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When it comes to the exploit du jour, an ounce of host intrusion prevention is worth a pound of late patches and outdated virus signatures.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.
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.
REPORTS
Analyize In-Line NAC strategies and products.
ANALYTICS Plan and design your enterprise blade server deployments
2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects
Though raises are notably smaller than a year ago, and job security’s shrinking, IT careers are looking safer than many others in this economic downturn. Get all the findings in InformationWeek's 2009 IT Salary Survey. Available FREE for a limited time.
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