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Nikkei Communications

May 15 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story A new concept of connecting services - A wave called "SOA" is rushing to enterprise networks The life line of an enterprise network that connects major systems will be drastically changed.  The keyword is "Service Network", which connects fragmented functions to compose business applications.  A new network is about to be born. Power of "Service Network" What will be changed by SOA? NGN, too, is moving towards service orientation Emerging Pitfalls Consider applications, servers, and networks as a whole Networks will still be advancing Middleware functionality integrates into a core

Special report

Providers' last resort plays a role of shield for enterprise networks to overcome an unprecedented crisis approaching the Internet

Reliability of the Internet that should be an underlying basis for enterprises networks is being shaken in the wake of the Winny problem.  Providers cannot help but turn to means of last resort.  They are disconnecting Winny communications and automatically removing certain applications.  The countermeasures cannot wait.

Strategic network study

UFJ NICOS promotes the active use of combined applications on its newly introduced IP telephony system to enhance the synergy effect of the merger by overcoming corporate cultural differences

All Nippon Airways has started operating its new call center without fixed assets in April, to virtually integrate its scattered points with a Wide-area Ethernet service

FUSO LEXEL has implemented automatic control on outgoing calls with a SIP server to eradicate calls to clients who have refused sales solicitation

Report

Workshop hosted by ITU-T introduces the process of China's transition to NGN and indicates the future NGN will focus on broadcasting

"The problem of interference emerges in standardizing 802.11n" - Warning from a senior director of Airgo Networks, Inc.

NTT Communications adds a new on-demand service to its AGILIT to counter ULTINA KeyPlat offered by Japan Telecom


Eye-catcher/new service

Network Value Components releases a firewall product that specializes in XML

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Satoshi Fujita
President & CEO, Lucent Technologies Japan

"We intend to go get the NGN market."

The present and future of hit service

Wide-area Ethernet
Standardization for next generation specifications is under way with multicast and high reliability as its features

Latest technology that excites enterprises

MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)
MVNOs enter the cellular telephony market without their own facilities, promoting the diversification of cellular services