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Features
Storage Virtualization Revisited | The One-Disk Enterprise
By Jon William Toigo
Will your storage infrastructure ever be as simple as managing one LUN? Probably not, but it's a goal worth pursuing.
Review: Storage Virtualization RFI | LUN is the Lonliest Number
By Steven Schuchart Jr.
Our two fictional merging companies were trying to create a unified virtualized infrastructure with a single logical unit number. One vendor's comprehensive proposal peaked our interest.
Review: Managing Your Web Services | SOAPStation's Functionality Gets Our Nod
By Lori MacVittie
You've implemented Web services, but you still need to get a handle on them. Find out which management package has all the tools you need to ensure everything runs as planned.

Workshops
Workshop: Web Services Security | The XML Factor
By Lori MacVittie
XML-based Web services are subject to the same attacks that exploit XML. We'll show you how to batten down the hatches.
Buyer's Guide: HIPAA Compliance | Medical Records Stay Safe
By Sean Doherty
Protecting health-related data is the law. Here are the tools you'll need to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Sneak Previews
HelpStar 8.1 Makes for Smooth Support
By Daniel Koffler
Help Desk Technology makes helpdesk support painless for both support staff and end users.
QRadar 3.0 Updates NBAD Device
By Mike Fratto
Q1 Lab's graphical views enhance comprehensive network behavior anomaly detection.
Sneak Preview: XS40 XML Security Gateway 3.0 Ups the Ante
By Lori MacVittie
DataPower's gateway accelerates XML processing and makes it easier to enforce security policies.

Departments
Last Mile
Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
In this edition we explore the Top 11 signs that might mean you're a redneck IT administrator, redneck computer definitions and a case modification that's a blast.
Quick Takes
By NWC Editors
In this edition we look at UniPress Software's FootPrints 6.5, Software602's 602LAN Suite 2004, Adtran's NetVanta 5305 and Symantec's Enterprise Firewall 8.0.
Letters
By NWC Readers
Our May 13th issue cover story (With a Mouth Full of Chewed-Up Spam) caused quite a stir. Also, document management software.
Columns
Down to Business: Linux, Technological Innovation and Originality
By Rob Preston
How much innovation must be wholly original and how much comes from natural adaptation and evolution.
Reality IT: Implementing Solutions Against Your Will
By Hunter Metatek
When your IT department is told to implement a technology it wouldn't have chosen, what choice do you have?
Air Time: WLAN Innovations and Higher Education
By Dave Molta
Universities play an enormous role in the refinement of enterprise WLAN technologies.
BuzzCut: Linux DCO: Friend or Foe?
By Lori MacVittie
The new rule requiring a Developer's Certificate of Origin for Linux Kernel contributions is taking heat. But is it justified?
BuzzCut: Akamai Shines After Software Bug
By Sean Doherty
Even the best service providers can suffer from bad software. The key question is how they handle it. Find out how Akamai did.
BuzzCut: AntiSpam Laws Getting Tougher
By Dave Molta
Spammers are heading to jail; the antispam technology market is consolidating; and standards are improving. Are Spam-less days ahead?
BuzzCut: Cisco Continues Wi-Fi Market Domination
By Dave Molta
Smaller Wi-Fi companies want a piece of the wireless market. Can they wrench it from the ever-popular Cisco?
BuzzCut: FUDBusters: Microsoft Pre-Installs ISA
By Curtis Franklin Jr.
The Redmond giant plans to sell its upcoming Internet Security and Acceleration server preinstalled on hardware.

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