Review: IP Centrex Services By Darrin Woods
Today's IP Centrex systems let you access voicemail and place calls from your browser. You also get easy Web conferencing and IM capabilities. But you don't need to upgrade your PBX-- six service providers offer you all the benefits of the technology from afar.
Feature: The IT Agenda: Feds Reach Out and Touch IT By Sean Doherty
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, HIPAA and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act signal a new era of accountability. IT departments must be proactive to keep their companies out of Uncle Sam's crosshairs.
Workshops
Workshop: Time Servers By Mike Fratto
Think time is on your side? Well, it depends on whether you synchronize the clocks of your network devices, servers and workstations.
Online-Only: XcelleNet's Afaria 5.0 By Andy Woods
Afaria is an easy-to-use mobile device management platform for Win32-, Pocket PC-, RIM Blackberry-, Palm OS-, Symbian OS- and Java-based devices.
NetBotz' WallBotz 500 By Sean Doherty
The near-human security and monitoring of WallBotz keeps your server room protected from potential security threats.
Nauticus' N2000 Series By Lori MacVittie
N2000 uses virtual switching to offer the features and functionality of multiple load-balancers.
Palm's Tungsten C By Richard Hoffman
Wi-Fi plus a fast processor put Palm back in the game with this PDA.
Departments
Career Coach Edited by Lorna Garey
This edition: What to do if that "dream job" doesn't offer health insurance and professional organizations for other areas of IT.
Letters
"IT departments have indeed created barriers, not to be elitist but to protect themselves from users who haven't critically assessed their needs." --Grant Thibdeau
Quick Takes
VIEW for Privacy Protection--Financial Services; AttachStor Suite for Exchange 3.0 and Suite for Notes 3.0; UniPress Software FootPrints 6.0; and Enterasys Networks XSR 3000 series of security routers.
Last Mile Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 signs that times are tough in your IT department; six degrees of Wil Wheaton; and our very own Star Wars kid.
BuzzCut: Reducing Security Liabilities By Mike Fratto
The Organization for Internet Safety has devised guidelines for security bug hunters to follow when a vulnerability is found.
BuzzCut: FUDBuster By Mike Fratto
This editions' bust: Gartner's assertion that a firewall appliance can satisfy your security needs.
REPORTS
Analyize In-Line NAC strategies and products.
ANALYTICS Plan and design your enterprise blade server deployments
2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects
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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