Cornerstone Issue 26: September 25, 2000
Welcome to Issue 26 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.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/clearway_cdn.html
Clearway's FireSite sits on the origin server and ensures that
content delivered to the network edge is always fresh. Lisa
Phifer interviews Clearway CEO Alexander Globus for ISP-Planet.
http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/teraedge1.html
New "content distribution server" tames the biggest bit-hog on the
Internet by proxying, storing, and managing live media streams at
the network edge. Lisa Phifer describes how TeraEDGE is being
used to webcast the summer Olympics.
http://www.isp-planet.com/hosting/staq1.html
Mediating for a pair of RaQ3i's, this high-availability add-on
handles monitoring, fail-over, and data synchronization. Lisa
Phifer takes a look at StaQWare and where it fits within the
diverse realm of HA solutions.
http://www.clec-planet.com/business/0009piscitello.htm
If Dave Piscitello's column last month convinced you that network
access is the true killer application for broadband local access,
you'll find this month's column on technologies for building
residential LANs of interest.
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/PDF/ITSECWP.pdf
This white paper, developed by CoreCom and ATG for Symantec,
explores the enterprise liabilities associated with Internet
access and the characteristics of an effective solution. It also
illustrates how Symantec products have addressed this market.
http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/vpn_now1.html
Network-based Virtual Private Networks are truly "virtual" --
created in software, on provider equipment. Eliminating CPE
lowers the cost of installation and operation. In this column,
Lisa Phifer interviews ISPs who are tapping this new VPN market.
http://www.isp-planet.com/services/mycio1.html
Network Associates' security ASP subsidiary is looking for a few
good ISPs and hosting providers to transparently resell security
services. Lisa Phifer describes the approach taken by myCIO.com.
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CONTENT DELIVERY
Content Delivery From The Source: Clearway FireSite
ISP-Planet, September 25, 2000
Stream Caching with TeraEDGE
ISP-Planet, September 11, 2000
HIGH AVAILABILITY
StaQWare: High Availability for Cobalt RaQ3i Servers
ISP-Planet, September 18, 2000
CLEC
Home Alternatives for Shared Network Access Service Providers
CLEC-Planet, September 6, 2000
SECURITY
Internet Security for the Web
Symantec White Paper
An Early Look At Network-Based VPN Deployment
ISP-Planet, September 5, 2000
Offer Managed Security, Anti-Virus Services with myCIO.com
ISP-Planet, September 7, 2000