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09/29/08

This week in Network World

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Microsoft amassing high-performance server software attack
Microsoft has built a strategy around the planned early-November release of its high-performance computing server that it hopes will be the catalyst to deliver massive computing power for future applications.

UTM devices are making headway
Customers using unified threat management devices say the appliances represent a more streamlined way to provide multiple security functions and to track down security data, but don’t necessarily meet all gateway security needs adequately.

Tests/Buyer's Guides

The virtual winner: VMware’s ESX KOs a roughly built Hyper-V package
When the dust settled in the lab after two long months of testing Microsoft’s Hyper-V and VMware's ESX in the areas of performance, compatibility, management, and security, it all boiled down to two issues: experience and religion.

Tech Update

Integrating SaaS and legacy apps: 5 steps for success
While the task of integrating on-premises systems with software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service or cloud computing services might seem daunting, the process is a simpler than you might imagine.

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Biometrics help U.S. soldiers fight terrorism
Biometrics has become a favored security technology by the federal government, which is using it in Iraq to catch bomb makers, safeguard U.S. borders and as a government ID card.

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google
Microsoft may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google in the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it.

Open source could fix e-voting flaws, California secretary of state says
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said open source software can help fix some of the flaws in controversial electronic voting systems.

Ellison pitches high-speed data warehouse server
Oracle saved the biggest news for last at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. CEO Larry Ellison took the stage Wednesday afternoon to announce two hardware products developed with Hewlett-Packard that are designed to provide very high performance for data warehousing applications.

Information Cards technology headed toward standardization
Information Cards, the identity specification developed by Microsoft, is headed to a standards body that will work to ensure interoperability among implementations and adoption as a standard authentication method across the Internet.

Nortel looks to software as it shops Metro Ethernet unit
Nortel's decision to divest its carrier Ethernet and optical businesses was based on the company's shift to a more software driven business model, the outgoing head of those businesses says.

Enterasys CEO Fabiaschi dies suddenly
Enterasys President and CEO Mike Fabiaschi passed away suddenly this week at his home in Rye, N.H. He was 53.

Windows 7: Seven developments you should know about
One stone-cold fact about Windows 7 is that we need more stone-cold facts in order to understand the new operating system that is likely to arrive in early 2010.