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Painless (Well, Almost) Patch Management Procedures By Greg Shipley Are you proficient in patch management? With malicious threats at an all time high, you'd be crazy not to have patching procedures in place. Learn how to implement patch management techniques with as little aggrivation as possible. |
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Review: Patch Managers Still Need Perfecting By Tony Arendt We put several dedicated patch-management products through our grueling tests, testing for everything from rollback architecture to agent/agentless abilities. Find out why none of them blew our socks off. |
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Review: Enterprise Groupware Products By Eric Flemming We evaluated products from the top players in the groupware arena. See which one toppled its rivals with its extensive application-development functionality, smooth install and management capabilities. |
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Feature: The Economics of Information Security By Lawrence A. Gordon and Robert Richardson Security measures are costly--so is picking up the pieces after a security breach. Consequently, more economists are turning their attentions to the study of cybercrime. If you're an InfoSec manager, you can benefit from their research. |
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Workshop: Examining 802.11i and WPA By Frank Robinson Products using the new Wi-Fi Protected Access Technology are here, with 802.11i-compliant products coming soon. We help you decide which one is best for your organization. |
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Centerfold: University of Tennessee Implements 802.11i By Kelly Jackson Higgins The University's first attempt to secure their WLAN left users without access and their helpdesk beseiged. All that is about to change -- thanks to the emerging 802.11x standard. |
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Interactive Buyer's Guide: Desktop AntiVirus Software Protect your end user's system from security threats with the latest in desktop antivirus software. We examine key features, such as detection methods and support for both operating systems and scanned e-mail programs. |
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WatchGuard Firebox X2500 Offers Multiple Tool Management By Scott Koegler Manage multiple security apps from a single interface. |
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DreamFactory 6.0 Ends Web App Development Nightmares By Lori MacVittie Development software lets even nonprogrammers develop useful interfaces for Web services. |
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AppForge's Crossfire Targets Multiplatform Development By Don MacVittie This .Net Framework tool creates Visual Basic applications for a variety of mobile device platforms. |
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Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim This edition: Why your IT Manager will never meet Richard Hatch; Animatronic Talking Fish. |
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Quick Takes By NWC Editors In this edition we look at: VCon HD3000 and HD5000 Conferencing Systems; NetRAT Software NetRAT 2.5; ViewCentral Replay; and ZyXel Communications ZyWall 70. |
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Career Coach: How Many Servers Are Enough? Edited By Lorna Garey This edition: How many servers should one admin reasonably be expected to support? Also: inappropriate conversations in the workplace. |
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Letters By NWC Readers Reader Mark Cook says, "Parents like me who despise these file-sharing 'services' look forward to the day when ISPs will be truly able to block P2P files." |
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Down to Business: The Offshore Outsourcing War By Rob Preston Why is it when IT automates jobs, that's progress, but when change threatens your job, that's treason or worse -- terrorism? |
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Developing Trends: Implementing Efficient IT Projects By Don MacVittie These simple steps will save you time and money on development and implementation. The real challenge is making both users and corporate execs happy. |
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Industry Insights: Software with Security in Mind By Mike Lee Why is so much software broken, and is there anything we can do to fix it at the source? |
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BuzzCut: Microsoft's Management Solution Still Years Away By Tim Wilson The Redmond Giant plans to build managibility into Windows. Just don't expect it anytime soon. |
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BuzzCut: MySQL-PHP Restriction Fears Unwarrented By Lori MacVittie Does it even matter that MySQL has eased restrictions on bundling of their libraries with the PHP scripting language? |
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Increasing WLAN Speeds--Too Fast for Comfort? By Dave Molta Vendors are pitching solutions to speed up Wi-Fi. Should you be getting into the fast lane? |
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Poor Security Standards To Blame for Court-Ordered Computer ShutDowns By Sean Doherty Once again, a U.S. district court judge has ordered the Department of the Interior to disconnect computers from the Internet thanks to security issues. Could service providers be next? |
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FUDBusters: SolarFlare's 10 Gigabit Transmissions By Peter Morrissey Were SolarFlare's claims of transmitting over 100 meters of Category 5e cable a load of hot air? |
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