Network Computing Report #404
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Tuesday, May 31, 2005

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In This Issue:
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1) On Location: Chicago Tribune: Server Consolidation
2) Reviews and How-Tos
    - Quick Review: Longhorn Beta Build 5048
    - Sneak Preview: Yosemite Technologies' Yosemite Backup Advanced 
8.0
    - Sneak Preview: QLogic's SANBox 5602
    - Sneak Preview: SMC's TigerSwitch 6752AL2
    - Quick Takes: Client Acceleration and Bandwidth Optimization
    - Buyer's Guide: Data Center Racks
    - Interactive Buyer's Guide: Data Center Racks
    - Secure Enterprise: Test Run: RSA's SecurID Appliance
3) Reader Reverb
    - Top 11: "Data Center Survivor"
    - TechQuiz: Data Center Management
4) Calling All Readers
    - N+I Reality Series
    - Gartner PlanetStorage Summit: The Changing Face of Recovery
    - Do-It-Yourself 'Last Mile'
    - IT Tools
    - Convergence Channel
5) The Daily Blog
    - The Threat From Inside
    - Cisco-FineGround Won't Go Beyond the WAN
    - Composite Applications - Really.
6) Opinion
    - Secure Enterprise: All the Rage: NGS-Sybase Dispute Raises
       Security Disclosure Issues
    - Secure Enterprise: Lunch with Kelly: Growing Pains and Corporate
       Challenges
7) Your Monday IT Briefing
    - What's the GIF?
    - No "Patch Tuesday" or Automatic Updates for Firefox. Is This a 
Bad
       Idea?
    - Broadband Over Power Lines Makes Debut
    - PalmOne Debuts New Handheld
    - Netscape 8.0: Better Than Firefox?
8) Coming Events
    - Mobilizing Enterprise Applications to Improve Business 
Performance
    - Application Management: Managing IT as a Business Service
    - Business Intelligence and Microsoft Office Results Unveiled
9)  CMP MarketPlace

Look for the next Network Computing Report newsletter on Monday,
June 6, 2005.


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1) On Location: Chicago Tribune: Server Consolidation
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By Tim Wilson
In this "On Location" follow-up, we revisit the Chicago newspaper to
find that its data center upgrade and consolidation project has brought
considerable cost savings.
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2) Reviews and How-Tos
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a) Quick Review: Longhorn Beta Build 5048
By Scot Finnie
While many features announced for Longhorn aren't in this first beta
version, it previews some major changes in UI and graphics systems.
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b) Sneak Preview: Yosemite Technologies' Yosemite Backup Advanced 8.0
By Don MacVittie
Enterprise-ready Yosemite Backup Advanced 8.0 promises to support VTL,
all kinds of back-up devices and disk-to-disk backups. We put it to the
test.
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c) Sneak Preview: QLogic's SANBox 5602
By Don MacVittie
We tested QLogic's 4-gig SANBox 5602 16-port switch in our Green Bay,
Wis., Real-World Labs and found that despite its enterprise-class
features and easy setup, this switch could use more ports.
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d) Sneak Preview: SMC's TigerSwitch 6752AL2
By Sean Doherty
SMC's new 6752AL2 TigerSwitch is port-rich and dirt-cheap. If you are
looking to keep a department or workgroup well connected, the switch 
has
an excellent price point ($18 per port), good connectivity and plenty 
of
management options. But you'll have to dig deeper into your pocket if
you want impeccable performance and picture-perfect management,
according to our tests.
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e) Quick Takes: Client Acceleration and Bandwidth Optimization
By Patricia Thomas
In this edition we look at F5 Networks' Big-IP Application Accelerator
3400, WiredRed Software's e/pop Web Conferencing and Avocent Corp.'s
DSView 3.
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f) Buyer's Guide: Data Center Racks
By Don MacVittie
With space at a premium while demand for sophisticated data centers
grows, some vendors are offering alternatives.
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g) Interactive Buyer's Guide: Data Center Racks
Today's computer communications and server equipment racks are designed
for security and to handle rugged environments. Use our interactive 
tool
to compare products across more than a dozen features.
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h) Secure Enterprise: Test Run: RSA's SecurID Appliance
By Christopher Beers
Now small and midsize businesses can have two-factor authentication
minus high costs and management complexities.
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3) Reader Reverb
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a) Top 11: "Data Center Survivor"
There's still time to send us your "Top 11 reasons not to hold the
Survivor show in a data center." If the tribal council finds your entry
worthy, you may find it in print and/or online. Here are some ideas to
get you started:
* Can't fit a canoe in the water cooler.
* Air-conditioned environment not conducive to swimsuit scenes.
* Campfires and torches trigger fire suppression system.
* CIO can't be voted off the island.
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b) TechQuiz: Data Center Management
The task of consolidating your data centers may seem daunting, but what
you'll get is infinitely better than what you're giving up. There's
still to take our latest quiz to see if you're up to the challenges 
that
await. If you can outsmart our editors, we'll throw your name into the
hat for a free NWC collectible.
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4) Calling All Readers
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a) N+I Reality Series
Don't miss these hot PowerPoint Presentations presented by our Editors
at this year's N+I show.

1. Configuration Management
By Bruce Boardman
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2. Desktop Management
By Michael J. DeMaria
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3. Firewalls
By Curtis Franklin Jr.
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4. WLANs
By Dave Molta
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b) Gartner PlanetStorage Summit: The Changing Face of Recovery
June 13-16, 2005
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, FL
Gartner PlanetStorage Summit is the one conference where you can get 
the
hard, statistical and market data, case studies and end-user-focused
educational sessions that will shorten your decision-making cycle and
help you implement the best new solutions faster.
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c) Do-It-Yourself 'Last Mile'
Build your own Last Mile item. Simply answer our 10 prompts and see 
your
story unfold. Highlight your text, paste it into the form provided and
send it to us. The funniest PG-rated entries will find a home on our
site.
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d) IT Tools
We've compiled an extensive set of tools for today's IT professionals.
Choose from informative offerings including our SPAM-o-Meter, Live Lab
Cams and AlertCon, from resource tools such as our Affordable IT index,
On Location articles and Linux A-List, and from our Fun & Offbeat
section designed for your coffee-break enjoyment.
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e) Convergence Channel
Stay ahead of the voice and data convergence wave with Mike DeMaria's
Convergence Channel. Each week, Mike will bring you opinionated
soundings on industry happenings and technological advances. Plus,
you'll find the latest news, reviews and how-tos on melding data and
voice.
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5) The Daily Blog
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a) The Threat From Inside
By Curt Franklin
I had some thoughts on one of the big news items of the last couple of
weeks: the customer data theft that hit Bank of America and other
financial institutions.
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b) Cisco-FineGround Won't Go Beyond the WAN
By Tim Wilson
Cisco Systems Inc. confirmed today that it is acquiring FineGround. The
acquisition shows that Cisco understands the need to make more 
efficient
use of WAN bandwidth--a lesson that it has never seemed to learn in the
campus.
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c) Composite Applications--Really.
By Lori MacVittie
Composite Software, one of our 2005 Well-Connected Award winners, has
not been resting on its laurels. The company recently introduced its
Composite Application Views, which can communicate directly with Siebel
and SAP APIs (PeopleSoft is expected to be supported later this year)
and expose application data as standard relational views, which can 
then
be easily manipulated in Composite's modeling tool and joined to other
enterprise information sources.
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Read more entries from The Daily Blog.
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6) Opinion
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a) Secure Enterprise: All the Rage: NGS-Sybase Dispute Raises Security
Disclosure Issues
By Mike Fratto
NGS Software helped Sybase fix a security flaw last year, but when the
company proposed publishing a paper on the vulnerability, Sybase
threatened to sue. This sort of legal pressure threatens to break the
whole practice of responsible disclosure.
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b) Secure Enterprise: Lunch with Kelly: Growing Pains and Corporate
Challenges
By E. Kelly Hansen
When talking with management, position security in terms of strategy,
fiduciary value and shareholder value. At least you'll be speaking the
same language.
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7) Your Monday IT Briefing
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Here are some of the must-read news stories we're following this week.

a) What's the GIF?
Centralized governance for SOAs mends weaknesses.
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b) No "Patch Tuesday" or Automatic Updates for Firefox. Is This a Bad
Idea?
Two weeks after releasing a new version of Firefox that addresses two
critical security flaws, the Mozilla Foundation says it has no plans to
introduce scheduled patch releases or automatic updates for the Web
browser.
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c) Broadband Over Power Lines Makes Debut
Cable-modem and DSL providers could face significant competition from 
an
emerging technology, which enables utilities to piggyback high-speed
Internet connections on in-home electrical wiring.
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d) PalmOne Debuts New Handheld
The first to feature a hard drive, the "LifeDrive" also features a 
color
screen.
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e) Netscape 8.0: Better Than Firefox?
Netscape 8 is a sleek and cutting-edge browser, with top-notch password
management and protection against spyware and phishing. It's better 
than
Internet Explorer, and better even than Firefox.
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For additional research, check out our online encyclopedia providing
Web-based definitions of IT terms.
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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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8) Coming Events
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a) Mobilizing Enterprise Applications to Improve Business Performance
--A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST
Join Good Technology and palmOne to discover how 50 of the Fortune 100
enterprises are able to deliver business-critical applications to their
mobile professionals. Learn how to securely deploy and manage
information for your mobile professionals where they need it most--at
the point of business. Find out the latest technologies for integrating
today's handheld devices into your organization.
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b) Application Management: Managing IT as a Business Service
--An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, June 9, 2005
9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST
Come learn how industry best practices and IT process automation can
help address the challenges involved in managing IT. You will learn to
manage service levels from the customer perspective and monitor them
from the user perspective. Discover how to lower time to recovery
through early warning and rapid diagnosis of problems.
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c) Business Intelligence and Microsoft Office Results Unveiled
--A Ventana Research Webinar, Presented by Eric Rogge
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST
Efficient integration of centralized business intelligence systems with
Microsoft Office desktop applications is a key issue for IT and 
business
organizations today. This survey examined the priorities, actions and
needs of organizations faced with integrating Microsoft Office and
business intelligence systems into a seamless information dissemination
environment.
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9) CMP MarketPlace
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Join Intelligent Enterprise for a FREE, live TechWebCast on ESB
Assessment Methodologies - Scoping Projects for a SOA-based
Integration Paradigm. Learn what it takes to use an ESB to move
from the world of batch file transfer to real-time transactions
in months. 
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 11:00-12:00 PT / 2:00-3:00 PM ET
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