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On Location: American Airlines Center's Wi-Fi Network
By Tim Wilson
The home of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and the NHL's Dallas Stars has a Wi-Fi network that's become a hit with owners, staff, fans and suppliers, improving customer service and increasing revenue.
On Location: American Airlines Center's Managed Wireless
By Jonathan Feldman
We delve into the details of American Airlines Center's WLAN to see how its ease of management and security features benefit everyone from ticket takers to fans.
Review: Web Application Servers
By Lori MacVittie
Web application servers promise improved performance and availability on a dual-server platform. We tested four such products and awarded our Editor's Choice to the offering with the best feature set, functionality and ability to manage multiple instances.

Workshops
Workshop: Building a Storage Area Network
By Don MacVittie
Building a SAN doesn't have to be painful. We give you the lowdown on how to build a storage area network and how to avoid the pitfalls of a new storage infrastructure.
Centerfold: University's New WLAN Cuts Out Uninvited APs
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
The University of Miami's IT team hopes a new WLAN will eliminate channel interference and tighten security, thereby helping them gain control of the multiplying rogue access points that have been wreaking havoc.

Sneak Previews
Business Objects' Crystal Reports Professional
By Daniel Koffler
Version XI retrieves data from virtually any source and requires minimal technical knowledge to create complex reports.
SecureLogix's Enterprise Telephony Management System 5.0
By Joe Hernick and Dean Ellertson
New features and low-cost appliances such as voice over IP support and intrusion prevention highlight this latest version.
PassLogix's v-Go SSO
By Lori MacVittie
PassLogix secures remote logons with the addition of graded authentication to its v-Go single sign-on identity-management system.

Departments
Last Mile
Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition: Top 11 ways Larry Ellison secretly celebrated the PeopleSoft acquisition; Intuit's naughty "800" number; and a self-powered tortilla board.
Quick Takes
Edited By Patricia Thomas
In this edition we look at ipMonitor's ipMonitor 7.5, TeaLeaf Technology's RealiTea 4.5, TriSixty Security's Security Suite and F5 Networks' Big-IP 6800 Application Switch.
Letters
By NWC Readers
Reader David Krings responds to Hunter Metatek's column about troubled employees by asking, "Perhaps the employee would have been better suited for another position--did anyone ever ask if he liked what he was doing?"
Columns
Down to Business: The Trouble With Mergers
By Rob Preston
When big companies assimilate tech pioneers, they tend to extinguish their all too important innovative spark.
The IT Agenda: Consultants: Make IT Services a Custom Fit
By Jonathan Feldman
The value of consulting lies in the customization of deliverables. Here are some tips and tricks to fine-tune that plan of action.
BuzzCuts
Microsoft Plans Browser Upgrade
By Lori MacVittie
Driven by ongoing security concerns and increasing pressure from competitors, Microsoft now plans to launch IE Version 7 in the second half of this year.
EMC Causes Waves in SMB Market
By Don MacVittie
With the introduction of lower end iSCSI products, EMC will throw its weight into the iSCSI market and cause users to rethink lesser known vendors in the iSCSI space.
Telecom Mergers Stomp on Competition
By Tim Wilson
Enterprises will soon have fewer service provider choices than ever, from companies that claim to be able to do it all. Has the industry lost all the promises offered by convergence and deregulation?
Getting Active on Defense
By Curtis Franklin Jr.
Network owners and individual users are starting to take action against attackers rather than simply blocking their attempts at intrusions and scams.
FUDBuster: HP Fires Carly Fiornia--What's Next?
By Bradley F. Shimmin
Radical restructuring. A flashy search for a new CEO. Possible new acquisitions. Is HP on the right track--or heading for derailment?

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