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Special Issue: December 16, 2005
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The Survivor's Guide to 2006

Introduction: Anchors Aweigh!
By Mike Lee
IT spending is on the rise, but it still won't be easy to keep your boat afloat. Our business and technology editors share their predictions for the coming year.

Priority No. 1: Data Protection
By Tim Wilson
IT organizations have many priorities for the coming year, but none is as prominent as the effort to protect corporate data from disaster. We examine IT's approach to its top 2006 priority: data protection..

Security
By Mike Fratto
As you prepare for 2006, you need compliance-driven products to ensure your company doesn't become the next security-breach headline. But don't be fooled by all the vendor hype.

Network and Systems Management
By Bruce Boardman
Before you plan your next management step, consider carefully what's available. A wealth of products and technology--from expensive to free, from proprietary to standards based--is out there vying for your attention.

Enterprise Apps and App Infrastructure
By Lori MacVittie
Business processes will continue to drive application initiatives, while businesses themselves will rely on enterprise architectures to integrate their apps with processes.

Messaging and Collaboration
By Michael J. DeMaria
In 2006, look for stable communication technologies such as e-mail and videoconferencing to converge on your network with new media like blogs and podcasts.

Network Infrastructure
By Sean Doherty
After some years of stagnancy, there are finally sails on the infrastructure horizon. Look to MPLS and Metro Ethernet to make a splash.

Wireless
By Dave Molta
Wireless will throttle full speed ahead in 2006, with 3G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX technologies setting the pace for the enterprise. But which technologies will stay afloat? We look to the horizon.

Storage and Servers
By Don MacVittie
In the year to come, pay attention to bigger disks, fatter pipes and disk backups. And don't ignore multicore processors, blade servers and virtualization on the server side!

Features

Skype Challenging Two VoIP Services
By George Jones
Skype is currently the frontrunner among peer-to-peer VoIP services. Two new services, Gizmo Project and PeerMe, are prepared to join the race.

Sneak Previews

Cirrus Configuration Management 2
By Bruce Boardman
Simplicity and value--not high-end features--characterize the latest release of SolarWinds Cirrus Configuration Management.

Sun Microsystems SunFire T2000 Server
By Christopher T. Beers
When Sun's CoolThread technology meets multithreaded apps, it's burn baby burn.

Departments

Last Mile: Gilligan's IT-land
By Tim Wilson and Tom LaSusa
In this Survivor-centric edition, we laud the winner of our Survivor's Guide Ship Christening contest. We also look at the Top 11 most useful IT technologies for Gilligan's Island. Plus, a real IT survival tool.

Columns

Survivor's Guide to 2006: Publisher's Privilege
By John Siefert
Here at Network Computing, we pride ourselves on taking risks with new kinds of products and content to serve our readers.

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