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Emerging Technologies: Which Are Right For You

Emerging Technologies: Which Are Right For You. David Strom Technology Editor, VAR Business Breakaway San Deigo August 2002. Some perspective: looking back to 1990. Illegal to have your own dot com domain Novell was the biggest thing going in networks Windows was still pretty dismal, v3

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Emerging Technologies: Which Are Right For You

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  1. Emerging Technologies: Which Are Right For You David Strom Technology Editor, VAR Business Breakaway San Deigo August 2002

  2. Some perspective: looking back to 1990 • Illegal to have your own dot com domain • Novell was the biggest thing going in networks • Windows was still pretty dismal, v3 • Unix was exclusively for geeks • P2Cs cost $2000 for 25 MHz/200 MB hard disks • Email wasn’t used by anyone in your family

  3. Today’s important technology questions • IP protocols or not? • Windows or Unix/Linux? • Where is networking going? • Can we ever secure our networks? • Are Java and XML going to be important? • What about web services? • Whither wireless?

  4. IP or not IP • Just about every corporate network is built around IP protocols • But still have Netware and non-IP applications around (including mainframes) • Trick is for VARs to keep up with advances in IP technologies and yet maintain expertise in niche services

  5. Voice over IP issues • Deployment • Do you need to upgrade your infrastructure? • Managing your combined VoIP/data network • Whether to run parallel networks for voice to obtain high enough QoS

  6. Windows vs. Unix • Desktop is still Windows • Linux gaining ground in app servers • Unix now looked at as the new mainframe/data center OS • Microsoft vulnerable when it comes to stability, cross-platform apps delivery

  7. Advances in networking • Gigabit Ethernet to desktop soon • Cheaper routers and firewalls • Everything becomes a 1U appliance (good news for VARs to integrate) • No one cares what your file server is running, just as long as it is running

  8. Securing networks • Viruses will never go away • Viruses hoaxes now being spread • The hard part is securing the LAN from within (wireless, other intruders) • VARs that know this stuff will never lack for work

  9. Web/database issues • Understand security weaknesses and access controls of local database users • Understand web/database interaction from security perspective • Understand proxy server attacks (ala Adrian Lamo) • Block them CGI scripts! • Who is root and what can they really do?

  10. New security options • Applications-layer scanning tools like Web Inspect from SPIdynamics.com • Multi-layered IDS from OneSecure.com • Better email filtering and scanning tools • Combined anti-virus/proxy/cache tools from Cacheflow.com

  11. Java and XML • The beginning of the whole open systems story: Apache, Sendmail …. • Applications will never be the same • Open systems have come and won’t leave corporate developers • Important standards for developing web-based applications • Java and XML have their place on servers, not on individual desktops

  12. Web services • New breed of applications that reside partly on the Internet, partly on an enterprise’s servers, and partly on an external web browser • Safe, solid, and full of high profits for the right VARs • Look at Intuit’s web Turbotax and Quickbase as examples

  13. Application server vendors • Oracle 9i Applications Server • Sun One Net • IBM Websphere • BEA Weblogic • Microsoft .Net • Various open source products

  14. Issues with web services • Choosing the right applications server platform • Whether to go with J2EE or MS .Net • Who will own your directory of apps? • What kind of development environment do you need? • How deep do you go to integrate business processes and logic into your apps?

  15. Wireless issues • Boon for home and SMB marketplace • Boon for VARs that can understand security and environmental setup issues • Bust for enterprises looking to keep control over their computing resources

  16. Wireless LAN loopholes • Do you even know if they are running? • NetStumbler.com: good resource • New products like AirMagnet • Read this article too.

  17. Wireless VPN/firewall appliances • BlueSocket • ReefEdge • Vernier Networks • Mobility from Netmotion Wireless

  18. Conclusions and questions David Strom Technology Editor VAR Business magazine dstrom@cmp.com (516) 562-7151

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