Feature: The 9th Annual Well-Connected Awards
This year's Well-Connected Award winners span 35 categories in seven core markets. Find out which ones made the grade, as well as which product got our overall product of the year award.
Review: Arming Your Top Security Guns By Patrick Mueller
Cenzic's Hailstorm Protocol Modeler isn't for everyone, but if
you can swing the cost and you know an RFC violation from a SQL
disclosure vulnerability, it's the tool for you.
Feature: Don't Panic. Plan By Mike Fratto
When you connect to the Internet, or to any external network, there are dangers. But if you pinpoint the sources and types of exposure, you can manage your risk.
Workshops
Workshop: Clearing Database Network Clogs By Don MacVittie
Databases are more likely than ever to cause network congestion.
We examine how to fine-tune the ways your client application
queries the database so you can break up those bottlenecks.
Interactive Buyer's Guide: LAN Protocol Analyzers
Today's LAN protocol analyzers are capable of negotiating a
host of protocols and providing a multitude of monitoring/
recording features. Whether you're looking to generate packet
storms, monitor Server Message Block transactions or simply
decode IP packets, we'll help you navigate the available
offerings.
Sneak Previews
Always On WLAN Monitoring By Saurabh Bhasin
Guard 3.0 offers an around-the-clock wireless monitoring system
that identifies security risks and attacks, provides real-time
network audits and monitors the overall health of the wireless
LAN.
The Little HP Server that Can By Michael Brandenburg
I kicked the tires on Hewlett-Packard's latest eight-way server and discovered a Corvette engine in a Neon chassis. The ProLiant DL740 has the horsepower to drive large applications like those from SAP or PeopleSoft and does so in a compact 4U form.
A Better Windows Watcher By Lori MacVittie
For small and midsize enterprises that need a thorough network-analysis tool, NetRAT (Network Resource Analysis Tool) offers insight into the entire network, but is most proficient at delving into Windows machines.
Departments
Career Coach Edited By Lorna Garey
This edition: The skinny on noncompete agreements; and the
dangers of comparing salaries with co-workers.
Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 reasons to let AOL filter your e-mail
for spam; what has your brand consultant been smoking?; and
Vax bar.
Letters
"What's really missing from tech support and product
documentation is the empirical knowledge of the user."
--James W. Turner
Quick Takes
We take peeks at St. Bernard UpdateExpert 6.0, Winternals Recovery Manager and Iona Mobile Orchestrator.
Columns
Full Nelson: Speak Our Language By Fritz Nelson
"It's about selling an image; product be damned. Sort out the
details later."
BuzzCut: Microsoft Redefines 'Sharing' By Don MacVittie
Redmond hopes their "Shared Source" initiative shows they're
becoming more "open" and that you don't need open source.
Unfortunately, it doesn't.
BuzzCut: Surf Control Stamps Out IM By Mike DeMaria
Their Instant Message Filter for controlling instant messaging
and peer-to-peer traffic has caught the eye of the press, but
not in a good way.
BuzzCut: FUDBusters By Mike Fratto
Should IT shops hire security personnel with criminal records?
BuzzCut: Toward Responsible Mail Servers By Ron Anderson
Microsoft updated its APIs to help antivirus and antispam vendors better integrate their wares into the message flow of Exchange 2003. But should mail-server vendors abdicate responsibility for the proliferation of viruses and spam to third parties?
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