Cameron Sturdevant

eWEEK Labs last year worked with WiscNet—a nonprofit, membership-based association of education, research and public service organizations—to evaluate anti-spam systems that could protect WiscNets tens of thousands of user e-mail addresses and provide the flexibility to accommodate all types of members. After spending months on the project, eWEEK and WiscNet whittled 30 contenders down to […]

Oculan Corp.s flagship Oculan 100 is a small but capable network management and security package that can streamline operations in small and midsize enterprises. Click here to read the full review of Oculan 100. 2 Oculan Corp.s flagship Oculan 100 is a small but capable network management and security package that can streamline operations in […]

NetIQ Corp.s Security Administration Suite 5.0 capably manages user privileges in Windows environments. Click here to read the full review of Security Administration Suite 5.0. 2 NetIQ Corp.s Security Administration Suite 5.0 capably manages user privileges in Windows environments. The suite combines three products: NetIQs GPA (Group Policy Administrator), DRA (Directory and Resource Administrator) and […]

It seems that everything old is new again, at least in the network monitoring world. Network Associates Technology announced April 23 that it is spinning off its Sniffer business unit, a move expected to be completed next quarter. Network Associates will become McAfee Inc. when the sale of the Sniffer unit, and the Sniffer product […]

Spam, commercial and otherwise, is on the rise despite federal CAN-SPAM legislation. In a report issued last month, Jupiter Research said 64 percent of e-mail marketing offers from U.S. companies do not meet the laws requirements. Numbers provided by Ken Schneider, CTO and vice president of operations for Brightmail, bolster Jupiters findings. During a recent […]

Vector Networks PC-Duo Asset Management Bundle, which started shipping last month, is a cost-effective way for IT managers to track hardware and software via Windows desktops. I used the PC-Duo bundle, available through an annual subscription for about $12 per user per year (depending on the number of users), to track my lab equipment neatly […]

Trend Micro Inc.s Network VirusWall 1200 is a rackable 1U (1.75-inch) appliance that, as the name implies, is a virus-stopping tool that performs basic vulnerability assessment on Windows clients and virus cleanup. Click here to read the full review of Network VirusWall 1200. 2 Trend Micro Inc.s Network VirusWall 1200 is a rackable 1U (1.75-inch) […]

ScriptLogic Corp.s ScriptLogic 5.5 Enterprise Edition gains an innovative inactivity monitor, along with a raft of feature upgrades that make this stalwart scripting tool well worth considering for front-line IT staff in fast-changing Windows desktop systems. Click here to read the full review of ScriptLogic 5.5. 2 ScriptLogic 5.5, slated to ship this month, costs […]

Anti-spam managed service provider Postini last month announced that its founder and vice president of products, Scott Petry, had been issued U.S. Patent No. 6,650,890. The patent would seem to imply that Postinis Petry and the two other holders of the patent invented centralized preprocessing of e-mail on behalf of an ISP or end user, […]

Courion Corp.s Identity Management Suite 6.5 makes the hard tasks of handing out passwords and provisioning user accounts look easy. IMS 6.5 artfully ties together diverse databases, directory and certificate servers, and help desk and e-mail systems with a policy-based management interface. IMS 6.5, which recently was named the winner in the Authentication & User […]