Andrew Garcia

During the keynote at the Cisco Collaboration Summit in San Francisco, held Nov. 9 to 11, CEO John Chambers wanted to make very clear that the networking company thinks video is absolutely important for effective collaboration. Along those lines, Cisco Systems released a number of products and technologies to make video more accessible for users […]

LABS GALLERY: BlackBerry 5.0-Based Devices Unlock BES 5.0 for Exchange Features By Andrew Garcia Activation Activating a BlackBerry 5.0-enabled device—such as the Bold 9700 or Storm2—to a BES 5.0 for Exchange Server unlocks a number of new features for enterprise users. Windows Shares Using the new Files application, users can reach through the perimeter firewall […]

Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry Bold 9700 seems more than familiar, marrying the solid horsepower and good quality that characterized the original Bold 9000 with a form factor increasingly similar to other recent BlackBerry releases. A typically excellent RIM e-mail, contact and calendaring device, the Bold 9700 works in concert with the latest enterprise back-end […]

On Christmas Day 2000, I had to tear myself away from family festivities to get back to Foster City, Calif., the then-home of both eWEEK Labs and PC Magazine Labs (I worked for PCMag at the time). I needed to untangle-in time for publication-the mysteries that kept popping up during my first 802.11b wireless LAN […]

Chester Wisniewski, senior security adviser for Sophos Canada, Nov. 3 published on his blog a rather damning account of Windows 7 security and User Account Control. In his examination, he found that seven out of 10 malware samples tested were able to successfully run on a fresh Windows 7 installation employing the new, quieter UAC […]

Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry Storm2 9550 smartphone is born of lessons learned, both good and bad. Gone are the balky, unresponsive touch screen and laggy performance that were the hallmarks of the device’s predecessor. Instead, the Storm2 9550 provides reliable performance, touch-screen technology that delivers new on-screen capabilities, and more connectivity options both domestically […]

LABS GALLERY: BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Is a Cut Above Its Predecessor by Andrew Garcia Storm2 9550 Gone is the mechanical suspension technique that characterized the touch screen on the first Storm. Instead, the BlackBerry Storm2 9550 uses SurePress, an electronic system that provides users with tactile feedback when the screen is pressed. Top Edge Hidden […]

Research in Motion today announced November availability for the Blackberry Bold 9700, their newest smartphone for GSM/UMTS networks. When comparing some of the key specifications of the Bold 9700 against that of its predecessor – last year’s BlackBerry Bold 9000 – the new phone looks like a modest upgrade that adds some nice enhancements, while […]

LABS GALLERY: Windows 7 DirectAccess Connects Remote Clients sans VPN by Andrew Garcia Installing DirectAccess From the Server Manager, administrators can easily install the DirectAccess feature (it’s not a Role), which also installs the Group Policy Management snap-in. No Tools DirectAccess installation must be done from the server itself, directly or via Remote Access. There […]

Microsoft advertises Windows 7’s DirectAccess as the great extender–a next-generation access technology designed to connect remote clients in the age of the vanishing network perimeter. DirectAccess is designed to replace the trusty VPN with a secure, always-on connection that requires little or no user interaction. Indeed, DirectAccess represents one of the primary deliverables borne of […]

When the Wi-Fi Alliance announced earlier this summer that the 802.11n Draft 2.0 certification program would be forward-compatible with the full 802.11n standard upon formal ratification of the latter, wireless LAN implementers finally had concrete assurance that they could move forward with 802.11n deployment plans without fear of any interoperability problems caused by late changes […]

With the long-awaited 802.11n standard finally ratified earlier this month, I had expected to see an outpouring of marketing from all the enterprise wireless LAN companies touting the long-awaited announcement. However, as I polled the various companies over the last few weeks, I instead found that most companies were more interested in talking about their […]