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Mike Fratto

Former Network Computing Editor

Articles

Data Centers

What NAC Doesn't Solve

Mike Fratto
November 18, 2006
Is it too early in the NAC space to starting talking about revolution or evolution? Maybe. But there are some interesting changes going on. The whole of NAC has really been centered around...
Data Centers

Extreme Consulting Lite

Mike Fratto
October 24, 2006
Extreme Networks is trying to strengthen it???s play in the mid-size market with two limited engagement assessment services, a Mid-Size Networks Security Assessment, $6000, and a...
Data Centers

NAC/NAP: A House of Cards?

Mike Fratto
September 06, 2006
Is the new Cisco NAC/Microsoft NAP Interoperability Architecture partnership a harbinger of things to come? Is this the situation that NAC vendors have feared (or welcomed, depending on...
Data Centers

President of Zultys responds

Mike Fratto
August 11, 2006
I wrote briefly about the financial troubles Zultys was having. So I popped off a few questions to Ian Milnes, the President of Zultys. If I were a Zultys customer, I would be really...
Data Centers

Get your domain name today!

Mike Fratto
July 31, 2006
Ok, some days the craziest press releases cross my email. They usually get deleted based on the headline, but this one caught my eye because the FUD factor just jumps out right from the...
Data Centers

Open Source Router? Oye Vey.

Mike Fratto
July 27, 2006
Now you can reduce costs with an open source router. Heck you can probably get enough money by selling your Cisco routers on eBay for a company picnic this year. Doing the happy dance yet...
Data Centers

Here's to the IETF

Mike Fratto
July 20, 2006
I always find it interesting to see how standards bodies work. A group is attempting to form within the IETF, though it???s probably more accurate to say the people are talking about...