Francis Chu

The Network Intelligence Engine LogSmart Series is a high-performance, scalable, easy-to-deploy security event management package thats well-suited for large enterprises that need to collect and analyze data from multiple sites. In tests, Network Intelligence Corp.s three-appliance suite collected and stored complete security event data logs created by security and networking devices, and its powerful analysis […]

At a press conference in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday—which marked the one-year anniversary of HPs merger with Compaq—Hewlett-Packard unveiled its Adaptive Enterprise strategy and announced new services under the Darwin Reference Architecture. Although aspects of HPs strategy are similar to efforts announced last year by IBM and Sun, its noteworthy because it embraces open […]

VMware Inc.s Workstation 4.0 desktop virtual machine software provides a solid platform on which to run multiple operating systems. In eWEEK Labs tests, VMware Workstation 4.0 showed it would be a good choice in environments where the ability to run multiple virtual operating systems in a single box can increase productivity while saving costs, such […]

At a press conference this week, Good Technology announced a strategic partnership with Dell in an effort to bring more affordable wireless messaging products and services to the enterprise. I believe this alliance will spark lucrative opportunities for both companies, but more so for Good, because Dells backing is just what the company needs to […]

Vernier Networks Inc.s IS6500p offers a flexible, robust appliance that capably handles the security vulnerabilities of todays 802.11 WLANs. With the power-over-Ethernet capabilities added to this edition, the IS6500p can ease the task of wireless LAN deployments in small businesses and departmental offices. The IS6500p (the IS stands for Integrated System) is the first WLAN […]

This month, 64-bit Wintel computing took a major step forward when Microsoft Corp. announced that 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP will support not only Intel Corp. Itanium 2 processors but also Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s 64-bit Opteron and the forthcoming 64-bit version of its Athlon CPU. The 64-bit versions of Windows […]

ClearCube Technology Inc.s R Series Client Blade system and management software provide a more robust, manageable and secure infrastructure than traditional desktop PC and thin-client systems can offer. ClearCube is a complete PC client blade system that allows IT managers at large enterprises to easily replace their desktop computers with a centralized blade infrastructure. In […]

Clearly, enterprise IT managers are looking at IM in a different light these days, and a new wave of IM auditing tools are making IM a more attractive (read: more secure) way for workers to communicate. At the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, I had a chance to see some of the products […]

Coyote Point Systems Inc.s Equalizer E350 appliance, with version 7.0 of Coyote Points Equalizer software, gains Layer 7 capabilities and global server load balancing support. In so doing, it provides smaller companies with an inexpensive way to improve the performance of TCP/IP network services. However, as eWEEK Labs tests showed, the Equalizer E350 is best […]

Spirent Communications LLCs latest WebAvalanche appliance/ software combo provides an easy-to-use way for ISPs and enterprise Web sites to test Web performance in Layers 4 to 7. The upgraded WebAvalanche 2200 capacity assessment appliance is priced from $19,500 and gains a new, streamlined form factor. The 2200 runs a hardened edition of the FreeBSD operating […]