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May 25, 2006 -- Market Analysis: Security Information Management    
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Market Analysis: Security Information Management

By Greg Shipley
The amount of threat data to be managed is growing. Fortunately, a well-planned SIM strategy can help you make sense of the deluge. We analyze the often confusing and complex security information management market.

Review: Security Information Management Products
By Greg Shipley
Our Neohapsis Lab tested eight enterprise-class SIM suites capable of supporting at least a dozen log formats while moderating the amount of information security administrators must process. Although a veteran in the market earned our Editor's Choice, new arrivals are staking their claims.

Affordable IT: Leasing IT Equipment
By Andrew Conry-Murray
IT infrastructure costs can easily shrink or sink a budget. Leasing equipment might be your best bet. We show you the pros and the pitfalls.

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Centerfold: Winemaker Stores No E-Mail Beyond Its Time
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Foster's Wine Estates America's new e-mail management system provides the company with archiving to improve storage and access as well as e-discovery to help comply with regulatory audits.


Crash Course: AJAX: A Quicker Way to Freshen Your Web Pages
By Ben Dupont
The emerging Asynchronous JavaScript and XML standard makes interactive Web pages seem more responsive by updating dynamic content without full-page refresh. We give you the ins and outs of AJAX, where to get it and when to use it -- or not.

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Viola Networks' NetAlly 5.0.19A
By Sean Doherty
Voila Networks' NetAlly 5.0.19A software provides in-depth reports of network metrics such as latency, packet loss, jitter and throughput, which help you keep voice-over-IP performance at a high level.

Near-Time's Near-Time.net
By Michael J. DeMaria
Low-cost, cross-platform Web software lets small groups collaborate securely through blogs, wikis and group scheduling.

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Last Mile: Mac Running Windows? Fuggedaboudit!
By Andrew Conry-Murray and Tom LaSusa
In this edition: The Top 11 reasons IT won't run Windows on Macs. Plus, car thieves go high-tech and 'This Old Case Mod.'

Quick Takes: Network Acceleration
By Jennifer Zaino
In this edition, we look at Expand Networks' full-featured 2U rack-mounted appliance. We also spotlight LogicBlaze's Fuse and BizAutomation's CRM+Business Management.
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The Art of IT: Three Wise Men of Networking
By Art Wittmann
Cisco Systems' John Chambers. Juniper Networks' Scott Kriens. Extreme Networks' Gordon Stitt. If you had any illusions that these three view their business in even remotely the same terms, let me dispel them now.

Air Time: Wi-Fi Yesterday and Today
By Dave Molta
In the IEEE, technical excellence is valued and often demanded, but increasingly, the process has as much to do with the economics of standards as with the merits of architectures.

BuzzCuts

Easing Into NAC
By Andrew Conry-Murray
Two intriguing NAC architectures emerged at this month's Interop: peer-based enforcement and SSL VPNs on the LAN. Both let enterprises ease into a NAC solution without taking on the full cost or complexity of solutions requiring significant network upgrades or hardware purchases.
Adobe's Poor Assumptions
By Lori MacVittie
If Adobe wants Flash to become the de facto standard for displaying eye candy, the company must make certain its Web site can identify OSs correctly.
Will Vista's Bulk Weigh Down the WAN?
By David Greenfield
As Vista's delivery date keeps getting pushed back, enterprises should use that time to figure out how to distribute the 3-GB software package.
Have Your USB Cake and Eat It Too
By Jennifer Zaino
Msystems, which holds the patent on USB flash drives, wants to please everyone with a new product that provides centralized control for flash drives.
BuzzBlog: VoIP Spam: A Bad Call; Video Games = $$
By Andrew Conry-Murray
Vonage recently sent e-mail containing an audio attachment to all its subscribers to drum up investors for its forthcoming IPO. Could it be considered spam? Also: Big bucks in the video game industry.

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