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1) Has IE dug itself a hole? 2) Wireless directory draws cheers, jeers 3) A Wider Net: When silence sounds too, well, silent 4) How GM saved a billion dollars 5) Un-wiring the wireless LAN 6) Review: Pedestal aids in security enforcement 7) Review: LANsurveyor 8.5 for Windows 8) Review: SCO’s UnixWare measures up with open source additions 9) Technology Update: FTTP boosts bandwidth in the last mile 10) Management Strategies: In the firing line 11) Wary buyers dampen software sales 12) The other side: Hardware revenue should be up 13) Dell continues network battle 14) Tools help manage domain names 15) ISPs look inward to stop spam 16) Start-ups automate global trade functions 17) Microsoft aims to save $1 billion this fiscal year 18) Siemens exec talks up VoIP
Hello, 2005! We’re back from our New Year’s break ready to tell you what – and who – to watch this year as networking continues its never-ending evolution. Are we right? Check out our annual Power articles below and click on the “Feedback” link on any of them to let us know. But wait, there’s more: Scroll down for the link to Network Life Executive Editor Toni Kistner’s report on her trip to Taiwan (wonder no more where home routers come from).
— Adam Gaffin, executive editor, agaffin@nww.com
1) The 10 most power-hungry companies in networking
From application infrastructure to VoIP, these 10 companies do business in red-hot markets. While they might not all be the most powerful companies in their sectors, they are making aggressive product and financial moves that could get them there.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/12270410most.html?tw
2) The 50 most powerful people in networking
From the corporate boardroom to the enterprise data center, the 50 men and women on this list exercise power within the network industry to one degree or another. Some have the clout to sway the world’s technology decisions, while others command attention within vertical industries, particular market segments or simply – though not inconsequentially – within their own organizational domains. We have ranked each of our 2004 power-brokers based on such stature, as well as on the person’s visibility and the ways in which the person functions as a role model.
DocFinder: 5183
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/12270450most.html?tw
3) User Excellence Award winner: Lend Lease
By creating a unique security management platform, award winner Lend Lease gained unprecedented control over its network, while increasing global flexibility.
DocFinder: 5184
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704lendlease.html?tw
4) User Excellence Award runner-up: EMI
When runner-up EMI turned a fragmented Web infrastructure into a centralized service, IT found new sources of revenue.
DocFinder: 5185
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704emi.html?tw
5) User Excellence Award runner-up: Northern Trust
Runner-up Northern Trust built a service-oriented architecture that promises big efficiency gains.
DocFinder: 5186
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704northerntrust.html?tw
6) Excellence revisited: Past User Excellence Award winners
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https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704uewinnerspast.html?tw
7) Security content management tools: Live long and prosper
From defending Star Trek game code to shielding financial data, security content management tools protect early adopters.
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https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704techsecurity.html?tw
8) Storage virtualization: The new storage pool
Heterogeneous virtualization is giving early adopters much to smile about, from advanced services to improved utilization.
DocFinder: 5189
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704techstorage.html?tw
9) Grid computing: Grid gets down to business
Early enterprise adopters of grid computing praise benefits such as ultra-speedy processing for heavy-duty applications.
DocFinder: 5190
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704techgrid.html?tw
10) Dual-core debate
Should dual-core chips be considered as one CPU or two for software pricing? Vendors and users square off.
DocFinder: 5191
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704license.html?tw
11) Autonomic attack plans
When it comes to the critically important self-managing concept, leading vendors IBM, HP and Microsoft are duking it out to grab enterprise mind share.
DocFinder: 5192
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704ondemand.html?tw
12) The e-mail privacy quagmire
End users want to stake out their claim to privacy on corporate e-mail systems, but IT execs are having none of it.
DocFinder: 5193
https://www.nwfusion.com/power/2004/122704privacy.html?tw
13) Where do routers come from?
Network Life Executive Editor Toni Kistner answers the question with a trip to a Taiwanese router factory.
DocFinder: 5194
https://www.networklifemag.com/weblogs/techspy/2005/007133.html?tw
