Cameron Sturdevant

Symantecs Firewall/VPN 200R appliance, although a latecomer, is an able contestant in the secure branch-office connectivity playing field. During tests of the device, which is priced at $1,199 and shipped earlier this month, I was pleased to see enterprise extras—including dual broadband ports, unlimited VPN client licensing and dial-up access to manage the device. However, […]

This fall, a crop of feature-bloated desktop management tools will show up on IT managers doorsteps. Dont be afraid to use these tools. Just dont feel like you should use all their features. In fact, after talking with several IT managers about desktop, laptop and PDA management, which includes software distribution, software and hardware inventory, […]

In a move to protect privacy and First Amendment rights, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, based in San Francisco (www.eff.org), is urging Web denizens to contact their elected representatives and urge them to defeat the Mobilization Against Terrorism Act. According to early interpretations by the Department of Justice, MATA would allow authorities to install a wiretap […]

Symantecs Norton Internet Security 2002 adds protections for instant messaging, as well as new anti-virus and application authentication in a $70 package that mobile users and remote offices can easily use to protect corporate data. The latest version of Norton Internet, released this month, heats up the low-end personal firewall/anti-virus/intrusion product market by loading features […]

Management tools for laptops, PDAs and pagers cover all the bases, but IT administrators must resign themselves to using separate software distribution and hardware and software inventory tools to track desktop and mobile devices. IT managers would do well to consider the two products eWeek Labs tested for this Review: Afaria 4.51, from Afaria Inc., […]

Mutek Solutions Ltd.s AppSight 3.5 changes the investigation of server applications from a guessing game to a forensic study—almost. eWeek Labs used AppSight 3.5 to collect vast amounts of step-by-step application activity leading up to an application error, but it usually took quite a bit of sleuthing on our part to get to the root […]

Laying aside privacy and compatibility concerns, what if a paramedic arriving on the scene of an accident automatically had immediate access to the medical history of an unconscious victim? Hewlett-Packards Cool Town concept-turned-demo-center in Palo Alto, Calif., is an interesting look into the near future, which could very well include this scenario. Cool Town is […]

IT managers can choose among a fast-growing crop of capable Gigabit-speed firewall/VPN appliances that push the price and manageability envelope. One thing that became clear during eWeek Labs tests of two products in this category is that, increasingly, “speeds and feeds,” or the sheer ability of a firewall/virtual private network device to handle traffic, will […]

Phoneboy.com is a handy Web site for those who administer Check Points Check Point FireWall-1 firewalls. Visitors can submit questions and browse through an eclectic mix of FAQs and documents. Interestingly, the site is not run by Check Point, although phoneboy.com does work to reach the companys technical support team. I found all sorts of […]

Internet traffic monitors arent new, but the relaunch of internettrafficreport.com, a free service provided by Opnix, provides a neat peek at worldwide Web performance. Although the free Web site is a hook for the companys Orbit 1000 performance-monitoring tool, which is still in beta, I found that the sites ping-based reports of router performance in […]