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Third Annual Reader Survey | "We're Not Just Geeks"
By Tim Wilson
Our third annual reader survey reveals that, despite the challenges you face in technology and budget, some of your toughest obstacles are people problems. You're short-staffed, you face a constant battle with non-technical management and you're frustrated by office politics. Still, you love your job.

Review: iSCSI Targets | Eye Poppin' iSCSIs
By Howard Marks
In our tests of seven iSCSI disk arrays, we saw functionality, performance and cost-savings to rival any Fibre Channel SAN. Find out which offering got high marks across the board to earn our treasured Editor's Choice Award.

Affordable IT: Vendor Support Options | Who's Got Your Back?
By Tim Wilson
In the latest edition of our ongoing series, we show you how the skill to negotiate a maintenance contract can save you time and money, particularly when making new product purchases.

Workshops

Recovering From an Attack | Some Firsthand Tips
By Jeff Ballard and Dave DeCoster
Need to know what to do if you're attacked? University of Wisconsin Madison�s College of Engineering has been there, and provides firsthand tips on how to clean up and recover your systems.

Centerfold: Cookson Electronics | Leaving Configuration Management to Your ASP
By Kelley Jackson Higgins
Electronic Materials Manufacturer chose to subscribe to TriActive's Configuration Management Suite service instead of building out its own management platform in-house, thereby saving time and money in helpdesk calls.

Sneak Previews

Packeteer's PacketShaper | Network Traffic Cop
By Lee Badman
Clean up your network clogs using robust hardware, traffic control and QoS.

Stratus ftServer 2300 | Need High-Availability? Stratus Has It
By Christopher Beers
Its fault-tolerant ftServer W Series 2300 reaches five nines uptime.

Netcordia's NetMRI | Diagnose Net-Management Ailments
By Bruce Boardman
Meet the most useful network-management product in five years.

Departments

Last Mile
Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition looks at the post-election uses for an electronic voting machine, iPod propeller hats and the 'Oxford Blues.'

Quick Takes
By NWC Editors
This edition looks at PowerHouse Technologies' Migo Personal for iPod, Fluke Networks' EtherScope Network Assistant, RSA Security's Sign-On Manager and Shunra Software's Shunra\Storm 3.5.

Letters
By NWC Readers
Will Beckham feels that "Knowing why something is done in our work environment is no less important than knowing how."

Columns

Down to Business: Three Technology Myths | The Truth is Out There
By Rob Preston
Like most myths, the IT variety is based on fact but also rife with oversimplification.

Industry Insights: Improving the IT Industry's Linguistics | Clear and Present Language
By Mike Lee
IT vendors are doing a better job of communicating without buzzwords or jargon. But there's still some out there who haven't quite come around. What they need is a "Bull-Fighter."

Developing Trends: Simplifying App Development | Not Too Much To Ask
By Don MacVittie
Tools need to work the way we do. But they also need to remember what we've done in the past.

BuzzCut: Google Enters Hunt for Desktops | Desktop Search Falls Short
By Sean Doherty
A quick test of the new Google desktop search software beta proves that the technology is useful--but not as useful as some of the products from Google's lesser known competitors.

BuzzCut: FCC Plugs In Broadband Alternative | Introducing PowerLine
By Peter Morrissey
The new BPL technology delivers broadband service over electric utility facilities, providing a broadband alternative to rural and monopoly-dominated regions.

BuzzCut: Enterprises Fail on Internal Security | Lack Adequate Training, Background Checks
By John R. Vacca
A new study indicates that although companies are more aware of security risks, they are failing to do what they should do to prevent them.

BuzzCut: Jumping the Gun on 802.11n | Wi-Fi Alliance Warns Vendors
By Dave Molta
The new Wi-Fi standard is expected to be an essential part of future wireless technology, but vendors that claim compatibility with this just-emerging standard are blowing smoke.

FUDBusters: Java Spec Lacks Enterprise Vendor Buy-In | IBM, BEA and Microsoft Won't Back It
By Tim Wilson
A new framework that would integrate back-office applications into Java development environments has the potential to lay the groundwork for SOA. But without key players' participation, it isn't much of a standard.

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