Stories about: Into networks

Imperva says it has designed its Web application firewall to fit into networks in four different modes to let customers pick the one that best fits their needs.

More than half of the wireless networks deployed at the Cebit technology show in Hanover, Germany, last week had no encryption enabled, making the systems behind them prime targets, according to Kaspersky Lab, a security vendor.

Cisco Systems' drive to build more intelligence into networks presents new profit opportunities for its channel partners, Cisco President and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers said Wednesday at the company's annual partner conference.

A new company started by a former Microsoft Exchange director aims to solve potential challenges Microsoft customers will face when Exchange moves to x64 hardware in the next 18 months.

As viruses and malicious software bloom, senior executives across a range of industries see security as their top concern in implementing converged Internet Protocol) (IP) networks, according to a joint study released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and AT&T.

The Black Hat conference - an annual event where security professionals get in touch with their inner hacker and vice versa - has for nine years been a stage for detailing new security exploits and sharing visions of the future.

3Com will integrate its intrusion-prevention gear with its network equipment later this year in an effort to let customers quarantine attacks by shutting down switch ports and redirecting users to restricted virtual LANs.

Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to further roll out its Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) software under a global agreement with French telecommunications equipment company Alcatel.

Nortel Networks Chief Technology Officer Brian McFadden, who has worked at the Brampton, Ontario-based networking equipment provider for 25 years, spoke this week about the coming technologies in networking for 2005 -- and about Nortel's role in them. In his conversation with Computerworld senior writer Matt Hamblen, McFadden predicted that wireless technology will be a newsmaker and said innovative consumer products could quickly find their way into the corporate world.

The many new mechanisms to secure and speed up applications running on networks are heading for consolidation that should make it easier and less expensive to deliver the kind of performance end users want.

More than 450 software developers, engineers and architects from around the globe gathered in Toronto on Wednesday to get their hands wet with visual studio programming at the Visual Studio Developers Conference held at the Toronto Congress Centre this week.