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Special: The 10th Annual Well-Connected Awards Features Workshops Sneak Previews Departments Columns |
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| Special: The 10th Annual Well-Connected Awards |
Presenting the winning products and services in 44 categories within seven core markets, including best product for each section and outstanding products of the year.
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Feature: AntiSpam Techniques By Ron Anderson Government regulations have proved ineffective in curing our e-mail ills. So how do we crack down on the junk mail? We outline two approaches -- legal and technological. |
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Review: Filters Take a Bite out of SPAM By Ron Anderson We evaluated 10 spam-filtering products on architecture, management, end-user control, security and price, among other attributes. Our Editor's Choice impressed us with its ease of use and responsive admin interface. |
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NWC Project: Spam Filters Exposed We're pleased to bring you our newest installment of NWC Project, Spam Filters Exposed. Over the next two weeks we'll bring you a number of special reports and tools to compliment our deep review of antispam solutions. |
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Review: Infrastructure Configuration Management By Bruce Boardman Configuration management of multivendor networks is within our grasp. All three entries we tested impressed, but we gave top honors to the product for its intuitive interface and superior control over configurations. |
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Workshop: PCI-E Offers Expansion and Interconnectivity By Steven J. Schuchart Jr. Bandwidth-challenged PCI will give way this year to a new standard, PCI Express, which requires no bridge between your expansion slots and motherboard chips. |
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Buyer's Guide: Content Switches Boost Performance and Reliability By Peter Morrissey These intelligent devices improve network performance, increase application reliability and more. Here's what to look for. And don't forget to check out our Interactive Buyer's Guide. |
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Microsoft Speech Server 2004 Lets You Speak to IT By Sean Doherty You can develop Web and interactive voice-response applications from a single platform with Microsoft Speech Server 2004. |
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Aprisma's Spectrum 7.0 and Spectrum OneClick By Bruce Boardman Aprisma's network-management software offers a one-click interface that will save you time and money. |
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Verity's UltraSeek 5.2 Finds What You're Looking For By Michael Kuszczak-Bielecki This Web and network data search engine provides relevant results that rival those of market leaders. |
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Fluke Networks SuperAgent 5.0: Testing for the Real World By Lee Badman Blurb: Application Performance Monitor helps verify vendors' network-performance claims. |
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Last Mile: Special Tradeshow Editon Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson In this edition: Things you don't want to hear at conferences while waiting on line and a tradeshow dialog. |
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Quick Takes: Systems Management; Bandwidth Protection; Network Monitoring By NWC Editors In this edition we look at Executive Software's Sitekeeper 3.1, Elcor Software's Advanced Registry Doctor Pro 3.0, Alchemy Labs' Alchemy Eye 5.7 and FaceTime Communications' FaceTime RTG500. |
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Abusive Employees; Saving Overtime Edited By Lorna Garey In this edition we offer tips on how to cope with those obnoxious staff members who think their talents give them carte blanche to act inappropriately. Also, justifying overtime to HR. |
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Letters By NWC Readers Reader Robert Folkerts says, "There are developers who put security above frivolous features. But are we willing to champion their cause?" |
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Down to Business: Software Patents Abused By Rob Preston Find out how this system of 20-year ownership rights is being exploited and abused in the software industry. |
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Reality IT: Offering Good IT Support By Hunter Metatek Is your organization's IT service running below par? You may want to consider making changes to your helpdesk. |
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The IT Agenda: Adaptability is Critical By Jonathan Feldman IT workers once had the luxury of being "pure tech." But the maturity of information technology and the ever-growing importance of data networks make such singularity less of an option. |
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BuzzCut: Quest Drops VoIP Charge By Peter Morrissey Could Qwest's decision to stop charging local access fees for calls from VoIP providers help spur the growth of VoIP? |
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BuzzCut: The SPAM War Escalates By Jonathan Feldman A recent spam hoax is a tough reminder of how vigilant we must be in the battle against unwanted mail. |
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BuzzCut: The Demise of the PDA By Richard Hoffman Sales are flat. Manufacturers have failed to market them. Is the end of the PDA in sight? |
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BuzzCut: Server Manufacturers Focus on Opteron By Steven Hill Opteron's outstanding cost-performance ratio, increased memory management and ability to concurrently support 32- and extended 64-bit apps have vendors taking notice. |
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FUDBusters: Broadband Access Policies and Politics By Tim Wilson The presidential candidates propose extending broadband Internet access. Who cares? |
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