-- Network Computing Online #2.78 --
Your Online IT Resource
http://www.networkcomputing.com/
Tuesday, November 2, 2004

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Here's what's cooking on NWC Online this week!

1) YackITyYack
    - Top 11: Roomba Mania
    - E-Poll: Enterprise Wireless LAN Infrastructure
    - Quick Poll: The Techiest President
    - The Daily Blog: Into the Mind of a Computer
    - Ask the Experts: Edge Node Implementation in OPNET
2) Calling All Readers
    - TechQuiz: Infrastructure
    - 2005 Editors' Choice Awards: Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise
    - Best Independent Tech Blog Readers' Choice Awards Finalists
3) Talk With NWC
    - IT Minute: Talk with Cisco
    - CEO Minute: Radiant Logic
4) Editors' Picks
    - Find the Right Search Engine
    - Content Pipeline
    - Why It's Time for FP++
    - An 'Apt' Approach to Linux Configuration Management
    - IP's Future Is Now
    - Optimizing Workforce Communication and Productivity
    - Featured White Paper: Threat Management: The Future of Network
       Security
5) Download Mania
    - IpMaster
    - WinXP Manager
6) Eye on Security
    - Alertcon: Apple QuickTime Vulnerability to Integer Overflow
    - Security Threat Watch: MangleMe Tool
7) Coming Events
    - Align Business with IT Operations Through the End-User
       Perspective: A Case Study
    - Assuring Peak Performance and Availability of Business-Critical
       Applications and Databases
    - IT Governance: The Value Engine
8) Subscription Information

Look for the next Network Computing Online newsletter on Tuesday,
November 9, 2004!


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1) YackITyYack

a) 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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b) 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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c) 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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d) The Daily Blog: Into the Mind of a Computer
We've all seen the decision trees chess programs use to calculate their
next move. But those quickly fleeting lists of numbers and locations 
are
frankly less than meaningful to humans. But Thinking Machine 4 is
different.
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Read more entries from The Daily Blog.
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e) Ask the Experts: Edge Node Implementation in OPNET
How can I implement/simulate optical burst switching components in 
OPNET
using the simple node modeller available. Any suitable references and
links for guidance are most welcome.
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Check out our other Forums.
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2) Calling All Readers

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) 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 Magazine to see how your choice
stacked up against the competition in 2004.
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c) Best Independent Tech Blog Readers' Choice Awards Finalists
We're proud to announce the top 10 finalists for the Readers' Choice
Award for Best Independent Tech Blog. Now comes the hard part. Help us
select a final winner from these 10 finalists. Cast your ballot on our
voting page. The grand winner will be picked on November 13th and
announced on November 15th.
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3) Talk With NWC

a) 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
"Cisco: On Its Feet and On the Prowl."
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b) 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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4) Editors' Picks

a) Find the Right Search Engine
Desktop search engines have suddenly proliferated as users try to
organize their local and remote files. We review four of the latest.
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b) Content Pipeline
When you need to connect disparate content stores, you can use content
integration software, federated search, portals or a new option called
enterprise information integration. Most firms should use a combination
of approaches.
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c) Why It's Time for FP++
Finding a measure to effectively size applications has never been more
complicated. Here's how using a 30-year-old concept can help.
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d) An 'Apt' Approach to Linux Configuration Management
Linux configuration management need not lead to the development of an
unhealthy phobia. An application called Apt makes the entire process
quite simple.
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e) 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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f) Optimizing Workforce Communication and Productivity
Employee collaboration utilizing instant messaging brings value over
e-mail. VentanaMonitor?
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g) Featured White Paper: Threat Management: The Future of Network
Security
Read this Demarc white paper for a dynamic threat management solution
that provides a manageable, yet all-inclusive view of the network
environment. This enables security teams to effectively detect, assess,
prevent and report on threats while increasing their reaction time,
improving their efficiency and lowering their overall costs.
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5) Download Mania: Select Files From IT Pro Downloads

a) IpMaster
IpMaster sniffs, or monitors, Internet and/or network data packets
coming in and going out of your PC and network. It allows packet
filtering, so you can see only the data you wish to see, and puts aside
information that does not pertain to IP addresses and/or port numbers
you want to examine or track.

Download at:
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Platform: Windows
Size: 262,000k
Licensing: Shareware

b) WinXP Manager
This software tool lets you tweak, optimize, maintain and tune up
Windows XP. It bundles more than 28 different utilities in one, and it
will help your system be stable, fast, secure and personal.

Download at:
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekQv0GPvuP0G6u0CllP0AO
Platform: Windows
Size: 1,917k
Licensing: Shareware

Note: By using IT Pro Downloads you agree to these terms of use.
http://www.nwc.com/itpro/itpro-terms.html

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6) Eye on Security

a) Alertcon: Apple QuickTime Vulnerability to Integer Overflow
Apple QuickTime versions 6.5.2 and earlier are vulnerable to an integer
overflow. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to 
overflow
the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
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b) Security Threat Watch: MangleMe Tool
Many Web browser bugs have been surfacing lately. The bugs range from
simple browser crashes to more complex heap buffer overflows, which 
have
the potential to execute arbitrary code. A new tool that automates the
process of finding invalid HTML snippets, which cause problems with Web
browsers, was even released. Preliminary results indicate that all
browsers crash at one point or another. These findings only enforce the
concept of using security zones and not trusting arbitrary Web site
content while browsing the Web. Information about the MangleMe tool is
available at:
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For more security alerts and information, sign up for our free Security
Threat Watch newsletter.
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7) Coming Events

a) Align Business with IT Operations Through the End-User Perspective: 
A
Case Study
Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 11:00am PT/1:00pm CT/2:00pm ET
Attend this special TechWebCast to learn how the Mercury End-User
Management application has empowered IT management with valuable
real-time visibility to address problems before users encounter them 
and
how to implement new diagnostic capabilities to quickly pinpoint the
cause of end-user performance issues with Siebel applications.
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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
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.
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c) IT Governance: The Value Engine
Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 11:00am PT/1:00pm CT/2:00pm ET
Join us to discuss how to set your successful path to IT governance. 
The
right approach will not only help you meet the challenges of complexity
and compliance, but also optimize ongoing operations, to maximize the
business value IT provides.
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