Denise Accurso

Bidali Softwares BusTrace 2003, to be released next month, is good news for those who must trouble-shoot peripherals that arent functioning properly. BusTrace analyzes I/O activity between PCs and peripherals to isolate problems with most storage devices. When I started such a capture session, BusTrace identified device errors immediately. Using a built-in database of command […]

ScanSofts OmniPage Pro 12 office software shows how far optical character recognition capabilities have come. The package, which was released last month, automates many of the tedious tasks associated with converting paper documents into electronic files. Small and midsize businesses in the financial, legal and medical fields, as well as government agencies, will likely get […]

Axis Communications $499 Axis 70 Network Document Server resembles a low-end version of a multifunction peripheral, but it has essentially one function: Connected to a scanner, it converts paper documents into electronic format and distributes them via e-mail. This obviates the need for fax, mail or courier services, but it probably wont be used heavily […]

Targeted at small to midsize businesses, McAfees VirusScan ASaP managed-desktop, anti-virus service automatically delivers updates to customers using a peer-to-peer approach. VirusScan ASaP, which debuted in June, protects networks from known and unknown viruses and is available for most versions of Windows. Prices start at $2 to $4 per node per month. Once installed on […]

Compact, light and portable, the new FireWire version of CMS Peripherals ABSplus device is aimed at mobile laptop users—a group that often thinks about backup only after a laptop is stolen or a system fails. Using ABSplus, I performed an Express backup, which speedily backed up the entire C drive and all partitions on the […]

Speed, simplicity and ease of installation make the OnStream Data B.V. backup solution ideal for single-workstation or workgroup server backups. OnStream Datas system, released in May, is the first high-speed USB 2.0 tape drive that eWeek Labs has seen. USB 2.0 increases the speed of a peripheral-to-PC connection to 480M bps, or 40 times faster […]

Sharpewares NetWatch monitor provides adequate network oversight, gathering logs, trending data and sending alerts to IT staff if performance reaches a critical point. But users must be prepared to wait awhile if help is needed. NetWatch, which shipped last month, runs on Windows NT or 2000 and NetWare. The Network Edition can track 20 devices […]

Paper-intensive corporations can easily transform their documents into digital data using Cardiffs Teleform Version 8 Enterprise Information Capture System, a production-level data and document processing system. Teleform document capture software has been around for more than a decade; when integrated with Cardiffs XML-based LiquidOffice suite, it becomes an automated form processing and workflow system. For […]

Rainbow Technologies has announced an alternative to VPN-based security: NetSwift iGate, a security appliance that protects Web-enabled corporate resources via two-factor user authentication. I easily downloaded the iGate driver to a workstation; plugged a USB token, called iKey, into the USB port; and, once authenticated, was prompted for a password. The iGate is designed to […]

Organizations with high-volume document management needs should check out ABBYYs just-released FineReader 6.0 Corporate Edition. The software, priced at $499 (or $399 for a competitive upgrade), allows simultaneous access to batch documents by multiple users and recognizes 177 languages; workgroups can add terminology to dictionaries shared over the network. Documents can be saved in popular […]