Cameron Sturdevant

Dell Inc. server users can now get all the features and functions of Dells OpenManage 4.0 suite inside Microsoft Corp.s Systems Management Server 2003. For IT managers, this means one less management console is needed to keep software—and now hardware, including BIOS versions—up-to-date. The integrated tool is called SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates […]

Spam gained a nefarious twist this year with the development of phishing scams, but phishing wasnt the least of IT departments problems. They faced numerous roadblocks to protecting user in-boxes from unwanted e-mail. Next year, solutions to many of these problems—including how to reliably identify e-mail senders and what, exactly, must be done with the […]

PC utilities are notorious for providing inadequate information and heaping cumbersome procedures on users. So its a compliment when I say Ive been using Symantecs Norton SystemWorks 2005, and, overall, it has helped more than hindered my day-to-day computing activities. The newest addition to SystemWorks is Norton GoBack, a utility that resembles Microsofts System Restore […]

Robin Jarlsberg has sole responsibility for all the technology at the School District of Cambridge, in Cambridge, Wis., so she needed a set-it-and-forget-it anti-spam solution. The school district is a small K-12 institution about 20 miles east of Madison, with a user population of about 160 teachers, administrators and other staff members. The district does […]

In September 2003, eWEEK teamed up with Internet service provider WiscNet and some of its customers for a comparative evaluation of anti-spam systems. In this special report, eWEEK Labs catches up with some of the participants to see what anti-spam system they decided to go with and why—and how their choices have held up over […]

Pete Kretche, network systems administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, decided to fight spam with a software-only tool that integrates directly with his mail servers. The university is a Microsoft Corp. Exchange shop, and Kretche chose an anti-spam tool that works only with Exchange: iHateSpam, from Sunbelt Software Inc. Kretche oversees about 12,000 e-mail […]

Carroll College, a private institution in Waukesha, Wis., services 7,000 e-mail accounts that receive approximately 1 million messages per month. The colleges commitment to freedom of expression and to privacy precludes the use of an outside anti-spam service to filter all this mail, as does the cost of such a service, which is why Carrolls […]

Ive started using SmartDraw.coms SmartDraw 7 Suite to diagram my test networks at eWEEK Labs and have found the drawing tool does a good job of helping me track my test plans. /zimages/2/28571.gifClick here for a detailed look at eWEEK Labs test network and testing practices. Although SmartDraw 7 doesnt integrate with some network tracking […]

In Websense Inc.s Websense Enterprise Version 5.5, the Internet access control vendor has effectively added real-time Internet attack protection to its list of dos and donts. Click here to read the full review of Websense Enterprise Version 5.5. 2 In Websense Inc.s Websense Enterprise Version 5.5, the Internet access control vendor has effectively added real-time […]

“Nessus Network Auditing,” by Renaud Deraison et al. (Syngress Publishing), is dedicated to explaining the inner workings of the Nessus open-source vulnerability scanning tool. This $49.95 paperback is my new bible for running one of the most useful security testing tools available. The book takes an enterprise view in explaining everything from how to install […]

Enterprise-class PC equipment and software inventory tools have been added to NetSupport Inc.s NetSupport DNA Suite 2.0, making the inventory, software distribution and user management tool worth considering for use in small and midsize offices. Click here to read the full review of NetSupport DNA Suite 2.0. 2 Enterprise-class PC equipment and software inventory tools […]

Although IT managers likely havent heard of tiny Vintela Inc., eWEEK Labs tests show the companys namesake Group Policy offering could be just the ticket for Windows-oriented shops that want to manage Unix and Linux systems from a single interface. Click here to read the full review of Vintela Group Policy 1.0. 2 Although IT […]