Andrew Garcia

One of the advertised hallmarks of Windows Vista is security—as in Microsofts renewed focus on and dedication to tightening up the Windows operating system. Indeed, Vista is chock-full of new security features—including a beefed-up firewall, in–tegrated anti-spyware functionality, BitLocker drive encryption and UAC (User Account Control) —-but these features will ultimately have greater benefits for […]

WINNER Force10 Networks Inc. TeraScale E300 For its packet-processing innovations and strong scalability, Force10 Networks (www.force10networks.com) TeraScale E300 stood above the crowd as the Networking Infrastructure winner. /zimages/4/28571.gifFor a list of all the winners and finalists of the fifth annual eWEEK Excellence Awards, click here. Force10 has carved out a niche at the high end […]

When will Microsoft provide a unified app delivery system for Windows? Read my full review at eweek.com.

While RIM promises that BlackBerry administrators will soon be able to separately manage personal and corporate data on BlackBerry smartphones through BlackBerry Bridge, I suspect a lack of supported devices will greatly hamper the ability to roll out the feature once it launches later this year. As eWEEK’s Michelle Maisto described, BlackBerry Balance offers a […]

Secunia PSI 2 Finds and Installs Patches for Installed Applications by Andrew Garcia Dashboard History The new dashboard clearly shows latest security posture assessment, along with historical graphs depicting posture over time and well as aggregate patches relevant to the system. Best of all, the new dashboard doesn’t need ActiveX-based Flash anymore. Scanning Leveraging Secunia’s […]

Avecto Privilege Guard 2.6 makes limited-rights computing possible on Windows clients, elevating rights when needed and hiding annoying UAC prompts from users. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Amazon’s forthcoming app store promises users an alternative Android Market that promises better and more visible apps. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Google Chrome’s new Windows installer package and Active Directory Group Policy templates boost the browser’s enterprise manageability and suitability. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Secunia PSI 2.0 adds the ability to auto-update third-party applications such as Flash or Java in order to avoid in-the-wild exploits and threats that antivirus software might miss. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Plantronics InstantMeeting Promises Easy Conferencing to Android and BlackBerry by Andrew Garcia Call List InstantMeeting combs through the calendar to find BlackBerry or Android users’ calendars, culling the dial in information from supported conference providers. A Good Call With some providers, the dial-in number and meeting ID are recognized, to be dialed when it is […]