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Managing your firewalls with McAfee Firewall Profiler
Profiler makes it easier to troubleshoot and manage up to five McAfee Enterprise firewalls from one central console and help you keep up with changes to your network and applications. You can examine the implications to real-time changes in your network before you commit them and also quickly do ad hoc analysis on rule sets. Version 1.5.1 Price: $19,500 for appliance model http://www.mcafee.com/us/local_content/datasheets/ds_fw_profiler.pdf
A flexible unified communications service for collaborative workgroups that can import and export contacts and calendars from a wide variety of data sources and Web services, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google's Gmail. Entirely open-source based. Price: Begins at $5/user/month 914 332-5720 http://ox.io
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New features in Symantec/Altiris Client Management Suite
An enterprise desktop discovery, inventory, remote configuration, deployment, and patch management utility that supports a wide range of client operating systems. Pricing: $95 per client, quantity discounts available Symantec Corp. 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 http://www.symantec.com/business/client-management-suite
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Find and manage your enterprise desktops with Altiris CMS
An enterprise desktop discovery, inventory, remote configuration, deployment, and patch management utility that supports a wide range of client operating systems. Pricing: $95 per client, quantity discounts available Desktops: Windows client versions, Mac OS, Red Hat and SUSE Linux as well Symantec Corp. 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 http://www.symantec.com/business/client-management-suite
The 3X Systems Backup appliance is a great way to automatically backup a collection of PCs and servers across the Internet at reasonable cost. Price: base system starts at $2,495.00 3X Systems⨠1275 Kinnear Road,â¨Columbus Ohio 43212 614.372.6868 http://3x.com
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Using Sendmail's Sentrion for enterprise message management
Sendmail isn't your father;'s SMTP server. Sentrion is a fairly sophisticated messaging server that has wide-ranging policy management for data leak protection, message encryption, email sender reputation, and message routing purposes. Price: Less than $13 per user, with a minimum of 1000 users. Pros: ⢠Very complex message routing processes can be constructed for a wide variety of purposes ⢠Compliance and governance can be built into messaging infrastructure ⢠Sendmail is a leading email server software and supports a large number of third-party applications Cons: ⢠Still some integration into a single Web server for management purposes ⢠Policies can be fairly complex and require careful debugging Sendmail Inc. 6475 Christie Ave., Suite 350 Emeryville, CA 94608 510-594-5400 http://sendmail.com
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Using Sendmail's Sentrion for enterprise message management
Sendmail isn't your father;'s SMTP server. Sentrion is a fairly sophisticated messaging server that has wide-ranging policy management for data leak protection, message encryption, email sender reputation, and message routing purposes. Price: Less than $13 per user, with a minimum of 1000 users. Pros: ⢠Very complex message routing processes can be constructed for a wide variety of purposes ⢠Compliance and governance can be built into messaging infrastructure ⢠Sendmail is a leading email server software and supports a large number of third-party applications Cons: ⢠Still some integration into a single Web server for management purposes ⢠Policies can be fairly complex and require careful debugging Sendmail Inc. 6475 Christie Ave., Suite 350 Emeryville, CA 94608 510-594-5400 http://sendmail.com
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Using Sendmail's Sentrion for enterprise message management
Sendmail isn't your father;'s SMTP server. Sentrion is a fairly sophisticated messaging server that has wide-ranging policy management for data leak protection, message encryption, email sender reputation, and message routing purposes. Price: Less than $13 per user, with a minimum of 1000 users. Pros: ⢠Very complex message routing processes can be constructed for a wide variety of purposes ⢠Compliance and governance can be built into messaging infrastructure ⢠Sendmail is a leading email server software and supports a large number of third-party applications Cons: ⢠Still some integration into a single Web server for management purposes ⢠Policies can be fairly complex and require careful debugging Sendmail Inc. 6475 Christie Ave., Suite 350 Emeryville, CA 94608 510-594-5400 http://sendmail.com
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How to use Symantec products to stop buying (more) storage
We looked at several products available from Symantec to help provide insight into how to reduce overall enterprise disk storage requirements and cost. The video touches on several strategies that enterprise IT managers can employ to analyze their storage use. Symantec NetBackup Pure Disk v6.5 http://www.symantec.com/business/netbackup-puredisk Veritas Command Central Storage v5.1 http://www.symantec.com/business/commandcentral-storage Symantec Enterprise Vault v8.0 http://www.symantec.com/business/enterprise-vault Veritas Storage Foundation v5.0 http://www.symantec.com/business/storage-foundation Symantec Corp. 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014
03:51
Understanding Application Visibility with Blue Coat PacketShaper
PacketShaper 900 Blue Coat Systems 410 N. Mary Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (408) 220-2200 http://bluecoat.com Price: $2,500 base price We tested a PacketShaper 900 on a small test network showing how it can discover, classify and prioritize application traffic. We address four different questions that IT managers have about understanding how bandwidth-consuming applications interact over their networks, and how individual applications can be controlled for particular use cases.
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Using Tricipher's MyOneLogin to authenticate Web resources
A single-sign on, two-factor authentication portal that is easy to setup and deploy for both internal and external Web and other resources. Price: $30 per user per year subscription service (or $3/mo/user) Requirements: Runs on Windows IE v6 and above, Firefox v3 on both Windows and Mac We tested the service on a variety of browsers on both computers during June 2009. Pros: ï® Simple to setup and deploy without any programming or security skills required ï® Hosted service, no software to install on the desktop ï® Powerful management controls for business users Cons: ï® Reports and event logging somewhat difficult to parse ï® Doesn't completely support Safari browsers MyOneLogin.com Tricipher Corp. http://www.myonelogin.com/ 650.376.8326 750 University Avenueâ¨#260,â¨Los Gatos, CA 95032
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Symantec's Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
We tested RC of v12 on a small network running Windows Server 2003 and XP machines. Pros: Simple to install and to setup default automatic protection, reports easy to understand, priced competitively with anti-virus only solutions Cons: Only protects Windows PCs; default isn't to replace built-in Windows firewall Price: Server licensed free, with $44.99 MSRP per client with volume and competitive discounts available Free 30-day trial for unlimited licenses Supports: Windows XP (SP 1 or later), 2000/2003/2008 Servers, NOT on Vista Symantec.com 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 http://www.symantec.com/business/endpoint-protection-small-business-edition
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Managing your VMware ESX infrastructure with the HyTrust Appliance
HyTrust offers managers and administrators of VMware's ESX virtual infrastructure a centralized, single point of control for hypervisor configuration, compliance, and access management that is both secure and easy to use through ordinary Web browsers. We tested the RC version of the product in March 2009 by making a remote connection to HyTrust's own test lab. Supports: -- ESX version 3.5 only (not ESXi) -- Works with Internet Explorer and Firefox, most current versions. -- Both Windows Server 2003/2008 domain controllers Price: $7,500 for the appliance ($3,000 for software only) plus $500 per CPU ESX socket protected plus 25% for maintenance and support per year. Free version available to protect up to three ESX hosts but without any support contract. Pros: -- A solid collection of tools to secure your VMware ESX infrastructure -- Integrates with Active Directory and VMware vCenter policies -- Fully functional freeware version allows for experimenting and learning before purchase Cons: -- Limited to ESX currently -- Log viewer could be better integrated into the product HyTrust Appliance 1975 W. El Camino Real, Suite 203 Mountain View, CA 94040 650-681-8100 hytrust.com
04:18
Making backups with Symantec Protection Network Online Backup
Symantec Corp. http://spn.com Summary: An online backup service that works automatically in the background to make copies of your most critical files and is very easy and economical to use. Requirements: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Windows XP, Windows Vista with latest service packs installed, with at least 15% free disk space on the volumes that you want to backup. Price: $9.99 a month for basic service for 10 GB storage. Premium service is $35 a month for 10 GB with seven year history of backups. Additional fees for more storage capacity, remote access, and online storage for Backup Exec v12 users.
An online backup server that covers a wide range of servers and services, this latest version includes the ability to protect Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange servers, VMware Infrastructure, and other sophisticated environments. We tested Version 12.5 on a small test network with Windows Server 2008 and Mac and Windows clients. Requirements: Windows 2000/2003/2008 Servers,⨠Price: $995 for one license, additional agents varies in price from $395 to $3195, depending on what you need to backup. Symantec Corp.â¨http://symantec.com/backupexecâ¨20330 Stevens Creek Blvd.â¨Cupertino, CA 95014 Pros: -- Easy to setup and operate -- Free 60 day trial helps you test out the service and become familiar with its operation -- Granular Recovery Technology allows easy restoration of accidentally deleted files, emails, or documents. -- VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual server data protection that is easy to manage -- Integrated online backup for flexible off-site data protection Cons: --Some of the menus are a bit densely packed, such as the Job Setup screens -- This is not a product for single server environments (there is a separate version for MicrosoftâÂÂs Small Business Server that is more appropriate)
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Distributing applications using Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite
Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite Symantec Corp. http://symantec.com/ 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 The suite covers three separate products that have been acquired over the years by Symantec for applications delivery via streaming or virtual layers and a connection broker technology that allows enterprises to manage the way their applications are packaged and delivered to users' desktops. We tested Version 6.1 on various test machines in February 2009. Requirements: Windows XP SP 1 or better with Java J2SE Runtime 5.0 update 6, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows 2000, Windows Vista Price: $360 (concurrent license), $270 (per node) for entire suite, Streaming + Virtualization $68, Virtualization only $44. Substantial volume license discounts. Pros: -- Powerful software management for multiple use cases so that enterprises can configure and deliver a wide variety of applications and situations -- Granular virtualization layer technology -- Competitive price for the features that are included Cons: -- Complex setup with multiple moving parts -- No common policy management across the various software modules -- Multiple management consoles for each software module
True DLP Code Green Networks Inc. http://codegreennetworks.com 385 Moffett Park Drive, Suite 105 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 716-4200 Summary:Data loss protection is still a new field, but Code Green Networks brings a comprehensive solution to stopping leaks of confidential data to unauthorized users. Is your IT leaving with employees that are getting downsized? Is your customer list now the property of one of your competitor's? Then you might be interested in the latest data leak prevention appliance from Code Green Networks. Called True DLP, it consists of hardware and software tools that can detect when critical information is being copied from your network to a Web mail account, a removable USB thumb drive, or placed inside a document that is emailed as an attachment, even over an encrypted connection or hidden inside a compressed file ZIP archive.
Summary: Napera's appliance works in conjunction with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP), and will support three different operating systems: XP with Service Pack 3, Vista, and Mac OS X.Napera Networks Inc 9423 SE 36th St Mercer Island, WA 98040 425 747 7142 http://www.napera.com
04:42
Protecting your Web browsing with Secure Computing's Web Protection Service
Secure Computing's Secure Web Protection service offers a proxy server to protect both malware and not-worksafe Web sites. It is a simple and unbotrusiveway to protect your browsing. It isn't useful for protecting Web servers from inbound attacks, for example, and shouldn't substitute for a fully-featured intrusion appliance, but it can protect individuals and small networks especially with a lot of home-based and remote office users. It is based on the company's experience with both its TrustedSource reputation management (see the separate review here) and its Secure Web security appliances. Version: 1.0 Secure Computing www.securecomputing.com 55 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95113
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Protecting your small business network with Napera's appliance
Napera's appliance works in conjunction with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP), and will support three different operating systems: XP with Service Pack 3, Vista, and Mac OS X. It allows for guest and identity-based access. It installs a small agent on each device that is used for the health check, and to help secure your computer and guide you with the remediation process. It also works with both wired and wireless networks too. Category: Endpoint network security appliance Pricing: $3495 for 24 gigabit managed ports. There are also stackable add-ons when you have larger networks. While this is expensive compared to other managed switches (Dell sells one for $500), it is a bargain when compared to full-featured NAC products from Cisco and others. Napera Networks Inc 9423 SE 36th St Mercer Island, WA 98040 425 747 7142 http://www.napera.com
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