By John Green, 01/06/2009
Your SQL Server could be vulnerable to attack, but how would you know? AuditPro Enterprise and AppDetectivePro are database vulnerability scanners that can tell you, and this ...
By John Green, 12/22/2008
SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor is a mature monitoring and alerting system that offers basic SNMP monitoring and add-on modules geared toward large networks. It’s ...
By John Green, 12/22/2008
Compare endpoint protection products from ESET, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec, and AVG to pick the right safeguard for your needs.
By John Green, 11/20/2008
Here's a quick review of how antivirus software, anti-rootkit-scanning tools, client firewalls, and email scanners beef up your security technology.
By John Green, 10/30/2008
If you want affordable, basic database-monitoring capabilities, the dbWatch 8.1 tool will meet your needs.
By John Green, 06/26/2008
KACE Networks’ systems management appliance delivers a huge range of standard and optional features, from hardware and software inventory to patch management. We cover the ...
By John Green, 05/28/2008
Need high availability and clustering for SQL Server? If you don't mind the lack of granular data rewind capabilities, check out SteelEye's suite.
By John Green, 05/27/2008
Our reviewer examines a preventative-maintenance tool that automates the discovery and repair of Exchange Information Store problems.
By John Green, 04/30/2008
Pragmatic Works' DTS xChange converts DTS packages to native SSIS packages for use with SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005.
By John Green, 04/29/2008
These solutions help protect your SQL Server environment from unwanted modification by registering changes to data, server configurations, and schemas. Find out which one you can ...
By John Green, 03/27/2008
SteelEye’s clustering and disaster recovery solution, LifeKeeper Protection Suite for Windows, offers admirable support for both replicated and shared storage, easy configuration ...
By John Green, 01/30/2008
This scalable KVM-over-IP switch promises the ability to remotely manage geographically distributed IT equipment, but it comes up short in ease of use.
By John Green, 01/25/2008
This monitoring and management product can help you diagnose database performance problems so that you can quickly resolve them.
By John Green, 12/26/2007
Compare CDP products from CA, SonicWALL, Microsoft, and TimeSpring Software to determine which is right for your environment.
By John Green, 11/28/2007
The Astaro Security Gateway 220 appliance is an excellent choice for email encryption, Web filtering, firewall, VPN and other security features, in an easily configurable package.
By John Green, 11/28/2007
GPExpert provides four tools that can reduce the time you spend troubleshooting Group Policy problems.
By John Green, 10/30/2007
BioPassword Enterprise Edition 3.2 improves network security by monitoring user biometrics: It senses how users type their passwords, then evaluates typing rhythm and cadence to ...
By John Green, 10/30/2007
Microsoft Remote Desktop is fine for occasional use, but for heavy-duty user support, our reviewer much prefers Famatech's Radmin 3.0 remote-control utility is preferable. Replete ...
By John Green, 09/27/2007
John Green tests and compares three VPN firewall appliances for small-to-midsized businesses. NETGEAR's ProSafe VPN Firewall 200, SonicWALL's TZ 180 Wireless, and ZyXEL's ZYWALL 5 ...
By John Green, 09/26/2007
EventSentry 2.8 is an excellent event-log and system-health monitoring and consolidation tool that you should consider closely for your environment.