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Feature: Building Secure Enterprise WLANs: Wi-Fi Vs. Bad Guy By Dave Molta Thanks to new and improved security standards and monitoring devices, you can finally build a WLAN that keeps data thieves at bay. |
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Review: WLAN Security Monitors: Watching the Waves By Frank Bulk and Jesse Lindeman We put six WLAN security add-ons and three integrated WLAN monitors through grueling tests in our Real-World labs. See which ones rose to the challenge. |
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Review: Tape Backup Solutions: Tale of the Tape By Steven J. Shuchart, Jr. When it comes to backup, good old reliable tape remains the method of choice. We tested seven tape-backup products. Computer Associates' BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5 won our Editor's Choice award. |
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Workshop: File Synchronization: Keeping Your Data In Sync By Roger Beall File synchronization tools let you consolidate information for backup and restore data after a disaster. We help you sort through commercial and freeware options. |
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Centerfold: GST Corp: Integrated VPN Keeps GST Truckin' By Kelly Jackson Higgins Adding VoIP to its VPN gave transportation and logistics company GST Corp. a more stable, scalable network at a substantial cost savings. |
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Interactive Buyer's Guide: Wiring Closet UPS Systems Powering your switches and routers via a wiring closet UPS system can be tricky business. Our latest guide highlights output load capacity, estimated battery life, as well as UPS dimensions to help with your product selection. |
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Whale Communications' e-Gap Remote Access Appliance By Mike Fratto Whale Communications' SSL VPN gateway, e-Gap Remote Access 3.0, incorporates access control and authentication into the GUI. |
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BlueCat Networks' Adonis DNS Management Server 2.0 By Joe Hernick BlueCat Networks upgrades its Adonis DNS Management Server with faster queries, improved security and a more organized interface. |
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Sneak Preview: Exabyte's VXA-2 PacketLoader 1X10 1U By Steven Hill Exabyte offers reliable, unattended off-site backup at a reasonable price with its VXA-2 Packetloader 1X10 1U rackmountable 10-tape library. |
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Letters By NWC Readers NWC Reader William Fenn writes, "White-collar workers have mostly kept silent about the loss of U.S. jobs, but now it's their turn to feel the pain." |
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Quick Takes By NWC Editors In this edition we look at Stampeded Technologies Turbogold Enterprise Edition, Netegrity Siteminder 6.0, Data Expedition Hypergates and Sane Solutions NetTracker 7.0. |
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Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim Top 11 reasons for outsourcing IT to Mars; your own Mars Rover; and the SuperNewton Utility Computer. |
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Career Coach Edited By Lorna Garey English-only work environments: Is it Legal? Also, is EQ training for real? |
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Industry Insights: IT Solutions: Honoring Innovation By Mike Lee Instead of just fixing the latest problem, let's open our minds to the possibility of innovation. |
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Down to Business: Cut IP Some Regulatory Slack By Rob Preston Don't let the telecom apparatchiks suck the vitality out of IP communications. We can serve the public good without force-fitting modern technology into decades-old regulatory structures. |
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Reality IT: Budget Struggles: Why Can't We Be Friends? By Hunter Metatek While I'm trying to reward people for a job well done, my business manager is tying my hands, claiming he's just following orders. |
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Carrying On: Employees, Home Offices and Flexibility By David Willis The most focused and independent workers--typically the best performers--will excel no matter where they are. |
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BuzzCut: IBM and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: IBM Tackles Sarbox Head On By Sean Doherty A rumble is going on in the document-management space. |
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BuzzCut: Microsoft Source-Code Leaks: Windows in the Open, and I Feel Fine By Mike Fratto A few hundred megabytes of leaked Windows code won't make a huge impact. |
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BuzzCut: Federal IT-security Standards: Putting Security First By John R. Vacca Will U.S. corporations adhere to security standards? The answer is a huge maybe. |
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BuzzCut: Vendor VoIP Initiatives: VoIP: A Tale of Two Vendors By Peter Morrissey Two vendors--Pingtel and Cisco--made announcements about VoIP on the same day. |
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BuzzCut: FUDBusters: Microsoft and XML By Bradley F. Shimmin Will Microsoft smother XML, turning it into the next RTF? |
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