Network Computing Report #276
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Monday, November 25, 2002

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This week, our editors tested dedicated traffic shapers. Read why
Packeteer's offering helps keep traffic flowing smoothly. Plus, don't
miss your last opportunity to try your hand at our TechQuiz on
perimeter security.

Be sure to bookmark our Weblog, the Network Computing Daily Blog, and
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--The Network Computing Report Team

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In This Issue:
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1)  Newsletter Specials
2)  Editor's Bookshelf
3)  BuzzCut
4)  The Daily Blog
5)  Review: Warding Off WAN Gridlock
6)  Workshop: Web Infrastructure: Relieve Web Performance Anxiety
7)  Sneak Preview: Cisco Updates Do-All Switch Line
8)  Interactive Buyer's Guide: VPN Servers
9)  Down to Business: Biz & IT Must Meld--Finally
10) Security Watch: No Trespassing
11) The Inside Story: Check Out Our Pipes
12) Career Coach
13) Letters
14) Peerstone Enterprise Software Survey
15) CMP Marketplace
16) Latest IT Professional Downloads
17) Subscription Information

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1) Newsletter Specials
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a) TechQuiz: Perimeter Security
It's your last chance to measure your mettle when it comes to securing
the edge of your network. Get all the answers to our quiz questions
correct, and we'll throw your name into the hat to possibly win one of
five WatchGuard(R) Firebox(R) SOHO 6tc VPN Appliances from our
sponsor, WatchGuard Technologies. Good luck!
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b) New Top 11 List
We're looking for the Top 11 naive IT predictions for 2003. Here's an
idea to get things started: Apple brings back the Newton...in color!
Send us your submissions. If you make us laugh, we'll publish them in
print and online for our special Christmas issue.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40BjCi0Ab

Plus, in honor of this week's Turkey Day, we've posted a special
online-only version of our Top 11 list. So drop by and read the Top 11
reasons not to hold Thanksgiving dinner in the server room, as
submitted by your fellow readers.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm2y0Ad

c) Holiday Wish List
We're also looking for your holiday wish lists for our end-of-year
edition of the Last Mile. So send us your responses to the following
three questions, and we'll publish them in print and online, and
forward them to the North Pole where appropriate.

1. A holiday wish for your favorite vendor (a new browser for
Microsoft; a shiatsu massage for Steve Ballmer, perhaps?)

2. Your must-have Holiday gift and what you'll do with it (don't be
afraid to embrace your inner geek here)

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d) Compare IT: Managed Firewall Services
With managed firewall services, outside security experts remotely take
charge of your company's firewalls and watch your network perimeter
24x7. Compare and get quotes from Netifice (Epoch), Exodus and SAVVIS.
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e) NWC To Go
If you own a PDA and utilize AvantGo, we invite you to sign up for our
weekly mobile edition so you can take our features and reviews with
you wherever you may roam. It's free, of course, and weighs in at just
under 150 Kilobytes.
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2) Editor's Bookshelf
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In keeping with this issue's Workshop theme of Web infrastructure, our
editor's have chosen the following book:

"Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web"
By Christina Wodtke
This book introduces the core concepts of information architecture:
organizing Web site content so that it can be found; designing Web
site interaction so that it's pleasant to use; and creating an
interface that is easy to understand. By swiftly and clearly learning
the skills of information architecture, designers, project managers,
programmers and other information architecture practitioners will be
able to avoid costly mistakes. Use this book and you will pass the
usability inspection with flying colors!

For more information.
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Find other books.
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3) BuzzCut
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a) Xandros--Mom's New Linux Desktop
By Don MacVittie
Corel Linux has been reinvented as Xandros, a user-friendly flavor of
the operating system.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm230AT

b) Office 11 Flappings
By Michael J. DeMaria
The latest and loudest Microsoft Office rumblings? Version 11 is
designed to run only on Windows 2000 SP3 and XP. Tough luck, Windows
98 and NT users.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm240AU

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4) The Daily Blog
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a) Honey, I Shrunk the Comdex
"Over at my old stomping grounds, Byte.com, Senior Contributing Editor
Jerry Pournelle is once again filing his annual fall Comdex reports.
And from the sounds of things, this may be the teeny, tiniest Comdex
in Vegas ever."
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b) Backing Up OS X Volumes
"This weekend I upgraded to OS X 10.2. Woo. However, before upgrading
I wanted to repartition my laptop drive. I found this awesome freeware
utility, Carbon Copy Cloner. It lets you copy disks/partitions and
maintain the file permissions, invisible files and symlinks. It even
works while the current system is running. :-) Or you can use the
instructions included to do it all from the command line with the
system tools."
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm250AV

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5) Review: Warding Off WAN Gridlock
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By Michael J. DeMaria
You can never have too much throughput, but there's no reason your
critical latency-sensitive applications should be at the mercy of
bandwidth hogs. We tested dedicated traffic shapers and found that
Packeteer's offering keeps traffic flowing smoothly.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm260AW

Read books on this topic.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40BjYs0A8

Read more articles on this subject.
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Download WAN traffic white papers.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm270AX

Research LAN/WAN analyzer products and vendors.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm280AY

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6) Workshop: Web Infrastructure: Relieve Web Performance Anxiety
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By Michael J. DeMaria
Don't let Web infrastructure problems jeopardize your business. Here's
a guide to benchmarking your Web site's end-to-end performance to
ensure optimum reliability.
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Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Download Web infrastructure white papers.
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Research Web traffic management products and vendors.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40OZg0AP

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7) Sneak Preview: Cisco Updates Do-All Switch Line
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By Peter Morrissey
Cisco's Catalyst 4500 switches can act as Layer 2 switches or
feature-rich routers. We tested the 4507R and found that it delivers
wire-speed performance and redundancy.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm3C0Ak

Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Download router white papers.
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Research router products and vendors.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm3E0Am

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8) Interactive Buyer's Guide: VPN Servers
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Network security is critical. We highlight over 30 features in today's
VPN servers to help you safeguard your network from intruders.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40BmYj0A2

Read books on this topic.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40BjYs0A8

Read more articles on this subject.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40CN80AE

Download network security white papers.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40N7V0AW

Research network security products and vendors.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40N7W0AX

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9) Down to Business: Biz & IT Must Meld--Finally
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By Rob Preston
"IT pros must become the business, not some broken appendage that
needs to be realigned with it."
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm3F0An

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10) Security Watch: No Trespassing
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By Robert Moskowitz
"WEP warns potential intruders your wireless network is private
property and they will suffer the consequences if they cross the
line."
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm3G0Ao

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11) The Inside Story: Check Out Our Pipes
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By Jim Hutchinson
"When heavy rain or snow kicked up in the Boston area, the microwave
link would flake out. Ah, the good ol' days."
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm3H0Ap

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12) Career Coach
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This Week: Learning the legal aspects of telecommunications--is it
worth it? Plus, an old programmer ponders which languages to focus on
to get back into programming.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJnp0Be3GS0V40Bm3I0Aq

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13) Letters
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"It doesn't matter if people are kicking in the front door or sneaking
in the back--either way, they get in."  ~Michel Labelle
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14) Peerstone Enterprise Software Survey
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As any vendor will tell you, many companies have stopped buying
software. Software sales of leading enterprise application vendors
like SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel, i2 and Manugistics are off by 50
percent or more from their peak two years ago. But is this a permanent
change or a temporary crisis? It's hard to sort out the influence of
macro-economic factors (dot-com collapse, recession, terrorism) vs.
IT-specific factors, such as a possible decline in ROI for enterprise
software investments. We are conducting a major research project to
shed light on these issues, and we need your views!

Take the Peerstone Enterprise Software survey today.
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The first 150 qualified respondents get the full results of our
research and a chance at $2,500 in Amazon.com gift certificates.

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16) Latest IT Professional Downloads
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Find some of the newest files in IT Pro's collection of shareware,
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a) ReGet Deluxe 3.2
This download manager achieves unmatched speeds by splitting the files
being downloaded into sections and downloading them simultaneously.
ReGet Deluxe is easy to install and integrates seamlessly with all
popular browsers.

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