Cameron Sturdevant

June 2008 will be a milestone for IPv6 adoption. By that time, U.S. military and government agencies must source IPv6-capable hardware and software. For most IT managers, the switch to IPv6 will be an onerous transition involving extensive equipment, application and protocol tests. /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to read more about the switch to IPv6. While NAT […]

Microsoft claims it has the tool for deploying Vista: System Center Configuration Manager 2007. eWEEK Labs tests show that its indeed a tool for deploying Vista, but not the only one that should be considered. Now in its second beta, SCCM 2007 is the successor to Microsofts Systems Management Server and slated to be released […]

OK. Your organization has made a decision to move to Windows Vista. Youve weighed the good against the bad, youve tested the new operating system with your existing apps, and youve navigated the complex licensing landscape to determine how much a migration it will cost over time. Now, you just have to deploy Vista to […]

Microsofts System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is a server-based product that helps IT managers set up server, desktop and laptop systems. eWEEK Labs tested Beta 2 of the product at our facilities in San Francisco and at Blade Network Technologies, where we had access to dozens of systems with which we could put SCCM 2007 […]

Microsofts System Center Configuration Manager 2007 application and deployment tool, now in Beta 2, gets much of its muscle from new client agents. /zimages/5/28571.gifClick here for eWEEK Labs review of SCCM 2007 Beta 2. One of the most talked-about new agents, Network Access Protection Client, comes with SCCM 2007 by default but wont be usable […]

Bomgars B200 appliance enables remote control of any PC that can make a connection to the Internet. The 1U (1.75-inch) B200 appliance securely handles the connection between a user and a live support representative. B200 is best suited in a call center where the support technician is separated from the user by firewalls and other […]

The newest player on the increasingly crowded NAC field is Trend Micros Network Virus Wall Enforcer 1200, and the product doesnt do much to differentiate itself. That said, the NVWE 1200 is worth consideration at small and midsize businesses that either dont want to wait for Microsofts NAP (Network Admission Protection), slated to be released […]

Back in the foggy past when eWEEK was PC Week, I remember some buzz in the Lab about user authentication based on keystroke cadence. It sounded cool but didn’t seem to take off. On March 28, 2007, I talked with Jared Pfost, a vice president at BioPassword. It turns out that the company that became […]

Thinstall uses virtual application technology to enable IT administrators to run products such as Microsoft Word and Excel on users’ systems without actually installing the software and without making any changes to the local file system or registry. If this sounds similar to Microsoft’s SoftGrid, (based on Microsoft’s acquisition of Softricity, which was completed in […]

ZENworks Configuration Manager, now in beta, is Novell’s “next big thing” for desktop management. I mean Windows desktop management. If your organization wants to take Novell’s advice to rip out all of you Windows XP systems and replace them with SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop), you’ll still need a separate installation of ZENworks Linux Management. […]

The Altiris Manageability Toolkit 6.0 for Intel vPro Technology should significantly reduce IT management costs in large organizations. Intels vPro technology, enabled by the companys Core 2 Duo processors, allows management software such as Altiris to provide serverlike control over desktop systems. Leveraging vPro, the Altiris Manageability Toolkit 6.0 provides device discovery, hardware and software […]

Microsoft won’t release any patches this month but the malicious software removal tool gains the ability to spot Win32/Alureon You can get more info about Win32/Alureon here. I ran the malicious software removal tool on several machines in the lab and got pretty much what I expected…nothing. That’s because my lab systems sit behind several […]