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Reports on the development of Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) by Microsoft Corp. and other companies and Layer 2 Forwarding by Cisco Systems Inc. Purpose of both protocols; Benefits of both protocols; Features and capabilities. INSET: Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)..

This section presents news briefs on issues relating to the computer industry worldwide as of April 2004. Responding to anti-trust regulators, Microsoft allegedly extends and simplifies its Microsoft Communications Protocol Program licensing to cover use of the protocols for certain server-to-server and server-to-non-Windows client communications. On the other hand, in the courts, the European Union suspends its review of the proposed PeopleSoft acquisition of Oracle while seeking increased information from Oracle. At Cisco, company officials recommend that its wireless local area network gear customers download a fresh patch containing a new protocol against attacks to capture user names and passwords within its products.

Discusses the relevance of several Web services protocols. Examples of proposed standards for Web services; Information on the Microsoft Transaction Server; Recommended solution for standardizing the style of programming.

Focuses on session initiation protocol (SIP), a multimedia telephony protocol. Implementation of SIP among readers polled in the 2002 Telephony Survey of 'InfoWorld' magazine; Growth of interest in SIP; USe of SIP by the Windows XP and .Net operating systems of Microsoft.

Discusses the toolkits developed by Microsoft and IBM which illustrates how Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)-based technology is morphing from Remote-Procedure-Call mechanism into a document-oriented fabric for the business Web. Information on SOAP router; Implementation of Web Services-Security; Development of XML Key Management Specification by several computer companies.

Reports on the plans of companies Microsoft and Wind River to support the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) protocol as of July 29, 2002. Information on the upgrade to the Windows XP operating system; Capacity of IPv6 for Internet Protocol addresses; Views of telecommunication analyst Todd Hanson on IPv6 endeavors of Wind River.

Criticizes the move of Microsoft Corp. to withdraw a computer software patch for a flaw in Remote Data Protocol in October 2001. Computer operating systems in which the patch are used; Implication of the flaw for information technology management.

Provides information on the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), a solution that lets business applications communicate via the Internet. Benefits of the protocol; Importance of the protocol to companies; Efforts of Microsoft and IBM to implement the protocol.

Reports that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Microsoft Corp. have proposed different interface standards for finding network resources in a corporate environment. Information Service Location Protocol, a discovery protocol for Internet Protocol networks proposed by IETF; Information on the Simple Service Discovery Protocol proposed by Microsoft.

Interviews Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer at Citrix Systems about the company's performance in thin-client quest in 1998. Most important developments for the company in 1998; Factors that triggered the acquisitions of technology and people from Insignia Solutions; Importance of Independent Computing Architecture to Citrix; Relationship of Citrix with Microsoft; Other industry trends that Citrix is getting involved with in 1999.

Discusses how to improve security for Microsoft Corp.'s Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) for virtual private networks. Security flaws in the MS PPTP; Standard network settings within the graphical user interface; Enhancements to client Registry settings.

Reports that Microsoft Corp. has licensed a Java-based implementation of the LightWeight Directory Access Protocol from NCware Technologies. Incorporation of the protocol into the Active Directory Services Interface. Aim to provide Java users access to a variety of Microsoft services; Contact information.

Reports on IP Multicast initiatives which be launched at the 1997 Networld+Interop show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Team-up between Cisco and StarBurst Communications for Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP); Microsoft's announcement of its intention to integrate MFTP into its NetShow software.

Reports on Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp.'s joint proposal on a replications specification for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that will solve scaling limitations on the size of LDAP directories. Features of the LDAP Multi-Master Replication Protocol; Nature of LDAP; Comments of analysts on LDAP.

Reports on Microsoft Corp.'s introduction of the WinSock 2.0 application programming interface (API). Microsoft's plan to include Fore Systems Inc.'s ATM LAN Emulation (LANE) client code in the next version of Windows 95; Impact on industry's efforts to put up standards for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology.

Reports that Microsoft Corp. will host the first technical conference on the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol. Protocol as extension to Microsoft's Server Message Block (SMB) protocol; Features and capabilities of CIFS; Computer vendors attending the conference.

Reports on Microsoft Corp.'s development of the Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol (PPTP) that will allow information system sites to extend virtual private networks across dial-up lines. Teamup with 3Com Corp. for the protocol; Features and capabilities of PPTP.