Market Analysis: Tape Encryption By Don MacVittie
If you want to save your organization the infamy of a data disaster, it's time to implement a tape-encryption system. We outline the business drivers and technologies involved in protecting data on backup tapes.
Review: Tape Encryption Devices: Host-based vs. Appliance By Marisa Mack
How will you be judged if one of your company's backup tapes falls into the wrong hands? We examine the strengths and weaknesses of a host-based tape encryption product and an inline appliance.
Review: Spam Filters By Christopher T. Beers
Let's face it: Antispam laws haven't made a dent in the flood of junk e-mail. We put six Exchange-compatible technological spam killers to the test. Our pick for Editor's Choice gets the nod thanks to its elegant and effective engine design and comprehensive reporting.
Protect Yourself Against Rogue Wireless Access Points By Matthew Friedman
As wireless networks proliferate, so do rogue access points, set up by employees or hackers intent on stealing data and customers. Here's how you can protect yourself against these pests.
Secured Wireless Offers Enterprises More Than Just Peace of Mind By Jennifer Bosavage
Two midsize retail operations discover a cost-efficient way to secure wireless networking internally for greater efficiency and push it out of house as a customer service offering.
Review: Microsoft Office 12 Beta 1 By Rick Scott
Microsoft's radical new redesign of its applications suite has some neat new features, but it could have users up in arms.
Emerging Enterprise: Planning Your SMB's 2006 IT Spending
Champagne IT on a Malt Liquor Budget By Amy Lipton
The editors of Network Computing and Information Week help you plan, prepare and strategize the coming year's IT purchases for your small to midsize business.
Desktop Management: Doing the Desktop Tango By Michael J. DeMaria and Jennifer Maselli
If your company's PCs aren't working for your employees, check out our guide to buying systems. We cover what SMBs need to know to spend technology budgets wisely.
Security: So Many Data Sources. So Little Protection? By Don MacVittie and Jennifer Maselli
Just because your business is small, doesn't mean you don't need big-time data protection. Here's how to keep your most valuable asset safe.
Servers: Are You Being Servered? By Don MacVittie and Eileen Colkin Cuneo
You can buy a high-quality 1U server for about $1,000, and vendors are providing SMBs with options to keep long-term maintenance costs down and service levels high.
Storage: Attack of the Abominable Data Snowball By Don MacVittie and Eileen Colkin Cuneo
Fibre Channel or iSCSI? SAN or NAS? For small businesses with big data storage needs, these are critical choices.
The 7 Practices of Highly Effective SMBs By Tim Wilson
What are the key IT advantages that small companies hold over larger enterprises? We list seven key practices that can afford SMBs a competitive edge.
Windows 20th Anniversary Special
20 Years Of Windows By George Jones
A look back at the highs and lows of the most popular, vilified, and controversial OS in the world.
The Making Of Windows 1.0 By George Jones
Think Microsoft's development and release of Windows 1.0 was smooth? Think again.
20 Years Of Windows Releases By George Jones
Take a trip down memory lane and explore over fifteen releases of the OS -- each more complex than the last, with more features, and in some case, more controversy.
Windows Timeline By George Jones
An outline of major Windows happenings, along with computing milestones and world events for reference.
SIP Makes Your Presence Known By Sean Doherty
SIP extensions let users see whether a colleague is online and available for VoIP calls, videoconferences and IM.
Centerfold: Olympic IT Team Seeks Gold Security Standard By Kelly Jackson Higgins
The IT security team for the 2006 Winter Olympics learned from the previous Games that they need to filter and correlate their network alarms with more specificity--and that the insider threat is greater than they imagined.
Sneak Previews
3Com Switch 5500G-EI By Sean Doherty
We put the new 3Com stackable switches to the test. Their manageability and support for VLANs, RADIUS authentication, 802.1x access control and PoE add up to a grand slam.
Airwave Management Platform 4.0 By Dave Molta
AirWave AMP 4.0 eases the task of managing your multi-vendor wireless LAN. We tested it at our Syracuse University Real-World
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Egenera BladeFrame ES By Don MacVittie
Although you may not save space, the powerful BladeFrame ES is high-end, highly virtual and a realistic mini-computer replacement.
Memorex TravelDrive I.D. By Bill Silvey
An LCD screen sets this USB storage device apart from competitors, making it a good solution for swapping documents in the office or music at home.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite for Windows By Ron Miller
With a new UI and improved Office compatibility, the pioneering free office productivity proves that "free" doesn't mean "limited."
PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 By Bill Silvey
Trend Micro's new anti-malware suite offers solid protection without scaring uneasy users.
Departments
Last Mile: An IT Thanksgiving Edited By Tim Wilson and Tom LaSusa In this edition, we gobble up the Top 11 ways to automate your Thanksgiving celebration. Plus, crazy questions computer shoppers ask and the Jack PC.
Quick Takes: Database Auditing and Monitoring By Lorna Garey
This edition looks at Imperva's SecureSphere Database Security Gateway. We also spotlight products from Tizor, Corticon and UpLogix.
Letters: 3G Smartphones By NWC Readers
Daniel Taylor believes "future roaming solutions between cellular and Wi-Fi should be readily portable to the WiMAX environment."
Columns
Down to Business: Don't Fear Commoditization By Rob Preston
The commoditization of tech products will let IT pros focus on what their employers value most: competitive advantage and profits.
BuzzCuts
Microsoft, Cisco Take Aim at NAT By Peter Morrissey Microsoft and Cisco have thrown their weight behind the ICE standard, which promises a method of completing VoIP calls in Network Address Translation environments.
IBM Aims to Help Users Get Their Data Together By Michael J. DeMaria
IBM is touting its Public Image Monitoring Solution as a means to ease the collection of market and "public image" information from the Web.
New App Could Speed Provisioning By Bruce Boardman
Many enterprises overprovision their servers because it's easier to buy more servers than to figure out how the old ones are being utilized. A new app from BMC promises to automate that process.
FUDBusters: E-Mail: More Time-Waster Than Timesaver By Tim Wilson
A new long-term study indicates that U.S. workers are losing more than a day each week just trying to manage their overloaded e-mailboxes.
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