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Exchange 2010: Webmail features on par with Outlook
Apr. 15, 2009
End-users accustomed to Web-based access to the personal e-mail through free Internet services such as Google's Gmail, expect the same power and access through a browser for their business e-mail. Exchange 2010 stands ...
Exchange 2010 beta sneak peek-test
Apr. 15, 2009
The first public beta of Microsoft's next version of Exchange, due out in the second half of this year, hits the streets today. Microsoft gave us early access and we had 10 days to put it through its paces in a VMware ...
Exchange 2010: Webmail features on par with Outlook
Apr. 15, 2009
End-users accustomed to Web-based access to the personal e-mail through free Internet services such as Google's Gmail, expect the same power and access through a browser for their business e-mail. Exchange 2010 stands ...
Exchange 2010 beta sneak peek-test
Apr. 15, 2009
The first public beta of Microsoft's next version of Exchange, due out in the second half of this year, hits the streets today. Microsoft gave us early access and we had 10 days to put it through its paces in a VMware ...
Exchange 2010: Better scalability and control for administrators
Apr. 15, 2009
While Exchange 2007 introduced a plethora of reliability and scalability features, Exchange 2010 helps to clean up what was really a confusing set of options. E-mail managers looking for guidance on building distributed ...
Virtualization management: Cross-platform tools fall short
Apr. 13, 2009
With the abundance of formidable virtualization platforms on the market today, there ought to be a better way to manage heterogeneous VM farms.
Microsoft's SC-VMM provides limited view of VMware-based VMs
Apr. 13, 2009
The final version of SC VMM – which began shipping in November – is much improved over the beta code we tested last fall, but it has still got some rough patches in terms of integration with Microsoft's Operations ...
How we tested virtual machine environments
Apr. 13, 2009
For a product to be included in this round of test, it have to be able to manage two or more server virtualization platforms from a list consisting of VMWare's ESX 3.5, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and Citrix's newly 'free' ...
CA offers the strongest current option for cross-platform virtual management - Network ..
Apr. 13, 2009
Of the products we compared, CA's NSM/ASM pairing served up the best combination of VM management components. But it wasn't problem free.
Wireless USB: Was it worth the wait?
Apr. 07, 2009
As the Universal Serial Bus (USB) approaches its 13th birthday, like other adolescents it's eager to start thinking and acting independently. For the USB, this means chucking the cable and connecting to a wide variety ...
Sony Reader PRS-700 takes on Amazon's Kindle 2
Mar. 30, 2009
When Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle 2 hit the market in February, nearly universal acclaim made one think that most of the population of the U.S. was about to burn their books and grab their Kindles (that is, if they could ...
Days may be numbered for standalone spectrum analyzers
Mar. 23, 2009
Spectral analysis can involve a significant investment in time and money, and the result is the availability of a tool that is carried from location to location as part of normal operations.
Metageek defines low-end WLAN analyzer space
Mar. 23, 2009
Metageek's Chanalyzer application is geared towards casual users. Three key "views" are presented: Spectral, which shows energy over time; Topographic, which displays waveforms by frequency ("popularity" indicated by ...
Google Voice makes your phone life better
Mar. 19, 2009
Google makes headlines if it sneezes, so it isn't surprising that the company's latest announcement, a revision of a Web app called GrandCentral now renamed Google Voice, has caught the attention of the Webverse.
Twendz rates the latest Twitter trends
Mar. 16, 2009
Okay, I admit it -- I'm new to Twitter, and so even the most basic Twitter applet is fascinating. But I've found that many of these services tend to overwhelm you with the voices of all those Twitter users -- and it's ...
Installation easier on Unix servers
Mar. 09, 2009
We installed each product according to the manufacturer's directions. Where both Unix and Windows were supported as the base server operating system, we chose to use RedHat Linux 5 (RHEL5). If the product only supported ...
How we tested the Exchange alternatives
Mar. 09, 2009
We invited 13 mail server vendors to participate in this test, and announced our test through the Internet Mail Consortium, an industry group of mail vendors and users.
Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons
Mar. 09, 2009
With the release of Exchange 2007, Microsoft opened the door for some substantial competition. The upgrade costs, hardware requirements, and hassles of jumping to the latest version have many businesses asking, is ...
Finding the best of the basic messaging feature sets
Mar. 09, 2009
The set of basic features that comprise a business e-mail server today are simple e-mail access and full support for multiple delivery protocols, including SMTP, POP and IMAP. Additionally, because Exchange also ...
Extended features stand out
Mar. 09, 2009
Each product tested offers features beyond basic e-mail. For example, Zimbra Collaboration Suite and MDaemon both have integrated instant messaging servers, and MailSite Fusion has a short message service gateway. But ...
Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons
Mar. 09, 2009
With the release of Exchange 2007, Microsoft opened the door for some substantial competition. The upgrade costs, hardware requirements, and hassles of jumping to the latest version have many businesses asking, is ...
How we tested Juniper's SRX 5800
Feb. 23, 2009
We assessed the Juniper SRX 5800 in terms of performance, features and usability. Because the product is marketed as a security appliance, our tests focused on security performance. We did not look at router metrics, ...
Juniper SRX 5800: Biggest firewall ever
Feb. 23, 2009
If the Guinness Book of World Records had an entry for "biggest firewall ever," Juniper's new SRX 5800 would certainly qualify.
Manageability problems
Feb. 23, 2009
Our woes with Network and Security Manager began when we tried to use it to manage the SRX 5800. With eight years of experience using NSM in Opus One's labs, we were looking forward to the unification of JunOS and ...
Hands on with the HTC Touch Pro2
Feb. 16, 2009
High Tech Computer (HTC) unveiled two sleek new smartphones on Monday, and I was able to try one out one, the HTC Touch Pro2, at their offices.
Applications
Collaboration, E-mail, Instant messaging, Multimedia.
Operating Systems
Linux, NetWare, Windows
Security
Firewalls, Intrusion prevention/detection, Patch mgmt., VoIP, VPNs
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