Market Analysis: Supply Chain Management By Lori MacVittie
Companies working with razor-thin margins and just-in-time parts deliveries have little room for error. Unfortunately, these supply chains are often incomplete and lacking good communication. In our analysis, we illustrate the savings an optimized supply chain can provide.
RFI Analysis: Supply Chain Management Vendors By Lori MacVittie
We invited four supply chain management vendors to pitch a plan for optimizing the supplier-distributor processes of our fictional company. Read our no-holds-barred evaluations of their RFI responses.
Review: Wireless LAN Analysis Tools By Jameson Blandford and Daniel Renfroe
Despite the hype, security isn't the only bogey plaguing wireless networks. We tested 12 portable wireless LAN analyzers designed to troubleshoot a wide array of everyday problems at the physical and data-link layers.
Five Web Conferencing Packages By Matt McKenzie
With travel budgets slashed and airlines going bankrupt, applications by Citrix, Convoq, Elluminate, Microsoft and Webex can keep you in touch.
Sarbanes-Oxley: The Upside for IT By Phil Britt Regulatory compliance isn't all about resource drain. Sarbanes-Oxley may give IT an opportunity to get long-delayed technology projects put into motion.
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Outsource Your Mom, Friends and Church By Jonathan Feldman
With the cost of IT services and products more affordable, why not help family and friends choose the proper integrator or VAR to handle their PC, wireless LAN and high-speed Internet connection?
Buyer's Guide: Performance Monitors that Get Results By Bruce Boardman
Performance products take the pulse of your systems, network, applications and clients. We'll help you understand the pros and cons of different measurements to determine which tool is right for you.
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Forum Systems XWall By Lori MacVittie
The price tag may sting, but Forum's XWall provides effective XML firewall and virus scans for SOAP and attached payloads.
NetQoS SuperAgent 7 By Lee Badman
SuperAgent 7's Operations view lets you drill down into the performance of specific resources, offering end-to-end monitoring.
NetOptics iTap By Bruce Boardman
The iTap Gigabit Port Aggregator gives you real-time network utilization data and automated alerts.
Departments
Last Mile: Happy Hol-IT-days Edited By Tim Wilson and Tom LaSusa This edition looks at the Top 11 worst holiday gifts for an IT pro, the winner of our "Rename the Internet Contest" and a truly crumby computer.
Quick Takes: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 By Jennifer Zaino
This edition looks at Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as well as Groxis Grokker EM, CA Unicenter r11 and ONStor Bobcat 2280.
Letters: Make Skype Safe By NWC Readers
Henry Johns says, "I remember when IT departments said no to floppy disks on networked computers because of the risk of data theft. Now we have portable USB storage devices that hold a gigabyte of data."
Vendors Buy into ID Management--Literally By Lori MacVittie
Oracle's recent acquisition of Thor Technologies extended a three-year string of buyouts. Truth be told, it's the fastest way to develop a suite of ID-management tools.
Microsoft Plans New Apps Optimized for Faster Processor By Steven Hill
Microsoft revealed plans last month to launch new software versions optimized for the speedier processor. Both AMD and Intel should benefit, but only time will tell whether other developers will follow Microsoft's lead.
FUDBusters: Mobile Phone Growth Estimates Seem Greatly Exaggerated By Tim Wilson
Despite a Nokia exec's prediction that three billion people will be using cell phones by 2010, the numbers suggest most of the world's people are either too young or too poor to meet that estimate.
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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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