Cameron Sturdevant

Anti-spam products are getting more aggressive, and Microsoft Exchange administrators who have a stubborn e-mail problem might want to look at Powertools for Exchange from Nemx Software. Nemxs product is scheduled to be shipped in October and uses RBL (reverse blacklist) databases and internal rules that evaluate header and content information to scrub spam out […]

I got to see Symbol Technologies Mobius Wireless System in action at the recent NetWorld+Interop show in Atlanta and was impressed by its neat use of technology and thoughtful design. Symbol uses the all-but-final 802.3af Power over Ethernet specification to make the Mobius Axon access port—a radio frequency transmitter combined with an RF-to-Ethernet converter—simple to […]

Power over ethernet, the 802.3af specification, is an impressive standard that will affect everything from IP telephony to wireless LANs. The 802.3af specification was finalized late this summer and is moving toward final adoption at years end. But the proof, as they say, is in the pudding, and in this case, eWeek Labs believes the […]

We wish we could say Web services will help lighten IT managers security burden, but, unfortunately, quite the opposite is true. In fact, the cost of securing Web services should weigh heavily in any sites return-on-investment analysis, especially for those that plan to extend the technology outside the firewall. In the near term, IT managers […]

Power over Ethernet, the 802.3af specification, is a little gem of a spec that will affect everything from IP telephony to wireless LANs. The 802.3af spec is was finalized late this summer and is moving toward final adoption at the end of this year. But the proof, as they say, is in the pudding—and in […]

In its Quest to make Ghost more than just synonymous with disk cloning, Symantec next week will release a version of Ghost that aims backup and recovery squarely at the home and small-business user. Based on a stripped-down version of the corporate version of the application, Ghost 2003 includes a simplified Windows interface as well […]

Take this copy of eWeek, your laptop and cell phone to the nearest cafe. As you settle in with a coffee, imagine that this is all thats left of your entire office. Disaster recovery planning became a top priority after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, but one companys recent experience shows that the best […]

It seems like every company is becoming a security firm these days, and CacheFlow Inc. (now Blue Coat Systems Inc.) is no exception. Blue Coat celebrated its new incarnation by releasing the Security Gateway 800, a gussied-up caching tool that does a good job of filtering hard-to-control Port 80 Web traffic. With the SG800, Blue […]

Earlier this month I hung out for a while at Candle Corp.s user group meeting in San Francisco and got a refresher on the importance of using computers to automate the management of other computers. If I learned one thing from the engineers and users that I spoke with, its that data center managers must […]

Avocent Corp.s AutoView 2000R pushes big-data-center features such as KVM over IP into a keyboard, video and mouse switch designed for midsize organizations—a move that makes the device a tempting offer to IT managers who need access to servers but dont want to be in the same room with the machines. This new release in […]

Separating the wheat from the chaff in e-mail is tricky enough on a manual basis. Automating the process is complex and often has mixed results, but three approaches (see chart) examined by eWeek Labs can significantly reduce the expense and frustration of dealing with junk e-mail. All e-mail servers and clients allow for substantial rules-based […]

This years LinuxWorld Conference and Expo marked the end of the age of innocence of the open-source community. Sure, men of all ages and varying-length ponytails crawled the show floor. But the show itself was dominated by the big names of enterprise computing. Making money and gaining market share were the ascendant themes; a pall […]