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Tuesday, January 13, 2004

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This week, Compare IT focuses on load balancing. Research and compare
product offerings from Extreme, F5, Nokia and Radware. Plus, our 
editors
need your help. Please take our wireless application platforms survey
and patch management e-poll. And, don't forget to check out our 
editor's
latest hot white paper pick, "Structured Records Management for 
Business
Applications."

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--The Network Computing Online Team

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In This Issue:

1)  Compare IT: Load Balancing
2)  The Daily Blog
3)  Tech Library Toolkit; Editor's Hot White Paper Pick: Structured
                  Records Management for Business Applications
4)  On the Network:
                  Networking News on NWC
                  Top 11: Bad Torvalds, Bad
                  Reader Responses: What's Hot and What's Not in 2004
                  Wireless Application Platforms Survey
                  Where Are They Now?
                  Patch Management E-Poll
                  Online Seminar: Integrating Wi-Fi Into An Enterprise
                  Framework
5)  Current Forum Threads: Ask The Experts
6)  Storage Pipeline: Storage Execs: Compliance, ILM Make For
                  Auspicious 2004
7)  Mobile Pipeline: IT's Mobile Middleware Dilemma
8)  Top Stories:
                  Feature: The Survivor's Guide to 2004: Business
                  Strategy
                  Feature: The Survivor's Guide to 2004: That was Now,
                  This is Then
                  Feature: The Survivor's Guide to 2004: Security
9)  Security Threat Watch: Vulnerability in Recent Linux Kernel 
Branches
10) Latest IT Pro Downloads:
                  XMLFox 1.0;
                  w3compiler 1.0
11) Subscription Information

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1) Compare IT: Load Balancing
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Load balancers can help increase your Web site's performance. Check out
Compare IT's list of top vendors and their products, find the unique
solution your company needs and get quotes from companies including
Extreme, F5, Nokia and Radware.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJEu0AB

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2) The Daily Blog
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a) Linux/Job Advancement on the Cheap
So you've always wanted to pencil in some Linux certification letters
behind your name. Well, the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has got
a deal for you.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJE60A7

b) Windows "is" Cheaper. No Really
Microsoft is pushing against Linux again with a new ad campaign 
focusing
on "the facts" of Linux vs. Windows total cost of ownership. The
Microsoft microsite, which is the basis of the campaign, truly does a
fine job of rolling out "independent" analysis concerning a number of
spot issues like staffing and server performance. Still, where's the
beef?
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJE70A8

c) Command Line, Schmmand Line
Who says you have to know your grep from your awk to use Linux or *nix
for that matter? Robin 'Roblimo' Miller over at NewsForge has been
eschewing the command line since 2000. According to Robin, it's now
possible to run Linux without knowing any commands besides
point-and-click and cut-and-paste.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJE80AA

Find more blogs and blog entries here.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CCE60Az

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3) Tech Library Toolkit; Editor's Hot White Paper Pick
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Visit Network Computing's Tech Library for the latest technical
information on today's key IT issues, including network security,
mobile & wireless, streaming media and more. Peruse vendor white
papers, analyst reports and Webcasts as well as the most recent
industry research findings.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0BsdA0AU

Get the latest papers via our RSS feed.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0Bu2H0An

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Editor's Hot White Paper Pick: Structured Records Management for
Business Applications
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Businesses need to manage their electronic documents in a way that
reduces their risk and enables them to demonstrate their regulatory,
legal and fiscal compliance. Electronic recordkeeping provides the 
means
by which a business can begin to demonstrate its recordkeeping
accountability to shareholders, customers and regulators. Learn how
e-Records software can bring formal, structured recordkeeping practices
to the electronic information produced or managed by business software.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJXk0AK

Access more white papers, case studies and product information on
Records Management in the Network Computing Tech Library.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJXl0AL

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4) On the Network
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a) Networking News on NWC
Now you can get the latest networking news that matters with our
up-to-the-minute feed of select IT stories from the Networking 
Pipeline.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJHR0Ad

Plus, you can access our news stream right from your RSS reader.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CAYA0AU

b) Top 11: Bad Torvalds, Bad
First up for 2004, we're looking for the Top 11 "Last" things you want
to hear Linus Torvalds say. Make us spit milk out of our noses, and
we'll publish your submissions in print and online. Here are some ideas
to get you started.
--I'm going to be in Australia (and on airplanes) for the week, but
we're all in the capable hands of Andrew, so why worry? The fact that
I'm fleeing the country should in no way be construed as anything
sinister at all, no siree. Nope. I'm innocent, and nobody saw me do it.
(OK, Linus actually said this.)
--Remember how I said SCO was evil and just plain wrong?
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CEhF0As

c) Reader Responses: What's Hot and What's Not in 2004
Be our guest and check out an extended list of reader entries for the
people, topics and technologies that the industry will be buzzing (or
not buzzing) about this year.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CHj50Ag

d) Wireless Application Platforms Survey
Our editors need your help for an upcoming issue. Please take a few
minutes to respond to our wireless application platforms online survey
as it pertains to your organization. We'll share the anonymous survey
results in our April 29, 2004, issue.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJEt0AA

e) Where Are They Now?
Continue Fritz Nelson's trip down memory lane with our first 
installment
of reader picks for the top technologies, people and companies that 
laid
the groundwork for IT as we know it today.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJEs0A8

Plus, you can still send us your own submissions. We'll include them in
the second installment in early February.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CHj60Ah

f) Patch Management E-Poll
Our editors need your help for an upcoming issue. Please take a few
minutes to respond to our patch management tools e-poll as it pertains
to your organization. We'll share the anonymous e-poll results in our
April 1 and 15, 2004, issues.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJRr0AL

g) Online Seminar: Integrating Wi-Fi Into An Enterprise Framework
Wi-Fi in the enterprise. It's here. It's working, but there are
problems. Find out why and how to make it work. Join Networking
authority Nick Lippis and your peers for "Integrating Wi-Fi Into An
Enterprise Framework" a free, online seminar on January 22, 2004 at 11
AM Eastern. Lippis Media's Enterprise Networks 2004 is a series of six
online forums and a 3-day face-to-face conference. Produced with 
Network
Magazine, the content provides the vision & guidance required to design
enterprise networks--today and tomorrow.

For more information.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CEhH0Au

To register.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CDkl0AY

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5) Current Forum Threads: Ask The Experts
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XP Pro on Proliant 1600
I'd like to install Windows XP Pro on my Proliant 1600, but so far I
haven't had any luck. The system has two RAID5 disks with the
SmartArray. I keep getting this message, "CPQARRAY.Sys is corrupt. 
Press
any key to continue." I downloaded and installed a service pack from
Compaq that was supposed to take care of the problem, but it turns out
it was for Windows 2000. I would like to use XP Pro and save a few
dollars by not having to purchase Windows 2000.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJE40A5

View all Forums.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CCEu0A3

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6) Storage Pipeline: Storage Execs: Compliance, ILM Make For
    Auspicious 2004
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By Scott Campbell
New regulations and ILM (information lifecycle management) will be a
bigger boon to storage and IT than Y2K was four years ago.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJE10A2

Read more from Storage Pipeline.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0B1260AN

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7) Mobile Pipeline: IT's Mobile Middleware Dilemma
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By Dr. Joel Maloff
If you're going to mobilize applications, you can't live without
middleware. But picking the right middleware product is a dicey
proposition.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJE50A6

Read more from Mobile Pipeline.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CHkJ0A3

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8) Top Stories
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What were readers perusing last week on the Network Computing Web site?
Here's a list of our hottest articles.

a) Feature: The Survivor's Guide to 2004: Business Strategy
(Dec. 16, 2003)
A spending rebound doesn't mean a return to free-spending ways. IT 
shops
have--or should have--newfound discipline.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CIXF0Ag

b) Feature: The Survivor's Guide to 2004: That was Now, This is Then
(Dec. 16, 2003)
Publisher Fritz Nelson takes a trip down memory lane with his look at
the technologies, people and companies that laid the groundwork for IT
today.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CIXJ0Ak

c) Feature: The Survivor's Guide to 2004: Security
(Dec. 16, 2003)
Suffering from security marketing overload? Remember: Securing your
network from the core to the perimeter involves finding just the right
combination of tools.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CIXL0Am

Join other NWC readers in discussing these articles.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0Brcx0AN

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9) Security Threat Watch: Vulnerability in Recent Linux Kernel
    Branches
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A vulnerability in nearly all recent Linux kernel branches (2.2, 2.4 
and
2.6) was last week's big news. The vulnerability allows a local 
attacker
to manipulate kernel memory and thereby potentially execute arbitrary
code with root/kernel privileges. Many Linux vendors scrambled to get a
patch out the door.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJXm0AM
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CJXn0AN

For more security alerts and information, sign up for our free
Security Threat Watch newsletter today.
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10) Latest IT Pro Downloads: XMLFox 1.0; w3compiler 1.0
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a) XMLFox 1.0
XMLFox is a validating XML editor, available as a desktop application.
Graphical XML editing and validation tool XMLFox is a freeware editor
for creating valid well-formed XML documents and/or XSD Schema.

Download at:
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CIyh0An
Size: 700k
Platform: Windows 2000
Licensing: Freeware

b) w3compiler 1.0
Develop leaner, more secure code for faster, safer page loads with
w3compiler. With it, you can create pages in developer-friendly mark-up
and script, and w3compiler will optimize and deploy the changes
automatically.

Download at:
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eekp0E43wY0qh0CIyq0Aw
Size: 1291k
Platform: Windows 2000
Licensing: Commercial Demo; $79.95

Find more shareware, freeware and demoware products, ready for
immediate download.
http://www.itprodownloads.com/

Note: By using IT Pro Downloads you agree to these terms of use.
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