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Cover Story
On Location: Chicago Transit Authority By Andrew Conry-Murray
We join the Windy City's CTA as it explores whether mobile wireless, real-time video and an extensive fiber optic network can tighten public-transit security.
Features
Vista in the Enterprise By Joe Hernick
Death. Taxes. Vista. Face it--some things are inevitable. We surveyed over 500 readers about the good, the bad and the ugly of Microsoft's latest desktop OS and developed a rational upgrade path.
Analysis: Data De-Duping By Howard Marks
Backup devices are filled with redundant data. These tools and techniques for de-dumping promise a 20-to-1 reduction in storage requirements by extending the time backups reside on disk and saving bandwidth during off-site storage.
Rolling Review: Extrusion-Prevention Systems By John H. Sawyer
In this kickoff to our extrusion-prevention rolling review, we analyze the market, lay out the vendor invitation and describe the test bed. In future issues, we'll test products in our labs and review them to find the best extrusion-detection and -prevention offerings.
The NWC Interview: Jim Zemlin, The Linux Foundation By Robert Hertzberg
The executive director of the newly formed Linux Foundation talks about the advantages of open-source development and his (nearly) unbridled admiration for Microsoft.
Reviews
Rollout: ScienceLogic EM7 Appliance By Michael Biddick
ScienceLogic's new network management appliance provides a scalable, integrated solution with a
range of functions, including fault and performance management, configuration management and helpdesk. The integrated approach could be a dream come true for small and midsize enterprises.
Rollout: Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 By Michael Fudge Jr.
Citrix adds application streaming to its portfolio,
enabling IT to run applications on the server or stream them to the client. The result: Enterprises can now use Citrix to manage graphic- and CPU-intensive applications in addition to traditional thin-client apps.
Rollout: Kace KBox 1000/2000 Series Appliances By Steven J. Schuchart
This start-up vendor's network-management appliances provide core automation, inventory and audit capabilities, plus OS and application provisioning. The products are easy to install, and best suited to small and midsize IT shops that mainly require desktop management.
Tech Tracker
Browser Certs Can't Force Adherence By Mike Fratto
While Extended Validation certificates close loopholes and address technical issues, they don't significantly mitigate the problems with digital CAs and don't address the problem of authoritatively identifying a Web site as legitimate.
Is BPEL Positioned for the Future? By Erik R. Pieczkowski
The Web Services spec brings enhancements, improves portability of business processes and clarifies ambiguities present in its previous version.
Columns
Strategy Session: Judging Products By Art Wittmann
What makes a product right for one industry could make it exactly wrong for another industry. By exposing our detailed evaluation process, you can more effectively assess products for your own shortlist.
Cash and Burn: Three Generations of Telephony Failures By David Greenfield
Despite the best efforts of the communications industry, telephony servers have never been a strategic buy. Most VoIP purchases are made to increase business value rather than transform the enterprise.
Public Pitfalls Of Privacy Policies By Patrick Mueller
What does a privacy policy mean for your organization in legal terms? Think of it as a legally enforceable promise that you make to your customers--one you shouldn't break lightly.
BuzzCuts
Major Vendors Push Green Standards By Andrew Conry-Murray
A new standards body promoting energy efficiency in the IT industry is being supported by a veritable who's who of vendors.
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More Password Problems for Cisco By Jordan Wiens
Cisco's recent problems with the default passwords for its unified IP phone isn't the first time the company--which has spent so much on security branding--has had password issues.
Beware the FMC Hype By Sean Ginevan
Fixed-mobile convergence has garnered a lot of attention lately in the industry, but implementing it isn't as easy as grabbing some Wi-Fi-enabled handsets and deploying an FMC appliance.
Will Alcatel-Lucent Choke on SIP? By David Greenfield
SIP technology will occupy much of Alcatel-Lucent's innovation this year, but it's no guarantee of success.
BuzzBite: Stinking Up the Web By Andrew Conry-Murray
In less than 10 years, fragrance cartridges attached to computers will be able to create scents based on information sent over the Internet.
BuzzBite: E-mailaholics By Tom LaSusa
Are you looking to free yourself from the shackles of e-mail obsession? There's a 12-step program that's just right for you.
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