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Feature: On Location: Life Time Fitness: Testing -1, -2, -3
By David Joachim
Back on location with Life Time Fitness, we find out how the company is using WinRunner automated testing software to help shorten application development cycle times and improve code quality.
Feature: Keep Out!
By Mike Fratto
When it comes to the exploit du jour, an ounce of host intrusion prevention is worth a pound of late patches and outdated virus signatures. Learn how to keep attackers at bay.
Review: Hip Check
By Mike Fratto
We put eight host intrusion prevention products through their paces, evaluating breadth of application support, number of resources protected, prebuilt policies, customization capabilities and granularity of control. In the end, Okena's StormWatch took top honors by a razor-thin margin.
Feature: Wireless Nirvana
By Peter Rysavy
Wireless heaven is so close you can touch it--or at least see a picture of it on your cell phone or PDA. Next-generation cellular data technologies bring bliss in the form of IP packet networking.

Workshops
Workshop: Videoconferencing: Making Your Bandwidth Count
By Michael J. DeMaria
Improved video technology is making videoconferencing more enticing for business use than ever. But you'll still need to deal with the challenges of ensuring bandwidth, delivering a clear picture and getting the participants together. Here are some tech tips for making it all work.
Buyer's Guide: Dial-Up Services
By Bruce Boardman
To make the best ISP choice for your organization, you'll need to thoroughly investigate the options. From SLAs to helpdesk offerings, here's what to look for.

Sneak Previews
Cicso's NIDS Solution Grows Up
By Patrick Mueller and Greg Shipley
With the release of its VMS management platform and Intrusion Detection System 4250 sensor, Cisco takes a big step toward meeting the needs of enterprise NIDS users.
CRM on the Fly
By Lori MacVittie
It may be difficult to implement, but Epicor's Clientele Customer Support is still an easy-to-use CRM tool for Windows Web applications.
XML Translations With a Kick
By Lori MacVittie
This little 1U device acts as a supercharged XSLT engine, dramatically decreasing the time required to perform XSLT on XML documents.

Departments
Career Coach
This week, MCDBA certification versus an associate's in IT database administration and which methods and firms offer the best chance at landing a new position.
Last Mile
The Top 11 reasons you haven't contributed to an open source project. Plus, 404--lonely soul found and geek feed.
Letters
"ISPs should be required to provide security services to their customers." --Saul Rodriguez
Quick Takes
This week, we take a gander at:
• Peribit Networks' SR-55 Sequence Reducer
• Alacritech's SLICware Network Acceleration
• iSCSI Acceleration, Documentum's ECM Platform and Sybari Software Antigen 7.0
Columns
What Lies Beneath: Crossed Wires
By Peter Morrissey
Cat6 is nothing more than an insurance policy that your infrastructure will support some unforeseen technology.
The Inside Story: Learning From History
By James Hutchinson
Looking to the past helps to keep the future in its proper perspective.
BuzzCut: Media 9 Mixes Music & Rights
By Darrin Woods
Windows Media 9 is certainly an upgrade, but in many ways Microsoft is merely playing catch-up.
BuzzCut: Apple's Rendezvous: Too Open for the Enterprise?
By Don MacVittie
Haven't heard of Apple Computer's Rendezvous? You will soon. It's a capability that has made Macintosh users reluctant to leave the Mac world.
Down to Business: Security Surcharge
By Rob Preston
With its every step forward in security, Microsoft still slips backward because the sophistication of hackers continues to increase.
BuzzCut: MIM's the Word from Palm
By Dave Molta
With newly announced hardware and enterprise collaboration products, Palm hopes to rebound significantly in 2003.
BuzzCut: Back to the Glass House
By Peter Morrissey
A new company, ClearCube Technologies, is taking a simpler approach to the thin-client issue.

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