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.
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.
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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2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects
Though raises are notably smaller than a year ago, and job security’s shrinking, IT careers are looking safer than many others in this economic downturn. Get all the findings in InformationWeek's 2009 IT Salary Survey. Available FREE for a limited time.
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