| DATE |
PRODUCT |
SCORE |
BOTTOM LINE |
| 12/11/2006 |
Virtual Iron |
0.0 Beta |
Server virtualization and virtualization management. Enterprise Edition enables server partitioning for multi-server configuration and advanced management capabilities for rapid provisioning, high availability (LiveMigrate, LiveRecovery), disaster recovery (LiveRecovery), workload management and policy-based automation (LiveCapacity).
>> Full review
>> Go to Virtual Iron Software's Web site
Corporate address:
900 Chelmsford Street
Tower I, Floor 2
Lowell,MA US 01851
Main phone no. (978) 849-1200 |
| 12/08/2006 |
Tibco BusinessWorks |
8.5 Very Good |
ESB (Enterprise service bus) implementation with advanced performance features and an intuitive designer. Provides messaging and service bus infrastructure for enterprise integration and SOA-style.
>> Full review
>> Go to Tibco Software's Web site
Corporate address:
3303 Hillview Ave.
Palo Alto,CA US 94304
Main phone no. 650-846-1000 |
| 12/01/2006 |
Sun Microsystems Sun Fire x64 Servers X4600 |
8.9 Excellent |
Modular X64 server with base system an eight-socket machine with dual-core Opteron chips. Expandable to 16-way.
>> Full review
>> Go to Sun Microsystems' Web site
Corporate address:
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara,CA US 95054
Main phone no. 800-555-9SUN |
| 12/01/2006 |
PortAuthority |
8.8 Excellent |
Detects sensitive information in many formats and prevents leakage through e-mail, Web, IM, and other channels. Enterprises create policies that control data distribution; the system fingerprints information in databases for better accuracy.
Employs ICAP to integrate with a range of existing enterprise systems — from HTTP proxy vendors to solutions for monitoring and enforcement.
Version 5.0-- Offers improved security and web-based user interface, adds 150 prebuilt policies and reengineered appliances for better reliability and scalability. The system discovers confidential information on laptops, servers, and endpoints without installing agents. With software, it also monitors data in use to prevent copying of confidential data to USB drives and portable media. Inspects both inbound and outbound network traffic for transmissions that violate policies.
>> Full review
>> Go to PortAuthority Technologies' Web site
Corporate address:
2445 Faber Place, Suite 100
Palo Alto,CA US 94303-3347
Main phone no. 650-739-0100 |
| 11/30/2006 |
BlueLane PatchPoint G/450 |
8.7 Excellent |
Inline patching proxy appliance. Protects unpatched Windows, Linux, and Unix servers against publicly known exploits for popular applications by analyzing network packets and removing harmful bits.
>> Full review
>> Go to Blue Lane Technologies' Web site
Corporate address:
10450 Bubb Road
Cupertino,CA US 95014
Main phone no. 866-492-6555 |
| 11/24/2006 |
Google Search Appliance |
8.7 Excellent |
Enterprise search applicance. Integrated hardware/software solution, creating a single point for discovering information within corporate networks, intranets, and Web sites.
Version 4.6.4 reaches into relational databases and file shares, while respecting enterprise security policies. OneBox for Enterprise provides a front end into enterprise applications and services, including Oracle and Salesforce.com.
>> Full review
>> Go to Google's Web site
Corporate address:
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy.
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 650-623-4000 |
| 11/24/2006 |
Isys Search Software Isys:web |
8.5 Very Good |
>> Full review
>> Go to ISYS Search Software's Web site
Corporate address:
8775 East Orchard Rd.
Suite 811
Englewood,CO US 80111
Main phone no. 303-689-9998 |
| 11/23/2006 |
Spectra Logic Spectra T120 |
8.9 Excellent |
Mid-range tape library. Blends backup hardware management tools. Modular structure handles SCSI, iSCSI, and FC connectivity, plus a variety of tape drives. Includes encryption.
>> Full review
>> Go to Spectra Logic's Web site
Corporate address:
1700 North 55th St.
Boulder,CO US 80301
Main phone no. 800-833-1132 |
| 11/17/2006 |
Attensa Feed Server |
8.6 Very Good |
Media server appliance which securely allows many users to access external and internal Web feeds and share information.
>> Full review
>> Go to Attensa's Web site
Corporate address:
111 SW Fifth Avenue
Suite 2260
Portland,OR US 97204
Main phone no. 503 973 6060 |
| 11/17/2006 |
NewsGator Enterprise Server |
8.8 Excellent |
Secure inside-the-firewall solution for aggregating relevant internal and external content. It delivers feeds to Outlook, a desktop client, or mobile devices, and it synchronizes views across all devices. Administration features help staff manage subscriptions and users, integrate with Active Directory, and build taxonomies. Additionally, the system collects feedback from users, enabling automatic recommendations of relevant feeds.
>> Full review
>> Go to NewsGator Technologies' Web site
Corporate address:
950 17th Street
Suite 2500
Denver,CO US 80202
Main phone no. 800-608-4597 |
| 11/17/2006 |
KnowNow Enterprise Syndication Server (ESS) |
8.4 Very Good |
Platform for managing syndicated content including RSS 2.0 and Atom. Combines the RSS standard with management, connections to enterprise data stores, and desktop delivery to create an enterprise-class tool for exploiting syndicated content.
ESS's central server aggregates RSS from internal and external feeds with non-RSS enterprise sources. In the latter case, LiveAdapters not only transform database and enterprise information into Web events, but these back-office systems can also consume changes made by ESS users. This solution delivers feeds in a variety of ways, including a browser, Google Gadget, e-mail, and Windows Deskbar.
>> Full review
>> Go to KnowNow's Web site
Corporate address:
997 E. Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale,CA US 94085
Main phone no. 408-585-1800 |
| 11/10/2006 |
Cisco Systems WAE 512 (Wide-area Application Engine) |
8.4 Very Good |
WAN acceleration appliance. Uses a combination of TCP optimization, proxy services, and byte-level and file caching.
>> Full review
>> Go to Cisco Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose,CA US 95134
Main phone no. 800-553-6387 |
| 11/09/2006 |
WysDM for Backups |
8.5 Very Good |
Enterprise-oriented backup reporting tool. Provides in-depth reporting and historical trending information on backups across the enterprise, regardless of OS or backup application, to identify problems proactively and ensure that SLAs and regulatory requirements are being met.
>> Full review
>> Go to WysDM Software's Web site
Corporate address:
1133 Broadway
Suite 1128
New York City,NY US 10010
Main phone no. 212 228 1800 |
| 11/09/2006 |
Genesys Meeting Center |
8.8 Excellent |
Enterprise business conferencing application. Version 4.0 was rebuilt around AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) technologies, so only a browser is required. All multimedia features -- slide transitions, live video, VoIP audio -- work on various platforms and browsers including Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.
>> Full review
>> Go to Genesys Conferencing's Web site
Corporate address:
8020 Towers Crescent Drive
Vienna,VA US 22182
Main phone no. 703-749-2500 |
| 11/02/2006 |
JBoss Rules |
7.4 Good |
RBMS (rules based management software).
>> Full review
>> Go to JBoss (Red Hat)'s Web site
Corporate address:
3340 Peachtree Road, NE
Suite 1200
Atlanta,GA US 30326
Main phone no. 404-467-8555 |
| 11/02/2006 |
Jess 6.1p5 |
7.3 Good |
Jess is faster than any Java BRMS except OPSJ, and it's backed by good documentation, a well-documented API, and excellent developer community support. However, Jess code is difficult to learn, and its user interfaces must be dramatically improved before Jess is suitable for large enterprise deployments.
>> Full review
>> Go to Jess' Web site
Corporate address:
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Main phone no. |
| 10/27/2006 |
BEA AquaLogic BPM |
8.2 Very Good |
Business process management. All-purpose process management engine, bridging application integration with human event management and offering analytical insight as well.
>> Full review
>> Go to BEA Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
2315 North First St.
San Jose,CA US 95131
Main phone no. 800-817-4232 |
| 10/27/2006 |
Barracuda Web Filter 310 |
8.1 Very Good |
Web filter appliance. Blocks spyware, it also blocks unauthorized Web sites, viruses, adware, malicious Web content, and unauthorized applications.
>> Full review
>> Go to Barracuda Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
385 Ravendale Drive
Mountain View,CA US 95043
Main phone no. 408-342-5400 |
| 10/27/2006 |
Riverbed Technology Steelhead 200 |
9.0 Excellent |
WAN acceleration and optimization appliance.
>> Full review
>> Go to Riverbed Technology's Web site
Corporate address:
501 Second St.
Ste. 410
San Francisco,CA US 94107
Main phone no. 415-247-8800 |
| 10/20/2006 |
Egenera BladeFrame Systems |
8.4 Very Good |
Blade server systems. A datacenter virtualization architecture, which replaces physical components with software via Egenera Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture.
>> Full review
>> Go to Egenera's Web site
Corporate address:
165 Forest St.
Marlboro,MA US 01752
Main phone no. 508-858-2600 |
| 10/19/2006 |
Riverbed Technology Steelhead 5520 |
9.0 Excellent |
WAN acceleration and optimization appliance. Includes CIFS and NFS support, QoS enforced with policies based on bandwidth and latency, reporting, pre-population service and detection and correction of asymmetric routes.
>> Full review
>> Go to Riverbed Technology's Web site
Corporate address:
501 Second St.
Ste. 410
San Francisco,CA US 94107
Main phone no. 415-247-8800 |
| 10/13/2006 |
IBM WebSphere Information Integrator Content Edition (IICE) |
7.7 Good |
Enterprise search and data management solution. Generally deployed in conjunction with IBM’s other information and data management solutions. As a stand-alone package it serves either as a front-end to ECMs (enterprise content management systems) or as a middle layer between users and back-end systems containing unstructured data.
>> Full review
>> Go to IBM's Web site
Corporate address:
1133 Westchester Ave.
White Plains,NY US 10604
Main phone no. 800-426-4968 |
| 10/13/2006 |
Dell PowerEdge 2950 |
8.5 Very Good |
Ninth-generation dual socket, dual-core rack server.
>> Full review
>> Go to Dell's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Dell Way
Round Rock,TX US 78682
Main phone no. 800-274-3355 |
| 10/12/2006 |
Microsoft BizTalk 2006 |
8.9 Excellent |
Enterprise application intergration (EAI) platform. BizTalk acts as a hub to connect many different systems through a central XML-based messaging and orchestration engine.
Offers capabilities for developers, business analysts, IT professionals, and business users. It can connect to and integrate with a wide variety of databases, Web services, and line-of-business applications.
>> Full review
>> Go to Microsoft's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond,WA US 98052
Main phone no. 425-882-8080 |
| 10/06/2006 |
Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager |
6.8 Fair |
Add-on module for Microsoft's Antigen anti-virus series.
>> Full review
>> Go to Microsoft's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond,WA US 98052
Main phone no. 425-882-8080 |
| 10/06/2006 |
Microsoft Antigen |
7.9 Good |
Enterprise antivirus and antispam software. New versions of, Microsoft acquired Sybari, products include Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, Antigen Spam Manager, and Antigen Enterprise Manager. The updates add Microsoft's antivirus engine to the default third-party scanning engines used by the product. The products also add support for clustered Exchange deployments and improved management features for handling quarantined messages and log files
>> Full review
>> Go to Sybari Software (Microsoft)'s Web site
Corporate address:
353 Larkfield Rd.
East Northport,NY US 11731
Main phone no. 631-630-8500 |
| 10/06/2006 |
Parasoft Jtest |
9.0 Excellent |
Automated Java unit testing and coding standard analysis product; JUnit tests for instant verification, and allows users to extend these tests;checks whether code follows over 500 coding standard rules and automatically corrects violations of over 200 rules; 7.0 release includes Test Case Sniffer that provides a means to deploy unit testing as a standard practice in the development lifecycle; automatically generates unit test cases that capture application behavior by monitoring a running application.
>> Full review
>> Go to Parasoft's Web site
Corporate address:
101 E. Huntington Dr.
2nd Fl.
Monrovia,CA US 91016
Main phone no. 888-305-0041 |
| 10/02/2006 |
Lucid8 DigiVault |
7.8 Good |
Continuous backup. Continuous data protection for Exchange, offering setup, interface, and high-speed restores. Mailbox stores can be restored to different servers in the case of hardware failure or an auditing requirement.
>> Full review
>> Go to Lucid8's Web site
Corporate address:
6947 Coal Creek Parkway,
Suite 334
Newcastle,WA US 98059
Main phone no. 425.451.2595 |
| 10/02/2006 |
Quest Availability Manager for Exchange |
8.3 Very Good |
Offers E-mail protection including automatic fail-over and the ability to designate which users are protected. Integrated with Quest's other tools for Exchange.
>> Full review
>> Go to Quest Software's Web site
Corporate address:
5 Polaris Way
Aliso Viejo,CA US 92656
Main phone no. 949-754-8000 |
| 10/02/2006 |
Cemaphore MailShadow |
7.2 Good |
E-mail failover software. Agentless system providing protection of individual mailboxes. Fail-over from primary to backup server is manual.
>> Full review
>> Go to Cemaphore Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
1875 South Grant Street
Suite 500
San Mateo,CA US 94402
Main phone no. 800–644– |
| 10/02/2006 |
SteelEye LifeKeeper for Exchange |
8.0 Very Good |
Server fail-over. Fail-over cluster with additional options for remote asynchronous replication and one-to-many replication.
>> Full review
>> Go to SteelEye Technology's Web site
Corporate address:
2275 East Bayshore Road
Suite 100
Palo Alto,CA US 94303
Main phone no. 866-318-0108 |
| 10/02/2006 |
Neverfail for Exchange |
8.0 Very Good |
Server fail-over. Automatic fail-over with minimal impact on users and without the drawbacks of Windows Clustering such as the requirement for identical hardware and advanced server versions.
>> Full review
>> Go to Neverfail's Web site
Corporate address:
515 Capital of Texas Highway
Suite 120
Austin,TX US 78746
Main phone no. 512-327-5777 |
| 09/22/2006 |
Scalent V/OE (Virtual Operating Environment) |
8.5 Very Good |
Virtual operating environment made up of three components -- a central Controller, Agents on the servers, and a GUI Console -- that separate the server from the hardware, making it possible to move server instances, called personas, between physical hardware and virtualization platforms in a seamless manner that retains all network, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel (FC) connections.
>> Full review
>> Go to Scalent Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
1076b East Meadow Circle
Palo Alto,CA US 94303
Main phone no. 650.424.1222 |
| 09/21/2006 |
Surgient Virtual QA/Test Lab Management System (VQMS) |
8.0 Very Good |
Test-lab automation software. An enterprise application that enables companies to centrally manage and automate the deployment of testing environments required to execute both automated and manual software testing processes.
Features include setting up, deploying, copying, and tearing down complex multiserver configurations of virtual machines, an advanced scheduling system and a reporting module for tracking resource utilization.
>> Full review
>> Go to Surgient's Web site
Corporate address:
8303 MoPac, Suite C300
Austin,TX US 78759
Main phone no. 877-787-4436 |
| 09/21/2006 |
Vizioncore esxRanger |
8.1 Very Good |
Add-on for VMware ESX 2.x and Virtual Infrastructure Server 3, that streamlines the backup process, adding disk image compression and file-level restore capabilities. Runs as a stand-alone application on a Windows workstation, requiring the .Net Framework, and communicates directly with a VMware server, as well as with VMware's VirtualCenter.
>> Full review
>> Go to Vizioncore's Web site
Corporate address:
975 Weiland Road, Suite 200
Buffalo Grove,IL US 60089
Main phone no. 866-260-2483 |
| 09/18/2006 |
HP StorageWorks AiO (All-in-One) |
8.5 Very Good |
Storage area network (SAN) series with four-drive 1U box (400) or a six-drive (600), 5U enclosure that comes in either tower or rack-mountable configuration. Both models include HP's ASM (All-in-One Storage Manager), an MMC (Microsoft Management Console)-based management application. Combines an autopilot for key management tasks with scalable, diversified hardware and automigration.
>> Full review
>> Go to Hewlett-Packard (HP)'s Web site
Corporate address:
3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto,CA US 94304
Main phone no. 650-857-1501 |
| 09/18/2006 |
Telerik r.a.d.controls for ASP.NET |
8.3 Very Good |
Developer control set for ASP.NET offering internal and cross-component AJAX support and telerik AJAX framework that can AJAX-enable Web apps built with components that don't already have AJAX support.
>> Full review
>> Go to Telerik's Web site
Corporate address:
143 Brooks Street, Suite 2
Brighton,MA US 02135
Main phone no. 866-886-0452 |
| 09/18/2006 |
Infragistics NetAdvantage for ASP.NET |
8.5 Very Good |
Developer control collection for ASP.NET 2.0 with embedded AJAX support .
>> Full review
>> Go to Infragistics' Web site
Corporate address:
50 Millstone Road; Building 200, Suite 150
East Windsor,NJ US 08520
Main phone no. 609.448.2000 |
| 09/14/2006 |
Genuitec MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench |
8.2 Very Good |
Version 5.0 -- Integrated collection of plug-ins that greatly extends the functionality of Eclipse.
Version 3.8.3 -- This broad collection of proprietary and open source Java tools for Eclipse is tested and integrated to save you the trouble of dealing with the inconsistencies and sometimes spotty production values of the open source community. The low price makes it easy to forgive the occasional rough spot or gap in documentation.
>> Full review
>> Go to Genuitec's Web site
Corporate address:
2221 Justin Road, # 119-340
Flower Mound,TX US 75028
Main phone no. 888-267-4176 |
| 09/08/2006 |
Software AG Crossvision Suite |
8.4 Very Good |
Enterprise service bus (ESB) suite. A collection of SOA services, tools, and components held lightly together by CentraSite, a combination application server, management system, and repository. Components include Information Integrator, Legacy Integrator, Business Process Manager, Service Orchestrator, and Orchestrator Studio.
>> Full review
>> Go to Software AG's Web site
Corporate address:
11700 Plaza America Drive
Suite 700
Reston,VA US 20190
Main phone no. 703-860-5050 |
| 09/08/2006 |
Vivisimo Velocity |
8.9 Excellent |
Version 5 adds role-based search, connectors for databases, Microsoft SharePoint portals, and EMC Documentum Docbases, connects to LDAP or Active Directory servers and restricts viewing documents (or content sections) based on a user's rights and simplified administration.
4.5 Combined dynamic clustering, search, and metasearch; can be deployed faster and less expensively than other search solutions; simultaneously searches multiple information sources and presents the results in organized folders from a single consistent interface; canl combine several URLs into a single result; custom parsing.
>> Full review
>> Go to Vivisimo's Web site
Corporate address:
2435 Beechwood Blvd.
Pittsburgh,PA US 15217
Main phone no. 412-422-2499 |
| 09/07/2006 |
Voltage SecureMail |
8.4 Very Good |
Security appliance that automatically encrypts and decrypts e-mail messages based on the sender, recipient, subject, or other parameters, without requiring any client software for the sender or recipient. It can integrate existing PGP or S/MIME strategies.
>> Full review
>> Go to Voltage Security's Web site
Corporate address:
1070 Arastradero Road
Suite 100
Palo Alto,CA US 94304
Main phone no. (650) 543-1280 |
| 09/01/2006 |
Entuity Eye of the Storm |
7.7 Good |
Network management software for large networks. The Web- and Java-based monitoring package is designed to get deep inside a network’s routers and switches, inspecting device metrics such as memory and CPU utilization, and port data, such as bandwidth usage, errors, and more.
Provides constant monitoring and analysis of network devices, substantial device support and open source tools.
>> Full review
>> Go to Entuity's Web site
Corporate address:
8 West 38th Street
New York,NY US 10018
Main phone no. 212-489-0559 |
| 08/31/2006 |
SealedMedia E-DRM |
8.5 Very Good |
Enterprise digital rights management (DRM) solution. Provides persistent protection, control, and tracking of documents by classifying them into groups. Access is enforced by a central license server; a desktop component integrates sealing functions into Windows Explorer and Office apps. Other capabilities include revoking access after delivery, offline operation, and thorough auditing of document use and rights administration.
>> Full review
>> Go to SealedMedia's Web site
Corporate address:
718 University Avenue Suite 100
Los Gatos,CA US 95032
Main phone no. 408-357-7800 |
| 08/31/2006 |
Liquid Machines Document Control |
8.1 Very Good |
A digital rights management (DRM) client/server solution that works with its own policy server or Windows RMS and protects documents throughout their lifecycle. Polices are set at business unit or group levels, and cover working with the original document (in the native app) and excerpted sections.
>> Full review
>> Go to Liquid Machines' Web site
Corporate address:
486 Totten Pond Rd.
Waltham,MA US 02451
Main phone no. 877-885-4784 |
| 08/25/2006 |
Progress Software Apama |
7.8 Good |
ESP (event-stream processing) solution. Features filtering, aggregating, and correlating event streams in real time via rules-based approach. Additional tools include Dashboard Wizard and adapter framework.
>> Full review
>> Go to Progress Software's Web site
Corporate address:
14 Oak Park Dr.
Bedford,MA US 01730
Main phone no. 800-477-6473 |
| 08/25/2006 |
StreamBase Stream Processing Engine |
8.1 Very Good |
Systems software to analyze and respond to real-time streaming data. Stream processing engine that integrates with TIBCO Enterprise Message Service™ (EMS) and the Microsoft .NET Framework™ through the StreamBase Software Development Kit (SDK).
>> Full review
>> Go to StreamBase Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
181 Spring Street
Lexington,MA US 02421
Main phone no. 866-787-6227 |
| 08/24/2006 |
RadRails |
8.1 Very Good |
Open-source IDE for Ruby on Rails development. It supports Rails unit, functional, and integration tests, and controls Web servers and browsers, Rails generators, and Rake tasks.
>> Full review
>> Go to RadRails' Web site
Corporate address:
, US
Main phone no. |
| 08/24/2006 |
Quantum DLT-S4 |
8.6 Very Good |
External tape drive that's twice the capacity and same cost as an LTO-3 drive. Includes password protection and driver resident management tools.
>> Full review
>> Go to Quantum's Web site
Corporate address:
1650 Technology Dr.
Suite 800
San Jose,CA US 95110
Main phone no. 408-944-4000 |
| 08/18/2006 |
Enerjy CQ2 |
8.0 Very Good |
Development tool. Creates a management dashboard for software-development projects. It abstracts data on productivity and code quality from a site’s SCM utilities and from other development tools. The dashboard supports deep drill down and favors Java projects.
>> Full review
>> Go to Enerjy Software's Web site
Corporate address:
900 Cummings Center, Suite 326T
Beverly,MA US 01915
Main phone no. 866-598-9876 |
| 08/17/2006 |
SonicWall CDP 1440i |
8.2 Very Good |
SOHO backup system. Choice of storage on the CDP unit or off-site in a subscription to the SonicWall data vault.
>> Full review
>> Go to SonicWall's Web site
Corporate address:
1143 Borregas Ave.
Sunnyvale,CA US 94089
Main phone no. 408-745-9600 |
| 08/17/2006 |
Trend Micro Internet Web Security Appliance (IWSA) 2500 |
8.6 Very Good |
Antispyware and antivirus appliance. A dual Xeon 1U rack mount device that scans network traffic and inspects it for viruses in the HTTP and FTP stream. It can control the flow of Java and ActiveX applets and filters URLs.
>> Full review
>> Go to Trend Micro's Web site
Corporate address:
10101 N. De Anza Blvd.
Cupertino,CA US 95014
Main phone no. 800-228-5651 |
| 08/14/2006 |
Dell 5310n |
8.4 Very Good |
Monochrome laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Dell's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Dell Way
Round Rock,TX US 78682
Main phone no. 800-274-3355 |
| 08/14/2006 |
Toshiba e-Studio 500P |
8.6 Very Good |
Monochrome laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Toshiba's Web site
Corporate address:
1251 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 4110
New York,NY US 10020
Main phone no. |
| 08/14/2006 |
IBM DB2 Universal Database (2006) |
8.7 Excellent |
DBMS "Viper" version supports XML and relational data natively, adds new data compression and security features and optimizes the database for SAP application environments.
New hybrid data engine offers true native XML storage, allowing the entire data store to be retrieved using either SQL or XQuery, interchangeably. In addition, the new Development Workbench wins big points with its support for building XQuery expressions. Other new features include row-level compression, scalability improvements, and advanced, granular access controls.
>> Full review
>> Go to IBM's Web site
Corporate address:
1133 Westchester Ave.
White Plains,NY US 10604
Main phone no. 800-426-4968 |
| 08/10/2006 |
Sun Ray |
7.9 Good |
Thin-client computing platform offering native UNIX connectivity on Solaris and Linux platforms and the ability to move seamlessly between clients while maintaining active sessions.
Sun Ray 2 offers 10/100 Ethernet, sound, and USB support. The Sun Ray 2FS adds 100FX support for security at the transport level, and the ability to run dual monitors. Both clients are outfitted with SmartCard readers to support two-factor authentication and require Sun Ray 4 software package.
>> Full review
>> Go to Sun Microsystems' Web site
Corporate address:
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara,CA US 95054
Main phone no. 800-555-9SUN |
| 08/10/2006 |
Adobe Flex (aka Macromedia Flex) |
8.6 Very Good |
Cross-platform web media development solution. RIA framework; IDE; backend mediates data integration and messaging.
>> Full review
>> Go to Macromedia (Adobe)'s Web site
Corporate address:
600 Townsend St.
San Francisco,CA US 94103
Main phone no. 415-252-2000 |
| 08/04/2006 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition |
8.0 Very Good |
Integrated development environment. Enterprise-oriented design, analysis, testing, lifecycle management, and work-item tracking tools.
>> Full review
>> Go to Microsoft's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond,WA US 98052
Main phone no. 425-882-8080 |
| 08/03/2006 |
Parallels Workstation for Windows/Linux; Desktop for Mac |
8.7 Excellent |
Client virtualization solution. Thin hypervisor layer takes advantage of Intel or AMD on-CPU virtualization acceleration for enhanced CPU, disk, and network performance.
>> Full review
>> Go to Parallels' Web site
Corporate address:
13800 Coppermine Road
Suite 340
Herndon,VA US 20171
Main phone no. (703) 234-5549 |
| 08/03/2006 |
Blue Coat SG800 |
8.4 Very Good |
WAN accelerator. Accelerates and optimizes a wide range of traffic -- including SSL. Handles basic bandwidth management and content filtering, policy creation and reporting with maximum throughput is 30 Mbps.
>> Full review
>> Go to Blue Coat Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
420 N. Mary Avenue
Sunnyvale,CA US 94085
Main phone no. 408.220.2200 |
| 07/28/2006 |
Siderean Seamark Navigator |
8.1 Very Good |
Search engine. Indexes structured data by processing existing metadata. Accurate search results are grouped in meaningful ways, which can be further explored using an intuitive Web interface. This solution adheres to organizations' security policies and integrates with enterprise search engines – while a separate module generates metadata from unstructured content. Additionally, users can tag files in their own way and create custom facets.
>> Full review
>> Go to Siderean Software's Web site
Corporate address:
390 North Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 2070
El Segundo,CA US 90245
Main phone no. 310-647-4266 |
| 07/28/2006 |
exalead one: |
8.6 Very Good |
Search engine. Enables users, with a single natural-language query, to search their desktop, e-mail servers, file shares, and the Web -- or all simultaneously. A "multi-axial" navigation interface categorizes results, making it easy to refine searches. one:exterprise extends searches to databases, including SQL and Lotus Notes, resulting in a single search point for corporate knowledge.
>> Full review
>> Go to Exalead's Web site
Corporate address:
15 Mercer Street,
New York,NY US 10013
Main phone no. 646-290-5860 |
| 07/21/2006 |
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8.3 Very Good |
>> Full review
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| 07/21/2006 |
Appian Enterprise 5 BPM Suite |
8.6 Very Good |
Business process management suite. Comprehensive solution for managing human-centric processes. Features development and process modeling tools, built-in collaboration and knowledge worker features, analytics, monitoring, and Web services API for integration.
>> Full review
>> Go to Appian's Web site
Corporate address:
8000 Towers Crescent Dr.
16th Floor
Vienna,VA US 22182
Main phone no. 703-442-8844 |
| 07/20/2006 |
Cymphonix Network Composer DC30X |
8.2 Very Good |
Network appliance. Features network-management, usage-reporting, and threat-protection tools.
>> Full review
>> Go to Cymphonix's Web site
Corporate address:
8871 S. Sandy Parkway
Sandy,UT US 84070
Main phone no. 866-511-1155 |
| 07/17/2006 |
Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor |
8.7 Excellent |
BRMS software. Version 6.1 enhances performance and reporting. Offers tools for implementation, extensive debugging, factory support, a .NET and Java version and supports multi-platform deployment of rules.
Centralized enterprise repository for business rules, query and update tools, multi-platform and multi-lingual support, and documented best practices.
>> Full review
>> Go to Fair Isaac's Web site
Corporate address:
901 Marquette Ave.
Suite 3200
Minneapolis,MN US 55402
Main phone no. 612-758-5200 |
| 07/17/2006 |
ILOG JRules 4.5 |
8.2 Very Good |
Jrules 4.5 is a shining example of a rich set of tools. Analysts can build rules in ordinary language using an easy GUI or familiar spreadsheet. Programmers benefit from rapid deployment, automatic code generation, UML modeling, and excellent debugging tools.
>> Full review
>> Go to ILOG's Web site
Corporate address:
1080 Linda Vista Ave.
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 800-367-4564 |
| 07/13/2006 |
Jitterbit |
8.4 Very Good |
Automates the migration of data from one source to another. Jitterpaks encourage sharing mechanisms among users. The initial version interacts with some of the most basic protocols (FTP, ODBC) and file formats (CSV, XML).
Version 1.1 adds support for Web services publishing and LDAP (lightweight directory access protocol).
>> Full review
>> Go to Jitterbit's Web site
Corporate address:
1301 Marina Village Parkway
Suite 200
Alameda,CA US 94501
Main phone no. 877.852.3500 |
| 07/13/2006 |
Quest Benchmark Factory |
8.0 Good |
Enterprise-level database benchmarking utility.
>> Full review
>> Go to Quest Software's Web site
Corporate address:
5 Polaris Way
Aliso Viejo,CA US 92656
Main phone no. 949-754-8000 |
| 07/07/2006 |
Corticon |
8.2 Very Good |
Rule builder that takes a different approach from traditional rule engines, presenting a spreadsheet interface to business user and developer alike.
>> Full review
>> Go to Corticon's Web site
Corporate address:
1000 Bridge Parkway, Suite 125
Redwood City,CA US 94065
Main phone no. 650.212.2424 |
| 07/07/2006 |
Kace KBOX IT Management Suite |
8.2 Very Good |
Automation appliance. Addresses IT management issues for compliance as well as syslog data mining and software rollouts.
>> Full review
>> Go to KACE Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
1616 North Shoreline Blvd Suite B
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 888-522-3638 |
| 07/06/2006 |
Computer Associates Integrated Threat Management (CA ITM) |
8.1 Very Good |
Bundled CA eTrust Anti-Virus and eTrust PestPatrol AntiSpyware Corporate Edition.
Allows network admins to create, manage and monitor their virus and malware policy from a single browser-based console.
>> Full review
>> Go to CA (Computer Associates)'s Web site
Corporate address:
1 Computer Associates Plaza
Islandia,NY US 11749
Main phone no. 631-342-6000 |
| 06/30/2006 |
Leostream P>V |
7.6 Good |
P2V (physical to virtual) migration tool. For smaller P2V projects and for constructing a development network that mirrors a physical production network. Conversion targets include VMware and Microsoft virtualization software.
>> Full review
>> Go to Leostream's Web site
Corporate address:
950 Winter Street, Suite 2400
Waltham,WA US 02451
Main phone no. 781-577-9584 |
| 06/30/2006 |
PlateSpin PowerRecon |
7.2 Good |
P2V tool for profiling a physical network for a virtual infrastructure migration. Provides performance information and can construct a virtual server infrastructure based on that data.
>> Full review
>> Go to PlateSpin's Web site
Corporate address:
144 Front Street West
Suite 385
Toronto, ON, CA M5J 2L7
Main phone no. 877.528.3774 |
| 06/30/2006 |
PlateSpin PowerConvert |
7.8 Good |
Virtualization migration tool. Method of converting Windows servers from the physical to the virtual realm, and offers DR and imaging features.
>> Full review
>> Go to PlateSpin's Web site
Corporate address:
144 Front Street West
Suite 385
Toronto, ON, CA M5J 2L7
Main phone no. 877.528.3774 |
| 06/29/2006 |
IBM System x3550 |
8.4 Very Good |
Commodity-server tuned to the needs of a virtual environment, coupled with high-level management tools integrated into IBM's Director server management suite.
>> Full review
>> Go to IBM's Web site
Corporate address:
1133 Westchester Ave.
White Plains,NY US 10604
Main phone no. 800-426-4968 |
| 06/29/2006 |
Softricity SoftGrid |
7.5 Good |
Windows-based software virtualization platform. Virtualized application-deployment solution.
>> Full review
>> Go to Softricity (Microsoft)'s Web site
Corporate address:
27 Melcher Street
3rd Floor
Boston,MA US 02210
Main phone no. 877.763.8737 |
| 06/23/2006 |
Top Layer Attack Mitigator IPS 5500 |
7.5 Good |
Intrusion prevention/detection appliance.
>> Full review
>> Go to Top Layer Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
2400 Computer Drive
Westboro,MA US 01581
Main phone no. (508)-870-1300 |
| 06/23/2006 |
Avaya one-X Quick Edition |
8.1 Very Good |
Peer-to-peer phone system for smaller VoIP networks. Able to communicate with SIP-based PBXs and service providers and handle all the functions of a PBX.
>> Full review
>> Go to Avaya's Web site
Corporate address:
211 Mt. Airy Rd.
Basking Ridge,NJ US 07920
Main phone no. 866-462-8292 |
| 06/22/2006 |
Tablus Content Alarm NW |
8.7 Excellent |
Continuously watches outbound network traffic for confidential information, blocking data in violation of your policies. It fingerprints information from databases and document management systems. Version 4 focuses on enterprise risk and compliance with expanded policy templates that are easily customized. It has intuitive workflow and incident management, including automatic remediation
>> Full review
>> Go to Tablus' Web site
Corporate address:
155 Bovet Road, Suite 610
San Mateo,CA US 94402
Main phone no. (650) 572-1515 |
| 06/16/2006 |
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) |
0.0 Beta |
Desktop Linux distribution combines professional fit and finish with usability features not available from other vendors.
>> Full review
>> Go to Novell's Web site
Corporate address:
1800 South Novell Place
Provo,UT US 84606
Main phone no. 888-321-4272 |
| 06/15/2006 |
ISM Predictive Pro |
8.3 Very Good |
Code analysis/QA tool. Identifies where bugs are likely to occur in the future. It's a Windows-only app and must import data via CSV.
>> Full review
>> Go to Integrated Software Metrics (ISM)'s Web site
Corporate address:
Alan B. Mollohan Innovation Center
1000 Technology Drive
Suite 1215
Fairmont,WV US 26554
Main phone no. 304-333-4764 |
| 06/15/2006 |
Alfresco Enterprise Edition |
8.3 Very Good |
Open source alternative to commercial enterprise content management systems. The system includes advanced search and threaded discussions, is scalable, and provides portal integration.
>> Full review
>> Go to Alfresco Software's Web site
Corporate address:
428 University Avenue
Palo Alto,CA US 94301
Main phone no. |
| 06/08/2006 |
Windows Longhorn Server |
0.0 Beta |
Server OS with overall emphasis on consolidating and simplifying deployment and administration, and on making key features accessible to developers and admins at scales greater and smaller than those offered by Windows 2003 Server.
>> Full review
>> Go to Microsoft's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond,WA US 98052
Main phone no. 425-882-8080 |
| 06/08/2006 |
Lexmark X646e MFP |
8.2 Very Good |
Monochrome multifunction printer/copier.
>> Full review
>> Go to Lexmark International's Web site
Corporate address:
740 New Circle Rd. NW
Lexington,KY US 40550
Main phone no. 1-800-358-5835 |
| 06/02/2006 |
Nevis LANenforcer |
7.2 Good |
Network access control appliance. Provides access control on a per-port basis, providing each user with a personal DMZ on the network.
>> Full review
>> Go to Nevis Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
500 N Bernardo Ave.
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 650-254-2500 |
| 06/02/2006 |
Lockdown Networks Enforcer |
7.9 Good |
Turnkey continuous Network Access Control (NAC) solution; continuous enterprise-wide security policy enforcement at switch; delivers NAC and vulnerability management on a suite of appliances: Lockdown Enforcer, Auditor, Commander, AuditPoint and Wireless Sentry.
Traffic is placed in a VLAN on a per-port basis on a managed Ethernet switch, instead of inspecting each packet and applying policy.
>> Full review
>> Go to Lockdown Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
100 West Harrison
North Tower, Suite 300
Seattle,WA US 98119
Main phone no. 866-844-8080 |
| 06/02/2006 |
Vernier EdgeWall Express 7000 |
8.0 Very Good |
Network access management solution; feature-rich with vulnerability scanning and network packet inspection.
>> Full review
>> Go to Vernier Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
490 E. Middlefield Road
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 650-526-2600 |
| 06/02/2006 |
Caymas 525 Identity-Driven Access Gateway |
8.1 Very Good |
Network access control (NAC), secure-remote-access appliance; bundles SSL VPN with both site-to-site and client-to-site IPSec VPN features. An application-layer firewall and IDS based on the open source Snort signatures are integrated.
>> Full review
>> Go to Caymas Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
5300 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 500
San Jose,CA US 95129
Main phone no. (408) 985-9000 |
| 05/26/2006 |
Mirapoint Message Server (M-Series; M500x) |
8.5 Very Good |
E-mail security and full-featured e-mail and calendar server. It provides a full set of compliance-oriented content-filtering features and anti-spam filtering.
>> Full review
>> Go to Mirapoint's Web site
Corporate address:
909 Hermosa Court
Sunnyvale,CA US 94085
Main phone no. 800-937-8118 |
| 05/25/2006 |
Q1 Labs QRadar |
7.0 Good |
Security event manager (SEM) solution, including network based anomaly detection (NBAD).
>> Full review
>> Go to Q1 Labs' Web site
Corporate address:
1000 Winter Street
Suite 2950
Waltham,MA US 02451
Main phone no. 781-250-5800 |
| 05/19/2006 |
Xerox Phaser 5500DN |
8.4 Very Good |
Tabloid monochrome laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Xerox's Web site
Corporate address:
800 Long Ridge Rd.
Stamford,CT US 06904
Main phone no. 203-968-3000 |
| 05/19/2006 |
HP LaserJet 9050dn |
8.3 Very Good |
Tabloid monochrome laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Hewlett-Packard (HP)'s Web site
Corporate address:
3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto,CA US 94304
Main phone no. 650-857-1501 |
| 05/19/2006 |
Lexmark W840dn |
8.9 Excellent |
Tabloid monochrome laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Lexmark International's Web site
Corporate address:
740 New Circle Rd. NW
Lexington,KY US 40550
Main phone no. 1-800-358-5835 |
| 05/18/2006 |
QEMU |
8.5 Very Good |
Generic and open source processor emulator. Features virtualization capabilities that allow it to run Linux on Windows (or vice versa). It can also run code from one CPU on a system with a different physical CPU, so an x86 Windows system can execute a virtualized Sparc-based Solaris image.
>> Full review
>> Go to Fabrice Bellard's Web site
Corporate address:
, US
Main phone no. |
| 05/18/2006 |
Dell PowerVault ML6000 |
8.7 Excellent |
Modular tape library based on the ADIC Scalar i500. Features a generously-sized onboard touchscreen, management features and a modular structure that can grow from a 5U with one LTO-3 drive and room for 36 cartridges to a 14U with six drives and hundreds of slots.
>> Full review
>> Go to Dell's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Dell Way
Round Rock,TX US 78682
Main phone no. 800-274-3355 |
| 05/12/2006 |
Teneros ACA 2500E |
7.7 Good |
High availability solution for up to 250 Microsoft Exchange users.
>> Full review
>> Go to Teneros' Web site
Corporate address:
215 Castro Street, 3rd Floor
Mountain View,CA US 94041
Main phone no. 650.641.7400 |
| 05/12/2006 |
Azaleos OneServer |
7.7 Good |
Microsoft Exchange server solution that is a clustered, all-in-one appliance.
>> Full review
>> Go to Azaleos' Web site
Corporate address:
18109 NE 76th Street, Suite 105,
Redmond,WA US 98052
Main phone no. 425-996-0539 |
| 05/11/2006 |
Fonality PBXtra |
8.0 Very Good |
SIP PBX appliance. Uses an ASP model for its applications.
>> Full review
>> Go to Fonality's Web site
Corporate address:
6133 Bristol Parkway
Suite 150
Culver City,CA US 90230
Main phone no. 310-861-4300 |
| 05/11/2006 |
IBM Lotus Domino 7 |
8.7 Excellent |
Server provides enterprise-grade collaboration capabilities that can be deployed as a core e-mail and enterprise scheduling infrastructure (IBM Lotus Domino Messaging Server), as a custom application platform (IBM Lotus Domino Utility Server), or both (IBM Lotus Domino Enterprise Server).
>> Full review
>> Go to Lotus Software (IBM)'s Web site
Corporate address:
One Rogers Street
Cambridge,MA US 02142
Main phone no. |
| 05/05/2006 |
Liferay Portal |
8.6 Very Good |
Enterprise portal. Version 4.0 permits separate portals for different business units. You can hot deploy any JSR-168 compliant portlet – whether one of the 50 supplied or custom developed. Other enterprise features include permissioning at the portlet level, private and public pages, plus a built-in CMS. The document library conforms to JSR-170 standards.
>> Full review
>> Go to Liferay's Web site
Corporate address:
Los Angeles,CA US
Main phone no. |
| 05/05/2006 |
JBoss Portal |
8.3 Very Good |
Enterprise portal solution that employs several JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS) components including JBoss Cache, Clustering, and Application Server.
>> Full review
>> Go to JBoss (Red Hat)'s Web site
Corporate address:
3340 Peachtree Road, NE
Suite 1200
Atlanta,GA US 30326
Main phone no. 404-467-8555 |
| 05/04/2006 |
BlueSocket BlueSecure Controller BSC-5000 |
8.8 Excellent |
Wireless network controller. Supports BlueSockets' BlueView Management Suite, and companion APs and Access points to secure network access.
>> Full review
>> Go to Bluesocket's Web site
Corporate address:
10 North Avenue
Burlington,MA US 01803
Main phone no. 781-328-0888 |
| 05/04/2006 |
Akimbi Slingshot |
7.9 Good |
Virtual lab automation solution. Aimed at software development and testing, software evaluation projects, and application configuration environments. Enables IT test sites to simplify the process of configuring, deploying, capturing, and simultaneously running multiple VMs.
>> Full review
>> Go to Akimbi Systems (VMWare/EMC)'s Web site
Corporate address:
1400 Fashion Island Blvd.
Suite 900
San Mateo,CA US 94404
Main phone no. 650-356-4400 |
| 05/01/2006 |
F5 Networks BIG-IP 6800 |
8.5 Very Good |
Load balancer and Web application optimization engine.
>> Full review
>> Go to F5 Networks' Web site
Corporate address:
401 Elliott Ave. West
Seattle,WA US 98119
Main phone no. 206-272-5555 |
| 05/01/2006 |
Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM) 7000 |
8.4 Very Good |
Load balancing and traffic management appliance.
>> Full review
>> Go to Zeus Technology's Web site
Corporate address:
The Jeffreys Building
Cowley Road
Cambridge CB4 0WS
, GB
Main phone no. 44 (0)1223 525000 |
| 04/28/2006 |
Splunk Professional |
8.0 Very Good |
Data mining tool for syslog data. For reviewing formatted syslog information in context to each other. Events are searchable by keyword, date, and time, sorting log files into manageable chunks. Third-party integration.
>> Full review
|
| 04/27/2006 |
Silver Peak Systems NX-3500 |
8.5 Very Good |
WAN optimization and acceleration appliance. Offers the ability to optimize UDP-based traffic, built in QoS engine for better classification of traffic, reporting and monitoring.
>> Full review
>> Go to Silver Peak Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
441 Logue Avenue
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 888-598-7325 |
| 04/21/2006 |
SWSoft Virtuozzo |
9.3 Excellent |
Server virtualization solution. Runs with the native OS on the host server and creates virtual private servers (VPSes), essentially by generating chroot jails for the host. It then tightly controls the network and kernel layers to deliver packets correctly and to handle disk, memory, and CPU quotas.
>> Full review
>> Go to SWsoft's Web site
Corporate address:
13755 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Suite 600
Herndon,VA US 20171
Main phone no. 703-815-5670 |
| 04/21/2006 |
Apple MacBook Pro |
7.3 Good |
Apple’s fastest and most expandable notebook to date.
>> Full review
>> Go to Apple Computer's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino,CA US 95014
Main phone no. 408-996-1010 |
| 04/21/2006 |
Apple iMac |
9.0 Excellent |
32-bit PC with computer, monitor, and speakers in one chassis. Built-in iSight Web cam, microphone, and speakers equip iMac for A/V conferencing and presentations out of the box, and it runs Windows.
>> Full review
>> Go to Apple Computer's Web site
Corporate address:
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino,CA US 95014
Main phone no. 408-996-1010 |
| 04/21/2006 |
HP Color LaserJet 4730mfp |
8.1 Very Good |
Multifunction printer/copier. Delivers good performance, an interface that most users can grasp with no training, and a price and procurement process that most IS managers can get behind.
>> Full review
>> Go to Hewlett-Packard (HP)'s Web site
Corporate address:
3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto,CA US 94304
Main phone no. 650-857-1501 |
| 04/20/2006 |
Workshare Protect |
7.8 Good |
Desktop security application for Office. Filters visible and hidden company-sensitive content to prevent e-mail leaks. Controlled by central policies, allows users review document risk, such as embedded meta information, and then sanitizes documents. It ensures documents are not e-mailed to unintended recipients, and built-in PDF conversion generates secure Acrobat files.
>> Full review
>> Go to Workshare's Web site
Corporate address:
208 Utah Street,
Suite 350,
San Francisco,CA US 94103
Main phone no. 888-404-4246 |
| 04/14/2006 |
Net Applications HitsLink |
7.9 Good |
Web site analysis hosted service. Provides hundreds of statistics in real time. Reports range from page access patterns to search engine rankings. HitsLink Enterprise tracks conversion rates of pay-per-click campaigns as well as monitoring events, such as downloads.
>> Full review
>> Go to Net Applications' Web site
Corporate address:
65 Enterprise
Aliso Viejo,CA US 92656
Main phone no. 888-802-8390 |
| 04/14/2006 |
ClickTracks |
8.2 Very Good |
Web analytics software or hosted service. Features include campaign performance, search engine ranking, visitor navigation paths, visual interface for setup and fraud reporting.
>> Full review
>> Go to ClickTracks' Web site
Corporate address:
501 Mission Street
Santa Cruz,CA US 95060
Main phone no. 877-773-2249 |
| 04/13/2006 |
Sun NetBeans |
8.1 Very Good |
Intuitive Java development platform with collaboration capabilities and Matisse GUI builder in thew latest version.
Version 5.5 adds support for Java Enterprise Edition 5.5. New features include the Java Persistence API, for database persistence; JAX WS (Java API for XML Web Services) 2.0 productivity tools, Subversion version control support, and enhancements to the NetBeans GUI Builder. The GUI builder had been known as Project Matisse. Also provides a common look and feel for applications on the Solaris, OpenSolaris, Linux, Windows, and Macintosh OS X platforms. It also supports the Standard, Enterprise, and Micro editions of Java.
>> Full review
>> Go to Sun Microsystems' Web site
Corporate address:
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara,CA US 95054
Main phone no. 800-555-9SUN |
| 04/10/2006 |
SonicWall SSL-VPN 220 |
8.2 Very Good |
VPN appliance. Aims to connect remote users to a small office network and features portal-based access to Web applications and files as well as support for VoIP, e-mail, and other TCP/IP applications.
>> Full review
>> Go to SonicWall's Web site
Corporate address:
1143 Borregas Ave.
Sunnyvale,CA US 94089
Main phone no. 408-745-9600 |
| 04/07/2006 |
Raritan CommandCenter NOC 250 |
8.1 Very Good |
In-band network management appliance. Leverages many open-source tools to provide admins with a view of the network from many levels, and includes vulnerability scanning capabilities.
>> Full review
>> Go to Raritan Computer's Web site
Corporate address:
400 Cottontail Lane
Somerset,NJ US 08873
Main phone no. (800) 724-8090 |
| 04/07/2006 |
Cyclades AlterPath OnSite |
7.5 Good |
IP KVM and remote console management for SOBOs. Features Java client and two single connections in the initial configuration.
>> Full review
>> Go to Cyclades' Web site
Corporate address:
3541 Gateway Blvd.
Fremont,CA US 94538
Main phone no. 888-292-5233 |
| 04/06/2006 |
RSA Security SecurID Appliance |
7.4 Good |
Token-based authentication system. Allows admins to configure, assign, and manage industrial-grade, token-based authentication across any number of branch offices from a central site via Web-based management utility.
>> Full review
>> Go to RSA Security (EMC)'s Web site
Corporate address:
174 Middlesex Turnpike
Bedford,MA US 01730
Main phone no. 877-772-4900 |
| 04/06/2006 |
Cisco 2811 ISR |
8.7 Excellent |
Integrated service router. Features conventional routing, firewalling, PoE switching, embedded VoIP call management, and voicemail.
>> Full review
>> Go to Cisco Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose,CA US 95134
Main phone no. 800-553-6387 |
| 04/06/2006 |
Cisco 1811W ISR |
8.5 Very Good |
Integrated services router (ISR), for the SOBO network infrastructure. Features include basic network access to PoE switchports and integrated Wi-Fi.
>> Full review
>> Go to Cisco Systems' Web site
Corporate address:
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose,CA US 95134
Main phone no. 800-553-6387 |
| 03/31/2006 |
Shunra Virtual Enterprise (VE) |
8.5 Very Good |
Network testing appliance. Automation modules, VE Predictor and VE Profiler, for “what if” testing. Integration with LoadRunner and SilkPerformer allows definition and execution of load testing scenarios from within the Shunra platform.
>> Full review
>> Go to Shunra Software's Web site
Corporate address:
1375 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York,NY US 10018
Main phone no. 877-474-8672 |
| 03/31/2006 |
Elemental Security Platform |
9.3 Excellent |
Policy and risk management solution. Enables enterprises to implement and manage security policies that support business objectives and address IT risks associated with doing business.
>> Full review
>> Go to Elemental Security's Web site
Corporate address:
155 Bovet Rd. Suite 100
San Mateo,CA US 94402
Main phone no. (650) 292-1400 |
| 03/30/2006 |
Kapow Web Integration Suite |
8.3 Very Good |
Web integration platform. Central-server suite of tools for extracting content from web sites. Automatic screen scraper that assembles information into a portal, aggregating information from many different sites.
>> Full review
>> Go to Kapow Technologies' Web site
Corporate address:
260 Sheridan Ave,
Suite 420
Palo Alto,CA US 94306
Main phone no. 800 805 0828 |
| 03/30/2006 |
SPSS Clementine 2006 |
8.4 Very Good |
Business analysis. Combines a server, client, and optional add-on products to deliver a data mining and predictive analytics workbench. The client design drives productivity with a practical workflow layout. Anomaly detection features power defensive applications such as fraud detection but also help refine the data in ways that make almost all applications quicker.
>> Full review
>> Go to SPSS's Web site
Corporate address:
233 S. Wacker Dr.
11th Floor
Chicago,IL US 60606
Main phone no. 312-651-3000 |
| 03/23/2006 |
Xerox Phaser 7400DN |
8.3 Very Good |
Tabloid color laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Xerox's Web site
Corporate address:
800 Long Ridge Rd.
Stamford,CT US 06904
Main phone no. 203-968-3000 |
| 03/23/2006 |
Ricoh Aficio CL7300D |
8.0 Very Good |
Tabloid color laser printer.
>> Full review
>> Go to Ricoh's Web site
Corporate address:
5 Dedrick Place
West Caldwell,NJ US 07006
Main phone no. 800-637-4264 |
| 03/23/2006 |
Zimbra Collaboration Suite Network (ZCS) Edition |
8.6 Very Good |
Version 4.0 adds Zimbra Documents, a new tool for creating, sharing and publishing documents.
Version 3.0 -- Email platform includes an MTA, LDAP server, and mailbox server. A browser interface, shared calendars, search extends to content within 200 types of attachments. Administrators can move users from Exchange and other systems, or run Zimbra alongside existing systems.
>> Full review
>> Go to Zimbra's Web site
Corporate address:
1500 Fashion Island Boulevard
Suite 100
San Mateo,CA US 94404
Main phone no. 650-212-0505 |
| 03/23/2006 |
Scalix Enterprise Edition |
8.7 Excellent |
Mail solution with support for in-place systems, including Active Directory, and compatibility with Microsoft Outlook.
>> Full review
>> Go to Scalix's Web site
Corporate address:
1400 Fashion Island Blvd.
Suite 180
San Mateo,CA US 94404
Main phone no. 650-212-8300 |
| 03/16/2006 |
Zenprise |
8.4 Very Good |
Application troubleshooting tool for Exchange. Analyzes Exchange servers, finds problems and recommends solutions that will actually fix the issues. Using historical trends, it proactively identifies potential issues before they can cause problems.
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Corporate address:
6120 Stevenson Blvd.
Fremont,CA US 94538
Main phone no. 1-888-936-7747 |
| 03/16/2006 |
Microsoft Exchange 2003 Management Pack for MOM 2005 |
7.4 Good |
Application management tools for Exchange. Integrates with Windows, Active Directory, and Exchange. Offers monitoring tools, predefined rules for creating alerts, and a knowledge base that is useful for troubleshooting.
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Corporate address:
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond,WA US 98052
Main phone no. 425-882-8080 |
| 03/16/2006 |
Quest Spotlight on Exchange |
7.8 Good |
Application management tool for monitoring, managing, and diagnosing Exchange systems for large networks. Integrates with a host of other Quest products to provide a very wide range of utilities for resolving Exchange issues.
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Corporate address:
5 Polaris Way
Aliso Viejo,CA US 92656
Main phone no. 949-754-8000 |
| 03/16/2006 |
DYS Analytics Email Control |
7.6 Good |
Application management tool for MS Exchange. Basic set of tools for monitoring Exchange performance.
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Corporate address:
40 William Street
Wellesley,,MA US 02481
Main phone no. 877.397.1122 |
| 03/10/2006 |
TriCipher Armored Credential System (TACS) |
7.6 Good |
Suite of utility programs and appliances for secure internal and external communications using authentication. TACS strengthens authentication by using encryption keys that have portions stored in multiple locations, and that can use multiple means of storing or deriving those keys.
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Corporate address:
1900 Alameda de las Pulgas
Suite 112
San Mateo,CA US 94403
Main phone no. 650.372.1300 |
| 03/10/2006 |
LogLogic Series 3 LX and ST Appliances |
8.3 Very Good |
Log file maintenance, archiving, and reporting appliances. A collection of two appliances known as the Series 3 appliances. The LX series serves as the initial log file destination and the console for reporting, while the ST series appliances are designed to handle log file archiving.
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Corporate address:
3061-B Zanker Road
San Jose,CA US 95134
Main phone no. 888.347.3883 |
| 03/10/2006 |
BEA Systems WebLogic Server |
8.6 Very Good |
Enterprise-scale Java application server with configurability and management options, advanced features for clustered environments, and wide industry support.
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Corporate address:
2315 North First St.
San Jose,CA US 95131
Main phone no. 800-817-4232 |
| 03/10/2006 |
BEA Systems AquaLogic |
7.3 Good |
ESB (enterprise service bus) component of product line. Provides the plumbing for Web services and other forms of inter-application networking. It supports multiple transports, such as HTTP, FTP, JMS, and e-mail (it doesn't, however, support RMI, IIOP, or CORBA), and it can interface with various true messaging middleware
products.
Also provides traditional enterprise ESB features, data transformations (specified via XML configuration files), rules- and content-based routing, and on-the-fly encryption.
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Corporate address:
2315 North First St.
San Jose,CA US 95131
Main phone no. 800-817-4232 |
| 03/09/2006 |
iSpheres Event Server |
7.0 Good |
Critical events processing (CEP) solution. Delivers critical analysis of data streams in real time. Also offers time-relational operators and direct access to the underlying EPL.
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Corporate address:
4457 Willow Road
Suite 202
Pleasanton,CA US 94588
Main phone no. 925.315.8600 |
| 03/09/2006 |
AptSoft Director for CEP |
8.0 Very Good |
Enterprise CEP (complex events processing) solution, allowing you to lay complex event processing onto existing systems without modification or coding. Common-language tools keep business analysts involved and productive in the process.
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Corporate address:
20 Mall Road
Burlington,MA US 01803
Main phone no. 781.270.4900 |
| 03/06/2006 |
WatchGuard Firebox X2500 Core (2006) |
8.3 Very Good |
Unified threat management appliance. Offers a policy engine based on packet filters and application proxies, IPS and VPN services, granular UTM services and monitoring and reporting functions.
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Corporate address:
505 Fifth Avenue South
Suite 500
Seattle,WA US 98104
Main phone no. 206-521-8340 |
| 03/06/2006 |
SonicWall Pro 2040 (2006) |
8.9 Excellent |
Network unified threat management (UTM) appliance. Integrated security solution. comes with four 10/100Mbps interfaces for network connectivity and a host of firewalling services.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
1143 Borregas Ave.
Sunnyvale,CA US 94089
Main phone no. 408-745-9600 |
| 03/06/2006 |
Astaro Security Gateway 220 |
8.0 Very Good |
Unified threat management (UTM) appliance for integrated network security. Integrates firewall, VPN gateway, intrusion protection, content filtering, anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware and phishing protection.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
3 New England Executive Park
Burlington,MA US 01803
Main phone no. 781-272-8787 |
| 03/06/2006 |
Fortinet FortiGate FGT-400A |
8.4 Very Good |
Network unified threat management appliance. Integrates firewall, content filtering, VPN, intrusion detection and prevention, and traffic shaping
functions.
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Corporate address:
920 Stewart Dr.
Sunnyvale,CA US 94085
Main phone no. 408-235-7700 |
| 03/06/2006 |
ServGate EdgeForce M Series M30 |
8.7 Excellent |
ServGate's entry-level unified threat management appliance model. Includes remote and policy management as well as VPN and UTM services.
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Corporate address:
658 Gibraltar Ct.
Milpitas,CA US 95035
Main phone no. 408-635-8400 |
| 03/03/2006 |
HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS) |
8.9 Excellent |
E-mail archiving system. Offersd archiving, quick messages retrieval, and granular scalability.
Consists of underlying grid of resilient clusters, called SmartCells. Containing two blade servers that mirror their data for automatic fail-over, each SmartCell is self-sufficient and integrates with other cells in the grid. A basic RISS system has a capacity of 1.7TB, which can be expanded in granular increments as your archiving needs grow.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto,CA US 94304
Main phone no. 650-857-1501 |
| 03/03/2006 |
Asigra Televaulting for Enterprises |
8.4 Very Good |
A backup/restore solution; includes tools and functions to manage distributed data from one central hub; protects data across the network; servers, desktops or laptops, central LAN or distributed LANs, any data is transmitted over an IP WAN to a central online repository for backup via user controledl backup functions.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
1120 Finch Avenue West, Suite 400
Toronto,ON CA M3J 3H7
Main phone no. 416-736-8111 |
| 03/02/2006 |
Altiris Software Virtualization Solution |
8.8 Excellent |
Software configuration management solution. Allows activation, deactivation or resetting of applications, avoiding conflicts between applications and without altering a base Windows installation.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
588 W. 400 S.
Lindon,UT US 84042
Main phone no. 801-226-8500 |
| 02/24/2006 |
Xiotech Magnitude 3D 3000e |
7.9 Good |
Entry-level of mid-range SAN product line.
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Corporate address:
6455 Flying Cloud Dr.
Eden Prairie,MN US 55344
Main phone no. 866-472-6764 |
| 02/24/2006 |
Compellent Storage Center |
8.6 Very Good |
Midrange SAN. Consists of a storage controller and one or more drive shelves. The drive shelf accommodates 16 SCSI U320 or ATA drives. Features include automatic data migration.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
12982 Valley View Rd.
Eden Prairie,MN US 55344
Main phone no. 952-294-3300 |
| 02/23/2006 |
Sun Microsystems Sun Fire x64 Servers X4200 |
8.7 Excellent |
Enterprise server. Features up-front USB ports, four hot-swap 2.5-inch 10,000RPM SAS disks, an internal LSI RAID controller, four DDR400 ECC RAM slots per CPU, two PCI-X slots, a DVD drive, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, redundant power supplies, and Sun’s ILOM (Integrated Lights Out Manager) interface.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara,CA US 95054
Main phone no. 800-555-9SUN |
| 02/23/2006 |
Agitar Software Agitator |
8.7 Excellent |
Tests Java code by sending test values to ferret out errors. The software will also enforce many standard rules of thumb for developing Java code, such as closing JDBC connections in the finally block to guarantee that the connection is truly closed.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
1350 Villa St.
Mountain View,CA US 94041
Main phone no. 650-694-7572 |
| 02/17/2006 |
SimpleFeed |
8.4 Very Good |
RSS sales and client relationship tool that targets online content to customers and prospects.
Hosted service offers enterprises a way for customers and prospects to choose the exact information they wish to receive. Eases content publishing for the marketing staff, while online forms let site visitors specify custom feeds.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
409 Sherman Ave.
Palo Alto,CA US 94306
Main phone no. 650-328-0300 |
| 02/17/2006 |
ShoreTel Converged Conferencing |
8.7 Excellent |
Combines ShorTels Conference Bridge appliance with collaboration applications that run in a standard Web browser. Unites audio conferencing, online presentation, Web collaboration, IM, and multimedia recording within a single 1U Conference Bridge appliance.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
960 Stewart Dr.
Sunnyvale,CA US 94085
Main phone no. 800-425-9385 |
| 02/16/2006 |
Zantaz Enterprise Archive Solution |
8.5 Very Good |
Enterprise-class archiving solution. Scalable, WAN-aware archiving solution for Exchange, Notes and file servers. Offers policy management and administrative tools, and granular permissions.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
5671 Gibraltar Drive
Pleasanton,CA US 94588
Main phone no. 800-636-0095 |
| 02/16/2006 |
Symantec Veritas Enterprise Vault |
8.5 Very Good |
Enterprise-class archiving solution that's part of Veritas' suite of backup and data management products. Can archive Exchange, Windows-file, SharePoint, and Lotus Domino servers.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
350 Ellis St.
Mountain View,CA US 94043
Main phone no. 800-327-2232 |
| 02/10/2006 |
NFR Sentivist |
8.0 Very Good |
Intrusion prevention and management system. Includes GUI, straightforward configuration and deployment of in-line blocking, and detection engine.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
5 Choke Cherry Road
Suite 200
Rockville,MD US 20850-4004
Main phone no. 240-632-9000 |
| 02/10/2006 |
McAfee IntruShield 1400 |
8.4 Very Good |
Intrusion detection and prevention security appliance. Offers integration with host IPS Entercept that extends visibility into the network, and protocol parsing, SSL decryption, and virtual interfaces to strengthen security.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
3965 Freedom Circle
Santa Clara,CA US 95054
Main phone no. 888-847-8766 |
| 02/09/2006 |
ClairMail ClairAccess |
8.6 Very Good |
Transactional messaging appliance or hosted service. Extends e-mail and SMS, giving them trusted access to internal applications and external Internet resources. Messages trigger scripts on the ClairAccess appliance that authenticate users, query applications, and send back results to the mobile device. There’s no need for additional software on handhelds or rewriting apps.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
4 Hamilton Landing
Novato,CA US 94949
Main phone no. 415.884.7270 |
| 02/09/2006 |
New Boundary Technologies Policy Commander |
7.8 Good |
Security policy enforcement tool. Automates the implementation and enforcement of computer security policies across the enterprise.; continuously monitors the configuration states of computers on the network; compliance information is summarized in an executive dashboard; intuitive Web-browser interface; notifies and remediates instances of non-compliance; provides a growing library of security policies and templates from New Boundary Technologies, Microsoft and IT security organizations such as the NSA, NIST, and the SANS Institute as well as adding internal and customized policies; allows administrators to define the role and security level of a computer, and automatically applies the appropriate security policies for its role and security level.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
1300 Godward Street NE
Suite 3100
Minneapolis,MN US 55413
Main phone no. 800-747-4487 |
| 02/03/2006 |
Sun Ultra 20 |
7.6 Good |
Entry-level X64 workstation.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara,CA US 95054
Main phone no. 800-555-9SUN |
| 02/03/2006 |
Aventail EX-2500 |
8.7 Excellent |
SSL VPN appliance. Secure remote access solution. Provides for automated password updates and also single sign-on with Netegrity and RSA. Endpoint management has support for mobile devices, and new Native Access Modules for Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
808 Howell St.
Second Floor
Seattle,WA US 98101
Main phone no. 877-283-6824 |
| 02/03/2006 |
F5 Networks FirePass 4100 (2006) |
9.1 Excellent |
SSL VPN appliance. Offers scalability and supports a wide range of remote access options. Its endpoint control, Visual Policy Editor, provides a flow-based view of creating logon sequences.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
401 Elliott Ave. West
Seattle,WA US 98119
Main phone no. 206-272-5555 |
| 02/02/2006 |
Uplogix Envoy |
8.1 Very Good |
Remote-site network administration/network device management solution. Consists of Envoy 1U rack unit and Envoy Management Station (EMS) a centralized, web-based management portal for managing multiple Envoys. EMS is built on a Dell 2U server. Products are priced separately.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
8601 RR 2222
Suite 1-235
Austin,TX US 78730
Main phone no. 877-857-7077 |
| 01/27/2006 |
Gateway E-9220T |
7.1 Good |
Dual-core entry-level server. Supports redundant and hot-swappable 500-watt power supplies and optional dual-port 10/100/1000 server NIC card from Broadcom.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
14303 Gateway Place
Poway,CA US 92064
Main phone no. 858-848-3401 |
| 01/27/2006 |
Dell PowerEdge 850* |
7.7 Good |
Dual-core server. 1U form factor with bundled management capabilities via Dell’s OpenManage Server Administrator. For SMBs, high volume rack centers, larger clustered or grid-style environments.
>> Full review
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Corporate address:
1 Dell Way
Round Rock,TX US 78682
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