Independent Evaluations of Networking Products and Tools

Corporate Instant Messaging Review

· Can IM Mean Instant Money for your Company?

Jabber's Extensible Communications Platform (XCP), IBM's Lotus Sametime, Jive Software's Openfire Enterprise Edition, Gordano's Messaging Services (GMS), Serial Scientific International’s (SSI’s) Mirador Instant Messaging and WebEx’s AIM Pro Business Edition go head to head.

Monitoring & Management Reviews

· Argent Defender, Mercury (HP) SiteScope and CA Wily Introscope

A detailed look at three transaction monitors

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· Entry-level Monitoring

In a group of truly excellent products, a wealth of features earns ipMonitor top billing.

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· Mid-Range Monitoring and Management Tools

Sophisticated monitoring, accurate discovery, flexible alerts and useful reports earned H-P’s OpenView and Argent’s Extended Technologies the top spots in a two-tier competition.

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· TCO Study

Argent Extended Technologies vs. Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007

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· Framework Express Tools

A few select H-P OpenView modules prove that you can get high-end management and monitoring without having to buy dozens of framework components.

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· Desktop Management Tools

Automating nearly every desktop administration function imaginable for diverse clients, LANDesk wins our Clear Choice award. However, the others were close behind.

 

DNS —  DHCP —  IPAM Reviews

· Critical Network Services

Our quest to find the best DNS, DHCP and IPAM network services prompted us to test Alcatel-Lucent’s new appliances in some difficult and stringent situations. We found them to be especially fast, reliable and easy to administer.

Security-related Reviews

· Endpoint Security - Performance

The definitive answer on endpoint security product performance –  we look at the latest security products from McAfee, Norton, Kaspersky, Trend Micro and Microsoft.

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· Gateway-architecture Security Appliances Thwart Malware

Several vendors — e.g., McAfee, Barracuda, Websense, Surf Control — offer anti-malware devices to protect an entire network from the bad guys. Which is best?

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· Interscan Messaging Security Appliance Eradicates Spam

We test Trend Micro’s Interscan Messaging Security Appliance, a key component in Trend Micro’s layered messaging security.

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· Sophos’ WS1000 Web Security Appliance

Efficiently, easily and effectively, the Sophos dedicated anti-malware device kept bad guys from accessing our network.

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· Facetime Unified Security Gateway (USG)

Can one device deter malware threats from all directions? The answer is yes, we found out.

 

WAN Optimization Reviews

· Satellite-Based WAN Links

In strenuous testing, Expand’s Accelerator series of appliances emerged as the fastest way to add significant horsepower to latency-challenged satellite links.

Feature Articles

· Taking precautions to produce pristine testing

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· Desktop Management Products — Selection Criteria

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· The AIX Alternative

IBM's other network operating system environment gets a vote of confidence from Wausau Insurance

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· Linux in the Enterprise

While most companies are far from ready to make Linux a corporate standard, a few large organizations are using it to do serious work.

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· The Black Art of Networking

LANs aren't yet simple, off-the-shelf products – there's nothing simple about managing today's LANs

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· Advice for security doctors: Hack thyself

Ethical hacking of your own Web sites can reveal problems and vulnerabilities before the bad guys find them.

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· Technical Tip - Connecting a Protocol Analyzer

An alternative cabling approach for “full-up” switches.

 

Reviews from Many, Many Years Ago ...

· Battle of the Network Superservers

Although there's plenty of cheaper competition, these two Web servers are more capable and dependable than ever.

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· Relational Database Managers

 

Three relational database managers you can run your business on

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· Managing a Network with NetView and LAN Network Manager

 

A look at IBM's Network Management Tools

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· The Fastest Network Alive

 

TCNS isn’t exactly a network standard. It also isn’t exactly slow.

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· Ouch! You’ve Been Probed

A close look at four personal firewall products

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