Desktop Management: Winning the Desktop Rodeo By Michael J. DeMaria
Instead of getting out of Dodge when it's time to wrangle PCs into submission, take our advice: All a modern-day computer cowpoke needs is a thoroughbred management strategy. Saddle up, and we'll explain.
Review: Desktop Management Products By Michael J. DeMaria
We performed extensive tests on seven desktop management suites. Although Altiris' Client Management Suite trotted into first place, one competitor was just a gallop away, thanks to superior patch management, OS support and more.
Review: Job Schedulers By Michael J. DeMaria
Stop relying on homemade solutions to keep your systems running on time. The six job scheduling programs we tested automate almost every administrative, maintenance and business process an enterprise requires.
Workshops
How to Block WLAN Interference By Jameson Blandford
Unlicensed radio devices can wreak havoc on your wireless LAN. Here's how to find the culprits and prevent them from interfering with your airwaves.
Centerfold: Appliance Pays Big Dividends for Online Banking App By Kelly Jackson Higgins
When the SSFCU's online banking application became increasingly slow and at times unavailable, the credit union decided to boost performance and scalability with a load-balancing solution--the NetScaler 9000 appliance.
Sneak Previews
Visual Networks' Uptime Select By Bruce Boardman
Performance-management systems give network engineers a deeper understanding of how valuable WAN bandwidth is used.
NextPage's NextPage 1.5 By Sean Doherty
This subscription service provides version control for collaborative Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. The price and system requirements, however, might leave your head spinning.
StrikeIron's OnDemand Web Services By Lori MacVittie
Using a plug-in for MS Excel, ODWS' drag-and-drop technique makes it simple for any user to create service-oriented business applications.
Departments
Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition: Top 11 working titles for a movie about ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina; an ode to Carly; and the zany MS Knowledge Base.
Quick Takes Edited By Patricia Thomas
This edition looks at IMLogic's IM Manager 7.0, Trendware International's TEW-T1 2.4-GHz Wi-Fi Detector, Red Gate Software's SQL Backup 3.0 and Dorian Software Creations' Fortress Desktop 4.0.
Letters By NWC Readers
March Thornsbuery is amazed that "so many people still buy the dog-and-pony show companies trot out when they merge."
Columns
Down to Business: Sensationalism Has No Place in Corporate Governance By Rob Preston
A host of new regulations and lawsuits heaps billions of dollars in costs onto thousands of companies in the name of weeding out billions of dollars in wrongdoing among a handful of them. Are we
overreacting?
BuzzCuts
Mozilla Puts Stop to Mozilla By Lori MacVittie
The Mozilla Group has ceased work on the Mozilla browser and app suite to focus its attention on Firefox and Thunderbird. Is this a wise decision?
'Botnets' Taking Control Away From Users, Enterprises By Curtis Franklin Jr.
These software robots are letting the bad guys use networks of thousands of Internet-connected computers to do their bidding. So how do we stop 'em?
Controversy Over AOL Policy Illustrates TOS Shortcomings By Steve Hill
Users went crazy recently when AOL posted new policies claiming ownership of user content. In truth, AOL's policies are not much different from any other Web site's, and IT people should be wary of these online agreements.
FUDBuster: Microsoft Ends Free Support for VB 6 By Tim Wilson
Despite outcries from VB developers, Microsoft is sticking to its plan to phase out VB 6 and force developers over to Visual Basic.Net and VB 2005. Developers are not amused, and they shouldn't be.
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InformationWeek U.S. IT Salary Survey 2008
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