Francis Chu

Levanta Inc.s Levanta 3.3 system management software provides a powerful platform that can effectively reduce complexity, speed application deployments and reduce operating costs in large-scale Linux-based x86 server environments. Click here to read the full review of Levanta 3.3. 2 Levanta Inc.s Levanta 3.3 system management software provides a powerful platform that can effectively reduce […]

Service Pack 1 has the potential to tighten the security and ease the management of Microsoft Corp.s Windows Server 2003, but it also has the potential to cause many problems if IT departments do not deploy it with care. Click here to read the full review of Windows Server 2003 SP1. 2 Service Pack 1 […]

Powered by dual-core processors, Sun Microsystems Inc.s latest Sun Fire V40z server offers solid eight-way performance in a compact 3U (5.25-inch) chassis. Click here to read the full review of the Sun Fire V40z server. 2 Powered by dual-core processors, Sun Microsystems Inc.s latest Sun Fire V40z server offers solid eight-way performance in a compact […]

Tarantella Inc.s Secure Global Desktop 4.0 software Appliance Edition is a robust, nonintrusive software appliance that provides secure application access across enterprise infrastructures with mixed server environments. Click here to read the full review of Secure Global Desktop 4.0. 2 Tarantella Inc.s Secure Global Desktop 4.0 software Appliance Edition is a robust, nonintrusive software appliance […]

Tarantellas Secure Global Desktop 4.0 Software Appliance Edition addresses some of the challenges—security, centralized management and solid application performance—that enterprise IT managers face when deploying critical business applications for remote access. However, SGD is not the only software-based remote access and deployment system in town. One of the biggest rivals to Tarantella Inc.s product is […]

WINNER Mercury Interactive Corp. Mercury Business Process Testing Mercury (www.mercury.com) rose to the top of the IT Quality Assurance Tools category because its Business Process Testing product puts business owners in the drivers seat when it comes to application testing. /zimages/2/28571.gifFor a list of all the winners and finalists of the fifth annual eWEEK Excellence […]

WINNER Azul Systems Inc. Azul Appliance The Azul Appliance is a unique network-attached hardware system that is designed to tackle heavy computational demands in todays business application development environments. /zimages/3/28571.gifFor a list of all the winners and finalists of the fifth annual eWEEK Excellence Awards, click here. Azuls (www.azulsystems.com) appliance has an innovative multicore silicon […]

At Microsoft Corp.s Windows Server technical workshop earlier this month in Redmond, Wash., eWEEK Labs got an early look at at the forthcoming update plans for the Windows Server 2003 platform. We saw many exciting changes on the Windows Server 2003 road map. Some, such as Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Service Pack 1) and Windows […]

Windows shops looking for a centralized, flexible and easy-to-deploy desktop management solution should consider Ardence Inc.s Ardence Desktop Edition 3.1 (formerly known as Ardence BXP). Click here to read the full review of Ardence Desktop Edition 3.1. 2 Windows shops looking for a centralized, flexible and easy-to-deploy desktop management solution should consider Ardence Inc.s Ardence […]

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification provides industry-standard guidelines for implementing a system monitoring and alerting subsystem that works across server platforms regardless of the platform vendor. The IPMI standard was developed in the late 1990s as a cooperative venture of Intel Corp. and server vendors Hewlett-Packard Co., NEC Corp. and Dell Inc. IPMI enables […]