Francis Chu

In the coming months, a new breed of ultradense servers will emerge to redefine Web-hosting economics at Internet data centers and offer managed service providers and application service providers a worthwhile alternative to current front-line Web servers. RLX Technologies Inc. and FiberCycle Networks Inc. recently announced ultradense server systems based on Transmeta Corp.s low-power Crusoe […]

Can you buy a device that provides Internet access, file sharing, printing, e-mail and VPN capabilities for a small business and spend less than $1,000? Gallantry Technologies hits that low price point with its nifty $999 GallantWeb server appliance, which is simple to use and small enough to fit beneath a desk. The GallantWeb server […]

The latest midrange NAS device from Network Storage Solutions Inc. demonstrates that top-notch performance need not necessarily cost a bundle. Targeted toward the middle of the network-attached storage market, the ProStor NAS device offers workgroup and departmental IT managers a low-cost, high-performance storage system that can be quickly implemented on any network. Shipping since March, […]

In todays enterprise networks, it managers have to continuously allocate budget and other resources for storage to provide robust data availability and support for critical e-business applications. Companies that can effectively manage large amounts of data and make it readily available will have a significant competitive advantage over companies that cant. This is where SANs […]

Harried administrators of crowded data centers stuffed with disparate gear can now command up to eight heterogeneous networking devices remotely, thanks to Arula Systems Inc.s Cerebus x8—as long as they have deep pockets. The secure, out-of-band Cerebus x8 management appliance uses standard VT100 terminal emulation and Java applets to access the administration consoles of servers, […]

Are you looking for an easy way to share that DSL or cable connection in the office or at home but face a limited budget? Do you need a broadband router with firewall protection from hackers on the Internet? Any mobile network manager who answers yes to these questions should consider SOHOwares latest BroadGuard Secure […]

Veritas Software Corp.s NetBackup Professional 3.1 is a powerful and cost- effective way to safeguard desktop and mobile client data in primarily Windows-based environments (with the exception of Windows Millennium Edition, that is). Version 3.1 also supports backup for Solaris. The update, which was released last month and costs $445 for a single backup server […]

Do your telecommutting employees need a desktop firewall with a small footprint that has hefty protection? Do they have broadband service and need easy-to-use software to protect a computer that is now more exposed to hackers on the Internet? Then take a look at Tiny Personal Firewall from Tiny Software, which includes great features such […]

SmartFilter 3.0, Secure Computing Corp.s latest URL filter, offers an inexpensive way to deny access to irrelevant or inappropriate Web sites, improving productivity and protecting corporate liability. However, because SmartFilter acts as a plug-in to proxy servers and supports a limited number of firewalls and Web caching appliances, its popularity will be restricted to enterprises […]

Until the recent energy crisis in California, no one really paid much attention to how much power was being used to keep racks full of Wintel servers running in server farms and data centers. We were more interested in packing as many multiprocessor boxes as possible into a rack and seeing how many transactions they […]

IQinVisions IQeye2 internet camera can help companies make sure that none of their equipment “walks out the door.” It can be easily integrated into a network to provide quality monitoring, live surveillance and imaging over a LAN or WAN. The $795 unit has a built-in Web server and 10/100M-bps Ethernet port to process images and […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s latest ultraslim server, the NetServer LP1000r, packs Intel Corp. 1GHz Pentium III processors into a 1.75-inch form factor along with a large internal storage capacity. Although eWeek Labs tests show the Web performance gained with the faster processors is not significant, IT managers in space-conscious Web hosting and data center environments will find […]