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Wide-Area Wireless Data | Forever Evolving
By Peter Rysavy
Now that you've digested GPRS and CDMA2000 1XRTT, carriers are adding more to the buffet with significant new enhancements that will boost data rates and increase the number of supported applications. It's a boon for enterprises that pick the right provider and plan, but what do these new capabilities mean for the average enterprise?

RFI: Wireless Data Carriers | Survival of the Fittest
By Dave Molta
We sized up six major wireless carriers, testing their strengths and weaknesses, to see which can best outfit your employees with fast, ubiquitous mobile access to corporate data.

Workshops

Desktop Firewalls Bring Security Closer to Home | Desktop Guardians
By Michael J. DeMaria
Not just for the perimeter anymore, a firewall for your desktop can help block and control hostile code and intruders from entering machines on the LAN, in remote offices or on the road. Find out why you need one.

Centerfold: Seed Developer Grows WAN with QoS and Compression | Seminis' WAN Pipe expansion
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
The produce seed maker and distributor needed to squeeze every last bit out of its multi-site, multi-country WAN pipe without expensive bandwidth upgrades. Discover why the solution grew on the company very quickly.

Sneak Previews

Microsoft's Windows XP SP2 | Surprise Pack
By Don MacVittie
Despite negative press and a few weak spots, SP2 enhances functionality.

Sorenson Media's Squeeze 4 | New Squeeze Play
By Darrin Woods
Squeeze 4.0 compresses your video for the Web, CD or DVD.

Net Integration's Nitix 0S 4.0 | SOHO IT's Little Helper
By Lori MacVittie
Can this all-in-one gateway-router-groupware tool really automate all those mundane tasks?

Departments

Last Mile
Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition: the Top 11 undocumented Easter Eggs hidden within Windows XP SP2, a polymer bovine computer and a Google fight to the death!

Quick Takes
By NWC Editors
This edition looks at Zix Corp.'s Web Inspector 7.1, Executive Software's International Diskeeper 9.0, Help Desk Technology International's Help Desk Express and MacroVision's AdminStudio 6 Professional Edition.

Letters
By NWC Readers
Paul Lourd disagrees with Jonathan Feldman's assertion that desktops in the corporate environment shouldn't be locked down.

Columns & BuzzCuts

Down to Business: Why Outsource? | Two Perspectives
By Rob Preston
If you're picking partners just to slash costs, then you're not thinking long term. Nor are you improving your business.

Industry Insights: Kodak Vs. Java | Sun Gets the Patent Treatment
By Mike Lee
Can you blame Kodak for asserting its patent rights? After all, lawsuits like this are a proven source of income.

Carrying On: Improve Security With Wireless | Proper Implementation = Secure WLAN
By David Willis
Anyone who says wireless networks are insecure just isn't paying attention.

HP Kills Itanium Workstation Line | The Final Blow
By Steven Hill
After promising to put the chip in its entire product line, Itanium co-developer HP has decided to use other 64-bit alternatives.

BuzzCut: Nortel's SIP Splash: Just a Ripple? | Looking for a Partner in the SIP Game
By Peter Morrissey
Nortel made a strong statement of support for SIP by adding the standard to much of its product line. But until third parties interoperate with it, it's not much more than good PR.

BuzzCut: Fixed Wireless Pays Off | Great ROI
By Peter Morrissey
A new deployment by Redline Networks shows that fixed wireless networks can create significant savings over conventional technologies.

BuzzCut: New Political Action Party Lobbies for IT Issues | Mr. IT Goes to Washington
By Michael J. DeMaria
A new IT-focused PAC is spending money and pushing to elect political candidates who will help address key IT issues.

FudBusters: Google, Meet Clusty | Overly Confident Search Engine Faces New Rival
By Tim Wilson
After pushing its stock up 30 points based on the assumption of a green field, the hot search engine could still topple.

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