Making the Wi-Fi connection Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100
Wi-Fi discovery and connection tools have existed since the early days of 802.11. But while many of these tools have their roots in hacker tools like AirCrack, WEPCrack, AirSnort, CoWPatty, and AirSnarf, which were all originally developed to exploit the fundamental weakness in Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), these tools now legitimately embody the client-side user interface elements that help establish essentially every WLAN link. Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2008/111708-wlan-management-test.html?fsrc=rss-microsoft
IBM and Microsoft demonstrate 'interdomain federation' Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100
VoiceCon San Francisco wrapped up last week with more news on the unified communications front. Perhaps the most noteworthy item came from IBM and Microsoft following up on a commitment, made in Orlando in March 2008, to improve interoperability. The companies announced they have now demonstrated "interdomain federation" between Microsoft OCS and IBM Sametime and that the feature will be available in products within the next few months. Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2008/111708converge1.html?fsrc=rss-microsoft
Lotus chief defines imminent battle plan Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100
Integration of traditional on-premises Notes-based collaboration, new unified communications tools, Symphony productivity applications, content management, Web-based services and the potential to mash it all together with new-fangled development tools and social networking innovations pouring out of IBM's research labs are just a few of the challenges facing IBM's Lotus Software division chief, Bob Picciano. Permalink: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111708-ibm-lotus.html?fsrc=rss-microsoft