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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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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