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Feature: Secure to the Core By Greg Shipley Computer-related crime is spiraling up, while information security budgets are holding flat. The good news is you don't need a more expensive security setup; you just need a more efficient one. A holistic, asset-centric approach can help. |
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Feature: Tactical Security 101 By Greg Shipley Need a barricade between attackers and assets? First, get your fundamental information security building blocks--antivirus software, patch-management products, vulnerability-assessment tools and firewalls--in place. Then heed our tips for making it all work. |
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Review: Life in the Really Fast Lane By Peter Morrissey Desperate for network speed? If you can swing the cost, consider 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches. We pitted Extreme's BlackDiamond against Foundry's BigIron. BlackDiamond won by a nose, but the performance and interoperability of both products impressed us. |
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Feature: On Location: Taking Stock By Dave Joachim Life Time Fitness' CIO is taking a unique approach to the financial conundrum facing IT execs. Rather than deciding what to budget for, he's tracking what he can afford not to spend money on. |
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Buyer's Guide: Equipment Racks By By Steven J. Schuchart Jr. The humble rack can have a huge impact on your equipment's security and manageability. We examine a wide range of features, including protection from dust, humidity and heat. • Interactive Buyer's Guide: Equipment Racks |
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Workshop: RPR Soups Up Sonet and Ethernet By Darrin Woods RPR (Resilient Packet Ring) accentuates positives and attenuates the negatives of both Sonet and Ethernet. And, it can be implemented anywhere resiliency and efficient bandwidth usage are needed. |
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| Major Changes for Big-IP By Lori Macvittie F5's revamped Big-IP OS gives applications greater control over load-balancing. |
| Oculan OpticNerve Keeps Watch By Dilip Advani with Sean Doherty Oculan's appliance fills the management gap for midsize networks. |
| Sorenson Puts the Squeeze on Video By Darrin Woods With its excellent video quality, multiple compression options and more, Squeeze 3 Compression Suite outclasses the competition. |
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| Letters "A number of issues that plagued Children's Hospital Boston could have been avoided through more planning and communication." --Ginger Bonham |
| Last Mile This edition: Top 11 New Year's Resolutions you know you won't keep; SiteGeist; and wiring closets from hell. |
| Career Coach This week includes advice for a recently laid-off network engineer looking to jump into the business side of e-commerce. |
| Quick Takes This week, we look at: • Novell eDirectory 8.7 • AirZip Document Secure • Imperito SafeSecure Access Site 4.2 |
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| Down to Business: Recognize IT Champions By Rob Preston "Courage requires you to set aside personal preferences to do what's best for your company as a whole." |
| Industry Insights: My Dog Ate My 10 Gig Switch By Mike Lee "We're not out to get vendors. We're just trying to help readers make wise choices about implementing technology." |
| BuzzCut: What's the ISC Hiding? By Mike Fratto You would think an organization called the Initiative for Software Choice would be for software choice. Think again. |
| BuzzCut: Google and the 'Democratic' Enterprise By Sean Doherty A recent brouhaha over search inaccuracies at Google may have some organizations reconsidering the contextually aware and relevance-savvy search appliance. |
| BuzzCut: Lindows Opens Doors by Closing Windows By Don MacVittie After many press releases and a tussle with Microsoft, Lindows OS 3.0 is not only available but by all indications selling well. |
| BuzzCut: Can Digital Photography Save 3G Wireless? By Dave Molta The fact that 802.11b technology hasn't made its way into digital cameras is disappointing. It seems an obvious fit. |
| App Attitude: Interoperability Revelation By Lori MacVittie Application vendors have had little impetus to concern themselves with true interoperability ... until now. |
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