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Feature: The State of VoIP | Holy Efficiency Edge
By Peter Morrissey
Voice over IP is here to stay, thanks to the SIP standard and productivity features. With increasing competition bringing prices down, is the time right for you to swing into VoIP?

Review: Voice over IP Systems | VoIP to the Rescue
By Peter Morrissey
If you're in the market for a VoIP system, our Editor's Choice, with its excellent presence application and conferencing system, not to mention its affordability, might be what you're looking for.

Review: Webcasting Software | Live from Your Office...
By Michael J. DeMaria
Webcasting lets you give interactive presentations in multiple locations. We tested three options: one hardware, one software and one service-based. Find out which one's a star!

Review: MSI Software Repackagers | Tidying up App Installs
By James E. Drews
If you're looking for nice and neat application installations, MSI software repackagers are just what you need. We liked our Editor's Choice for its task-based project interface, among other things.

Workshops

Workshop: Brush up on Bluetooth | It's Capable and Well-Designed
By Peter Rysavy
Improvements in Bluetooth wireless personal networking technology have made it simple to configure, with automatic and almost instantaneous connections.

Centerfold: Pittsburgh International Airport Offers Free Wireless | Free Internet Access Draws Passengers
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Hoping to bring more business to its hub, Pittsburgh International now offers free wireless access in its terminals. Find out how and why.

Sneak Previews

Teros Secure Application Gateway Cleans Up | Scrub the Data Clean
By Lori MacVittie
This appliance washes clean XML and SOAP traffic based on actual transactions.

Adtran's Netvanta 1224STR Extends Reach to LAN | Switch Router Offers Gig Ethernet
By Darrin Woods
Adtran introduces an all-in-one switch, gigabit uplink, router and firewall.

Iomega Rev Drives and Disks Rev Up Backups | Impressive Drive Speak
By Michael Brandenburg
Ready for speed, reliability and durability? Then check out Iomega's new removable media.

Departments

Last Mile
Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition: top excuses for playing Intel's IT Manager game, "The Devil" invades the Church of Britain and abandoned Blogs.

Quick Takes
By NWC Editors
This edition: Kentrox Q2300 Ethernet QoS Access Routers, Aten Technology Matrix KVM, Ontrack Data Recovery PowerControls 2.1 and Sony Electronics Professional Disc for Data.

Letters
By NWC Readers
Reader Dan Henegan writes, "Employers should be hiring applicants who can address larger business concerns. They're doing the opposite."

Columns

Down to Business: Sun's Strategy in Need of Change | A Day of Reckoning
By Rob Preston
The company's survival is on the line. Dramatic thinking is its only hope.

Industry Insights: Don't Give up on E-Mail | Hurdles Remain, but Solutions are Working
By Mike Lee
Will comprehensive antispam efforts actually make it cost-prohibitive for most spammers to continue?

Carrying On: IP is Transforming Telecom | Telecom at the Speed of IT
By David Willis
It's just a matter of time before MPLS and VoIP become part of your network. Discover how IP is changing the face of telecom as we know it.

BuzzCut: Wireless Broadband on the Fast Track? | Looking to 2007
By Dave Molta
With new technology and more flexible regulation, wireless broadband may have a chance.

BuzzCut: Adobe Enters Document Management Market | Applying for Mgm't Spot
By Steven Hill
Can Adobe successfully penetrate a market already crowded with affordable offerings from other big-name vendors?

BuzzCut: Microsoft Pushes Antispam Technology Merger | Combining Two Packages to Win the War
By Keith Mackinen
The Redmond giant is merging its little-known Caller ID for EMail with the popular Sender Policy Framework.

BuzzCut: End Buffer-Manipulation Exploit Threats | Linux Gets Code Protection
By Curtis Franklin Jr.
Doing nothing may be the best option when it comes to fighting virus and Trojan programmers.

FUDBusters: IT Morale at All-Time Low | Ain't No Money in Computers?
By Michael J. DeMaria
With a slow economy and the media focus on offshore outsourcing, it's no wonder folks in IT aren't happy. But are things really that bad?

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