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Cover Story
Analysis: Unified Communications By David Greenfield
Vendors are aggressively pushing consolidated voice, IM, videoconferencing and e-mail, which can accelerate business communications and enhance productivity. But putting all your communications apps in one basket means a single point of failure. We assess the risks.
Features
Review: DNS/DHCP Appliances By Mike Fratto
We tested three DNS/DHCP appliances designed to simplify configuration in remote offices through high availability and seamless failover. We gave out our Editor's Choice award to the product with the most outstanding management capabilities.
The NWC Interview: Brian Chess, Fortify Software By Andrew Conry-Murray
Security vendor Fortify Software's Brian Chess, founder and chief scientist, discusses how his company's products help developers find and fix bugs that lead to security issues.
On Location: Mortgage Company Cashes in on Web Services By David Strom
Home loan lender Freddie Mac's migration from mainframes to Web services succeeded through a combination of great planning, distributed architecture and solid investment in the right standards. The result: billions saved.
Reviews
Mimosa's NearPoint 2.1 By Ron Anderson
Companies in highly regulated industries will welcome NearPoint 2.0's self-service compliance storage and eDiscovery options. BEA's WebLogic RealTime 1.1 By Lori MacVittie
New pieces added to WebLogic can help your Java applications kiss garbage-collection latency goodbye. Tenable's Nessus 3.0 By Jordan Weins
Fee-based capabilities enhance the Nessus vulnerability scanner. The endpoint-compliance functionality isn't always pretty, but it gets the job done well, and cheaply.
Tech Tracker
The New 802.11n Standard By Jameson Blandford
The pending Wi-Fi standard will leave earlier versions in the dust, but the upcoming technology will require special considerations in an enterprise. Start planning for it now! Ajax-Based Dojo Toolkit By Lori MacVittie
The Dojo Foundation is a forerunner in the race to develop a standardized Ajax toolkit. Thus far, it seems to be a favorite and is receiving industry support, including the backing of the OpenAjax Alliance.
Columns
Strategy Session: Introducing Holistic Analysis By Art Wittmann
Vendors are eyeing the state of the economy and the coming fiscal year with pessimism. So what's a well-intentioned IT planner to do? Air Time: 802.11n: Good Luck By Dave Molta
The Wi-Fi Alliance's announcement of plans to certify 802.11n products in the first half of 2007 provides what both vendors and customers have sorely needed: a de facto standard.
BuzzCuts
Move Forward with 802.11n By Dave Molta
As the time approaches to make a significant Wi-Fi investment, you'd probably like to see some protection. Does it make sense to deploy 802.11a/b/g when 11n is imminent? ISS: IBM's Red-Headed Stepchild By Andrew Conry-Murray
IBM can't stop gushing over the managed security services business it acquired from ISS. But it seems to be completely ignoring ISS' IPS software and appliance business. Could Social Networks Succeed in the Enterprise? By Robert Hertzberg
Eager to capitalize on the success of MySpace, start-ups are exploring the possibilities of business-focused social networks for the enterprise. Small Biz Goes Mobile By Sean Ginevan
A recent Yankee Group survey indicates that small enterprises are encouraging employees to get e-mail and calendaring over their mobile devices. BuzzBites: Linux and Lenin; Booting Up By Andrew Conry-Murray
The Indian state of Kerala, which is communist, plans to promote Linux in its 2,724 high schools. Also, what do technology and the art of throwing rubber boots have in common?
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