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Mobility |
Once a mobile work force has access to corporate data from anywhere, it’ll wonder how it ever lived without wireless connectivity. But "no wires" doesn’t mean "no strings" – buyers will have to make some compromises. Speed? Not much. Coverage? Spotty, especially outside of cities and inside big buildings. Price? Slowly coming down to earth. Network Computing has tested a slew of mobile wireless services and devices to determine which wireless solutions are ready for deployment. |
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Service Level Agreement
Hook, Line & Sinker |
Service outages, packet loss and latency can capsize a business, costing it customers and sales. Worse yet, companies should not expect a lifeline from their ISP. Most providers’ service-level guarantees are designed only to reel a company in when they’re vying for business–not to offer compensation when they fail to deliver on their promises. |
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Smarter Switching? |
Web Content Switching: They’re new and they’re hot, but are Web content switches likely to stir up more performance problems than they solve? Also known as Layer 7 switches, these tools are designed for controlling incoming Web traffic. The benefits can be far-reaching, as long as the level of complexity added to a site doesn’t throw it and, consequently, the site’s performance for a loop. |
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Gigabit Over Copper
Is It Worth The Risk? |
Gigabit Ethernet over standard copper wiring is less expensive than its fiber equivalent. But if an organization requires 99.999 percent reliability, it’ll be taking a risk. To put this technology to the test, we asked vendors to take our ISP Rack Collocations Challenge, which called for end-to-end gigabit-over-copper solutions. |
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Find: The Right Search Engine |
Help customers find exactly what they need on a corporate Web site by using a search engine that weeds out extraneous links and provides only the most relevant information fast and efficiently. |
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Content Management |
A good Web content management implementation can deliver highly personalized content to customers, facilitate customer self-service, and boost customer satisfaction and loyalty. |
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Enterprise Security |
Over the past year we've been keeping a sharp eye on what has been hitting the news, and what hasn't, in the area of computer crime. Whether security statistics are quoted from Web defacement mirrors like attrition.org, or the FBI/CSI report, one thing is irrefutable: the problem is only getting worse. |
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