Frank J. Ohlhorst

Symantec’s Backup Exec 2012 has evolved from its once humble roots in to a complete backup and recovery environment that works across platforms, storage technologies and even the cloud. Although the core Backup Exec application has been around for decades, the latest iteration feels anything but old. Symantec has given new life to the product […]

Condusiv Technologies’ Diskeeper 12 enhances hard-disk-drive performance across applications and operating systems using advanced write cache technology and automated defragmentation. Diskeeper 12 is the latest version of the company’s storied line of disk optimization products and features a major redesign of the GUI, as well as performance enhancements. Diskeeper 12 is available under three different […]

Diskeeper 12 Home Page At a quick glance, users can easily see the performance and health status of the system’s volumes and disks, plus Diskeeper’s technology at work. Drill Down GUI IT admins can easily drill down from any Overview Tiles to get more details. This one shows the individual performance status on each volume. […]

Centrify Suite 2012 Enterprise Edition tames user-access problems by centralizing user-account management across multiple platforms and devices. The product, which began shipping July 25, offers a single-pane-of-glass view for user accounts and automatically synchronizes user-account metadata and credentials across multiple security schemas. This allows users to enter the same credentials across multiple networks and operating […]

Centrify DirectControl Console DirectControl offers a GUI that clearly outlines the managed elements and offers wizards and assistance to make getting started easy. Unix Properties and Mapping to Unix UID From AD Account Centrify Suite will automatically map an Active Directory user to the appropriate Unix User Identifier. This may be set globally and may […]

ConVirt Enterprise Cloud Management Console ConVirt Enterprise Cloud is managed from a central, browser-based console. Adding a KVM Server Adding virtual resources to ConVirt proves simple with easy-to-follow screens. Virtual Server Properties The management console shows all needed configuration options and critical information for importing a new virtual machine. Simple Monitoring Administrators can monitor existing […]

The latest version of ConVirt Enterprise Cloud adds cloud provisioning to its array of management options, thereby enabling IT managers with Linux-based servers to move workloads to private or public cloud platforms. ConVirt Enterprise Cloud is an amalgamation of open-source and proprietary technologies that manage how data center resources are allocated between applications, private clouds […]

Unitrends Primary Status Console A browser-based status console gives quick insight into the status of backups across the network. Settings and Options Most of the product’s settings, configuration options and associated defaults can be found on a drill-down screen that offers plain English explanations. First-Time Backup The first-time backup screen offers simple choices and eliminates […]

Unitrends Enterprise Backup version 6.3 will be able to back up physical and virtual systems hosted on either VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure when it is released June 29. eWEEK Labs tested an early release candidate of Unitrends Enterprise Backup. There are several other virtual backup appliances on the market; however, none yet run […]

SuperStorage Server Is Rack-Mountable The Super Micro SuperStorage Server SSG-6027R-E1R12N is a 2U rack-mountable storage server. Plenty of Space for Storage Drives The SuperStorage Server can house up to a dozen drives in a hot-swappable configuration. Hot Drive Swaps Are Easy Super Micro’s drive trays are instrumental in making it easy to hot-swap drives and […]