Introduction By Mike Lee
IT budgets may be inching back up, but you'll still have to think long and hard about every technology decision you make. To help you in that process, we analyze developments and trends in eight key areas.
Business Strategy By David Joachim
A spending rebound doesn't mean a return to free-spending ways. IT shops have--or should have--newfound discipline.
Security By Mike Fratto
Suffering from security marketing overload? Remember: Securing your network from the core to the perimeter involves finding just the right combination of tools.
Network and Systems Management By Bruce Boardman
NSM products that help you coordinate and problem-solve are improving, slowly but steadily, and we're seeing standards gains to boot.
Mobile and Wireless By Dave Molta
The wireless revolution may not be here just yet, but rapid evolution is a good bet.
Converged Voice, Video and Data By Sean Doherty
Implementing voice and video over your data network can be dicey. But you can increase the odds that your bet will pay off by keeping in mind the business case for convergence, controlling risk and sticking to standards.
Storage and Servers By Steven J. Schuchart, Jr.
It's a buyer's market for servers; users are making their voices heard; and AMD is coming on strong with a new 64-bit processor. Swing into action as consolidation and commoditization become watchwords.
Infrastructure By Peter Morrissey
The success of your business initiatives depends on a reliable network infrastructure with predictable performance.
Business Applications By Lori MacVittie
Here's your 2004 to-do list: Check for HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and enable real-time enterprise and Web services initiatives. A tall order, but someone has to do it. Here's what you need to know.
Special Report: That was Now, This is Then By Fritz Nelson
Publisher Fritz Nelson takes a trip down memory lane with his look at the technologies, people and companies that laid the groundwork for IT today.
Sneak Previews
Online-Only: Tibco BusinessWorks 5.0 By Lori MacVittie
Tibco's product lets you integrate apps in a standards-protected, controlled environment.
Departments
Last Mile Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
Top 11 highly unlikely IT predictions for 2004; Seven little words for 2004 (or, how to survive the PC* revolution); Hot and not in '04.
Letters
We've received a great deal of correspondence regarding Wesley Bertch's article "Why Offshore Outsourcing Failed Us" (Oct. 16, 2003). Read a few, and offer your own thoughts.
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Analyize In-Line NAC strategies and products.
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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