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You want to standardize on one browser so that your users can get some real work done via a browser interface. Do you go with Microsoft or Netscape? Users have […]

The Web supposedly pushed groupware off the stage, but it's merely in the dressing room preparing for its second act. If you're looking for a groupware package these days, you're […]

Is the information on your Web site hiding from your users? If so, it's time to stow the animated graphics and break out the search engines. If a corporate Web […]

For corporate networks, workflow often wasn't worth the bother or cost. But a new generation of workflow is making the technology more accessible than ever Work flow is undergoing some […]

Enterprise scheduling has a firm appointment with Internet-based standards, but the date for standards completion is still a long way off. Scheduling is just like e-mail before the Internet took […]

Network professionals don't hold out much love or kindness for hackers. But maybe law-abiding system managers can gain something such as increased network security by understanding the mindset and modus […]

Whistle Communications' InterJet is an all-in-one connection to your ISP. It brings Internet connectivity to the plug-and-play level of an Internet "appliance." You've probably read more than once about how […]

When it comes to network cabling, home offices and small offices have special requirements. Here's what to do if your needs are home-spun. These days, many of us stay home […]

San Francisco-based ABM Industries might not be one of those slick dot-coms you've been reading about, but it may look more like the company of the future than most of […]

There is a broad popular belief within the Internet industry that good cryptography means safe business (providing the crypto is legal to use, of course). This belief is a by-product […]

Network Magazine's December 1999 discussion of Unix tools ("Borrowing from Unix," page 32) prompted e-mails with news of other such software you might find useful. Ed Feustel, a research staff […]

Calling a bit of program code a "virus" is a funny thing. The name is just a metaphor, of course. A bit of program code can no more be a […]

While I think every network administrator should have some scripts (and the know-how to customize those scripts) in his or her toolkit, I should stress that I take a mostly […]

In 1992, when the Web wasn't interesting and neither was IP, one thing that was interesting was fiber optic networking, especially when you wanted to tie together LANs in different […]

Editor's note: As proof that people who work at Network Magazine actually read what they publish, senior editor Jonathan Angel sent along a note that followed up on my October […]

Any rational IT administrator, wading through the long list of security problems that inevitably crops up with mobile-code applications, must wonder why anyone bothers with the stuff in the first […]

I was noodling around with a Sun workstation the other day when it hit me that I really should see about getting some of the better Unix utilities available for […]

ven if you've used IP while mobile, it may well not have been Mobile IP. That's because Mobile IP is one of those IETF RFCs that percolates for a good, […]

In the October 1999 issue's Best Practices section, I discussed options for creating a Yahoo-like home page for corporate intranets using free scripting tools. Following up on both the intranet […]

Suppose you're sold on the Extensible Markup Language (XML). What happens next? Do you buy a good XML editor and watch things fall into place? Does everyone who comes across […]

Editor's note: Microsoft has put a fair measure of energy into its Windows Script Host (WSH) environment and appears to be committed to continuing the process in the Windows 2000 […]

The Lucent Technologies remote access business unit (Pleasanton, CA), formerly Livingston Enterprises, has always had the sort of customer who was as likely to send an e-mail asking a support […]

In 1997, when Gary Nichols took his network administrator post at WaveTop (Phoenix), he was charged with taking care of 50 Windows NT servers. Well, he took care of them, […]

NDS for NT simplifies administration at University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, but it doesn't earn straight A's. If you think turnover among your network users is hard to […]

Today's software distribution products handle complex installation tasks across a range of platforms. It's been about four years since I became a consultant and handed over responsibility for my patch […]

The good news on the Internet right now is that the competition between Netscape and Microsoft rages on, healthy and unchecked. The bad news is that the latest pitched battle […]

Pity the magazine that wants to go online. Finely laid-out magazine pages are prepared, in all likelihood, using QuarkXPress or Adobe PageMaker. Publishers like these programs because they take the […]

Offers computer-network managers advice on how to deal with computer viruses. Virus signature checking; Antivirus software; Behavior scanning approach to virus identification; Anti-virus vendor responses.

Describes alternatives to mobile codes, distributed client pieces and no-frills Web browser clients. Applications that use properties of mobile codes to good advantage; Mobile code implementations; Differences between a plain applet or ActiveX component and mobile agent code.