Network Computing Report #373
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Monday, October 18, 2004

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China is ON, Napster is ON. Is your company ON? Is your 
organization focused, flexible, and responsive to dynamic
market needs? Attend the IBM sessions at the conference, 
hear from your peers and discover how IBM offers expertise 
and resources which can guide your business towards becoming
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In This Issue:
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1) Reviews and How-Tos
   - Workshop: Desktop Firewalls Bring Security Closer to Home
   - Sneak Preview: Net Integration's Nitix 0S 4.0
   - Quick Takes: Content Filtering
   - Centerfold: Seed Developer Grows WAN with QoS and Compression
   - Secure Enterprise: Deployment Guide: How to Configure Access
      Controls With Active Directory
   - Secure Enterprise: Test Run: ArcSight's TruThreat Discovery
2) Calling All Readers
   - First Annual TechWeb Network--Best Independent Tech Blog Readers'
      Choice Awards
   - TechQuiz: Wide-Area Wireless Data
   - Quick Poll: Mo' Money
   - Intelligent Performance Conference & Expo
3) Talk With NWC
   - CEO Minute: Computer Associates
   - IT Minute: Greenwich Technology Partners
   - IT Minute: Cisco on Storage Management
4) Reader Reverb
   - IT Exam: IT Service Management
   - NPA Goings On
   - Top 11: iPod Thievery
   - Techno Oddities
5) Your Monday IT Briefing
   - As the Worms Return
   - VoIP Regulation Worries Resurface at Telecom '04
   - Getting Your Way With MYQSL
   - 64-Bit Processors: Twice as Nice
   - VPNs Take Off
6) Opinion
   - BuzzCut: New Political Action Party Lobbies for IT Issues
   - FudBusters: Google, Meet Clusty
   - Down to Business: Why Outsource?
   - Industry Insights: Kodak Vs. Java
   - Letters: Lock 'Em Up
   - Secure Enterprise: Groping in the Dark--Strategic Deployment 
Survey
7) Coming Events
   - TechWeb's Webcasts: We Want You!
   - Defending Your Network Webcast
8) CMP MarketPlace

Look for the next Network Computing Report newsletter on Monday,
October 25, 2004!


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1) Reviews and How-Tos
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a) Workshop: Desktop Firewalls Bring Security Closer to Home
By Michael J. DeMaria
Not just for the perimeter anymore, a firewall for your desktop can 
help
block and control hostile code and intruders from entering machines on
the LAN, in remote offices or on the road. Find out why you need one.
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b) Sneak Preview: Net Integration's Nitix 0S 4.0
By Lori MacVittie
Can this all-in-one gateway-router-groupware tool really automate all
those mundane tasks?
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c) Quick Takes: Content Filtering
By NWC Editors
This edition looks at Zix Corp.'s Web Inspector 7.1, Executive
Software's International Diskeeper 9.0, Help Desk Technology
International's Help Desk Express and MacroVision's AdminStudio 6
Professional Edition.
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d) Centerfold: Seed Developer Grows WAN with QoS and Compression
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
The produce seed maker and distributor needed to squeeze every last bit
out of its multi-site, multi-country WAN pipe without expensive
bandwidth upgrades. Discover why the solution grew on the company very
quickly.
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e) Secure Enterprise: Deployment Guide: How to Configure Access 
Controls
With Active Directory
By Marco Morana
Access-control configuration poses several challenges for IT
administrators. We outline a simple process to set these controls for
Microsoft Windows servers.
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f) Secure Enterprise: Test Run: ArcSight's TruThreat Discovery
By Mike Fratto
You can make virtual sense of event patterns with this add-on.
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2) Calling All Readers
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a) First Annual TechWeb Network--Best Independent Tech Blog Readers'
Choice Awards
We're running a Readers' Choice Award for Best Independent Tech Blog. 
If
you read technology blogs--or if you write one--you should head on over
to nominate the ones that you read most. To qualify, blogs must cover
technology and be published independently of a major publishing company
like CMP Media LLC. You can nominate up to five blogs. Nominations are
open until October 29. Then the 10 finalists will go head-to-head for a
run-off starting November 1. Nominate your favorite independent tech
blogs today!
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b) TechQuiz: Wide-Area Wireless Data
There's still time to take our latest quiz on wide-area wireless data
technologies and products. If you can outsmart our editors, we'll throw
your name into the hat for a free NWC collectible pen/stylus.
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c) Quick Poll: Mo' Money
Do you expect your IT salary to increase in 2005? Cast your lot in the
great game of IT remuneration and see how your outlook compares with
your fellow travelers.
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d) Intelligent Performance Conference & Expo
November 15-18, 2004
Hyatt Regency, La Jolla, CA
Join us for the first independent conference dedicated exclusively to
the technologies and practices that enable Business Performance
Management produced expressly for senior business and IT leaders who
seek serious, in-depth education and interaction with their peers,
analysts and industry experts.
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3) Talk With NWC
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a) CEO Minute: Computer Associates
Listen in as Brad Shimmin sits down with Yogesh Gupta, chief technology
officer of Computer Associates, to talk about the future of
services-oriented architectures and Web services.
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b) IT Minute: Greenwich Technology Partners
Tune in to our special IT Minute with Richard Cundari and Dan Lanzi 
from
Greenwich Technology Partners to see who's behind this issue's IT Exam.
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c) IT Minute: Cisco on Storage Management
Hear select questions and answers from Technology Editor Don 
MacVittie's
recent interview with Cisco's Jackie Ross and Rajeev Bhardwaj for an
inside look at how the company approaches storage management, SAN
security, and the convergence of SAN and IP traffic.
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4) Reader Reverb
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a) IT Exam: IT Service Management
Take our self-guided exam and we'll score your ITSM knowledge, planning
and implementation skills and then provide some insight on where you
need to progress.
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b) NPA Goings On
In partnership with the Networking Professionals Association, we're
pleased to bring you a special resource page where you can find out
what's going on with your peers inside the NPA. And if you're not a
member, you can get a special discount on NPA membership just by 
reading
Network Computing.
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c) Top 11: iPod Thievery
We're still on the lookout for the "Top 11 pirated song titles
found on Steve Balmer's secret iPod." Make us laugh truly, madly,
deeply, and we'll post your entries in print and online. Here are a few
ideas from your fellow readers to get your creative juices flowing.
(BTW, you can make up your own song and artist, if you like.)
* I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred (on continuous loop, of course) --
Steven Barger
* It's All About the Pentiums by Weird Al -- Terry Allred
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d) Techno Oddities
We're proud to bring you the most unusual, uncanny and downright weird
techno pieces we can find. These eclectic morsels are just too good not
to share with our readers, so we've compiled them for your reading
pleasure. Check out our latest blog feed.
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5) Your Monday IT Briefing
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Here are some of the must-read news stories we're following this week.

a) As the Worms Return
Two new reports dramatically illustrate how worms and other threats
linger to bother us again and again and again.
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b) VoIP Regulation Worries Resurface at Telecom '04
The industry is still struggling with how to regulate nascent Voice 
over
IP services, if at all.
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Stay out in front of all the latest Advanced IP news and views by
subscribing to the Advanced IP Pipeline newsletter.
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c) Getting Your Way With MyQSL
Firms of all sizes are cutting costs with MySQL. Here's a hands-on 
intro
to the world's most popular open-source relational database.
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Our Developer Pipeline e-mail newsletter brings you the latest 
developer
news, trends, explanations, and insights from our experts.
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d) 64-Bit Processors: Twice as Nice
Ready to jump on the 64-bit Linux bandwagon? Here's a guide to picking
the right processor to suit your needs.
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Once each week the free Linux Pipeline e-mail newsletter brings you the
latest linux news, trends, explanations, and insights.
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e) VPNs Take Off
VPN use is skyrocketing as enterprises reduce expenses by creating
virtual tunnels to route company data and applications through low-cost
access routes.
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Get the latest network news, reviews, and trends by subscribing to the
Networking Pipeline newsletter.
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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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6) Opinion
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a) BuzzCut: New Political Action Party Lobbies for IT Issues
By Michael J. DeMaria
A new IT-focused PAC is spending money and pushing to elect political
candidates who will help address key IT issues.
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b) FudBusters: Google, Meet Clusty
By Tim Wilson
After pushing its stock up 30 points based on the assumption of a green
field, the hot search engine could still topple.
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c) Down to Business: Why Outsource?
By Rob Preston
If you're picking partners just to slash costs, then you're not 
thinking
long term. Nor are you improving your business.
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d) Industry Insights: Kodak Vs. Java
By Mike Lee
Can you blame Kodak for asserting its patent rights? After all, 
lawsuits
like this are a proven source of income.
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e) Letters: Lock 'Em Up
By NWC Readers
Paul Lourd disagrees with Jonathan Feldman's assertion that desktops in
the corporate environment shouldn't be locked down.
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f) Secure Enterprise: Groping in the Dark--Strategic Deployment Survey
By David Joachim
We queried almost 1,400 information security professionals about the
state of staffing, technology, spending and policies in their
organizations. The results suggest confusion in uncertain IT times.
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7) Coming Events
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a) TechWeb's Webcasts: We Want You!
TechWeb's live interactive Webcasts bring the industry's top experts
right to your desktop. Join us for in-depth discussions about the
market's most-pressing issues. Click below to receive our weekly update
of upcoming TechWebCasts you won't want to miss. Sign up today.
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b) Defending Your Network Webcast
Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 1:00pm PST/3:00pm CST/4:00pm EST
Defending your network from all the worms, viruses and unwanted access
is a full-time job. So what do system administrators need to defend the
networks they are responsible for? This presentation will look at using
IDS, VPN and Web content filters to secure and defend a network. In
addition, various infosec tools are illustrated and contrasted.
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8) CMP MarketPlace
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China is ON, Napster is ON. Is your company ON? Is your 
organization focused, flexible, and responsive to dynamic
market needs? Attend the IBM sessions at the conference, 
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and resources which can guide your business towards becoming
an On Demand Business.
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