Monday, September 9, 2002

BuzzCut: OS X: Intel Inside? It's highly unlikely that Apple will release a version of OS X for Intel machines. But here's a thought: What if Apple jumps ship from the PowerPC platform in favor of Intel machines? --By By Richard Hoffman Posted by Network Computing at 2:10:29 AM

BuzzCut: PGP Rediscovers Open Source, Sort of PGP Corp. announced a free, individual user version of its e-mail encryption product. While it's a good PR move, it may not help your enterprise. What's really needed is a more user-friendly version. --By By Don MacVittie Posted by Network Computing at 2:10:06 AM

Feature: Servers: The Next Generation Where Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell lead, others follow. In the server market that means Xeon CPUs, four-way configurations and more power in 1U and 2U devices as bladed architectures take hold. --By By Art Wittmann Posted by Network Computing at 2:09:27 AM

Review: Dell Serves Up a Winner Four-way multiprocessing servers can cost a bundle, but Dell's got an edge. Its PowerEdge 6650 takes our prize for its competitive price and sleek design. --By By Steven J. Schuchart Jr. Posted by Network Computing at 2:09:08 AM

Feature: The Anti-Spam Cookbook Combine one part rules, a dash of blacklisting and a liberal dose of filtering software, and you have a recipe for eliminating junk e-mail before it overflows in your users' inboxes. --By By Ron Anderson Posted by Network Computing at 2:08:51 AM

Sneak Preview: Neoteris' Instant Virtual Extranet Device In this Network Computing Exclusive, we tested the IVE PartnerAccess 1000 2.1 appliance and found that it's easier to use than some VPNs. All transactions are performed over SSL using a Web browser, which eliminates the need for client software. --By By Michael J. DeMaria Posted by Network Computing at 2:08:31 AM

Sneak Preview: Interworking Labs' Boreal for Network Administrators You may not see them, but they're there. Poorly implemented SNMP agents plague nearly every network and can lead to DoS and buffer overflow attacks. Boreal tracks down these rogue agents, testing for SNMPv1, v2 and v3 problems. --By By Bruce Boardman Posted by Network Computing at 2:08:12 AM

Quick Takes This issue we take a look at these hot products: * FatPipe Networks Warp 2.0 router-clustering hardware * Network Physics NP-1000 Internet Traffic Manager 1.1 * Turillion Software Technologies eServer Secure Posted by Network Computing at 2:07:53 AM

Down to Business: Placing Blame, Executive Style "Time after time in a quarterly earnings release, a company blames an IT snafu for a revenue shortfall in an attempt to deflect criticism of their own management inadequacies." --By By Rob Preston Posted by Network Computing at 2:07:38 AM