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2006 Year in Reviews  
 
 
In the past twelve months, virtualization caught fire, SaaS and SOA gathered steam, and network security turned inward as IT battled the insider threat. AJAX made rich clients richer; networked storage went small (and iSCSI); groupware donned Web 2.0 garb; and integrating systems and data became more important than ever. This year’s Test Center reviews tracked all these developments and more.

2006 Year in Reviews: Applications  
From BPM tools to portals, 2007's application reviews reveal a focus on integration

2006 Year in Reviews: Application Development  
AJAX was the name of the game in app dev this year, but a clash of business rules titans made news, too

2006 Year in Reviews: Data Management  
Whether it was e-mail, analytics, enterprise documents, or database records, these tools managed it all

2006 Year in Reviews: Hardware  
Servers got more powerful and Apple's iMac rocked the desktop house in 2006

2006 Year in Reviews: Networking  
Speeding up WANs was a hot topic, and a slew of switches shone in 2006

2006 Year in Reviews: Platforms  
Virtualization, Windows, and Suse Linux all came on strong in 2006

2006 Year in Reviews: Security  
Data protection and insider-threat management took security center stage in 2006

2006 Year in Reviews: Storage  
Storage saw a boost in 2006 with 4Gb injections, though SAS gained little ground


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