Andrew Garcia

About

Andrew cut his teeth as a systems administrator at the University of California, learning the ins and outs of server migration, Windows desktop management, Unix and Novell administration. After a tour of duty as a team leader for PC Magazine's Labs, Andrew turned to system integration - providing network, server, and desktop consulting services for small businesses throughout the Bay Area. With eWEEK Labs since 2003, Andrew concentrates on wireless networking technologies while moonlighting with Microsoft Windows, mobile devices and management, and unified communications. He produces product reviews, technology analysis and opinion pieces for eWEEK.com, eWEEK magazine, and the Labs' Release Notes blog. Follow Andrew on Twitter at andrewrgarcia, or reach him by email at agarcia@eweek.com.

Cisco’s CleanAir Spectrum Analysis Offers Outstanding RF Visibility

For providing a distinct and premium solution in an increasingly commoditized marketplace trending toward lower prices and similar feature sets, Cisco and CleanAir earn eWEEK’s Analyst’s Choice. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Rove Mobile Gateway + Apps Could Mobilize IT For More Customers

Rove Mobile today announced Rove Gateway + Apps, new server and client side software designed to lower the upfront price point in order to attract more customers to Rove Mobile’s outstanding set of enterprise management tools for mobile devices. As I pointed out in my Rove Mobile Admin review back in May, licensing for Rove […]

BlackBerry Protect Beta: Enterprise Security in Your Hand

BlackBerry Protect Beta: Enterprise Security in Your Hand by Andrew Garcia BlackBerry Protect The beta of BlackBerry Protect can be installed on most new BlackBerryOS 5.0-enabled devices—I used a Bold 9700. BlackBerry Protect Config To get setup, I needed to input my BlackBerryID which is tied to an email address used with the device. BackUp […]

ISVs Avoid Windows Security Measures

In June, security research firm Secunia released a report entitled “DEP/ASLR Implementation Progress In Popular Third-party Windows Applications,” examining adoption rates among third-party application developers of the exploit avoidance technologies built into Windows. Not surprisingly, adoption was fairly low given the stated ease of their implementation. The report (PDF) looked at 16 popular third-party Windows […]

Aruba AirWave 7 Manages by Air and Land

AirWave 7.0 builds upon Aruba Networks’ WiFi and RF management prowess, adding management and monitoring for some switches and endpoints. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Apple’s Sloppy iPhone and Exchange Fix

A couple days ago, Apple released a configuration change for iOS 4-equipped iPhones to help speed up synchronization actions with Exchange Servers. Apparently, the problem was not only causing slow syncs from the user’s perspective but was causing significant load on the server side as well. According to the article, “… users should install a […]

Motorola and Verizon Unleash Droid X

Motorola and Verizon Unleash Droid X No Title Motorola Droid X Motorola’s Droid X for Verizon Wireless features a large 4.3-inch WVGA multitouch screen. No Title Droid X Size Despite the large screen, the device is mostly thin and not too heavy, measuring 2.6 by 5.0 by 0.4 inches and 5.47 ounces. However, the device […]

Motorola Droid X for Verizon Has 3 Microphones

Motorola and Verizon today announced their next big Android smartphone, this one dubbed the Droid X. I’ll be testing the device and should have the review up in a couple of days, along with a slide show. In the meantime, here’s a little video demonstration of the unique three-microphone configuration on the Droid X, as […]

Windows Phone 7 Sacrifices Business Features for Consumer Appeal

The funniest thing I heard at TechEd 2010 was uttered by an earnest Microsoft employee who took other mobile operating systems to task for their user interface designs held back by their adherence to old models. Paul Bryan, Microsoft’s senior director of Business Experience Product Management, said, “We are taking a different approach, not the […]

Microsoft Outreach for Windows 2000 End Of Life

The venerable Windows 2000 operating system is coming to the end of its extended support lifecycle next month on July 13, meaning no more fixes or security patches. At the 2010 TechEd conference in New Orleans, I sat down with Ward Ralston, Microsoft’s Group Product Manager for Windows Server, to talk about the implications for […]