======================================================================== TEST CENTER REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Monday, October 25, 2004
======================================================================== * Content control on demand * Storage management: It's the application, stupid * SMI-S: Order from chaos * VTrak makes the leap to SANs easy ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SPECIAL REPORT: SECURING GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES Do you know who's reading your e-mail? Because messages typically travel the Internet in plain text, they are potentially susceptible to prying eyes. The InfoWorld Test Center examines four solutions for keeping private communications private. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E1F:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CONTENT CONTROL ON DEMAND ======================================================================== Posted October 22, 2004 3:00 PM Pacific Time The ASP moniker may be yesterday's buzzword, but the on-demand delivery model lives on -- with struggling software segments such as CM (content management) ripe for its promise of reduced complexity and costs. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E1A:2B910B2 STORAGE MANAGEMENT: IT'S THE APPLICATION, STUPID ======================================================================== Posted October 22, 2004 3:00 PM Pacific Time Would you serve the same food to guests at your daughter's wedding as you would at your four-year-old son's birthday party? Unless you're rich or a terrible money manager, your answer is probably no. So why are many of today's budget-strapped storage managers forced to allocate the same level of high performance storage, SAN bandwidth, and services to minor tasks that they use for mission-critical applications? For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E19:2B910B2 SMI-S: ORDER FROM CHAOS ======================================================================== Posted October 22, 2004 3:00 PM Pacific Time Bringing application awareness to an entire SAN of heterogeneous storage will require standards that integrate with every part of the storage stack, much like the QoS standards in the world of communications networking. To that end, the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has developed SMI-S (Storage Management Initiative Specification), a vendor-neutral storage management API specification based on WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) architecture. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E17:2B910B2 VTRAK MAKES THE LEAP TO SANS EASY ======================================================================== Posted October 22, 2004 3:00 PM Pacific Time Small and medium businesses' most serious fear when exploring networked storage is that of being sucked into a complicated, expensive, and difficult-to-manage solution. That concern often proves too pessimistic but is nevertheless justified by the complex administration and boutique prices that characterize many SAN solutions. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E1C:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Track the Top AppDev Stories in One Email a Week InfoWorld defines technology for business. That's why there's no better, more reliable source for enterprise application development news and analysis, whether you're tracking applications by technology or by industry. And that's why InfoWorld's weekly Application Development Report, a free weekly newsletter, is your one-click trick for tracking what matters in appdev. Subscribe now at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E18:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E1B:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E1E:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=988E1D:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
