Feature: E-Mail Without Wires By Dave Molta
After finding a wireless hotspot provider, our fictional company
turned its sights on a wireless e-mail service. See which of the six
RFI respondents best met its wireless communication needs.
Feature: Security Policy Monitoring Systems--Got Discipline? By Mike Fratto
Although there's no magic bullet that will make your organization compliant with HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or ISO 17799, you can interpret applicable portions of the regulations into policies that can then be enforced and monitored. Our motto: Speak softly and carry a big yardstick.
Review: Security Policy Monitoring Apps--The Policy Enforcers By Mike Fratto
Security policies are the blueprint that show how everything comes together, and policy-monitoring applications keep the engine humming. To help you clear up the confusion surrounding these products, we tested seven security policy monitors in our Syracuse University Real-World Labs®
Workshops
Workshop: Desktop Management Enlightenment By James E. Drews
With key features such as policy-based management of user accounts,
ZENworks can help you manage and keep an accurate inventory of your
diverse desktops, operating systems and applications.
Network Physics NP/BizFlow-1000 By Andy Woods
The NP/BizFlow-1000 high-speed Internet traffic manager monitors up to
400 Mbps of traffic and does TCP/UDP flow tracking. But watch out for
the price.
Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 By Jim Ryan
To coax customers to leap ahead to Windows Server 2003, Microsoft is trying to convince them that the migration isn't an expense, but rather an investment that can improve their bottom lines by reducing network-management expenses by 20 percent or more.
Nortel Network's Contivity 5000 Secure IP Services Gateway By Mike Fratto
We tested the Contivity 5000's new hardware and software in the Syracuse University Real-World Labs(R) and, quite frankly, other VPN products have some catching up to do.
Online-Only: eEye Digital Security's Enterprise Web Protection By Jeff Forristal
EWP integrates eEye's SecureIIS product with its REM Events Server and REM Events Manager components. Enterprise Web Protection provides a framework to manage SecureIIS security events in trouble-ticket fashion.
Departments
Quick Takes
We look at AlterPoint's DeviceAuthority 1.1, Castle Rock Computing's
SNMPc Workgroup and Enterprise 6.0, F5 Networks' iControl Services
Manager and Neon Software's LANsurveyor 7.1.
Letters Edited By Lorna Garey
"We need to hold our vendors' feet to the fire and tell them we want
longer upgrade cycles and better software." --Name withheld by
request
Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 signs your server room needs a spring cleaning;
Networld+Interop Notes; and Daypop Refrigerator Poetry.
Career Coach Edited By Lorna Garey
This edition: His wife is pregnant, but his employer won't let him take leave. Can the FMLA help? Also: Convincing the boss that telecommuting is justified.
Columns
BuzzCut: Virtual Server Not Really Ready for Prime Time By Ron Anderson
Microsoft released its first beta of Virtual Server amid hype
asserting that the product should be considered for deployment in your
production environments.
BuzzCut: FUDBusters By Lori MacVittie
Gartner's latest report on the J2EE application server market says IBM
has pulled ahead of BEA Systems.
BuzzCut: Fear-Mongering in Las Vegas By Dave Molta
In an effort to sell its WLAN security products, AirDefense highlighted what it considered lax security at the recent NetWorld+Interop show in Las Vegas.
BuzzCut: Chasing the On-Demand Data Center By Bruce Boardman
With Hewlett-Packard's recently launched Adaptive Enterprise initiative, the company is attempting to leverage its merger with Compaq to create integrated, highly flexible IT solutions. The trouble is, not every company is on a level with HP/Compaq.
BuzzCut: Paging Dr. Watson ... By Lori MacVittie
Microsoft recently talked up an online version of its Dr. Watson error-reporting tool, targeting corporate developers looking to solve problems with both custom and Microsoft products. This is interesting, but it's old technology news.
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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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