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Cover Story
Analysis: Mobility Apps By Peter Rysavy
Enterprise IT is under increasing pressure to support mobile applications, partner with carriers and develop new support models. We examine the technology trends and drivers and help you determine the best
strategies to ensure your organization will be ready.
Features
Analysis: Fixed Wireless By Sean Ginevan
Even as most connectivity options get faster and cheaper, linking cross-town--or even cross-campus--locations remains a budget buster. Is today's fixed wireless the answer?
A Look at Blue Lane VirtualShield By Avi Baumstein
We put Blue Lane VirtualShield to the test and found its unique patching approach an effective way to protect against remotely exploitable vulnerabilities targeting VMware.
Interview: IronPort's Scott Weiss By Andrew Conrry-Murray
The CEO of IronPort systems talks about his company's acquisition by Cisco and why he sees no end in sight to the problem of spam.
Reviews
Review: Point-to-Point Systems By Sean Ginevan
Today's point-to-point systems are cost-effetive alternatives to typical leased lines or running fiber. We examined five radios from Alvarion, Motorola and Proxim, testing throughput, latency, VoIP/QoS and configuration tools. Find out if these offerings are worth the bulge to your budget.
Rollout: NetMotion Mobility XE 7.2 By Jameson Blandford
Mobility XE 7.2 offers good value to specific verticals, providing excellent user experience by preventing application disconnections. Just don't expect it to replace standard remote access.
Rollout: MValent Integrity By Michael Biddick
Integrity helps prevent application failure by creating standards for automating the configuration of an entire app infrastructure. But watch out for its complexity.
Rollout: Cisco Systems 7921G phone By Arjun Nandal
The Cisco 7921G aims to make employees more productive by offering in-building mobility. Its new dual-band support means fewer problems with wireless interference
Ethernet Goes Green By Peter Morrissey
The IEEE's Energy Efficient Ethernet group is studying how to cut Ethernet's power requirements through a technology called Rapid PHY Selection. But there are a number of hurdles to overcome.
Certification Shelved for Voice QoS over Wireless By Jonn Martell
A lack of support prompts the Wi-Fi Alliance to table a program that would have laid the groundwork for implementation of 802.11e mechanism. But is there still hope for higher voice capacity?
Columns
App Vendors: Virtualize or Get Out! By Art Wittmann
Virtualization is the most important technology to hit the data center since 32-bit computing got cheap. App vendors that value their customers should be supporting it.
Air Time: Understanding 802.11 Interference By Dave Molta
Under conditions of heavy network utilization and co-channel interference, today's wireless LAN products behave unpredictably. Over time, these problems will become more critical.
FCoE: The Latest Standard We Don't Need By Howard Marks
FCoE is either the long-awaited common infrastructure that can run standard network and storage applications or the last gasp of the Fibre Channel industry about to drown in the tsunami that is iSCSI.
BuzzCuts
Next-Gen Wi-Fi Nears Takeoff By Frank Bulk
The Wi-Fi Alliance announces the first products certified to the speedier next-generation 802.11n wireless standard.
Data De-Dupe Hits Storage By Howard Marks
Network Appliance has announced the first iteration of data de-duplication technology for primary storage.
Microsoft Slashes Virtualization Plans By Joe Hernick
Microsoft's server-virtualization play Viridian is expected to arrive soon, albeit short a few key features. And that's got critics.
Java Returns to the Desktop By Andy Dornan
At the recent JavaOne show, Sun Microsystems unveiled JavaFX, a desktop-scripting environment for Java browser apps.
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