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July 10, 2003    
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Features
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.
Buyer's Guide: 802.11 NICs
By Dave Molta
We examine the latest generation of wireless NICs, including their interface options and performance capabilities. | View our Interactive Buyer's Guide

Sneak Previews
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.
Online-Only: CoreStreet's Real Time Credentials Validation Authority
By Mike Fratto
Validate digital certificates and update other user permissions with RTCVA.
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.
Columns
Down to Business: Bright Side of the Labor Numbers
By Robert Preston
"Management and HR consultants are predicting a talent war that will make the late '90s job market look tame."
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.
Industry Insights: Technology Trickle-Up
By Mike Lee
"Any proven and familiar technology that doesn't require tearing holes in walls is a viable alternative."
The IT Agenda: Stay the Course
By Jonathan Feldman
"Keep your technical skills sharp, don't play politics and go do what you were hired to do."
BuzzCut: Linux: A Reason To Stick With NetWare
By Don MacVittie
If Novell's plans to offer Linux tools for the enterprise surprised you, you haven't been paying attention.
BuzzCut: There's More to IM Logging Than You Think
By Ron Anderson
IM logging involves more than simply recording everything that comes and goes.
BuzzCut: Let Service Providers Meter Your Bandwidth
By Bruce Boardman
It isn't often that a vendor or new technology catches me flat-footed, but P-Cube has done just that.

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