February 2002
Broadband and Streaming: Fat Pipes, or Pipe Dreams?
Delivering the Goods
By Jay Lyman
CDN providers like Akamai and Digital Island promise faster load times for your site's pages. But do they deliver? Analysts and technology managers share their insights into the pros and cons of CDNs.
Streaming Media Steps Up to the Plate
By Jenny Rose
Major League Baseball's video-on-demand products are giving fans something to root for. Jennie gets the inside story on how MLB Advanced Media built the site in just five months.
S T R A T E G Y :
Legal Code
The USA PATRIOT Act may toe the line of constitutionality, but so far, no one has challenged it. Bret A. Fausett explores what it means for your business.
Does Your Site Need Streaming Media?
Streaming media has the power to tell stories and enhance experiences for many types of sites and companies. But, as Molly Wright Steenson warns, it can also fall flat and confuse users.
Product Reviews
Ogg Vorbis
D E S I G N :
Integrated Design
Molly E. Holzschlag puts out a last-stand call for standards. Imagine what we can do with content when all of us are finally on the same page.
Broadband and the New User Experience
Broadband changes the rules of design, but not because it frees you from limitations on file size. Joshua Fruhlinger explores future Web and application interfaces.
Product Reviews
Adobe AlterCast 1.0
Product Reviews
Pulse Animation Studio 5.0
D E V E L O P M E N T :
Programming with Perl
After six years with the magazine, Randal L. Schwartz bids farewell with his 70th and final column.
Interactive 3D with Shockwave
Greg Meyers shows you how to deliver jaw-dropping rendered 3D graphics in real time, using one of the most popular multimedia packages around.
Product Reviews
IBM WebSphere Studio 4.0
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E :
Multilingual Methods
No static IP address? No problem! Al Williams shows you how, with scripting, you need never be out of touch.
At Your Server
To ensure fast performance for broadband users, Jim Jagielski reminds you, make sure you've looked for bottlenecks in all the right places.
Product Reviews
Apple Darwin Streaming Server, RealNetworks RealSystem Server Plus 8.0, and Microsoft Windows Media Services
E N D TO E N D :
Home Page
Next month Web Techniques will have a new name and new look. Amit Asaravala explains how a good thing just got better.
Webmaster's Domain
E-terrorism could be on the way. All of us should be fighting back by beefing up security. Lincoln D. Stein asks, why are we standing around looking helpless instead?
Bookmarks
Eugene Eric Kim looks at Enterprise Java Servlets and The Book of Zope.
Access: A Conversation with Internet2's Ted Hanss
Internet2's director of advanced applications is pushing the envelope of streaming content—at 2.4 Gbps.
