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Product Review: Free SolarWinds Tools: Date - May 02, 2012; Author - Brien M. Posey; Although SolarWinds is best known for paid products such as Server & Application Monitor, they do offer some free tools as well. As such, I have written a mini review of three such utilities.
Product Review: SolarWinds Log and Event Manager: Date - Apr 18, 2012; Author - Brien M. Posey; When I was first asked to review SolarWinds Log & Event Manager, I assumed by the name of the product that it was a Windows Event Log Parser. In actuality however, the software uses agents deployed on the computers in your organization to monitor security issues in real time.
Product Review: Centrify DirectAudit for Windows: Date - Feb 22, 2012; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A review of Centrify's DirectAudit for Windows which provides real-time auditing and detailed historical logging of user activity for Windows, UNIX and Linux systems.
Product Review: UniPrint Suite 7: Date - Jun 08, 2011; Author - Scott D. Lowe; Taking a look at UniPrint's Suite 7, a comprehensive print solution that gives organizations rein in the printing beast.
Product Review: SolarWinds Storage Profiler: Date - Jun 01, 2011; Author - Brien M. Posey; SolarWinds Storage Profiler, is a must have tool for managing enterprise storage. This tool provides disk consumption forecasts, and alerts administrators to various storage health issues.
Product Review: Spiceworks Network Management Solution: Date - Jan 19, 2011; Author - Deb Shinder; Deb Shinder reviews Spiceworks Network Management Solution.
Product Review - GFI Backup 2010 Business Edition: Date - Jun 08, 2010; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article reviews the capabilities and features of GFI Backup 2010 Business Edition, a full-featured backup product from GFI Software.
Product Review: Syncplicity: Date - May 27, 2010; Author - Debra Shinder; Debra Shinder reviews Syncplicity’s synchronization, collaboration and backup solution.
Product Review: GFI WebMonitor 2009: Date - Jan 05, 2010; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This article reviews the capabilities and features of GFI WebMonitor 2009, an integrated Web security, monitoring and Internet access control product from GFI Software.
Lansweeper: The Network Admin’s Best Friend: Date - Aug 17, 2009; Author - Thomas Shinder; Product Review for Lansweeper’s freeware Network Inventory Tool, a powerful and effective solution to your inventory needs.
SpamTitan Product Review: Date - Mar 17, 2009; Author - Thomas Shinder; In this review for SpamTitan’s Virtual Anti Spam Software I will walk you through the SpamTitan interface so that you can see the myriad of options available and how easy it is to configure.
A fully featured free IP PBX & SIP Server – 3CX Phone System Product Review: Date - May 22, 2007; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; This article reviews the 3CX free edition PBX. In this review we will cover the various features of the software based PBX from 3CX.
Product Review: Desktop Authority: Date - Aug 30, 2006; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; This article reviews Desktop Authority, a desktop management tool for Windows-based networks, which enables administrators to secure, manage, support and inventory desktops and applications. By integrating configuration, inventory, reporting, patch management, anti-spyware, power management and remote management into a single solution, administrators can efficiently and effectively manage the desktop environment from one console, thereby lowering the total cost of desktop ownership.
Load Balance Terminal Services & Citrix Servers: 2X LoadBalancer Software Review: Date - Feb 21, 2006; Author - Michel Roth; In this review I will take a look at 2X LoadBalancer. My review of 2X LoadBalancer was performed with three Windows 2000 Server systems. One server acted as the “gateway” and the two remaining servers acted as the Terminal Servers.
Software Review: Network Server Monitor 5.5: Date - Jul 08, 2004; Author - Lee Derbyshire; As Network Administrators, we are usually expected to keep our servers up and running without interruption for as long as we possibly can. Of course, no-one knows as well as we do just how temperamental those servers can be. To help you in your quest for high server availability, there are a number of utilities out there that will automatically monitor your server activities every few minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One such product is GFI Network Server Monitor, and that is what I shall be looking at in this review.