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Issue: May 2002 [28 May 2002]

What if you could somehow aggregate all your storage from any type of physical device into a single pool that could be easily accessed and centrally managed? This is the promise of storage virtualisation, which is the cover story of this edition of Network World SA.

Key issues which will come under the spotlight, include: Switches and chips built atom by atom; self-driven IT execs being on call 24-7; debating whether one or multiple companies should operate Enum's Tier 1 database; IP Telephony; and the topical feature - LAN World. Regulars include latest products, technologies, functions, trends and future directions in the networked world.

News

Lurid links a new pain for biz sites

Staff reporter

The number of domain names being allowed to expire - intentionally or accidentally - is at an alltime high. Now shady middlemen called traffic aggregators are increasingly buying these names and redirecting corresponding Web traffic to other sites, primarily porn and gambling venues.

Companies need to formulate a "mobility blueprint"

Staff reporter

Mobile technology industry leaders say the world of cellphones and other high-tech mobile applications is set to boom worldwide because of their "ubiquity, usefulness and utility" - provided a few challenges are overcome.

Storage virtualisation

Staff reporter

What if you could somehow aggregate all your storage from any type of physical device into a single pool that could be easily accessed and centrally managed? That is the promise of virtualisation.

CeDimension snaps up reseller rights

Staff reporter

The Headway Group has confirmed that its Tidal Software division will be reselling Ascend Software's ReportSafe output management solution in SA.

Route control picks most effective ISP

Staff reporter

Today organisations are looking to run Internet-based applications for supply-chain management, ecommerce, financial transactions and interactive communications such as Voice over IP and videoconferencing. Running these key business functions over the Internet requires predictable and reliable performance at minimum cost.

Global telephone access improves

Staff reporter

The latter half of the 1990s saw the sharpest rise globally in the rate of telecommunication network growth since the 1950s, while investment in infrastructure exceeded $200bn in 2000. However, while the gap netween developed asnd developiong countries in telephone lines is closing, a divide is opening up in the avilability and quality of Internet access.

Future success lies in incentivising employees

Staff reporter

This year is likely to see IT organisations re-evaluating their return on investment srtategies as partnerships and customer needs come to the fore. As this IT/business alignment matures, organisations will incorporate more balanced performance investment approaches.

Can Ethernet be your MAN?

Staff reporter

Today's Ethernet is mature, fast and flexible enough to support data links to metropolitan and wide-area networks. To hear Ethernet's proponents talk, the LAN favourite is muscling on to the wide-area scene tornado-fast.