What is Vernier Networks up to?

Security: Network Access Control Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile What is Vernier Networks up to? By Tim Greene The NAC company Vernier Networks has changed its name to Autonomic Networks, refinanced and is cooking up new technology that it says will complement its current Edgewall NAC appliances. Read full story Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering network access control, virtual private networking gear, remote access, WAN acceleration and aspects of VoIP technology. You can reach him at tgreene@nww.com. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY SILVERPEAK WAN Optimization and Disaster Recovery Is your WAN link the weak link in your data protection plans? Leading analysts from ESG discuss how WAN optimization can overcome many challenges that hamper data replication, backup, and disaster recovery. Learn how WAN optimization can improve business continuity in this informative webcast. RELATED NEWS: NAC vendor changes stripes, promises improved security technology, 01/08/08 It seems to be getting harder to make it as a NAC-only vendor, as evidenced by Vernier Networks unceremoniously changing its name ... Next-generation WAN firewalls: First, a history lesson, 01/10/2008 Some forms of WAN firewalls have been around for a couple of decades. It is hard to deny that firewalls are helpful. They are. It is also hard to ... New rootkit uses old trick to hide itself, 01/09/200 8Over the past month, a new type of malicious software has emerged, using a decades-old technique to hide itself from antivirus software. . . The ... The Network World IT Buyer's Guides provide comprehensive, detailed information on how to select, test, buy and deploy thousands of network and IT products. The new Network World IT Buyer's Guides offer even more features than before, here's just one that's worth checking out: Network Access Control IT DEPARTMENT DEAD? Nicholas Carr says utility computing will replace internal IT shops. WHAT'S HOT AT CES? Take a look at the coolest technology straight from the showroom floor. SPONSORED BY SILVERPEAK WAN Optimization and Disaster Recovery Is your WAN link the weak link in your data protection plans? Leading analysts from ESG discuss how WAN optimization can overcome many challenges that hamper data replication, backup, and disaster recovery. Learn how WAN optimization can improve business continuity in this informative webcast. Complimentary Subscriptions for IT Professionals Sign up today and receive a yearly subscription to Network World magazine. Each week Network World is jam-packed with news, analysis, expert industry opinions and management advice that many network IT professional can't live without. Why not join them? Click here to subscribe: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_0102 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnssfuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   01/10/08 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: The IT department is dead, author argues Is gaming Google a gateway to crime? Top stories from the International CES Student antics with cell phones, iPods Sprint gets WiMAX soft launch underway The 15 best downloads of the year Nugache worm kicking up a Storm Mergers, acquisitions on the mgmt. front Cisco's virtual switch smashes records Can femtocells live up to the hype? FEATURED BUYER'S GUIDE: Client Management Webcast: Beyond perimeter security Listen to industry experts discuss the need for strong security throughout an IT environment. One expert says, the barbarians are not at the gate, they are already inside. Securing one access point to your network simply is not enough. Learn more today. Access this webcast now. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Security: Network Access Control Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007