Stephen Lawson

Web services are a key concern for Cisco Systems Inc. as the company plans initiatives over the next year to integrate security more deeply into network infrastructures, executives said Wednesday at NetWorld+Interop in a question-and-answer session that followed a keynote address by Cisco President and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers.

Consumers and corporations should be able to go shopping for a wireless LAN in the fourth quarter of this year and buy equipment certified to meet the IEEE 802.11a standard for high-speed connectivity.

Intel has looked toward the future of both wired and wireless networking, unveiling a 10-Gigabit Ethernet network interface card and dual-mode IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN products at the NetWorld+Interop conference in Las Vegas.

Enterprise network engineers on the prowl for new LAN gear in today

Enterprise network engineers on the prowl for new LAN gear in today's slack market won't find a flood of new products at Networld+Interop this week in Las Vegas, but some vendors will unveil faster and smarter equipment.

With companies opening up their networks to business partners, road warriors and telecommuters

A series of enhancements announced April 30 for Cisco Systems midrange and access routers should help enterprises and service providers set up more advanced services on their networks.

Network security from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. later this year will become available on a fast, low-cost hardware platform from Bivio Networks Inc., Bivio announced Monday.