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FIRST LOOK: HP takes giant leap in server design
February 10, 2014
When it comes to data center servers, the goal is to pack the most power into the smallest, most efficient package. HP has leapfrogged past traditional blade servers with its new Moonshot line that...
Top tools for solving app performance woes
February 3, 2014
When users complain that an application is slow or when customers abandon online sessions without buying anything, the cause of the problem is often elusive and mysterious. You know that the network...
Macbook Pro delivers blazing speed in Gigabit Wi-Fi test
January 27, 2014
Gigabit Wi-Fi is starting to appear in mobile devices, so we got our hands on three smartphones and two laptops running the 802.11ac standard and put them to the test. Though you won't see anywhere...
Averail Access aces mobility management test
January 20, 2014
Enterprise mobility management (EMM) can encompass a broad range of functions, from managing mobile devices, to applications, expenses, personnel, and policies. But perhaps the most important aspect...
Ubuntu 13.10 takes aim at Microsoft, Apple, Google
January 6, 2014
Ubuntu is moving into the rarified class of operating systems that cover x86/x64 clients and servers, ARM-based tablets/smartphones, and commodity cloud instances. Meaning that it's taking on...
First Look: Gigabit Wi-Fi adapters
December 16, 2013
At some point, desktops and laptops will come with the new Gigabit Wi-Fi standard 802.11ac built in. But if you can't wait and want to speed up the wireless links on your existing devices, you can...
Review: Best tools for mobile device management
December 9, 2013
Mobile device management tools make sense when you are trying to control who can access your enterprise network and applications from particular phones and tablets. But to effectively evaluate these...
Ubuntu 13.10: The good, the bad and the ugly
December 9, 2013
The newest release of Ubuntu, dubbed Saucy Salamander, doesn't offer much in the way of new features – except for the introduction of Ubuntu Touch for mobile platforms.
VMware vSphere 5.5 bulks up with more muscle, high-availability
December 2, 2013
VMware's latest salvo in its virtualization war with Microsoft is vSphere 5.5, which features a host of improvements, the most interesting being high availability, support for Big Data/Hadoop and...
Red Hat OpenShift delivers rapid app deployment, collaboration
December 2, 2013
Platform as a Service is a cloud-based hosting environment for application development designed to provide a full-featured development, staging and production environment without the need for...
Review: Software-based NAS offers free/low-cost storage
November 25, 2013
Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we're reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment — whether it's a PC, server, virtual machine,...
Microsoft takes off the gloves with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
November 19, 2013
In Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft has released a combination of operating system updates that we find very compelling. Microsoft has joined much of the rest of the industry in...
Review: PowerCloud delivers Wi-Fi access point and cloud-based management for small business
November 11, 2013
PowerCloud Systems has released a cloud-based Wi-Fi solution that fills the gaps between residential products that lack management and features, and enterprise systems that can be overkill in smaller...
Riverbed wins 7-vendor WAN optimization test
November 11, 2013
As applications move to the cloud, network managers are seeing increasing requirements to optimize and manage WAN connections. Most enterprises have migrated to web-based applications and make heavy...
Tale of two cloud-based management tools
October 7, 2013
Anturis and CloudPassage Halo are complementary products that attack infrastructure monitoring from different directions. Anturis is a cloud-based portal that monitors systems connectivity, systems,...
9 free personal clouds offer something for everyone  
September 23, 2013
A personal cloud service lets you share photos, music and documents among all your devices easily and quickly, but the way that sharing happens depends on which cloud service you choose.
Super-fast Wi-Fi: Cisco, Ubiquiti access points top out at nearly 400Mbps
September 16, 2013
Earlier this year we tested several consumer-level 802.11ac routers. Here, we take a look at two enterprise-level access points. They're a part of the so-called "Wave 1" phase of the 802.11ac...
Ubuntu impresses in Linux enterprise server test
September 9, 2013
Introduced in 1991, Linux boasts an estimated 67 million users worldwide according to linuxcounter.net. Free versions abound, but companies adopting Linux as part of critical infrastructure typically...
Fedora adds 3D printing support
September 9, 2013
The latest version of Fedora, nicknamed "Schrodinger's Cat," features a number of improvements aimed at IT users. But its strict adherence to the open source philosophy means that it continues to be...
Best tools for protecting passwords
September 3, 2013
For enterprises trying to get a handle on password management, the good news is that there are products that can help implement stronger password policies for end users logging into corporate and...
What to look for when evaluating password manager software
September 3, 2013
Here are the significant issues that can distinguish one password manager product from another. You'll probably make a similar list of requirements as you do your own research for password managers.
EXCLUSIVE TEST: Huawei switch: Good first effort
August 30, 2013
In this Clear Choice test – Huawei's first public outing in a North American setting – the world's largest telecom vendor took the humble approach, supplying a pretty basic managed layer-2 switch...
What is a vulnerability?
August 30, 2013
Judging by initial appearances, our security testing turned up a ton of vulnerabilities – nearly 150 of them. In reality, however, none represented actual issues in the Huawei switch.
Eurocom Panther 5SE: The Incredible Hulk of notebook computers
August 26, 2013
Eurocom rocked us with the most powerful per-pound choice in a notebook that we've seen to date. The Panther 5SE came with 4TB of storage, 64GB of DIMM3 memory and eight Xeon cores. You won’t find...
LinuxMint 15 delivers smooth alternative to Ubuntu
August 5, 2013
The crafters of the LinuxMint distro are in a ticklish position. Mint is based on Ubuntu, which in turn, is based on Debian, which in turn, has the moveable feast of the Linux kernel as its...

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