Feature: On Location: Sea Change By David Joachim
Four active and retired U.S. Navy personnel are engaged in an administrative battle to change the way sailors learn to handle new threats, with training and collaborative learning delivered by computer on land and at sea.
Feature: On Location: Do It Cheap, Do It Now By Jonathan Feldman
The U.S. Navy's NKO (Navy Knowledge Online) is an ambitious knowledge-management system with a portal interface that currently supports 165,000 users. Although it employs a host of technologies, technology plays a supporting--not a starring--role.
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Review: Search Engines By Sean Doherty
What happens when an important bit of data is misplaced? Increasingly, companies are turning to enterprise search engines to index and manage content and avoid the costs associated with recovering lost data.
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Workshops
Workshop: Simplifying SNMPv3 By Bruce Boardman
Despite the many perks of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) version 3, it hasn't caught on yet in enterprise networks. And despite version 3's shortcomings, it hasn't stopped some key vendors from supporting the protocol in their products.
Buyer's Guide: XSLT Editors By Lori MacVittie
Even die-hard Web gurus can appreciate the features and functionality of an XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) editor.
Procom Technology's Taurus By Steven Hill
Some multi-technology products are greater than the sum of their parts, and Procom Technology's Taurus server appliance is among them. It combines simplified storage and wireless connectivity with networking tools normally associated with server-class systems.
Raritan Computer's Raritan Computer Dominion KSX440 By Lee Badman
Few network management situations are more precarious than trying to administer critical remote devices. For these nail-biting sessions, Raritan's new Dominion KSX series simplifies the task of controlling off-site devices.
Televigation's TeleNavTrack By Lori MacVittie
Using GPS-enabled phones, Nextel data services (TotalConnect) and a Java application, TeleNavTrack provides a hosted solution capable of tying time tracking, job status and GPS data together into a single, integrated package.
Departments
Career Coach Edited by Lorna Garey
This edition: An update on attempts to stop companies from sending IT jobs overseas and how to keep valuable employees from jumping ship.
Quick Takes
This edition: Sonic Mobility's sonicadmin 3.0; Alentum Software's WebLog Expert 2.0; Cygsoft's ManageIP; and Deerfield.com's VisNetic MailPermit.
Letters
"Certs are a revenue stream for vendors and serve only to show potential employers who's gullible enough to buy into that nonsense." ~Duke Walls
Last Mile Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 lame excuses for holding a LAN gaming party in your office; AdSenseless; and "What's Up, Doc?"
Columns
Down to Business: Risk Taking: Time for a Comeback By Rob Preston
What makes this country great? A strong case can be made for our appetite for risk. And nowhere is risk taking more evident--and critical--than in the high-stakes world of high tech.
Lab Tested: Technology Troubles? Bring 'em On By Ron Anderson
"Sure, everyone loves to hate e-mail.... But why all the anxiety? E-mail is one of the most mature and stable systems in IT today. And we've learned that we can beat the spammers by deploying and updating the right combination of reactive tools."
Buzzcut: Wi-Fi Hotspots: Is Free the Right Price? By Dave Molta
It's a good thing the hotspot business isn't driven by a subscriber-focused strategy. Why? Because, eventually, the service is likely to be free. Why? Because organizations are implementing hotspots for reasons other than building a subscriber base.
Buzzcut: Five Realities Of Linux By Don MacVittie
Believe it or not, SCO litigation isn't the biggest threat to Linux adoption in the enterprise. Misunderstandings and preconceived notions are the real enemy.
BuzzCut: McData's SAN Grab By Steven Schuchart Jr.
McData's stock price has been hit over its recent investment moves, but it will benefit the company in the long run. Formerly something of a one-trick pony, McData will evolve into a more well-rounded and diverse storage company.
Buzzcut: The Un-Telephone Companies By Sean Doherty
Vonage, Net2Phone and other self-ascribed "information service providers" that deliver phone services over IP are renouncing the name "telephone company" and the regulations that go along with it.
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