Network Computing Report #311
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Monday, August 4, 2003

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This week, we tested EAI (enterprise application integration)
products. Read how all five products did a good job centralizing
integration and defining business processes.

Plus, test your Web caching savvy with our latest TechQuiz. And, if
you've got a tough IT problem, post it to one of our forums--Ask the
Experts or Shop Talk--to receive real-world, hands-on advice.

Be sure to bookmark our Weblog, the Network Computing Daily Blog,
and check back often for IT news and views.
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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)  Feature: Enterprise Application Integration
3)  Review: EAI Vendors
4)  Sneak Preview: Proxim's Orinoco AP-2000b/g
5)  Sneak Preview: Service Integrity's Sift
6)  Ask the Experts and Shop Talk Forums
7)  BuzzCut
8)  Security Watch: Mesh Networks: Too Little Too Soon
9)  NWC Weblogs
10) Editor's Bookshelf and Storage White Paper Pick
11) Network Computing's Storage Pipeline: Storage Policy
      Management Tools Are Still Taking Baby Steps
12) Career Coach
13) Last Mile
14) CMP Marketplace
15) Latest IT Professional Downloads
16) Subscription Information

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1) Newsletter Specials
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a) NWC Project: Session Initiation Protocol
Tune in to hear Contributing Editor Peter Morrissey talk with the
folks at Boston's Hotel Commonwealth as they roll out a unique,
IP-based telephone system that combines communication, customer
service and entertainment. (Requires Real Player)
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5MV0Am

b) NWC Project: Network-Based VPNs
We invite you to work alongside Contributing Editor Darrin Woods as he
begins his RFI-based review of network-based VPNs, assessing their
readiness to replace Frame Relay/leased-line networks with secure,
Internet-based communications. You can check out his test requirements
and, if you're so inclined, send him a question or two.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5MW0An

c) Top 11: LAN Gaming Party
This week, we're looking for the Top 11 lame excuses for holding a LAN
Gaming Party in your office. Make us laugh, and we'll publish your
submission in print and online. Here are a few ideas to get you going:
--Prevents packet stagnation within the switch fabric.
--Keeps the IT staff "frosty."
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d) NWC Project: Web Server Monitoring
There's still time to help Executive Editor/Technology Bruce Boardman
evaluate Web server monitoring solutions. Submit your own Web
transactions for evaluation in this review, and for your trouble,
we'll enter your name into a drawing for a NJ -90 network jack,
compliments of our friends at 3Com.
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e) TechQuiz: Web Caching
Test your Web performance savvy with our latest TechQuiz. If you can
outfox our editors and get all of the answers correct, we'll put your
name into the hat for a truly cool Network Computing collectible.
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f) Compare IT: Load Balancers
Load balancers enable you to distribute IP traffic across multiple,
identical Web servers, providing exceptionally fast Web access and
response times as well as better service and increased customer
satisfaction. Compare and get quotes from Cisco, Radware and F5.
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2) Feature: Enterprise Application Integration
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By Don MacVittie
EAI (enterprise application integration) tools let your applications
mirror a network architecture, with a single point at which
applications deposit updates and all interested parties can pick
them up.
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Read books on this topic.
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Read enterprise application integration white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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3) Review: EAI Vendors
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By Don MacVittie
We put five EAI (enterprise application integration) suites to the
test in our NWC Inc. Real-World Business Applications Lab in Green
Bay, Wis., and were pleased with the results.
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Read enterprise application integration white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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4) Sneak Preview: Proxim's Orinoco AP-2000b/g
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By Jesse Lindeman
I tested the AP-2000 and found that Proxim delivers on the promises of
11g, but the standard still raises questions about performance and
deployment.
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Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Read enterprise-class 11g access point white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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5) Sneak Preview: Service Integrity's Sift
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By Lori MacVittie
Web services-specific management tools must provide in-depth stats on
the performance and use of operations provided by endpoints. Sift 1.5
provides such monitoring for Microsoft .Net Web services.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Md0A1

Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Read Web services-specific management tools white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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6) Ask the Experts and Shop Talk Forums
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If you've got a tough IT problem, post it to our forums to receive
real-world, hands-on advice. Also, if you've already discovered a
solution to a particularly sticky problem, be a hero and post it to
the forums below.

Ask the Experts.
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Shop Talk.
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Here's a sampling of this week's posts:

a) Shop Talk: New Network Processor Architecture for Intrusion
    Prevention System
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Question of the Week: Looks to me that Intel's Twins Tower Network
Processor concept presented in IEEE Network Vol. 17, No. 4 (no link
available) is the best architecture going in dealing with
deep-pattern, stateful packet processing that is needed by the
Intrusion Prevention System (never mind IDS). Shared Memory is king.
I/O and PCI have been measured as too slow for 2.1 Gbps traffic. The
only disadvantage is the 1.2-microsecond latency (as opposed to 40 ns
for shallow-pattern packet processing). What other better architecture
is out there? --Z Egbert

Lend Z Egbert a hand or post your own question or comment.
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b) Ask the Experts: A Question From a Novice Network Manager
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Question of the Week: About a year ago, I implemented a Frame Relay
connection between two offices that were, until then, not connected
directly. I would like to get a product (preferably software) that
will tell me the utilization of this connection, so that I can
intelligently adjust bandwidth, when required. Our servers all run
Windows 2000 and our desktops are Windows 2000 and Windows XP. I'm not
even sure what a product of this sort is called. Any ideas would be
most helpful. --Scott Siderman

Lend Scott a hand or post your own question or comment.
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7)  BuzzCut
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a) SCO Trades Unix For Litigation
By Lori MacVittie
At the same time that the U.S. Copyright Office was awarding SCO the
copyright to System IV Unix late last month, the company magnanimously
decreed that any commercial Linux customer purchasing a new UnixWare
license would not be liable for past copyright violations.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mf0A3

b) 802.16a: Sedan or Mack Truck?
By Dave Molta
Intel will develop silicon in support of the emerging IEEE 802.16a
metropolitan-area network standard, also known as WiMax. But comparing
the prospects for Wi-Fi with those of 802.16a is like comparing sport
sedans with 10-ton trucks.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mg0A4

c) IPv6's Premature Birth
By Peter Morrissey
Moving to IPv6 in the next couple of years would be premature, since
it will be many years before we exhaust the current pool of IPv4
addresses.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mh0A5

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8) Security Watch: Mesh Networks: Too Little Too Soon
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By Robert Moskowitz
We can't seem to get one new technology up and running before we're
developing other technologies to solve the problems created by the
first one. Wireless networks are a case in point.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mi0A6

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9) NWC Weblogs
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a) Daily Blog: Warning Labels for Linux
Until we can get this whole SCO mess under control, I'd like to
propose that a warning label be affixed to all Linux distributions:
"The use of this product may induce frivolous litigation." Read on,
if you dare.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mj0A7

b) Daily Blog: Sun Goes Gnome
Sun's announcement yesterday that its 9 8/03 Solaris update would
incorporate the Gnome 2.0 Desktop as an alternative to its "less than
zero" useable interface, CDE, does more than make Solaris a kinder and
gentler OS.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mk0A8

c) Daily Blog: Far Out Disaster Recovery Services
Ah the moon. Our closest celestial buddy in the sky. It governs our
tides, rules our emotions (allegedly) and, now, if TransOrbital has
its way, the moon will be home to the first outer space disaster
recovery storage center.
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Be sure to check out our other blogs:

NWC Inc.
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NWC Goes to School
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10) Editor's Bookshelf and Storage White Paper Pick
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Our editors have chosen "Implementing IP Services at the Network Edge"
by David Ginsburg and Marie Hattar as this week's featured companion
book. The authors provide insight into provisioning capabilities,
types of services and various access technologies. They also explain
Internet architecture, regulations, types of ISPs and carriers and how
they fit into the network, and market projections for subscriber
services.
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Storage White Paper Pick
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This week's hottest storage white paper is "Effective Storage
Management Using Disk-based Technology," published by PowerQuest. It
introduces a paradigm shifting architecture for storage management
based on a disk management software technology called V2I (virtual
volume imaging). In this architecture, V2I technology is the common
data object of storage management, and when used in conjunction with
an array of management applications, utilities and a visual user
interface, enables a simpler and more complete management of the
entire storage lifecycle.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mo0AD

Access more storage white papers, case studies and product information
in the Network Computing Tech Library.
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For the latest technical information on today's key IT issues, visit
Network Computing's Tech Library.
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11) Network Computing's Storage Pipeline: Storage Policy Management
    Tools Are Still Taking Baby Steps
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By Terry Sweeney
Storage policy management shows promise in enforcing rules on how
storage resources are used. But the technology is still at least three
to five years from maturity.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mq0AF

Read more from Network Computing's Storage Pipeline.
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12) Career Coach
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By Lorna Garey
This edition: Avoiding bad hiring choices and a good, nationwide IT
salary survey.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Mr0AG

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13) Last Mile
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By Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Top 11 Signs Your Co-worker Thinks He's Neo; Godzilla in
Space!; and Running of the Bull.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eM5o0E43wY0V40B5Ms0AH

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