This Week's Reviews

Millennium Bests Boost Better E-Biz   (December 18, 2000)
Hardware and software bests speed, manage e-commerce solutions

Gigabit Through The Ringer   (December 18, 2000)
An unexpected choice for Most Innovative Product

Make An Easier Mass Migration   (December 18, 2000)
Aelita's twin wizards smooth the transition to Windows 2000

Domain Migration Wizard, Server Consolidation Wizard: Win some, Lose Some   (December 18, 2000)

Be All You Can E-Mail   (December 18, 2000)
Mail essentials pumps up mail management for a wide variety of systems

Mail Essentials 3.5 for SMTP, Mail Essentials 2000 For Exchange: Win some, Lose Some   (December 18, 2000)

View From The Bunker: One Brief Look Back At A Very Short Year   (December 18, 2000)

Watch Your Web   (December 11, 2000)
These four LAN applications monitor, measure Web servers

Firehunter v. 3.2; SiteScope v. 5.1; Web Manager v. 2.0; e-Test Suite v. 4.22: Win some, Lose Some   (December 11, 2000)

Unique Mix Takes Top Honors   (December 11, 2000)
In this Review Bunker Lab Test of Web monitoring and measuring tools, we've chosen one as Best of Breed.

Sidebar: Load 'Em Up With Rational SiteLoad   (December 11, 2000)
After running load tests, SiteLoad revealed that with 25 simulated users, 23 percent of pages took longer than 8 seconds to load

SiteLoad 1.0a: Win some, Lose Some   (December 11, 2000)

Behind Closed Doors   (December 11, 2000)
Netlock makes transparent security simple

NetLock 3.0: Win some, Lose Some   (December 11, 2000)

View From The Bunker: No New CPU In Your Stocking   (December 11, 2000)

Pushing Content To The Internet's Edge   (December 4, 2000)
Novell and Compaq team up for Internet caching

Novell Internet Caching System 1.2: Win some, Lose Some   (December 4, 2000)

LTO Hits The Streets   (December 4, 2000)
IBM's Ultrium 3580 drive stores 100 GB or more on a single back-up tape

Ultrium 3580-L11 Tape Drive: Win some, Lose Some   (December 4, 2000)

Protection In Black   (December 4, 2000)
ZoneAlarm Pro defends against the scum of the universe

ZoneAlarm Pro 1.0: Win some, Lose Some   (December 4, 2000)

Point And Click HTML   (December 4, 2000)
Click to Convert turns Office users into HTML publishers

Click to Convert 2.0: Win some, Lose Some   (December 4, 2000)

Getting Notes Inoculated   (December 4, 2000)
Two solutions for keeping viruses out of your Notes

Sophos Anti-Virus for Notes/Domino 2.0; Antigen for Notes 3.1: Win some, Lose Some   (December 4, 2000)

View From The Bunker: The Knowledge Repository, Basically   (December 4, 2000)

Why 2K   (November 27, 2000)
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server

Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server: Win Some, Lose Some   (November 27, 2000)

A Platform Of A Different Color   (November 27, 2000)
Cobalt's Qube 3 isn't merely an appliance any more

Qube 3: Win some, Lose Some   (November 27, 2000)

Compaq's Tuned Windows File Server   (November 27, 2000)
The TaskSmart N2400 combines standard hardware, operating systems into a package solution

TaskSmart N2400: Win some, Lose Some   (November 27, 2000)

Terminal Emulation Web Style   (November 27, 2000)
WRQ's Reflection for the Web 4.0 makes deploying terminals incredibly easy

Reflection for the Web 4.0: Win some, Lose Some   (November 27, 2000)

View From The Bunker: That's Interesting!   (November 27, 2000)

Welcome To The New Millennium   (November 20, 2000)
Windows Millennium Edition is an improvement for users, but not for the enterprise

Windows Me: Win Some, Lose Some   (November 20, 2000)

A Better Recycle Bin   (November 20, 2000)
Undelete 2.0 saves, recovers files that Windows would normally throw away

Undelete 2.0: Win Some, Lose Some   (November 20, 2000)

The Joke Is On The Vandals   (November 20, 2000)
Lockstep's WebAgain 2.0 will notify you of hacks so you can sit back and relax

WebAgain 2.0: Win Some, Lose Some   (November 20, 2000)

View From The Bunker: DAFS: Just Daffy?   (November 20, 2000)

SSL In The Driver's Seat   (November 13, 2000)
A single Internet protocol has almost single handedly increased e-commerce by making secured transactions possible. Introducing SSL.

CyberSSL, BIG-IP e-Commerce Controller, NetStructure 7115 e-Commerce Accelerator: Win some, Lose Some   (November 13, 2000)

Sidebar: Where Do You Decrypt?   (November 13, 2000)
An important factor in implementing any of the SSL encryption/decryption appliances in our roundup is where do you actually put them?

How We Tested   (November 13, 2000)

One RMON Analyzer To Go!   (November 13, 2000)
Fluke's OptiView Pro offers network stats, SNMP/RMON analysis, and packet capture too

OptiView Pro Gigabit: Win some, Lose Some   (November 13, 2000)

Mind The Store   (November 13, 2000)
WebCatalog: A customizable storefront in half a day

WebCatalog 4.0: Win some, Lose Some   (November 13, 2000)

View From The Bunker: A Case For A Network Security Audit   (November 13, 2000)

One Man Code Pod   (November 6, 2000)
AceHTML 4 Pro won't let you down

AceHTML 4 Pro: Win some, Lose Some   (November 6, 2000)

Xeons For The Enterprise   (November 6, 2000)
Two midscale SMP servers turn out to be related

ProLiant DL580, NetServer LH6000: Win some, Lose Some   (November 6, 2000)

Under The Net   (November 6, 2000)
CyberArmor Enterprise Personal Firewall keeps an eye on the other network edge

CyberArmor: Win some, Lose Some   (November 6, 2000)

Rax To Max   (November 6, 2000)
Siliconrax-Sliger's Rax2100 shows that even small companies can build a solid rack-mount server

Rax2100: Win some, Lose Some   (November 6, 2000)

View From The Bunker: The Datacenter Driving Range   (November 6, 2000)

Expand Your Network   (October 23, 2000)
Expand Systems' Accelerator 4000 effectively compresses data traffic.

Accelerator 4000: Win Some, Lose Some   (October 23, 2000)

In-Depth Web Site reporting   (October 23, 2000)
Telemate.Net's eSpective provides deep reporting into complex Web sites

eSpective: Win Some, Lose Some   (October 23, 2000)

Size Matters   (October 16, 2000)
Small businesses get an online boost with Bigstep.com

Bigstep.com: Win Some, Lose Some   (October 23, 2000)

A Bridge To XML   (October 23, 2000)
From steel girders to handrails: XMetaL bridges user gap

XMetal: Win Some, Lose Some   (October 23, 2000)

Migrate Relief   (October 23, 2000)
FastLane Technologies' DM/Manager 5.1 can reconfigure and migrate a large number of domains

DM/Manager 5.1: Win Some, Lose Some   (October 23, 2000)

Survey Says...Software Needs Some Polish   (October 23, 2000)
Inquisite's Builder offers a great jump-start with preformatted sample questions, but the HTML formatting is lacking in certain places.

Builder: Win Some, Lose Some   (October 23, 2000)

View From The Bunker: Remote-Access Appliances Hit Home   (October 23, 2000)

Good Things In Small Blue Packages   (October 16, 2000)
IBM's newest dual-processor server packs a lot into a single rack unit--except extra cables.

Take3   (October 16, 2000)
LANovation PictureTaker Enterprise Edition v3.1

Win Some, Lose Some   (October 16, 2000)

eNavigator: The End Of Tab Envy   (October 16, 2000)
This tab-and-tree navigation builder may be the best place to ask for directions

Win Some, Lose Some   (October 16, 2000)

Adobe's Flash Gets Panned   (October 16, 2000)
Abobe's LiveMotion 1.0 is a flash in the pan

View From The Bunker: Industry Marketing Practices Confuse   (October 16, 2000)

Cache And Carry   (October 9, 2000)
Network Appliance's NetCache might be the best tool for improving end-user response time and decreasing WAN bandwidth.

Win some, Lose Some   (October 9, 2000)

Look, Ma, No Plug-Ins!   (October 9, 2000)
Hot multimedia with Java

Win some, Lose Some   (October 9, 2000)

Time To Burn   (October 9, 2000)
TrueTime's TimeVault offers a very accurate standard time reference to enterprise networks

Win some, Lose Some   (October 9, 2000)

View From The Bunker: An N+I Overview   (October 9, 2000)

Java Wars 2000   (October 2, 2000)
Java Development Suites can ease the workload of your developers--but only if you pick the right one.

Win some, Lose Some   (October 2, 2000)

How We Tested   (October 2, 2000)

Bluestone Total-E-Server   (October 2, 2000)
The need for speed in Java and e-business development in general has given rise to a number of structured shortcut possibilities that aim to take the time and hassle out of Java development while leaving its cross-platform robustness intact.

The Final Grades   (October 2, 2000)

Drawing Pictures Of Your Storage   (October 2, 2000)
TrueSAN's SANdesigner is primarily a sales gimmick, but can also be helpful for mapping a generic SAN's topology.

Win some, Lose Some   (October 2, 2000)

View From The Bunker: IT And Finance Must Live And Let Spend   (October 2, 2000)

4 Storage Area Networks   (September 25, 2000)
In the world of complete solutions, SAN technology falls behind.

How We Tested   (September 25, 2000)

The I-Tech Fibre Channel Tester   (September 25, 2000)
Perfect for hardware designers and integrators who want to monitor, test and analyze particular equipment running under specific circumstances.

Final Grades   (September 25, 2000)

SGI's Low Profile Internet Server   (September 25, 2000)
Affordable system has strong software bundle, but no high-availability hardware features.

Box It Up   (September 25, 2000)
Web site statistics made simple.

View From The Bunker: Novell's Halloween: Trick Without Treats   (September 25, 2000)

Keeping An Eye On Your Bandwidth Health   (September 18, 2000)
CyberGauge 3.0 lets you know if your network ports are alive, and how they're feeling.

VPN And The Kitchen Sink   (September 18, 2000)
Cisco's 7140 VPN Router offers advanced site-to-site routing for your enterprise.

The Wizard Of Web Images   (September 18, 2000)
SmartSaver Pro 3.0 is the Oz of Web graphics preperation

Lighten The Load   (September 18, 2000)
PolyServe's Understudy offers a low-cost software solution for server redundancy and load balancing

Pick Your Lot   (September 18, 2000)
Build consumer-oriented auctions with AuctionBuilder

View From The Bunker: The Callaway X-14 Conundrum   (September 18, 2000)

Dual-Pentium Double Header   (September 11, 2000)
A two-way system, using the latest processors, has plenty of horsepower to run database, Web server, mail server or file-and-print applications.

Win Some, Lose Some   (September 11, 2000)

Fingerprints For Novell   (September 11, 2000)
New software and fingerprint hardware enhance Novell's security for NetWare

View From The Bunker: Freaky-Why Is The Firewall So Leaky?   (September 11, 2000)

Predicting Failure   (September 4, 2000)
Two tools help administrators catch subtle network problems caused by hardware faults or changing network usage patterns

Win Some, Lose Some   (September 4, 2000)

The Final Grades  (September 4, 2000)

Snapshot: Network Infrastructure   (September 4, 2000)
Three years later, Axent's Raptor Firewall still shines bright

View From The Bunker: The International Language Of Migraine   (September 4, 2000)

Project Management Takes To The Web   (August 28, 2000)
ActiveProject links together hundreds of participants in AEC-oriented tasks

Spotlight: Network Infrastructure   (August 28, 2000)
Security concerns for companies with either a direct Internet connection or an online presence will only continue to grow as time wears on.

Snapshot: Web Development   (August 28, 2000)
Macromedia Drumbeat is no more.

Win Some, Lose Some   (August 28, 2000)

View From The Bunker: Eat The Learning Curve--Eat It Now   (August 28, 2000)

IP Telephony (August 21, 2000)
IP-PBXs: Network Your Dial Tone

The Final Grades  (August 21, 2000)

VoIP Glossary  (August 21, 2000)

How We Tested  (August 21, 2000)

Sidebar  (August 21, 2000)
QoS is critical with VoIP

Win Some, Lose Some (August 21, 2000)

View From The Bunker: Visual Studio 7 Is Worth The Wait  (August 21, 2000).

The Intelligent Edge (August 14, 2000)
QoSWorks 7000 allows IT managers to reallocate expensive WAN bandwidth.

Watch Your Back And Your Data  (August 14, 2000)
Hewlett-Packard's new backup appliance plagued by inadequate storage, unstable software.

Stay Afloat Without The Boat  (August 14, 2000)
BoostWeb Optimizer moves your Web site data at twice the speed.

View From The Bunker: The Need For Coffee And Redundant T1s  (August 14, 2000).

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