Market Analysis: Real-Time User Monitoring By Bruce Boardman
Complex networks hide the end-user experience. Real-time user monitoring technology lets you see things from your customers' perspective and address performance problems promptly.
Review: Real-Time Monitoring Products By Bruce Boardman
We tested three real-time user monitoring products. Overall, we were pleased with the entries, but our Editor's Choice edged out the competition with its ease of use and URL parsing.
Affordable IT: VoIP for SMBs By Sean Doherty
We evaluate three hosted IP PBXs, which offer small and midsize businesses all the benefits of voice over IP services without the costs of buying and maintaining their own switches.
Workshops
How-To: Setting Up Wireless Presentation Systems By Jameson Blanford
If your offices are full of projectors and wires, it may be time for a clean-up job. We give you the lowdown on how to build a wireless presentation system as well as a rundown on the tools you'll need.
Sneak Previews
Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 R2 By Don MacVittie
There's plenty to like in this update, such as its Storage Management tools and File Screens feature, but some kinks still must be worked out.
Sun Microsystems' SunFire T2000 By Christopher T. Beers
The SunFire T2000 server uses new CoolThread technology to provide exceptional performance for multithreaded applications.
Kemp Technologies' LM 1500 By Lori MacVittie
LoadMaster offers a full-featured traffic management appliance at an affordable price.
Geek Chic
Sony Ericsson's W600i Walkman Phone By Michael Brandenburg
This new $250 phone sounds great when playing music, and it can be used anywhere in the world.
IBM's ThinkPad Z60m By Scot Finnie
Lenovo's wide screen ThinkPad may be a bit big, but its gorgeous 15.4-inch display and great features could put it at the top of your list.
Pro Tech's NoiseBuster Headphones By James Turner
Getting great sound in an airplane at 35,000 feet doesn't require shelling out $300 for a high-end Bose noise-cancellation headset.
Portable Power; Organized Living By Jennifer Zaino
In this edition, charge up your cellphone, iPod and car battery with the SolarRoll. Plus: a handheld weather forecaster, a classic video game controller and more.
Departments
Last Mile: IT Predictions for 2006 By Tim Wilson and Tom LaSusa
In this edition, we gaze into our
crystal balls and contemplate the Top 11 outlandish IT predictions
for 2006. Also: New Yearıs resolutions for CIOs and weird USB drives.
Letters: SCCAN in Sight By NWC Readers
Felix Gonzalez contends, "IT staffers can offer valuable input, but that would mean company execs would have to listen to them."
Quick Takes: ScriptLogic Desktop Authority 7.0 By Jennifer Zaino
This edition looks at ScriptLogic's support for Windows
desktop centralizing as well as products from SmartLine, HP and Cisco.
Columns
Down to Business: Back to Security Basics By Rob Preston
Let's go back to Security 101: creating formal policies on accessing, distributing, storing and transporting critical data. And, of course, define severe consequences for failing to follow the rules.
The IT Agenda: IT Pros: Get the Props You Deserve By Jonathan Feldman
If law enforcement agencies
hype their accomplishments to the public, why shouldn't you? It's
time to prove to management that they're getting good returns on
dollars invested in your IT department.
BuzzCuts
This Is Out of the Box? By Lori MacVittie
Shouldn't "out of the box" mean that a feature can be used right away, with no additional software?
A New Level of IT Surprise By Ron Anderson
We recently dedicated a new data center and lab facility at our Real-World Labs at Syracuse University, giving us a chance to put some emerging technologies into live production.
Don't Quit Your BlackBerries By Frank Bulk
Throughout its legal battle with NTP, RIM has done little to gain the confidence of BlackBerry users or shareholders.
The Fast Boat From China By Tim Wilson
Should U.S. companies buy less expensive technology from China or "buy American"?
Buzz Bonus: "The Dog Ate My Data" By Tim Wilson
Strange data disasters of 2005. Plus: Looking for the next wave of innovation and heavy IT investment in the United States? You've got
two years.
NWC @ CES: Complete Show Coverage
CES 2006 - Las Vegas Complete coverage of this year's show -- guaranteed to keep you "connected." Read about the keynotes, watch video presentations and more.
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