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By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Version 14 of WhatsUp Gold, the popular network and server monitoring tool, sports a new module named WhatsVirtual that, simply put, makes the product virtualization-aware. WhatsUp Gold has grown in features and capabilities from an SMB (small and midsize business) network management tool to something appropriate for the enterprise, yet the […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Virtual desktop infrastructures are supposed to make things easier, especially for IT staffers, who can eschew many of their desktop management chores as virtual desktops replace traditional ones in the enterprise. However, enterprise network administrators are finding managing VDI solutions has become a time-consuming, less-than-ideal process. As VDI implementations grow, so […]

By: Larry Seltzer Yes, there is still a WordPerfect, and yes, Corel is still developing and updating the product. And it might even be a good solution for many users, even if some of its selling points are oversold. Corel says that WordPerfect dominates the non-Microsoft part of the desktop office suite market-an obvious swipe […]

By: Larry Seltzer As far as security goes, the operating system of the future is, in many ways, here today. Led, somewhat ironically, by Microsoft Windows, operating system vendors and some other software vendors have been making their products more secure by default. They also have been providing tools and best-practice guidelines for application developers […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Managing an ESX or ESXi server can be a daunting task, especially when things go wrong. Administrators trying to troubleshoot thorny issues need an effective ally, a friend that can be counted on to always tell the truth-Xangati is aiming to be that trusted friend to administrators managing balky VMware ESX […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Distributed enterprise networks are one of the most difficult mechanisms to manage in today’s IT environments. The combination of equipment, locations, software, personnel and policies can make it almost impossible for an IT administrator to comprehend what is happening on the network and how that affects business operations. SolarWinds offers a […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Many businesses are struggling to meet compliance requirements, and for most, the biggest challenge is e-mail. E-mail compliance is a complex endeavor, since administrators need to save e-mail conversations, archive them, build indexes and have a means to retrieve those conversations. What’s more, the stored conversations must be protected from tampering […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Savvy network managers are using open-source software to provision new, inexpensive virtual servers, fueling the exponential growth of server clusters, server farms and Web applications. However, just throwing additional servers into the mix is an inefficient way to add capacity. Efficiency requires that loads be properly spread across resources, and that’s […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Netgear is looking to bring enterprise-level security to small businesses and branch offices with the ProSecure UTM (Unified Threat Management) 5, an all-in-one gateway security appliance that is chock full of security features. Netgear claims the UTM 5 can secure a small network from most any Internet-borne threat by aggressively scanning […]

Searching for a document in the workplace usually involves sifting through multiple pages of search results, which wastes time and money. And because enterprise users are searching for specific information-not just the most popular answer-they expect more precise search results than they would get from the Internet. Simply put, the techniques that work well on […]

By: eChannelLine IronKey, a secure flash drive vendor, has signed a distribution agreement with Synnex to expand its reach into the channel. Synnex is the second distributor IronKey has signed with in the North American market — the first being D&H Distributing. According to Stewart Fox, vice president of sales at IronKey, the agreement with […]

By: eChannelLine CA has created a program intended to woo customers of Sun Microsystems and Oracle to migrate to CA’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) products.“CA SPF 100” would allow Sun’s and Oracle’s customers to trade their product licenses for equivalent licenses of CA Identity Manager, CA Role & Compliance Manager or CA SiteMinder — […]