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Features
Review: Dial 1-800 plug Holes
By Joe Hernick, Dean Ellerton and Jim Wiggs
SecureLogix's ETM suite is the only enterprise-level platform for securing PBXs, modems and other dial-in paths to your IP network. For those who can swing the cost, the ETM will handily answer the call to lock down your telecom system.
On Location: Child Support
By David Joachim
Our second On Location case study takes us to Children's Hospital Boston, the largest pediatric medical center in the United States. The hospital's infrastructure recently went under the knife. Legacy, best-of-breed materials management, HR and financial systems were replaced with a massive PeopleSoft ERP implementation.
On Location: Triage, IT Style
By James Hutchinson
Being brought into the PeopleSoft ERP loop 18 months after initial planning and only a month before equipment had to be ordered put tremendous pressure on the IT staff of Children's Hospital Boston. Network, storage, data services and application development managers scrambled to meet a fast-approaching go-live date.

Workshops
Workshop: The Rules of Electronic Record-Keeping
By Sean Doherty
If you think proper maintenance and management of electronice records isn't a big issue, there's more at stake than you think. We offer strategies for planning and budgeting for data migration and conversion, and provide guidelines for compliance with data-retention laws and regulations.
Buyer's Guide: Shopping For An SSL Accelerator
By Lori MacVittie
Whether you're shopping for an internal or an external solution, don't forget to look at the big picture before making your purchase. We factored in hidden costs and security considerations.

Interactive Buyer's Guide: SSL Accelerators

Sneak Previews
All Aboard The NIC Express
By Michael J. DeMaria
Can the latest version of FalconStor's NIC Express load-balancing/failover software improve on an already award-winning product? You bet.
Flying on Aironet
By Dave Molta
With the addition of 802.11a and 802.11b radio modules, Cisco's Aironet 1200 is a powerful, interoperable access point platform with horsepower to burn and built-in support for future technologies.
AutoView KVM Switches Save Space
By Lee Badman
This switch provides both analog server control and over-the-network command of machines along with its secure, user-friendly visual interfaces.

Departments
Career Coach
An entry-level position may not be the worst thing for a retired military person; Admin ponders switching from one certification to another.
Last Mile
Top 11 Little-Known Facts About Oracle CEO Larry Ellison; Family Fun; Lessons in Machine Logic
Letters
"With all the half measures and false promises in today's [technology] industry, securing computers amounts to locking the door of a straw house." ~Jerry Dowless
Quick Takes
This week, we look at:
• InterSystems Cache 5
• WebSideStory HitBox Commerce 2
• NetLedger NetSuite
• IBM eServer Blade Center.
Columns
Storage Alchemy: Kicking and Screaming
By Steven J. Schuchart Jr.
Commodization means truly competing, and not just against peers but against smaller, more nimble companies.
Mr. Management: Jack of All Trades
By Bruce Boardman
The 'we do it all' approach isn't necessarily the best for network management, and how smart vendors know that.
Down To Business: IT Pros Still Undervalued
By Rob Preston
"The people responsible for evaluating and managing IT are still excluded from business decision-making."
BuzzCut: Why Cisco and Dell Are Parting Ways
By Peter Morrissey
Cisco ends a partnership that had Dell peddling Cisco gear on the PC maker's Web site.
BuzzCut: Groupware's New Stars
By Lori MacVittie
On the heels of Gordano's latest groupware release comes word that Stalker Software is rolling out its own new messaging solution, CommuniGate Pro Groupware.

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