IAM Suites Offer Protected Connections | Roll Out the Red Carpet By Jeffery H. Rubin
If you want partners and customers to have customized access to business data while keeping other content off limits, identity- and access-management suites may be the solution.
Review: IAM Suites | I Manage, Therefore IAM By Jeffery H. Rubin and Ravind Budhiraja
We tested five identity- and access-management suites. Our Editor's Choice won for its comprehensive feature set and outstanding management interface.
Review: EAI Keeps Integration Simple By Don MacVittie
We tested four enterprise application integration products geared to small and midsize businesses. Find out which offering provided simplicity without sacrificing features.
Prepare your Network for VoIP By Peter Morrissey
Discover how a few key design and connection changes prior to installing your first IP phone can result in a smooth-talking VoIP system.
Workshops
Workshop: Setting Up an Intrusion Detection System By Curtis Franklin Jr.
An IDS helps analyze and respond to attacks from both inside and outside the network. Learn how to set one up for optimal protection.
Buyer's Guide: Online Conferencing Services By Michael J. DeMaria
Poll participants during a live meeting as well as share documents and slides, all for less than conventional telephone costs. We'll tell you which features are most critical.
Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition: Top IT Skills You Should Never Use at Home; Caveat Patentor; and Your 404, Our 404.
Quick Takes By NWC Editors
This edition: Xaffire xFire 3.0; Empirix e-Test Suite 7.0; EmergeCore Networks IT-500; and more.
Letters By NWC Readers
Reader Terry Wellman laments: We should be clamoring for high-speed Internet access. But the United States ranks only seventh in broadband penetration.
BuzzCut: Enterprise IM Won't Miss AOL, Yahoo By Michael J. DeMaria
The two companies have announced they will discontinue their enterprise IM products. With so many other options, does it even matter?
BuzzCut: Don't Get Caught in Biz Process Mgm't Wave By Bruce Boardman
Business folks don't need IT to tell them how to make more money. They do need IT to run processes and systems efficiently and reliably so they don't have to.
REPORTS
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