Review: SSL VPNs By Mike Fratto
You can ditch your IPsec and tunneling VPNs and use SSL to give remote users secure access to Web-enabled and conventional applications. Neoteris Access Series 5000 sets the security standard.
Review: Web Monitoring Services By Bruce Boardman
We gave eight Web-site monitoring services the task of watching our NWC
Inc. site. Gomez Performance Network saw all and showed us what we
needed to know.
Review: Desktop-Management Suites: How Suite it Is By Michael J. DeMaria
A comprehensive desktop-management system can take the anxiety out of that dreaded task. We tested seven offerings. While Altiris earned our Editor's Choice, LANDesk received our Best Value award.
Workshops
Workshop: Layer 2 Discovery By Bruce Boardman
Layer 2 discovery drills down to information such as which devices are attached to which ports and which switches are connected to one another. It shows the path between clients, switches, routers and servers for application and network services. Basically, it helps you plan and get to the source of network failures.
Interactive Buyer's Guide: Ethernet Media Converters
These high performance, cost effective units can transfer Ethernet packets from one cabling media type to another as well as extend network segment distance. Use our interactive database to help you with your product selection.
Sneak Previews
Toshiba IK-WB11A Network Camera By Nick Jordan
With its extensive range, resolution options and wireless capability, the small dome IK-WB11A stands out in its class. The price isn't too bad either.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 By Don MacVittie
Microsoft has made necessary upgrades to its SharePoint Portal Server. The new version provides portal services, integrated instant messaging, discussion boards and document-management services.
Connected DataProtector with EmailOptimizer 7.1 By Eric Fleming
DataProtector promises an automatic, secure method of backing up all personal data files enterprisewide and making them accessible via a centralized Web site using any browser.
Departments
Career Coach Edited by Lorna Garey
The coach comments on making a departing co-worker feel validated and breaking into IT with the right skills and degrees.
Quick Takes
In this edition we look at AppForge's MobileVB 4.0, ContentKeeper Technologies' CK-1035-SME and CK-2040-LE, Radiant Logic's RadiantOne Virtual Directory Server 3.0 and SMC Networks' SMC2870W
Letters
"With ever-changing technology, the demands and expectations placed on app developers increase threefold." --John Duvall
Last Mile Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 things you don't want to hear on your first day in the data center; Otherworldly feedback; and Have SPAM anxiety? Learn to conquer it.
BuzzCut: Spreading Wi-Fi Rumors By Dave Molta
Analyst firm Aberdeen Group bills itself as a "trusted adviser to the Global 5,000." So what are we to make of its report "The Urban Wi-Fi Crash of 2004"? I label it simplistic and irresponsible.
BuzzCut: FUDBusters By Mike Fratto
This week's bust: Macs are more secure than Windows.
Security Watch: Can Trust Be Put Into Computing? By Robert Moskowitz
Too many new hardware and software requirements mean it is unrealistic to expect the deployment of a totally Trusted Computing environment.
BuzzCut: Red Hat Makes Enterprise Move By Lori MacVittie
With Red Hat's introduction of an enterprise-class licensing and support program, one thing is certain: While Red Hat Linux is dead, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is very much alive.
BuzzCut: MIT: Executables Be Gone! By Ron Anderson
Citing security concerns, e-mail administrators at MIT have reconfigured their mail system to reject e-mail messages that contain executable attachments.
BuzzCut: XML: Too Much of a Good Thing By Don MacVittie
Every software vendor under the sun is trumpeting its use of XML in one fashion or another. Those three letters are so prevalent in marketing materials and sales pitches that you might think XML is essential for all kinds of development. Trouble is, it's not.
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ANALYTICS Plan and design your enterprise blade server deployments
InformationWeek U.S. IT Salary Survey 2008
Salaries for business technology professionals are falling. Here's what you need to know in order to make good hiring decisions and personal career choices. Download Today
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