Review: Servers for Under $1k By Steven Schuchart Jr.
We decided to find out the state-of-the-art of servers sought by the budget-conscious small business or enterprise looking to equip remote offices or workgroups. And have we got some boxes for you.
Feature: Enterprise Application Integration By Don MacVittie
EAI (enterprise application integration) tools let your applications mirror a network architecture, with a single point at which applications deposit updates and all interested parties can pick them up.
Review: EAI Vendors By Don MacVittie
We put five EAI suites to the test in our NWC Inc. Real-World Business Applications Lab in Green Bay, Wis., and were pleased with Sybase Integration Orchestrator 4.0's results.
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Learn how Don MacVittie prepared for this issue's cover package Enterprise Application Integration and EAI vendors. Listen to him discuss test findings with Brad Shimmin (requires RealPlayer). You can also ask Don questions via our Shop Talk Forum.
Workshops
Workshop: Making ID Management Manageable
The Liberty Alliance has created open standards for federating identities, paving the way for centralized identity management and single network sign-on.
Proxim's Orinoco AP-2000b/g By Jesse Lindeman
I tested the AP-2000 and found that Proxim delivers on the promises of 11g, but the standard still raises questions about performance and deployment.
Service Integrity's Sift By Lori MacVittie
Web services-specific management tools must provide in-depth stats on the performance and use of operations provided by endpoints. Sift 1.5 provides such monitoring for Microsoft .Net Web services.
Departments
Quick Takes
Cyclone Commerce Cyclone Director; Alcatel Assessment for VoIP Solution; Miramar Systems Desktop DNA Enterprise Edition 4.6; and Digital Fountain Transporter Fountain 3.0.
Career Coach Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Avoiding bad hiring choices and a good, nationwide IT salary survey.
Last Mile Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 Signs Your Co-worker Thinks He's Neo; Godzilla in Space!; and Running of the Bull.
Columns
Full Nelson: Legacy Connectivity By Fritz Nelson
I had forgotten about Legato. Now, with EMC's consumption of it, Legato--one of the few early backup vendors (excuse me: providers of "solutions that keep critical business information available") that could deliver a scalable, multiplatform approach--is back.
Industry Insights: Business Certs, Part Deux By Mike Lee
Want a simple way to improve the understanding between the business and technology sides in any organization, certs or no certs? Set up regular meetings at which the IT and the business people meet, face to face if possible, to share information and answer each other's questions.
BuzzCut: Behold, the Power of Politics By Don MacVittie
The technologies you're comfortable with and the companies you favor must not cloud your vision. It is your responsibility to find not just the cheapest solution but also one that solves your business need.
Security Watch: Mesh Networks: Too Little Too Soon By Robert Moskowitz
We can't seem to get one new technology up and running before we're developing other technologies to solve the problems created by the first one. Wireless networks are a case in point.
BuzzCut: SCO Trades Unix For Litigation By Lori MacVittie
At the same time that the U.S. Copyright Office was awarding SCO the copyright to System IV Unix late last month, the company magnanimously decreed that any commercial Linux customer purchasing a new UnixWare license would not be liable for past copyright violations.
BuzzCut: 802.16a: Sedan or Mack Truck? By Dave Molta
Intel will develop silicon in support of the emerging IEEE 802.16a metropolitan-area network standard, also known as WiMax. But comparing the prospects for Wi-Fi with those of 802.16a is like comparing sport sedans with 10-ton trucks.
BuzzCut: IPv6's Premature Birth By Peter Morrissey
Moving to IPv6 in the next couple of years would be premature, since it will be many years before we exhaust the current pool of IPv4 addresses.
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