and reduce costs. Learn More Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. 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Hyper-V is officially enterprise ready; Password Filters in Windows Server 2003

From Microsoft Subnet; Tech Support Chat: Is This the Best We Can Do? Microsoft Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Fluke Networks Improving Efficiency in Network and App Management Change your approach to network management and you will improve network performance and reduce costs. Join us for this Live Webcast on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 a.m. PST for all of the details. Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix will moderate the panel that includes EMA analyst Jim Frey and Dan Klimke, Fluke Networks. Register now. Spotlight Story Virtual Machine Manager + Hyper-V Live Migration = Enterprise Ready Mitchell Ashley writes in his Converging on Microsoft blog, "Hard to believe it's only been a few years since Microsoft launched Hyper-V. Even more amazing is the progress it has made in that short period of time. With the Windows Server 2008 R2 update we're seeing not just an improved Hyper-V, but Hyper-V with Live Migration. Live Migration is the one feature VMware and Xen could hold over Hyper-V and claim Hyper-V's not production ready for enterprises. It turns out more than just Live Migration support was required in WS 2008 R2 in order for Microsoft to get Live Migration into customers hands. Essential to Live Migration is a new feature called Quick Storage Migration, the ability to move running virtual disks from one logical unit (LUN) to another LUN." Read full story Related News: From Microsoft Subnet This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Tech Support Chat: Is This the Best We Can Do? Glenn Weadock: Think about the degree to which technologies such as e-mail, chat, and instant messaging have changed our lives. Are the changes a net positive or not? I needed a new keyboard for one of my machines, so I thought, I'll try the vendor warranty support chat line to see whether it's any faster than hanging on the phone. Exchange Server 2010 and RPCClientAccessServer Madness! Tyson Kopczynski: "A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something." Needless to say glitches happen a lot with new software and Exchange Server 2010 is no stranger. In tonight's post, I would like to zero in on a particular change and a related glitch. The Importance of Reading RFC's Bryan Sullins: Recently I taught the Network+ class. How does one learn the inner workings of protocols? You learn them by reading RFC's, the standard way of documenting all protocols in networking. Password Filters in Windows Server 2003 Glenn Weadock: I realize that a number of readers of this column still run Windows Server 2003 and will therefore not be able to take advantage of Server 2008's Fine-Grained Password Policies feature for some months or even years. If you fall into that group, and if you have an interest in varying password settings within a domain, you may want to investigate "custom password filters." Stress Test your SQL Server Brian Egler: Who needs extra stress in their lives? Well, here's a tool to add stress to your SQL Server. It's called SQLIOSim. It's from Microsoft and it's free. Of Copyright and the Internet Kerrie Meyler: Did you know it's illegal to download copyrighted songs without paying for it? Being an author, it was a bit disconcerting when I first discovered that Google Books had significant parts of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed available for anyone to look at. When Security Software goes BAD Ron Barrett: In the age of antivirus, spam, spyware, IDS and firewalls here comes a set of products to make you less secure. I received an email about new identity management software that will collect all the sensitive data that is residing in your email, browsers, documents, etc. and then proceeds to show you how vulnerable you are to attack. Windows 7 Feature Focus: Libraries Mitchell Ashley: Every new release of an OS like Windows has it's nuggets and one of Windows 7's is the new Library feature. If you don't know about Libraries, you'll want to check it out. More top picks from the week Fine-Grained Password Policies, Part II Microsoft iSCSI Initiator simplifies SAN access Racism debate sparked by Microsoft photoshopped ads Six reasons why Microsoft struggles with innovation Microsoft appeals Word injunction, rails against the judge Developer starts official campaign to rid the Web of IE6 Microsoft releases new and improved SharePoint Administration Toolkit Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. Others just annoy. Apple disasters Apple has enjoyed huge success with the iPod and iPhone, but Apple has had a number of commercial flops, too. How to Improve NOC Efficiencies Network managers are grappling with data center consolidation, expanding networks and shrinking change windows, network compliance and security issues, VoIP, and flat headcounts. Managing the network is getting more and more challenging. What's needed is a lifecycle approach based on an integrated tool set. This video shows a solution to those complexity challenges. View Now IDC: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs Read this review on today's storage optimization and technologies. Learn how they reduce the data footprint and identify how various technologies work toward this goal. Learn more   September 01, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Wi-Fi encryption cracked in 60 seconds Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious 12 words you can never say in the office FBI investigating laptops sent to U.S. governors China game boss sniped rivals, took down Internet The opposite of Twitter 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power Proposed bill gives Obama power to shut down Internet Group offers tools to evade China's Web censorship 5 techs that could reinvent cell phones IDC ROI Calculator for IBM Tivoli Netcool This ROI calculator from IDC will help you quickly and easily understand the average annual benefit that you may be able to achieve using IBM® Tivoli® Netcool®. The tool and underlying calculations and metrics are based on IDC research of 14 IBM Tivoli Netcool implementations. Read Now Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. 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WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles and tutorials added to WindowsNetworking.com last month:

Title: Deploying Windows 7 - Part 7: Automated LTI Deployment
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part7.html
Summary: How to automate Lite Touch Installation (LTI) using MDT 2010.

Title: Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSL/IPsec VPN Edition - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Firewalls & VPN Hardware
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/news/WindowsNetworking-Readers-Choice-Award-Firewalls-VPN-Hardware-Cisco-ASA-5500-Series-SSLIPsec-VPN-Edition-Jul09.html
Summary: Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSL/IPsec VPN Edition was selected the winner in the Firewalls & VPN Hardware category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Awards. Juniper Networks NetScreen and SonicWall Pro 5060 were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: An Introduction to AppLocker (Part 1)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Introduction-AppLocker-Part1.html
Summary: Why software restriction policies are ineffective and how AppLocker can help.

Title: Group Policy Settings: How Settings are Stored (Part 1)
Author: Derek Melber
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Group-Policy-Settings-Part1.html
Summary: How to store GPO settings, where they are stored, and how they are tracked by the domain controllers in an Active Directory domain.

Title: Examining the New Windows 7 User Interface
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Examining-New-Windows-7-User-Interface.html
Summary: What you need to know about the new features in Windows 7's user interface.

Title: Lansweeper: The Network Admin's Best Friend
Author: Thomas Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Lansweeper-Network-Admins-Best-Friend.html
Summary: Product Review for Lansweeper's freeware Network Inventory Tool, a powerful and effective solution to your inventory needs.

Title: Deploying Windows 7 - Part 6: Lite Touch using MDT 2010
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part6.html
Summary: This series of articles on Windows 7 deployment continues with a walkthrough of Lite Touch deployment using MDT 2010.

Title: Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 (Part 2)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-XP-Mode-Windows-7-Part2.html
Summary: Continuing the discussion on Windows 7's Windows XP Mode by taking a look at some of the most significant improvements to virtual machine's technology.

Title: Deploying Windows 7 - Part 5: MDT 2010 Enhancements
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part5.html
Summary: This series of articles on Windows 7 deployment continues by examining the enhancements made in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.

Title: Windows 2008 Share and Storage Management Tool
Author: David Davis
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-2008-Share-Storage-Management-Tool.html
Summary: The Windows 2008 Share and Storage Management tool; Where to find it, How it can help you, and step by step examples of how to use it.

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WindowSecurity.com - Monthly Article Update

WindowSecurity.com - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles added to WindowSecurity.com last month:

Title: WinINSTALL - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Patch Management
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/news/WindowSecurity-Readers-Choice-Award-Patch-Management-WinINSTALL-Jul09.html
Summary: WinINSTALL was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. GFI Languard and Shavlik NetChk Protect were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Restricting Specific Web Sites in Internet Explorer Using Group Policy
Author: Derek Melber
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Restricting-Specific-Web-Sites-Internet-Explorer-Using-Group-Policy.html
Summary: How to use Group Policy to restrict Web sites access and how to restrict different users from one another.

Title: Storage Security Best Practices
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Storage-Security-Best-Practices.html
Summary: Taking a look at the security issues related to data traveling over the network and the reasons organizations need to become more security-aware when it comes to storage strategies.

Title: Top 10 Windows Security Configurations: Where and How! (Part 1)
Author: Derek Melber
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Top-10-Windows-Security-Configurations-Where-How-Part1.html
Summary: After years in the field, here are Derek Melber's top 10 Windows security configurations complete with references for you to take a deeper dive into the subject.

Title: Death of VPN
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowSecurity.com/articles/Death-VPN.html
Summary: Secure Remote Computing with DirectAccess.

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The ABCs of WAN optimization savings; 15 smartphone apps you shouldn't live without

15 smartphone apps you shouldn't live without; 3Com unifies networking and security hardware, management Daily News AM Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Fluke Networks 3 Key Strategies to Improving Efficiency in Network and App Management Change your approach to network management and you will improve network performance and reduce costs. Join us for this Live Webcast on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 a.m. PST for all of the details. Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix will moderate the panel that includes EMA analyst Jim Frey and Dan Klimke, Fluke Networks. Register now. Spotlight Story The ABCs of WAN optimization savings WAN-optimization gear has evolved from one-trick point products – compression boxes, QoS appliances, TCP optimizers, caching devices – into equipment that performs all these functions and saves big money by moving traffic quicker across wide area links. Read full story Related News: 15 smartphone apps you shouldn't live without From the Twitterverse to the universe, the BlackBerry to the iPhone, here is a list of some the best apps out there for your fancy new phone. 3Com unifies networking and security hardware, management 3Com is kicking off a new integration of security and networking with the introduction in the U.S. of firewall/VPN gear it has sold in China for months. Human and computer viruses are both security risks In any case there is likely to be a lot of additional employees wanting to, or needing to, work from home. Are you ready? EMC founder Richard Egan dies after long battle with cancer EMC founder Richard Egan, who started his electronic data storage company 30 years ago, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. Egan served as EMC's CEO until 1992, as chairman of the board until 2001 and as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, his ancestral home. New network language would help provide wireless communications without cell towers A new programming language developed by University of Cambridge researchers is designed to reduce the complexity of building applications for ad hoc peer-to-peer mobile device networks. NetApp unveils new virtualized storage software NetApp at VMworld announced several new products and enhancements to its products to support VMware vSphere 4 and VMware View. Will virtualization impact Cisco and other network hardware vendors? An interesting post from Gregory Ness, a senior director at Infoblox, posits that virtualization could neutralize the network and network equipment vendors. Only 13% of Wikipedia contributors are women You say you don't trust Wikipedia? Well, you can blame men, at least for the most part. According to a survey of 175,000 Wikipedia users, about a third of respondents reported that they actually help write and edit encyclopedia entries -- as opposed to merely reading them -- and of that group women constitute a paltry 13%. There's Not An App For That. Yet Apple's marketing campaign for the iPhone has been brilliant, as is their wont. The aspect of it that I find most compelling, though, is the "there's an app for that" campaign. In one fell swoop, they demonstrate to possible buyers the breadth of the App Store catalog and give worthy iPhone app developers a boost.Android could use something along those lines. Podcast: Virtual Machine Manager + Hyper-V Live Migration = Enterprise Ready Hard to believe it's only been a few years since Microsoft launched Hyper-V. Even more amazing is the progress it has made in that short period of time. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. Others just annoy. Apple disasters Apple has enjoyed huge success with the iPod and iPhone, but Apple has had a number of commercial flops, too. Unifying Management Systems for Deep Savings To deliver the availability and performance the business demands, network management teams need to optimize fault management, unify fault and performance management, automate change and configuration management, implement run-book automation, and deploy a configuration management system based on a federated CMDB. This integrated approach is called automated network lifecycle management and is outlined in this white paper. Read Now IDC: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs Read this review on today's storage optimization and technologies. Learn how they reduce the data footprint and identify how various technologies work toward this goal. Learn more   September 01, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Wi-Fi encryption cracked in 60 seconds Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious 12 words you can never say in the office FBI investigating laptops sent to U.S. governors China game boss sniped rivals, took down Internet The opposite of Twitter 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power Proposed bill gives Obama power to shut down Internet Group offers tools to evade China's Web censorship 5 techs that could reinvent cell phones Identity Management E Guide Identity management cannot be ignored – it is the key to preventing data breaches. This Network World Executive Guide provides in-depth information on today's most pressing security issues. Read More Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to security.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com

ISAserver.org - Monthly Article Update

ISAserver.org - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles added to ISAserver.org last month:

Title: Internet Access Monitor for MS ISA Server Voted ISAserver.org Readers' Choice Award Winner - Reporting
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/news/ISAserver-Readers-Choice-Award-Reporting-Internet-Access-Monitor-for-MS-ISA-Server-Jul09.html
Summary: Internet Access Monitor for MS ISA Server was selected the winner in the Reporting category of the ISAserver.org Readers' Choice awards. ProxyInspector for ISA Server and bt-LogAnalyzer were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Using ISA Server 2006 HTTP Security Filters to Block Instant Messaging
Author: Tony Bradley
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Using-ISA-Server-2006-HTTP-Security-Filters-Block-Instant-Messaging.html
Summary: How to use the ISA Server 2006 HTTP security filters to block instant messaging.

Title: Microsoft Forefront TMG Behavioral Intrusion Detection
Author: Marc Grote
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Microsoft-Forefront-TMG-Behavioral-Intrusion-Detection.html
Summary: How Microsoft Forefront TMG protects itself and the networks behind it against external intruders and malicious attacks.

Title: Publishing Outlook Web Access with Microsoft Forefront TMG
Author: Marc Grote
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Publishing-Outlook-Web-Access-Microsoft-Forefront-TMG.html
Summary: How to publish Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with Microsoft Forefront TMG.

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