Network Computing Report #352
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Monday, May 24, 2004

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In This Issue:
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1)  Career Advice Moves Online
2)  Reviewed
          - NetWorld+Interop Best of Show Awards
          - Review: Enterprise Radius Servers
          - Gomez Performance Network 5.1's All-In-One Monitoring
          - VMware Workstation 4.5 an App-Making Machine
3)  Reader Reverb
          - IT Minute: 802.11
          - SpamOmeter
          - Special TechQuiz: Web Site Management
          - TechQuiz: Wi-Fi Networking
          - Top 11 List
          - Last Mile: Rejected Domain Names
          - Survey: Operational Business Intelligence
4)  Your Monday IT Briefing
          - Wireless Networking's Next Wave
          - Rules, Rules, Rules
          - Speed to Business
          - Business Drives Developer Trends
5)  Know-How
          - Managing Wi-Fi Networks
6)  Opinion
          - BuzzCut: Application Security, Where It Belongs
          - BuzzCut: Internap Brings New Look to Route Optimization
          - BuzzCut: OSS Vendor Offers New View on Enterprise
          - Down to Business: Universal Broadband Access for All?
7)  Coming Events
          - "Network Infrastructure Requirements for Converged 
Networks:
            a New Enterprise Network Framework Emerges"
          - Patch Madness Webinar
          - 2004 JavaOne Conference
8)  CMP MarketPlace
9)  Subscription Information

Look for the next Network Computing Report newsletter on Monday, May 
31,
2004!


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1) Career Advice Moves Online
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Career Coach moves online with our new Careers Resource Center. It will
offer readers a chance to interact with peers and career experts. We'll
keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in tech hiring and 
answer
your career questions.
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First up, we look at becoming more comfortable with networking and
paying for security training and certifications.
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2) Reviewed
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a) NetWorld+Interop Best of Show Awards
By Ron Anderson
With over 180 products to consider in 10 categories, selecting the best
of the best was no easy task. Find out which products surpassed the
judges' tough expectations when it came to criteria ranging from key
distinguishing features to price.
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b) Review: Enterprise Radius Servers
By Frank Robinson
After testing five enterprise-class Radius Servers, we gave our 
Editor's
Choice award to the one with top-notch standards compliance and 
flexible
pricing.
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c) Gomez Performance Network 5.1's All-In-One Monitoring
By Bruce Boardman
Web site monitor shows backbone and last-mile metrics in a single
interface.
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d) VMware Workstation 4.5 an App-Making Machine
By Sean Doherty
Develop and test applications using just one Intel platform and without
straining your budget.
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3) Reader Reverb
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a) IT Minute: 802.11
Tune in for a behind-the-scenes discussion of the state of Wi-Fi
networking with NWC Contributing Editor Dave Molta. If you want to find
out where 802.11 is going, don't miss this two-part radiocast. You'll
also be able to pick up on Dave's technology picks and pans.

* Dave surveys the present and future of Wi-Fi networking.
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* Dave discusses Wi-Fi case studies and emerging technologies.
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b) SpamOmeter
Always ready to take our own advice, we took Barracuda Networks' Spam
Firewall, which won our Editor's Choice award in Ron Anderson's 
antispam
appliance review, and put it to work in front of our own nwc.com e-mail
server. Now you can see the actual hour-to-hour statistics generated by
this appliance as it churns through our production messaging traffic.
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c) Special TechQuiz: Web Site Management
Welcome to Phase Three of our quiz triumvirate. This final test is on
Web Site management. If you think you know how to run a Web site, be
sure to test your mettle. If you get all the answers right, your name
will go into the running for a free copy of MarketingSherpa's "Buyer's
Guide to Web Analytics" (a $200 value). Good luck!
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d) TechQuiz: Wi-Fi Networking
Test your knowledge of the 802.11 standard with our latest quiz. If you
can outsmart our editors and get all the answers right, we'll throw 
your
name into the hat for a free NWC mug and/or subscription to NewsGator's
Online Services.
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e) Top 11 List
We're looking for the Top 11 signs you're obsessed with your iPod. Make
us injure an internal organ with laughter, and we'll publish your entry
in print and online. Here are some choice entries from your fellow
readers to help get things started.
* i'M iNot iObsessed iWith iMy iPod. iWhat iMakes iYou iSay iThat? --
Tim Jackson
* You look more forward to iTunes New Music Tuesdays than to the
weekend. -- Cindy Smith
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f) Last Mile: Rejected Domain Names
By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
In this edition we look at top-level domain suggestions rejected by
ICANN, stupid Web pages and the most geeky 404 errors.
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g) Survey: Operational Business Intelligence
Intelligent Enterprise and Ventana Research have partnered to conduct a
research study on Operational Business Intelligence. Take our survey 
and
you'll receive a free copy of the study as well as a chance to win one
of five $25 Amazon.com gift certificates.
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4) Your Monday IT Briefing
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Here are some of the must-read news stories we're following this week.

a) Wireless Networking's Next Wave
Wireless LANs are growing rapidly, but case studies show that companies
are still examining a variety of wireless alternatives.
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b) Rules, Rules, Rules
To say regulatory compliance is a distraction for business-technology 
is
an understatement.
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c) Speed to Business
How does the advance of business process management mesh with current
plans for consolidating enterprise application implementations?
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d) Business Drives Developer Trends
UML, Agile and Extreme Programming aid development of data-driven
systems.
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You can find links to these and other breaking news stories organized 
by
technology via our handy NetNews Service.
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5) Know-How
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Managing Wi-Fi Networks
By Dave Molta
Every wireless device acts as a transceiver, transmitting and receiving
radio signals over public airwaves. To manage that wireless network, 
you
must have radio-frequency know-how.
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6) Opinion
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a) BuzzCut: Application Security, Where It Belongs
By Lori MacVittie
Vendors would be wise to begin moving application security functions,
such as data scrubbing and protocol validation, into hardware.
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b) BuzzCut: Internap Brings New Look to Route Optimization
By Peter Morrissey
Flow Control Program 3.3 makes it possible to optimize routes by
application.
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c) BuzzCut: OSS Vendor Offers New View on Enterprise
By Tim Wilson
If your IT organization is developing a "service provider" mentality,
you'll find that OSS technology has a lot to offer.
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d) Down to Business: Universal Broadband Access for All?
By Rob Preston
High-speed digital access for all? It's this election year's high-tech
equivalent to a chicken in every pot. But does everyone actually want
it?
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7) Coming Events
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a) "Network Infrastructure Requirements for Converged Networks: a New
Enterprise Network Framework Emerges"
Attend this free, online seminar on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 11 AM ET.
Networking authority Nick Lippis moderates this session, produced in
association with Network Magazine, which discusses the new two-tier
Distributed Intelligent Network model for building LANs. Get more
information and register. (Please use priority code CMPF5.)
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b) Patch Madness Webinar
Are you overly familiar with the 'patch and pray' model of mitigation?
We all know that the timelines between vulnerability releases and worm
outbreaks are shrinking. The question becomes: What do we do about it?

Please join our next NeoCast, on Thursday, June 17 at 12 PM ET, as we
discuss our observations on the patch management space and explore how
several organizations are dealing with the patching nightmare. Answer a
few questions below, and we'll contact you with instructions on how to
attend this NeoCast.
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c) 2004 JavaOne Conference
Register today for the 2004 JavaOne Conference, Sun's Worldwide Java
Developer Conference, from June 28 through July 1 at the Moscone Center
in San Francisco. You'll learn how to write faster, smarter code.
Register now and save. (Use priority code NWMJYKND.)
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