Tim Greene

Juniper is upgrading its remote access platform to support IPSec or SSL sessions, deciding on the fly which technology is better suited for the current connection.

3Com last month introduced software that uses switches as enforcement points to shut down attacks on business networks, making it possible for users to quarantine infected machines that propagate malicious code.

3Com next week will introduce software that uses switches as enforcement points to shut down attacks on business networks, making it possible for users to quarantine infected machines that propagate malicious code. New software for the company's TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System lets the IPS intervene if individual machines violate security policies. The package requires no dedicated quarantine client on each device, which would require administration time to distribute, configure and maintain.

Check Point is wheeling out a big software upgrade across its product lines that increases security and makes it easier for users to manage its platforms day-to-day.

Businesses looking to make consolidated storage networks perform better no longer need to turn to a single-purpose device for help.

Voice over Wi-Fi must include Wi-Fi-to-cellular roaming to succeed, according to speakers at the VON Spring 2005 conference. "People don't want to carry two phones," says Michael Stanford, principal engineer in Intel Corp.'s Digital Enterprise Group. "And the voice-over-Wi-Fi market is relatively small." So, if given the choice, end users will just carry a cell phone and forgo using Wi-Fi, he says.

Looking to provide customers with more secure remote access to corporate resources and possibly catapult it to the top echelon of SSL VPN vendors, Citrix Systems Inc. recently announced it would buy SSL VPN vendor Net6 Inc.

In California, there might be a new killer app for voice over Internet protocol (VoIP): balancing the state budget. A top-to-bottom look at spending called the California Performance Review (CPR) recommends adopting VoIP across state government as a way to save up to US$6.3 million per month statewide.