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Review: Intergrating CRM By Lori MacVittie We tested five mid-market CRM solutions and found the pain of complicated integration and customization considerable. But the gains are oh so worthwhile. |
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Feature: Server Consolidation By Steven J. Schuchart Jr. Sprawling data centers replete with rogue servers, departmental turf wars and multivendor, multimigraine installations are elevating IT stress levels, leading many of us to ask: "How can we do this better?" The short answer: Fix it so you manage fewer devices. |
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Feature: Blade Server Review By James E. Drews Blade-server vendors tout their products' abilities to impact TCO favorably in the areas of reduced facilities, hardware, software and staff outlays. So we decided to get a handle on how these devices stack up. |
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Workshop: Home User Support By Matthew Tartaro We expound on 10 tips for managing remote users and their home-office systems, from how to get upper management buy-in to ways to minimize costs. |
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Buyer's Guide: IP PBXes By Peter Morrissey Not all VoIP PBXes are alike. We help you ask the right questions about product features and your organization's needs before you make a selection. View our Interactive Buyer's Guide on IP PBXs |
| Sneak Previews |
| Sneak Preview: Peribit Networks' SR-20 Sequence Reducer By Michael J. DeMaria By compressing similar and repeating traffic patterns, the Sequence Reducer can deliver incredible increases in bandwidth operation. |
| Online-Only Sneak Preview: Jamie Cameron's Webmin By Lori MacVittie This comprehensive management system for your Linux, Unix and OS/X systems costs nothing. Nada. Zippo! But that's just one reason to give it a try. |
| NexVu Technologies' NexVu Controller and Manager By Mike Avery NexVu combines features of conventional performance-management tools with the low-level capabilities of packet analyzers, giving network managers access to key information from a single platform. |
| Red Hat's Red Hat Linux 9 By Christopher T. Beers Customized for home and corporate use, Linux 9 has an improved Bluecurve user interface and graphical installation process. It also offers new software built on top of the latest core Linux components. |
| Departments |
| Last Mile Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim This edition: Top 11 signs you're spending too much time on Google; HTML coding: A dangerous business; and thanks (for nothing), Slashdot. |
| Career Coach Edited By Lorna Garey This edition: IT jobs for green card holders in the United States and U.S. citizens looking for IT jobs in foreign climes. |
| Letters "Closing the door on capitalism to calm the ire of a few could have a greater impact on the hopes of many." --Jeffrey D. Iverson |
| Quick Takes This edition: Net Optics 10/100/GigaBit SX Span Port SpyderSwitch; Symantec Web Security 3.0; Configuresoft Enterprise Configuration Manager 4.5; and Expertcity DesktopStreaming 4.0. |
| Career Coach Edited By Lorna Garey This edition: IT jobs for green card holders in the United States and U.S. citizens looking for IT jobs in foreign climes. |
| Columns |
| Industry Insights: Business Certification for IT By Mike Lee "I'd like to see the creation of an independent group that would certify techies in common business practices." |
| Down To Business: Get Your Priorities Straight By Rob Preston "Whether you're in IT, finance, engineering or sales, you're part of a team, not a club." |
| BuzzCut: Power to PeopleSoft By Lori MacVittie PeopleSoft is acquiring financially strapped, OneWorld developer J.D. Edwards. |
| BuzzCut: FUDBusters By Michael DeMaria IBM Lotus announces Workplace Messaging, ushering in the dawn of on-demand messaging and granting all users access to enterprise applications. Not quite. |
| Security Watch: Don't Get Bitten By NIPS Hype By Greg Shipley Although host-based intrusion-prevention systems hold promise, some network-based intrusion-prevention systems are disasters waiting to happen. |
| BuzzCut: Open Source, Closed Minds By Don MacVittie The business and technology press has paid close attention to The SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM and its letters of warning to 1,500 other software vendors. But what is really going on? |
| BuzzCut: IEEE Approves 802.11g: Now the Fun Begins By Dave Molta Barring some kind of mishap, the IEEE is expected to approve the 802.11g standard on June 12 based on version 8.2 of the draft. What does this mean to networks with other standards installed, too? |
| BuzzCut: Is Cisco's Security Glass Half Full or Half Empty? By Greg Shipley Cisco has introduced 14 new security solutions and services. That's a hefty number, even for Cisco. While the security emphasis is newsworthy, it's not a surprise when you consider how well security products are selling. |
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