August 6, 2001
realenduser.com
This site tracks and compiles performance data about other sites that its more than 10 million registered users visit, as they visit them, similar to A.C. Nielsen's TV ratings method.

July 30, 2001
nextslm.org
This site is a go-to place for information on service-level management. It offers an array of resources, including articles, links to industry groups, a discussion board, and a test that businesses can take to see how their service-level management stacks up to generally accepted benchmarks.

July 23, 2001
www.thecomputerconsultant.com
This free site lets companies find IT professionals based on skills, location, and other criteria. Companies and recruiters can list positions and projects for which personnel are needed.

July 16, 2001
www.crmindustry.com
This site provides extensive resources related to the CRM industry, including areas devoted to sales, marketing, technology, current trends, and support.

July 9, 2001
Internet Traffic Report
This site monitors the flow of Internet traffic on five continents and gives network administrators information at a glance about that flow, helping them determine whether bottlenecks are local or global. It's free and updated every 15 minutes.

July 2, 2001
TechVenue.com
This site provides detailed listings, updated daily, of IT business events organized by region worldwide. Though the site lists trade shows and big conferences, it stresses events put on by local user and professional groups.

June 25, 2001
point-topic.com
This site provides profiles of 90 DSL operators in 46 countries, as well as a comprehensive list of links to DSL, broadband, and telecom resources. It also offers analysis of issues surrounding business use of broadband.

June 18, 2001
StickyMinds.com
This site offers software testers, managers, and quality-assurance employees a wide variety of resources, including news, articles, papers, columns, tools, templates, links, a message board, and even a radio show.

June 11, 2001
Enterprise-Wide IT Architecture (EWITA)
This site is a comprehensive reference source for business software architects. It offers a vast array of links to free tools and white papers and to other Internet resources.

June 4, 2001
CRMguru.com
This customer-relationship management portal has experts who answer questions, and it lets members post documents. It of-fers many other CRM resources, including vendor reviews.

May 28, 2001
ITpapers.com
This site bills itself as the Yellow Pages of white papers. It contains a search engine linked to more than 18,000 white papers on hardware, software, the Web, and numerous other aspects of IT. Each paper is accompanied by a summary and reader reviews.

May 21, 2001
ebXML
This site has a wealth of information about ebXML, the suite of specifications meant to facilitate business-to-business commerce by standardizing means of B-to-B communication. The site offers news, specs, links to other XML resources, and more.

May 14, 2001
National Infrastructure Protection Center
Gives network administrators an FBI-provided tool to see if hackers have infected their system with a distributed denial of service agent, which hackers can then use remotely to launch DDOS attacks on other systems.

May 7, 2001
Idiom Technology, Inc.
This site features to help E-business go global. It offers strategeis, articles, data, and links to other sites with globalization aids, as well as a tool to measure how ready an E-business is to globalize and how well it's doing it already has.

April 30, 2001
AboutFiberOptics
As its name implies, this site offers a wealth of information on fiber optics, ranging from its definition and history to details on the hardware involved. The site also features a number of links to other sites that contain fiber-optics resources.

April 23, 2001
LockDown Corp.
This page shows how hackers use Trojan horse programs to infiltrate PCs and networks. It also shows PC users how to recognize such infiltration.

April 16, 2001
OmniChoice.com
This site helps businesses sort through service plans offered by ISPs, telecom, cable, satellite, and energy companies. It also points companies to vendors who can help improve their Web sites.

April 9, 2001
Intota Expert Knowledge Service
This site gives you the names of experts in their fields who are willing to answer your questions. For a fee, it puts you in touch with the ones you select. Semiconductors, electronics, computers, and the Internet are among 41 industries listed.