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Is Gigabit Ethernet right for you?

If most of your apps are productivity tools, probably not. But that could change as multimedia becomes more of the norm.

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Free to roam

Broadening wireless LAN market presents buyers with new choices

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Is metro Ethernet right for you?

If you're using a carrier's data services but bandwidth is always in short supply, consider metro Ethernet.

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VOIP's second act

Next-generation IP telephony applications bring safety and efficiency to public agencies

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Quality control

After security, the biggest concern for VOIP implementations is quality of service.

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Smart shopper's guide to networking infrastructure: Decision point

At least a couple of the networking technologies in this guide might be on your 2004 shopping list.

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Ethernet goes metro

Office network workhorse gets makeover for long-haul duty

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Big-bang deployment not essential

Getting your whole infrastructure ready to utilize Gigabit speeds may be complicated, especially with legacy systems.

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the Pipeline

Servers; accessories; storage switches.

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Is iSCSI storage right for you?

The main points in choosing between iSCSI and Fibre Channel are cost and performance.

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NIST puts fingerprints to the test

Agency's study concludes matching technologies are accurate, reliable

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Weighing buy vs. build

Do you invest in your own network infrastructure or buy services from a provider?

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New kid on the storage block

iSCSI offers cutting-edge storage-area network benefits on familiar IP gear.

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Speedy price drop

Plummeting Gigabit Ethernet prices put big network boost in easier reach

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Top performance will cost you

The best approach to iSCSI depends on performance needs and willingness to spend.

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Clean audit in 2007 is DOD’s goal

Each day the Defense Department seems to uncover another financial or business system to add to its already massive modernization program. But even as the scope of the systems consolidation grows, officials are sticking to the goal of a clean financial audit by 2007.

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DOD to use NCES

Net-Centric Enterprise Services will allow analysts and warfighters to share information more quickly and easily.

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Tools for data-driven management

James Taylor, the Commerce Department’s deputy chief financial officer, didn’t know his boss was unhappy until he read it in a magazine article. Then-deputy secretary Sam Bodman, a veteran executive of several large corporations, bemoaned the lack of financial tools at his government post.

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IBM partitions eServers

Big Blue hopes its micro-partioning technology boosts server sales.

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Sizing up UPS

Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) vary in capacity, providing backup power for individual PCs, enterprise data centers and everything in between.