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Review: High on Fibre
By Steven J. Schuchart jr
To stave off competition from iSCI and Ethernet, storage vendors are touting interoperable Fibre Channel. We tested three Fibre Channel switches to determine how compatible they really are.
Review: The End All of Network Performance Management
By Bruce Boardman
Performance-management products need to get to the source of network problems and present data in a way that sheds light on what's actually happening. We tested six end-to-end management products and evaluated their root-cause analysis, data collection and reporting features.
Feature: Software Focus
By Lori MacVittie
Software and servers and databases, oh my! In choosing applications for our new lab and fictitious business, we had to overcome interoperability glitches, faulty assumptions and Murphy's Law.
Feature: A Start-Up is Born
By Ron Anderson
NWC Inc. is our latest brainchild, an extension of our Real-World Labs and dedicated to business applications testing. Discover how we transformed the idea into a reality.
Feature: Building Blocks
By Steven J. Schuchart Jr., Lori MacVittie and James Hutchinson
Once we got the green light to build NWC Inc., the real--hard--work started. Read about the hardware and facilities decisions that brought our new lab to life.

Workshops
Workshop: Software Legislation: Read the Fine Print
By Sean Doherty
The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) will be arriving in state legislatures soon. Before you sign any licensing agreements, find out how this law will affect your right to reverse-engineer software.
Interactive Buyer's Guide: Video Servers
Today's Video on Demand servers can deliver a movie or other video program to an individual Web browser or TV set over a data network. We highlight key features to help you with your selection.

Sneak Previews
Xandros Propels Desktop Linux
By Lori Macvittie
With its Microsoft Explorer look and feel, Xandros' new operating system aims to prove Linux is ready for the desktop.
SymPhone Organizes and Takes Calls online only
By Saurabh Bhasin
If your environment combines PDAs and WLANs or you are planning to deploy one that does, take a look at this voice-over-WLAN application.
Array of Light
By Lori Macvittie
Array Networks' Array TM uses a modular system and slick GUI to make light work of heavy traffic management.
Not Your Grandfather's Model T
By Richard Hoffman
Palm's eagerly awaited Tungsten T is Bluetooth-enabled. It also uses a new OS and comes bundled with a host of networking features.

Departments
Career Coach
This Week: Tips on impressing at an interview. Also, an IS manager ponders the value of bachelor's degrees earned online.
Letters
"Steve Ballmer jived and danced around the answer in what has become a Microsoft tradition."
Centerfold: Laying Tracks With Open Source
By Kelley Jackson Higgans
Union Pacific is building a new generation of intranet and customer applications based on Web technology. At the heart of its strategy are open-source, Apache Unix Web servers.
Last Mile
In this edition:
• Top 11 signs your co-worker is a closet Mac user
• Ask the editors
• Wiring closet from hell
Quick Takes
This week, we look at:
• SCO Group SCO LinuxServer 4.0
• NetLert Communications N-Contact 1.0
• Executive Software International Sitekeeper 2.0
• Sun Microsystems Sun ONE Application Server
Columns
Down to Business: Buy the Best Mousetrap
By Rob Preston
Don't just clip vendors from RFPs because they're not household names with pristine balance sheets.
Legal Eagle: Wanna Buy the Brooklyn Bridge?
By Sean Doherty
Some products may comply with some parts of HIPAA, but they're far from comprehensive solutions.
The Inside Story: Thief, Thief!
By James Hutchinson
These must have been good ideas because someone stole them.
BuzzCut: WLAN Security: Five Simple Truths
By Dave Molta
If you see someone driving with what looks like a Pringles potato chip can pointing out of the passenger window, don't be alarmed.
BuzzCut: Eclipse: Overshadowing All Other IDEs?
By Don MacVittie
The IBM-led Eclipse Consortium has been telling the world about the power of Eclipse for months.
BuzzCut: Beware the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing online only
By Mike Fratto
Logically, you would think an organization called The Initiative for Software Choice would be for software choice. But it's not, and make no mistake about it.
BuzzCut: Oracle's Timely Entrance
By Mike Lee
Oracle appears at last ready to enter the hot (and messy) collaboration tools market.
BuzzCut: Spam Advice: Don't Panic!
By Ron Anderson
The spam problem is getting so bad many IT shops are behaving irrationally, installing any antispam software they can find.

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