Network Computing Report #375
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Monday, November 1, 2004

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In This Issue:
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1) Cisco Redux
   - Cisco: On Its Feet and On the Prowl
   - IT Minute: Talk with Cisco
2) Reviews and How-Tos
   - Sneak Preview: Citrix's GoToAssist
   - Quick Takes: Secure Remote Access
   - Storage Pipeline: Hitachi Data Systems
   - Workshop: Basic Hardware Problem Diagnostics
   - Buyer's Guide: Video Server Appliances
3) Reader Reverb
   - TechQuiz: Infrastructure
   - Top 11: Roomba Mania
   - E-Poll: Enterprise Wireless LAN Infrastructure
   - Quick Poll: The Techiest President
   - 2005 Editors' Choice Awards: Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise
4) Talk With NWC
   - CEO Minute: Radiant Logic
5) Your Monday IT Briefing
   - Review: BlueCat Meridius Anti-Spam Appliance
   - PeopleSoft Tries Out CRM in a BlackBerry
   - Hughes Announces Satellite Video for the Enterprise
   - IP's Future Is Now
   - Powell Calls for 'Revolution' in Telecom Regulation
   - An 'Apt' Approach to Linux Configuration Management
   - Fast Forward
   - Measure the Total Cost of Failure
6) Opinion
   - BuzzCut: AT&T, Covad Take Wires Out of VoIP
   - FUDBusters: Justice Department: Prosecute P2P Users, Vendors
   - The IT Agenda: IP Protection for the 21st Century
   - Reality IT: The Key to Security: Prevention
   - Letters: Labor-Intensive
   - Storage Pipeline: Storage Common Sense on the Other Side of the
      Globe
7) Coming Events
   - How to Run Application Delivery as a Business
   - Assuring Peak Performance and Availability of Business-Critical
      Applications and Databases
   - Intelligent Performance Conference & Expo
   - TechWeb's Webcasts: We Want You!
8) CMP MarketPlace
9) Subscription Information

Look for the next Network Computing Report newsletter on Monday,
November 8, 2004!


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1) Cisco Redux
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a) Cisco: On Its Feet and On the Prowl
By Rob Preston and Dave Molta
The reigning network leader has bounced back from tough times with
record revenue and profits. But can Cisco keep innovating while
fending off challengers? Three years later, we take another look at
the king of the network kingdom.
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b) IT Minute: Talk with Cisco
Don't just take our word for it. Get the scoop straight from the
horse's mouth in this exclusive set of audio interviews with the top
brass from Cisco. We recorded these audio excerpts, covering
everything from product pricing issues to future technologies, while
writing the story above--Cisco: On Its Feet and On the Prowl.
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2) Reviews and How-Tos
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a) Sneak Preview: Citrix's GoToAssist
By Sean Doherty
This managed service lets your helpdesk fix problems remotely. But
beware platform choice limitations.
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b) Quick Takes: Secure Remote Access
By NWC Editors
This edition looks at Netilla's Secure Gateway appliance, NetSupport's
DNA 2.0, Microsoft's Exchange Server Best Practices and Cast Iron
Systems' Application Router 1000 2.3.5.
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c) Storage Pipeline: Hitachi Data Systems
By Jon William Toigo
The military philosopher Sun Tzu advised his generals to pretend
inferiority and encourage their rival's arrogance. HDS' business
practice echoes this timeless advice--and it's producing results.
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d) Workshop: Basic Hardware Problem Diagnostics
By Steven J. Shuchart Jr.
We'll walk you through the steps for diagnosing and fixing some basic
hardware problems as well as show you how to get the most out of your
service and technical support contracts when the problem is more
severe.
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e) Buyer's Guide: Video Server Appliances
By Darrin Woods
Video server appliances have a long way to go before they are
plug-and-play. And although industry standards make it easier for
products to interact with each other, be sure you research before you
buy.
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3) Reader Reverb
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a) TechQuiz: Infrastructure
Take our latest quiz on network infrastructure technologies, products
and vendors. 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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b) Top 11: Roomba Mania
We're still looking for the "Top 11 ways the Roomba robotic vacuum
could improve your IT department." Make us yodel through our noses,
and we'll post your entries in print and online. Here are a few ideas
from your fellow readers to get you started.
*Attach wireless GPS device to Roomba and record path taken with
mapping software. Use the results as cable layout diagram. --William
Kujawa
*Set carpet type to 'Dense End Users' and turn it loose! --Doug
Whitaker
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c) E-Poll: Enterprise Wireless LAN Infrastructure
Network Computing is embarking on its most ambitious evaluation of
enterprise Wi-Fi products. The enterprise Wi-Fi market has undergone
rapid change in the past year, with new standards and products
appearing in the market and increasing customer demand. Please help us
understand your concerns by taking our survey.
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d) Quick Poll: The Techiest President
Which presidential candidate do you think will do more for the IT
industry? Cast your vote and see if your fellow readers agree or
disagree with your opinion.
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e) 2005 Editors' Choice Awards: Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise
Each January, Intelligent Enterprise presents the Editor's Choice of
the top IT solution providers who are leading their customers to the
promised land of improved enterprise decision-making, optimized
business performance and met strategic objectives. These rankings are
broken down into "The Dozen" (the top 12 companies overall) and the 48
additional "Companies to Watch" across four critical solution
categories. Now's your chance to tell us which companies stood out in
2004 and why you think they deserve recognition. Make a nomination and
then look for the January issue of Intelligent Enterprise to see how
your choice stacked up against the competition in 2004.
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4) Talk With NWC
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a) CEO Minute: Radiant Logic
Listen in as Brad Shimmin sits down with Michel Prompt, CEO of Radiant
Logic, to discuss virtual directories versus meta-directories,
companies using virtual directories and Radiant Logic's role in
federated identity.
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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) Review: BlueCat Meridius Anti-Spam Appliance
The latest version is effective and easy to set up--but pricey.
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The Messaging Pipeline e-mail newsletter brings you the latest
messaging news, trends, explanations, and insights from our experts.
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b) PeopleSoft Tries Out CRM in a BlackBerry
"Enterprise Sales for BlackBerry" is designed to deliver full
application functionality, including alerts on hot sales leads,
prescriptive analytics and remote security.
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c) Hughes Announces Satellite Video for the Enterprise
The multicasting application is available as an option to Hughes'
DIRECWAY delivery platform.
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d) IP's Future Is Now
Converged voice and data, associated wireless LANs, IP television,
remote access and ultra high-speed broadband services are just some of
the new services headed your way.
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Get the latest news, reviews, and trends by subscribing to the
Networking Pipeline Newsletter.
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e) Powell Calls for 'Revolution' in Telecom Regulation
The FCC Chairman says he'll lead efforts to bring VoIP under Federal
purview.
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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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f) An 'Apt' Approach to Linux Configuration Management
Linux configuration management need not lead to development of an
unhealthy phobia. An application called Apt makes the entire process
quite simple.
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Get the latest Systems Management news, product info, and trends every
week.
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g) Fast Forward
High-performance computing: It's finally moving out of science labs
and into enterprise decision-making.
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h) Measure the Total Cost of Failure
Return on investment and total cost of ownership don't quite cut it.
There's a new math for calculating the value of information management
compliance.
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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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a) BuzzCut: AT&T, Covad Take Wires Out of VoIP
By Frank Bulk
A WiMAX infrastructure will let service providers deliver VoIP to
rural areas without a backhoe.
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b) FUDBusters: Justice Department: Prosecute P2P Users, Vendors
By Tim Wilson
The Justice Department wants to criminalize the sharing of copyrighted
data over P2P networks and allow lawsuits against vendors that
"induce" file sharing.
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c) The IT Agenda: IP Protection for the 21st Century
By Jonathan Feldman
There's a difference between creating a profitable, sustainable
business and creating a monster.
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d) Reality IT: The Key to Security: Prevention
By Hunter Metatek
Regardless of what tools you have handy, a reactive approach is bound
to be arduous, time-consuming and costlier than a preventative one.
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e) Letters: Labor-Intensive
By NWC Readers
Ron Johnson says, "I disagree with allowing local desktop admin when
necessary. I'd lock them up as tight as a drum."
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f) Storage Pipeline: Storage Common Sense on the Other Side of the
Globe
By Jon William Toigo
Language barriers and other obstacles have driven many U.S. vendors to
reduce their presence south of the equator. Meanwhile, they're clearly
missing the profit potentials.
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7) Coming Events
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a) How to Run Application Delivery as a Business
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 9:00 AM PT/11:00 AM CT/12:00 Noon ET
Learn how to take Application Delivery (AD) to the next level. The AD
game is changing, and it is not just about QA anymore. You can be a
driver of change or the victim of it. Join us, and get in the driver
seat! All attendees will receive a free copy of the white paper,
"Center of Excellence Evolution."
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b) Assuring Peak Performance and Availability of Business-Critical
Applications and Databases
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 11:00am PT/1:00pm CT/2:00pm ET
Successful IT operations depend on the performance and availability of 
critical applications 
and databases. Meeting service levels and providing historical and 
real-time visibility across 
disparate application infrastructures are essential. In this special 
interactive TechWebCast, we 
address the business drivers that demand availability and performance 
management solutions, including 
the application and database solutions for each stage of the workflow 
process. Review the tools
needed to plan, predict and control service levels for peak performance 
and availability.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekO30GO4rP0G4g0CuKM0AM

c) 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 and 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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d) 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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