Cornerstone Issue 18: December 23, 1999
Welcome to issue 18 of Cornerstone, an electronic newsletter
issued periodically by Core Competence.
Cornerstone reports on a wide range of networking topics and
activities involving Core Competence. A brief abstract explains
what you will find if you choose to visit each URL.
As we end the calendar year, we want to wish you all a safe, happy,
holiday season and a prosperous and successful New Year.
Dave and Lisa
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/managed_security.html
We've all heard the term "managed security services", but what
is this emerging growth market all about? Dave and Lisa conduct
a survey of managed VPN, firewall, IDS, AV, and active content
management service providers in this ISP-Planet feature.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/cdn_connection.html
On the surface, the new Content Delivery Networks -- Sandpiper,
Akamai, et al -- appear to threaten ISPs. Digging deeper, Lisa
finds new revenue opportunities in this ISP-Planet feature.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/loadbal_briefs121799a.html
Bone up on load balancing announcements and learn what F5 Networks,
RADWARE, HydraWEB, Cisco, Coyote Point, and Foundry have on tap to
keep Internet traffic flowing.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/carrier_class_vpns.html
Lisa Phifer provides a sneak preview of the carrier-class VPN
boxes that will let ISPs and other VPN providers eliminate
customer premise equipment in this month's ISP-Planet column.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn_briefs112499a.html
Stay on top of VPN news: read what's happened recently with
Network Alchemy's CryptoCluster VPN, RADGUARD's cIPro-VPN,
Shiva's VPN Client Deployment Tool, IntelliSoft's SnareWorks
Client/VPN, Altiga's VPN Concentrators, and iPass.
http://www.corecom.com/html/atl99qos.htm
With sincere apologies to all those who asked Dave to post
the extra QOS material for VPN Day in Atlanta, they are
finally available online.
http://www.artech-house.com
Many of you know Dave is a contributing series editor for
Artech House Publications. Below are URLs to books Dave's
nursed through the publishing process in 1999 that are especially
relevant for Cornerstone readers.
0-89006-322-2 Understanding Modern Telecommunications & the Information Superhighway
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SECURITY
Managed Security Services: A Primer
ISP-Planet, December 9, 1999
CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS
The CDN Connection
ISP-Planet, November 30, 1999
LOAD BALANCING
Load Balancing News Briefs
ISP-Planet, December 20, 1999
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
Network-Based VPN Platforms
ISP-Planet, December 2, 1999
VPN Product/News Briefs
ISP-Planet, November 24, 1999
VPN Day QoS Update
Networld+Interop, Atlanta, October 1999
DAVE'S BOOKSHELF
Artech House Publications
1999 New Releases
0-89006-408-3 Practical Multiservice LANs
0-89006-999-9 Achieving Global Information Networking
1-58053-012-5 IP Integration: The Next Revolution in Telecom
0-89006-447-4 Secure Intranet/Extranet Design
0-89006-569-1 Multiprotocol Network Design
1-58053-069-9 Protocol Management in Computer Networking