Network Computing Report #430
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Monday, November 28, 2005

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In This Issue:
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1) Emerging Enterprise How-Tos
     - Emerging Enterprise: Servers
     - Emerging Enterprise: Storage
     - Emerging Enterprise: The 7 Practices of Highly Effective SMBs
2) 20 Years Of Windows
     - The Twentieth Anniversary of Microsoft Windows
     - The Making Of Windows 1.0
     - 20 Years Of Windows Releases
     - Windows Timeline
     - The Future Of Windows
3) Online Only!
     - Microsoft Vista October CTP Pre-Beta 2
     - Protect Yourself Against Rogue Wireless Access Points
     - Secured Wireless Offers Enterprises More Than Just Peace of Mind
     - Network Computing Reports
     - Special Coverage: IP4IT Conference
4) Feature: State of the Art: What's the Deal with High-Speed Storage?
5) Audio/Visual Department
     - NWC Audio/Visual Dept.:
       - CEO Minute: Interview with Juniper's Scott Kriens
       - Video Interview: AT&T's Hossein Eslambolchi
       - Video Interview: Barracuda Networks' Dean Drako
     - Time for The News Show
6) Reviews and How-Tos
     - Review: Spam Filters
     - Workshop: SIP Makes Your Presence Known
     - Sneak Preview: Egenera BladeFrame ES
     - Quick Takes: Database Auditing and Monitoring
7) Reader Reverb
     - Top 11: Dumbest IT Predictions for 2006
     - The Go-To Geek!
     - Rechristen the Internet
     - NWC Channels
8) Calling All Readers
     - TechQuiz: Data Encryption
     - Cast Your Vote On Monthly Wireless Minute Usage
     - Network Computing Presents the Building, Deploying and Securing
        Training Series
     - Contact Center Performance Management Survey: Raising the 
Maturity
        Level of Customer Contact Centers
     - TechWeb's 2nd Annual Blog-X Awards
9) The Daily Blog
     - IP4IT - Day 2 report
     - IP4IT - Day 1 report
10) Opinion
     - BuzzCut: Consortium to Protect Linux Vendors; Users From Patent
        Lawsuits
     - BuzzCut: IBM Aims to Help Users Get Their Data Together
     - BuzzCut: New App Could Speed Provisioning
     - Letters: 3G Smartphones
11) Your Monday IT Briefing
     - Review: ThinkPad Z60m
     - Broadband Over Power Lines: Ready for a Big Breakthrough?
     - Cape Clear Enhances Enterprise Service Bus
     - DITA Lets Tech Publishers 'Eat Their Cake'
     - Cisco Hops Toward Integrating Wi-Fi with Ethernet
12) Coming Events
     - Privacy and Compliance Regulations: Is Your Business Liable?
     - Setting the Standard: A Formal Definition of the Enterprise 
Service Bus
     - Sarbanes Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management
13) CMP MarketPlace
14) Subscription Information

Look for the next Network Computing Report newsletter on
Monday, December 5, 2005.


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1) Emerging Enterprise How-Tos
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a) Emerging Enterprise: Servers
By Don MacVittie
You can buy a high-quality 1U server for about $1,000, and vendors are
providing SMBs with options to keep long-term maintenance costs down 
and
service levels high.
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b) Emerging Enterprise: Storage
By Don MacVittie
Blurb: Fibre Channel or iSCSI? SAN or NAS? For small businesses with 
big data
storage needs, these are critical choices.
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c) Emerging Enterprise: The 7 Practices of Highly Effective SMBs
By Tim Wilson
What are the key IT advantages that small companies hold over larger
enterprises? We list seven key practices that can afford SMBs a 
competitive
edge.
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2) 20 Years Of Windows
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By George Jones, Desktop Pipeline

a) The Twentieth Anniversary of Microsoft Windows
November 20 marks the twentieth anniversary of Microsoft Windows. We 
take
a look back at the highs and lows of the most popular, vilified, and
controversial OS in the world.
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b) The Making Of Windows 1.0
Think Microsoft's development and release of Windows 1.0 was smooth? 
Think
again.
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c) 20 Years Of Windows Releases
Take a trip down memory lane with Windows' best and worst moments.
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d) Windows Timeline
An outline of major Windows happenings, along with computing milestones 
and
world events for reference.
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e) The Future Of Windows
A sneak peek at Vista, Blackcomb, and beyond.
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Cast Your Vote On Your Favorite Version Of Windows.
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20 Years Of Windows Releases: Screenshot Tour.
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3) Online Only!
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a) Microsoft Vista October CTP Pre-Beta 2
By Scot Finnie (originally published on Desktop Pipeline)
Another Community Technology Preview release of Vista adds features for
networking and the Control Panel, including a great new Mobility 
Control.
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b) Protect Yourself Against Rogue Wireless Access Points
By Matthew Friedman (originally published on Networking Pipeline)
As wireless networks proliferate, so do rogue access points, set up by
employees or hackers intent on stealing data and customers. Here's how 
you
can protect yourself against these pests.
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c) Secured Wireless Offers Enterprises More Than Just Peace of Mind
By Jennifer Bosavage (originally published on Security Pipeline)
Two midsize retail operations discover a cost-efficient way to secure 
wireless
networking internally for greater efficiency and push it out of house 
as a
customer service offering.
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d) Network Computing Reports
Our new, easy-to-navigate resource center lets you download PDFs of NWC
features and comparative reviews--for free. Search, download and share 
our
reports in an easy-to-read format to help you and your team analyze and
make purchasing decisions for today's technology solutions.
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e) Special Coverage: IP4IT Conference
Join our editors for their recap of the IP.4.IT Conference, where IT
professionals learned to better understand the fast-moving world of 
IP-based
business applications, trends and opportunities.
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4) Feature: State of the Art: What's the Deal with
   High-Speed Storage?
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By Steven J. Schuchart Jr.
By the time Fibre Channel hits 8 Gbps, iSCSI on 10-Gig Ethernet could 
be
a worthy opponent.
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5) Audio/Visual Department
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a) NWC Audio/Visual Dept.:
- CEO Minute: Interview with Juniper's Scott Kriens
In this video interview, Juniper's Scott Kriens discusses whether his 
company
can stand toe-to-toe with Cisco.
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- Video Interview: AT&T's Hossein Eslambolchi
The president of AT&T's Global Networking Technology Services contends 
that
IP will consume everything.
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- Video Interview: Barracuda Networks' Dean Drako
The CEO of Barracuda Networks expects less competition in the anti-spam
market within the next two years. Find out why. Also, find out what he 
has to
say on the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of anti-spam legislation.
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b) Time for The News Show
Ready for an irreverent inside look at the technology industry? Tune in 
to "The
News Show." Our special media presentation features breaking news, 
technical
reviews and trend analysis, along with gossip, opinions and an 
overheated rant
or two. The News Show is available at 12:00 PM EDT every weekday at:
http://www.networkcomputing.com/
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6) Reviews and How-Tos
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a) Review: Spam Filters
By Christopher T. Beers
Let's face it: Antispam laws haven't made a dent in the flood of junk 
e-mail.
We put six Exchange-compatible technological spam killers to the test. 
Our pick
for Editor's Choice gets the nod thanks to its elegant and effective 
engine
design and comprehensive reporting.
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b) Workshop: SIP Makes Your Presence Known
By Sean Doherty
SIP extensions let users see whether a colleague is online and 
available
for VoIP calls, videoconferences and IM.
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c) Sneak Preview: Egenera BladeFrame ES
By Don MacVittie
Although you may not save space, the powerful BladeFrame ES is 
high-end,
highly virtual and a realistic mini-computer replacement.
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d) Quick Takes: Database Auditing and Monitoring
By Lorna Garey
This edition looks at Imperva's SecureSphere Database Security Gateway.
We also spotlight products from Tizor, Corticon and UpLogix.
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7) Reader Reverb
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a) Top 11: Dumbest IT Predictions for 2006
This week we're looking for the "Top 11 dumbest IT predictions for 
2006".
Make us roll over with laughter and we may print your funnies in the 
magazine
and/or online. Here are a few ideas to get you chuckling:
*The iPod will replace the Wintel platform as the most popular 
enterprise
server.
*Cisco will stop buying other companies and start giving subsidiaries 
away with
every router.
*Larry Ellison will invent a new kitchen appliance, quit his job and 
start
doing late-night infomercials.

Submit your entries here:
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b) The Go-To Geek!
Are you the "Go-To Geek" for your friends and family? Then Contributing 
Editor
Jonathan Feldman needs your help! Are you hosting lots of friends, 
family and
not-for-profit Web sites on your personal static IP? Still running, 
patching
and maintaining a Web server at the house? (And giving up your precious
personal bandwidth in the bargain?) How do you answer the question, 
"you're
in IT, can you help me out with just a small Web site?" How can you 
help
without creating an immense support burden for yourself? In a nutshell, 
how do
you help your friends and family outsource stuff that otherwise might 
be a ball
and chain for you? Whether you've got info to help your fellow geek out 
or just
want to share your war stories, send us your thoughts.
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c) Rechristen the Internet
Shouldn't the Internet be named something cool, like "Land of the 
Links"? Send
us your suggestions to rename the Internet. The funniest entry will be
immortalized in a future issue.
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d) NWC Channels
Get a daily dose of industry news, commentaries, analysis and reviews 
from our
editors and industry experts focusing on key technology areas such as 
security,
business strategy, convergence and more.
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8) Calling All Readers
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a) TechQuiz: Data Encryption
There's still time to take our latest quiz to find out if your data 
encryption
chops are up to snuff. If you can outsmart our editors, we'll throw 
your name
into the hat for a free NWC collectible.
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b) Cast Your Vote On Monthly Wireless Minute Usage
Enter the Voting Booth and tell the truth. Come on, you know you want 
to.
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c) Network Computing Presents the Building, Deploying and Securing 
Training
Series
Network Computing is offering two specialized training courses on 
Wireless
LANs and Voice over IP. These hands-on, multi-day courses will offer an
immersive learning experience designed for network administrators and
engineers. For more information on these courses, including course 
dates,
locations and detailed course outlines, go to:
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d) Contact Center Performance Management Survey: Raising the Maturity 
Level
of Customer Contact Centers
Most research today focuses on profiling the size, distribution and 
call
handling capabilities of call centers. In comparison, the Ventana 
Research
Contact Center Performance Management (CCPM) research practice focuses
exclusively on improving the business performance of contact centers. 
This
research study will quantify the maturity of contact centers and what 
makes a
successful mix of people, processes and technology. Through the results 
of this
research, organizations will be able to access the maturity of their 
contact
centers against industry benchmarks and best practices.

Please take the survey at:
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e) TechWeb's 2nd Annual Blog-X Awards
Recognize your favorite tech blogs! You determine the nominees and you
choose the winner in TechWeb's 2nd Annual Blog-X Awards, as X-cellence 
is in
the Eye of the Beholder! Please nominate your favorite tech-blog today. 
And be
sure to return when it's time to vote for the winner! Nominate your 
favorite
tech-blog now!
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9) The Daily Blog
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a) IP4IT - Day 2 report
By Michael J. DeMaria
Podcast - Collaboration on the Go, Episode 03 - In this episode, I 
continue to
talk about a few more vendors at the expo, recap a few more panel
conferences, rant about Web conferencing marketers and complain about
overpriced coffee. All in under 15 minutes.
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b) IP4IT - Day 1 report
By Michael J. DeMaria
Podcast - Collaboration on the Go, Episode 02 - I recorded this podcast
immediately after the first day of the expo came to a close. This 
episode
features highlights of some of the vendors I've met and touches on the 
call
center panel discussion.
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Read more entries from The Daily Blog.
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10) Opinion
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a) BuzzCut: Consortium to Protect Linux Vendors; Users From Patent 
Lawsuits
By Richard Hoffman
Several large vendors are waiving their patent claims to keep Linux 
open,
and they have formed a consortium to encourage other vendors to do the
same.
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b) BuzzCut: IBM Aims to Help Users Get Their Data Together
By Michael J. DeMaria
IBM is touting its Public Image Monitoring Solution as a means to ease
the collection of market and "public image" information from the Web.
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c) BuzzCut: New App Could Speed Provisioning
By Bruce Boardman
Many enterprises overprovision their servers because it's easier to buy
more servers than to figure out how the old ones are being utilized. A 
new app
from BMC promises to automate that process.
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d) Letters: 3G Smartphones
By NWC Readers
Daniel Taylor believes "future roaming solutions between cellular and
Wi-Fi should be readily portable to the WiMAX environment."
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11) Your Monday IT Briefing
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Here are some of the must-read news stories we're following this week.

a) Review: ThinkPad Z60m
By Scot Finnie, Desktop Pipeline
Lenovo's widescreen ThinkPad may be a bit big, but its gorgeous 
15.4-display
and great features could put it at the top of your list.
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b) Broadband Over Power Lines: Ready for a Big Breakthrough?
By Phil Britt, Networking Pipeline
The technology, delivering the Internet to homeowners and businesses, 
is
finally becoming a reality as pilots and tests abound.
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c) Cape Clear Enhances Enterprise Service Bus
By SOA Pipeline Staff, SOA Pipeline
Cape Clear Software announced the availability of Cape Clear 6.5, its 
flagship
ESB (enterprise service bus), which offers an Eclipse-based development
environment, expanded security compliance and support for new 
enterprise-
class clustering and high-availability capabilities.
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d) DITA Lets Tech Publishers 'Eat Their Cake'
By Bill Trippe, Intelligent Enterprise
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture is finally pushing aside 
roadblocks
that have stood in the way of adopting XML-based publishing.
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e) Cisco Hops Toward Integrating Wi-Fi with Ethernet
By Andy Dornan, IT Architect
But they don't quite mesh yet, and a self-defending municipal Wi-Fi 
network is
scary.
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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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12) Coming Events
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a) Privacy and Compliance Regulations: Is Your Business Liable?
--A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
11:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM CT / 2:00 PM ET
This TechWebCast will discuss the underlying principals and liabilities 
of
government compliancy regulations, crucial best practices and how
third-generation holistic e-mail security can protect your 
organization. This
eSeminar is recommended for CIOs, directors and managers of IT faced 
with
the challenge of securing their message network.
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b) Setting the Standard: A Formal Definition of the Enterprise Service 
Bus
--An Intelligent Enterprise Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, December 1, 2005
9:00 AM PT /11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET
While the ESB (enterprise service bus) has been called out as "core" to
deploying SOA, the debate continues on what an ESB is and exactly how 
its
architecture provides rapid response to business demands. In this
TechWebCast, Sonic Software will present a formal definition of ESB 
using
industry standard notation and share--through a number of customer
examples--why it should be at the core of your SOA.
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c) Sarbanes Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management
--An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, December 8, 2005
9:00 AM PT /11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET
Although some major milestones have been met, there is still a long way 
to go
on the road to achieving Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, especially within 
the IT
organization. Join Peregrine and Protiviti for this TechWebcast, where 
you will
learn from leading industry experts in the area of IT Asset Management 
and
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.
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13) CMP MarketPlace
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