Cameron Sturdevant

Compuware Corp.s Vantage 8.5 nicely pulls together system, network and client management functions under a newly added Web-based console, but other tools offer more expert modules out of the box. Vantage 8.5, which is priced starting at $19,000, comprises four base components: ServerVantage, Application Vantage, NetworkVantage and ClientVantage. These components monitor the systems, applications, network […]

Following up on a conference last year that focused on Microsofts Active Directory, NetPro Computing recently completed a conference on managing Novells eDirectory. Concurrently, NetPro announced its second e-book, “Tips and Tricks Guide to Active Directory Troubleshooting,” which will be available later this month. NetPro makes decent products for managing computer directories, and I found […]

A bevy of single-purpose single-sign-on products, biometric devices and integrated identity management frameworks promise reduced operational costs through streamlined user-rights provisioning. However, not much has been done to improve these systems reputations for being difficult to implement, so government regulation is still the biggest driver for deployment. eWEEK Labs has found that most of the […]

Its so easy to add a wireless access point. And at $60 to $100, an access point is even within my “purchase authority.” The stage is set for the increasing appearance of “rogue” access points. Discovery of a rogue access point usually leads to a swift, simple response: disconnection with lecture. The access point is […]

The IEEE 802.3AF Power-over-Ethernet task force, which met last month at Cisco Systems Inc.s headquarters in San Jose, Calif., is slated to finish its work in June, but vendors are preparing to release products based on the specification now. Based on eWEEK Labs work with wireless access points and VOIP (voice-over-IP) telephone handsets, we think […]

The original XML recommendation turned 5 years old Feb. 8 (go to www.eweek.com/links to see the original specification). I caught up with Dave Hollander, a member of the original group that hashed out the specification. The group also included Tim Bray, Jon Bosak and Michael Sperberg McQueen, among others. (See eWeek Labs interview with Jon […]

Im going to lobby the legal department of Ziff Davis Media (publisher of eWEEK) to file an amicus curiae brief in Verizons appeal of an order sought by the Recording Industry Association of America, which forces Verizon to reveal the identity of a subscriber who is suspected of downloading copyright-protected content. RIAA is using the […]

SpamActive, Clearswifts latest salvo in the anti-spam campaign, worked as expected in filtering unsolicited e-mail at our server and should help Clearswift catch up to anti-spam service provider Brightmail. Users of Clearswifts EnterpriseSuite and MailSweeper for SMTP can tap SpamActive, released last month, to get up-to-the-minute updates on spam traffic, as determined by Clearswifts ThreatLab […]

LANDesk 6.62 is among the first desktop management systems to be agnostic about operating system image source files, using its own or competitors images to prepare PCs for deployment. This is the first edition of the suite released by LANDesk Software Inc., a recent Intel Corp. spinoff, and eWEEK Labs tests showed Version 6.62 contains […]

Logitech cameras with digital zoom have gained the ability to track human faces and keep them centered on the screen, a trick usually reserved for much more expensive cameras. The cameras became available last month and cost in the $79 range. Using technology from A4-Vision, Logitechs stationary camera uses skin tones, facial features and motion […]

Standards play a huge role in enterprise applications—as well as the decision companies make to use a product or not—and that role will only get bigger as Web services gain momentum. However, as vendor-led consortia increasingly define the standards that shape enterprise products, its getting tougher to separate standards from vendor politics, posturing and power. […]

AlterPoints DeviceAuthority neatly tracks network device configuration changes and made it easy for me to see who was making changes to Labs routers, firewalls and switches. Competitors such as Tripwires comparably priced Tripwire for Network Devices can also do this. In addition, Tripwire for Network Devices is OPSEC-compliant, meaning that it works well with Check […]