Network Computing Report #255
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Monday, July 1, 2002

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This week, we launch our new "On Location" section, where you can read
how Life Time Fitness is overhauling its applications infrastructure.
Plus, don't forget to try your hand at our SSL security TechQuiz. Read
more details in our newsletter specials section.

If you're looking for a daily peek into all online goings on, be sure
to bookmark our Weblog, the Network Computing Daily Blog.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40BZ4R0An

As always, please feel free to message us directly if you have any
comments or questions (mailto:newsletter@nwc.com).

Best regards,
--The Network Computing Report Team

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In This Issue:
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1)  Newsletter Specials
2)  The Daily Blog
3)  BuzzCut
4)  Webcast
5)  Feature: And Now for the Heavy Lifting
6)  Feature: MMS: The Muscle Behind the Life Time Fitness Machine
7)  Feature: Life Time's Body Corporate
8)  Sneak Preview: Luminous E200
9)  Sneak Preview: StorServer's S10000
10) Quick Takes
11) Down to Business: Feeling the Heat in Redmond
12) Top of the Stack: How Will We Justify VoIP?
13) CMP Marketplace
14) Latest IT Professional Downloads
15) Subscription Information

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1) Newsletter Specials
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a) On Location with Life Time Fitness
Step inside a real-world IT department as we document Life Time 
Fitness'
nationwide applications infrastructure rollout. Check in frequently to 
catch the
IT crew at work and at play. You can even post questions for the Life 
Time IT
folks... and they may have a few questions of their own for you!
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqm0AS

b) TechQuiz: SSL Security
How sharp are you when it comes to securing corporate resources? Find
out by trying to outsmart our editors. If you succeed, you could win a
nifty security token from our sponsor, Rainbow Technologies.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40TNs0Aa

c) Five-Minute Workout: Securing Web Infrastructure, A Primer
If Web services security standards like XML D-Sig, XKMS and XACML have
your head spinning, tune into our streaming workout to get the
low-down on employing Web-savvy security within your enterprise.
Sponsored by Cisco.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqn0AT

d) Compare IT: Dedicated Internet Access Solutions
Build your own dedicated Internet access RFP and get timely responses
using Compare IT's RFP builder tool from such top companies as Qwest
Communications, Savvis, WorldCom and XO Communications.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqo0AU

e) Tech Library White Paper Spotlight: Data Path Conditioning
Learn how to extend library management services to improve storage
network backup performance. Our sponsor, ADIC Corp., presents its set
of built-in utilities that operates proactively for faster, more
reliable data paths.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqp0AV

f) 2002 White Paper Awards Winners Announced
We'd like to extend a hearty congratulations to the winners of this
year's Second Annual White Paper Awards. Put on by our partner,
Bitpipe, these awards define the best in scholarly, technical and
business writing available in our industry today.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqq0AW

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2) The Daily Blog
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a) WLAN Public Access
If you've got a wireless access point and a kind heart, try
Warchalking.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqr0AX

b) MS Licensing Webcast
In reading through Microsoft's voluminous support materials for
Licensing 6.0, I couldn't help but picture myself as the hapless tabi
from Monty Python's spectacular skit, "Confuse the Cat." If you feel
the same way, then you may appreciate the recent Webcast from
Microsoft and a number of industry think tanks. It's designed to ease
your concerns and clear up any confusion.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqs0AY

c) Quote of the Day
"While large players and big media companies act like they are the
main reason for the Web and Internet, and therefore should drive
policy decisions, in actuality they are just the biggest of the many
small players." --VisiCalc creator Dan Bricklin
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqt0AZ

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3) BuzzCut
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a) Standards Under Siege
By Lori MacVittie
Developers are beginning to code to and verify their sites against W3C
standards, but vendors are not keeping up with standards -- or else
they're not implementing them correctly.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Bequ0Aa

b) Novell Dives Into Web Services
By Ron Anderson
Novell is big in authentication and identity management, and by
acquiring SilverStream Software, it adds a whole new dimension to its
product line -- app development and hosting, plus Web services. Will
customers buy into this new union?
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqv0Ab

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4) Webcast (Note: Requires RealPlayer)
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This Week at Network Computing
Brad Shimmin and Mike DeMaria go undercover (so to speak) with NWC
Technical Editor Sean Doherty to investigate Apple's
soon-to-be-released QuickTime 6.0. Will Apple's inclusion of MPEG-4
bring codec giants to their knees? Tune in to find out.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqw0Ac

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5) Feature: And Now for the Heavy Lifting
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By David Joachim
In our first "On Location" documentary-style company profile, we give
you the inside story of Life Time Fitness, a $150-million health club
operator in the process of overhauling its applications
infrastructure.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beqx0Ad

Read more articles on this subject.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40COC0AW

Download Internetworking Hardware white papers.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Q7K0AU

Research Network Management products and vendors.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40OTA0Al

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6) Feature: MMS: The Muscle Behind the Life Time Fitness Machine
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By James Hutchinson
Based on Sun's J2EE and Java, Life Time's Membership Management System
called for forward thinking -- and risk taking -- to make things
happen. It also included letting go of the company's Microsoft
environment.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beq10AS

Read more articles on this subject.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40COC0AW

Download Network Operating Systems white papers.
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Research Network Management products and vendors.
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7) Feature: Life Time's Body Corporate
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By David Joachim
In response to widespread leadership changes and a rapidly evolving IT
focus, Life Time Fitness established two steering committees to make
sure business and IT priorities gel. We interview key committee
members.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beq60AX

Read more articles on this subject.
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Download Network Management white papers.
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Research Network Management products and vendors.
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8) Sneak Preview: Luminous E200
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By Darrin Woods
It's one of the first platforms based on the proposed IEEE RPR
standard, which is impressive. But we found room for improvement.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beq70AY

Read more articles on this subject.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40COC0AW

Download Network Operating Systems white papers.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Rar0Aq

Research Network Management products and vendors.
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9) Sneak Preview: StorServer S10000
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By Eric Fleming
Setting up StorServer's backup tool for testing was a breeze, which
proved to be a hint of good things to come, including solid results in
the S10000's disk-to-disk-to-tape backup capabilities.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40Beq80AZ

Read more articles on this subject.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40CTJ0Ai

Download Storage Hardware white papers.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40OMi0AK

Research Storage products and vendors.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40OMj0AL

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10) Quick Takes
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Check out these short takes on hot new products:
* PolyVec Solution Suite
* St. Bernard iPrism
* Agere Systems Orinoco Wireless LAN Manager
* AppForge MobileVB
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40BerA0Aj

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11) Down to Business: Feeling the Heat in Redmond
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By Rob Preston
"Often, Microsoft's reaction to customer dissension is to reach for
the stick rather than the carrot. And that's unfortunate because Linux
and the growing number of applications that run on it make the
competitive landscape look more inviting."
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40BerB0Ak

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12) Top of the Stack: How Will We Justify VoIP?
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By David Willis
"We have to prove VoIP will provide some concrete benefit -- above and
beyond conventional voice systems. First thing we need are
phone-application vendors to improve bad interface design."
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eHuq0Be3GS0V40BerC0Al

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Server Technology's new Zero-u & rack mount Sentry Power Tower product
family integrate up to 30-amps of power distribution, Power-up 
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14) Latest IT Professional Downloads
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a) System Monitoring Protocol (SMP) R5
This automatic PC inventory management software lets you examine
hardware and software, track hardware modifications and upgrade
requirements, detect pirated software, remotely control client
computers and manage all computer resources.

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b) Link Manager 1.0
Link Manager helps you conveniently and effectively manage your
favorite Internet links. Its easy-to-use, Internet-Explorer-like
interface will be instantly familiar, and it also lets you arrange
links in folders as you would in Internet Explorer Favorites. Data are
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Get apples-to-apples comparisons of today's Network & Telecom 
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