ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage
Enterprises facing rapidly growing backup demands, shrinking windows of opportunity and the ever-present threat of ransomware attacks need to rethink their data protection strategies. ExaGrid has the answer as its Tiered Backup Storage systems deliver an incredibly flexible and high performing scale-out storage solution with a unique front-end Landing Zone and the industry’s only AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock for Ransomware Recovery (RTL) feature, which identifies anomalies and prevents threat actors from maliciously deleting or encrypting backup data.
BlueCat Integrity X
With a track record stretching back over 25 years, BlueCat Networks has built up an enviable reputation in the DDI (DNS, DHCP and IPAM) management space and its next generation Integrity X could be a game-changer for enterprises managing complex on-premises and cloud network infrastructures. More than just an update, it takes everything that made the original Integrity product great and delivers a fully unified solution for centralised management of mission-critical DDI services.
Mutiny Observability Platform 8
Few can match Mutiny’s Observability Platform for longevity as it’s been a main player in the network monitoring sector for over 25 years. This British company isn’t content to rest on its laurels either, as the latest v8 on review introduces plenty of new and welcome features.
Keeper Security KeeperPAM
Privileged access management (PAM) is an essential cybersecurity strategy that allows businesses to significantly reduce their attack surface - and Keeper Security's KeeperPAM offers a sophisticated solution for protecting access to critical resources.
Keeper Security KeeperPAM Review
Privileged access management (PAM) is an essential cybersecurity strategy that allows businesses to significantly reduce their attack surface - and Keeper Security's KeeperPAM offers a sophisticated solution for protecting access to critical resources.
LiveAction LiveNX 25.1
The exponential growth and complexity of enterprise networks are presenting network administrators with new challenges. To effectively manage and monitor network performance they need a solution that provides total visibility, and yet many products are merely a disparate collection of point solutions with little correlation across them, making it difficult to accurately pinpoint the root cause of problems.
ExaGrid S3 Storage for Veeam
ExaGrid is a top choice for enterprise data backup storage and disaster recovery as its Tiered Backup Storage family of EX appliances offer a unique set of data protection capabilities. Furthermore, integration with all the leading backup applications allows enterprises to retain their existing backup infrastructure.
BlueCat Micetro
DNS, DHCP and IPAM (DDI) services are fundamental to network operations, and growing trends for cloud adoption and network automation mean it is essential that they are managed effectively. BlueCat Networks specialises in network optimisation and modernisation solutions, and its Micetro platform delivers highly efficient DDI management and orchestration services.
Perle IOLAN SCR256 Console Server
As data centre demands grow, support staff rely heavily on secure remote access to critical infrastructure devices. Console servers are an essential requirement as they accelerate troubleshooting by negating the need for lengthy on-site visits, and out-of-band (OOB) management ensures core devices are accessible even during network outages.
BackBox Network Automation Platform
As enterprise networks grow in complexity, businesses can no longer afford to rely on inefficient and error-prone manual processes to manage and maintain critical infrastructure devices.
BackBox Network Automation Platform
As enterprise networks grow in complexity, businesses can no longer afford to rely on inefficient and error-prone manual processes to manage and maintain critical infrastructure devices.
BackBox Network Automation Platform
As enterprise networks grow in complexity, businesses can no longer afford to rely on inefficient and error-prone manual processes to manage and maintain critical infrastructure devices.
NetAlly LinkRunner AT 4000
Since their introduction over two decades ago, NetAlly's LinkRunner© AT network cable testers have become the go-to tool for network engineers - and they just got even better. The latest LinkRunner 3000 and 4000 models take everything that made their predecessors famous and add a wealth of new and valuable features.
Highlight Service Observability Platform
In today's highly competitive landscape, businesses must ensure that the IT services they provide are delivering on all counts. With a track record going back over 20 years, UK-based Highlight has the solution, as its Service Observability Platform is designed from the ground up to provide senior managers with clear and unambiguous visibility into the technologies and services that business success depends on.
Portnox Cloud
Network access control and endpoint security have a mixed reception in enterprises as many solutions are challenging to deploy, complex to manage and prohibitively expensive. Portnox Cloud avoids all these pitfalls as an affordable UAC (unified access control) solution that stands out by being the first and only cloud-native platform currently on the market.
Portnox Cloud
Network access control and endpoint security have a mixed reception in enterprises, as many solutions are challenging to deploy, complex to manage and prohibitively expensive
NetAlly CyberScope Air
When NetAlly launched its CyberScope last year it proudly hailed it as the world’s first wired and wireless handheld network vulnerability scanner capable of providing in-depth cybersecurity analysis and reporting. NetAlly has now released the CyberScope Air, which places all the same great features in the hands of technicians responsible for wireless security at the network edge.
ExaGrid EX189
Enterprises facing rapidly growing backup demands and ever shrinking windows of opportunity need to rethink their data protection strategies. ExaGrid is the ideal solution as the Tiered Backup Storage systems deliver a smart scale-out solution, and the latest EX189 model takes density into the stratosphere with an industry-leading 12PB of raw backup capacity in 64U of rack space.
Polywell Nano-U10L4-SFP+
If extreme longevity is a mark of success then Polywell Computers is a clear winner, as this US-based company has been designing and building computing products since 1987. Its impressive portfolio includes enterprise-class rack servers, storage systems, workstations and PCs while a rapidly expanding range of mini-PCs allows it to offer an unprecedented choice of form factors and features.
Hornetsecurity 365 Permission Manager
Microsoft 365 (MS365) is the productivity and communications platform of choice for organisations of all sizes, with it already having reached a staggering 382 million paid seats this year. A huge number of companies, including those with hybrid working practices, clearly see the benefits of MS365 cloud collaboration services; but ensuring adequate protection of information assets, and preventing unauthorised and anony-mous access, can be a major challenge.
Perle Systems IDS-710HP-XT
The growing demand for industrial Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches is being driven by many factors including the adoption of IoT devices, outdoor IP surveillance systems and the new high-performance Wi-Fi 6/7 access points. Perle Systems is a specialist in this area and its latest IDS-710HP family can go where other PoE switches fear to tread.
NetAlly AirCheck G3 Pro
NetAlly has a fine reputation for delivering desirable portable network testing and diagnostics solutions and its AirCheck G3 Pro will appeal hugely to technicians and engineers maintaining wireless networks.
Hornetsecurity Security Awareness Service
Cybercriminals never sit still and are always looking for new ways to outwit businesses and breach their security controls.
macmon NAC
macmon's NAC product is designed to be simple to deploy and maintain, while protecting your network from the outset.
ENDACE: ENDACEPROBE CLOUD
Cloud computing has revolutionised business operations globally, but the ‘shared responsibility’ security model used by providers presents many challenges for SecOps and NetOps teams.
Hornetsecurity Security Awareness Service
Cybercriminals never sit still and are always looking for new ways to outwit businesses and breach their security controls. Email spear phishing is still one of the most successful and prevalent forms of attack, so businesses must be more robust in their defences and stop seeing staff as just another security risk.
Endace EndaceProbe Cloud
Cloud computing has revolutionised business operations globally, but the ‘shared responsibility’ security model used by providers presents many challenges for SecOps and NetOps teams. Providers look after the security of the infrastructure, data centres and server hardware leaving customers to handle cloud application, data, operating system and access security.
macmon NAC
Despite the undeniable security benefits many businesses find implementing a network access control solution challenging, as all too many are complex and time consuming to install and difficult to manage. The German company macmon secure GmbH stands out from the crowd as its NAC product is designed to be simple to deploy and maintain while its smart agentless architecture means it can be protecting your network from day one.
NetAlly AirCheck G3 Pro
NetAlly has a fine reputation for delivering desirable portable network testing and diagnostics solutions and its AirCheck G3 Pro will appeal hugely to technicians and engineers maintaining wireless networks. This ruggedised handheld device takes many of the features from the second-generation AirCheck G2 model and makes them even better.
macmon NAC
Macmon secure GmbH's powerful NAC product is designed to protect networks right from the very first moment
Tollring Analytics 365
Microsoft Teams saw a huge uptick in usage during the pandemic and since then it has continued to grow exponentially, with it reaching 300 million users globally this year. It’s clearly the all-in-one communications platform of choice for organisations of all sizes, but to get the best from it they need clear insights into how it is being used.
Purple Knight
As the predominant sources of identity and access management in the enterprise, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure Active Directory (AAD) are irresistible targets for cybercriminals. Both are vulnerable to an increasingly wide range of exploits and in hybrid environments using on-premises AD to connect to AAD, attackers can even move laterally from one to the other.
Mutiny Monitoring System
Businesses large and small are spoilt for choice with network monitoring solutions - but Mutiny rises to the top for many very sound reasons.
Hornetsecurity’s VM Backup 9 Unlimited Plus Edition
Hornetsecurity’s VM Backup has always been one of our top choices for protecting Hyper-V and VMware virtualised environments. Its intuitive management console and simple drag and drop operations make it extremely easy to use. The latest VM Backup V9 goes even further by delivering ransomware protection and enhanced scalability for large environments.
Secure communication across locations
Daniel Heck, Vice President Marketing, Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity, looks at the dangers involved where data exchange is left unprotected and thus vulnerable to attack
ExaGrid’s Integration with Veeam Fast Clone
ExaGrid has always been a top choice for enterprise data backup and disaster recovery as its Tiered Backup Storage family of EX appliances offer a unique set of data protection features. Furthermore, integration with all the leading backup applications allows enterprises to retain their existing backup infrastructure.
AdRem NetCrunch 13
Enterprises and SMBs are spoilt for choice with network monitoring products but AdRem Software’s NetCrunch stands out from the crowd for many good reasons. It offers an impressive set of network monitoring tools integrated seamlessly into a single console and teams them up with extreme ease of use and great value.
Perle IRG7440 5G Router & Gateway
Perle Systems has the perfect solution for businesses seeking high-speed, secure, always-on internet connectivity.
Gatewatcher AIONIQ
As cyber-attacks increase in magnitude and sophistication, organisations of all sizes can no longer afford to constantly play catch-up. They need to stay one step ahead of cybercriminals, if they want to survive.
Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity: R&S Browser in the Box
Cybercriminals are becoming ever more innovative with their attack vectors, but one of the weakest points inside any organisation's defence perimeter has always been the humble web browser.
Progress Flowmon Collector 12.1
NetOps and SecOps teams that demand full visibility into their networks will find the Flowmon product family from Progress delivers precisely what they need.
NetAlly EtherScope EXG-300
NetAlly's EtherScope nXG bowled us over when we first reviewed it as this ruggedised handheld device delivers a stunning range of wired and wireless diagnostics features. Not content to rest on its laurels, NetAlly has launched the new and improved EXG-300 model which delivers full visibility into Wi-Fi 6 and 6E networks and supports all three 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands.
Fluke Networks FiberLert
Fibre cabling is by far and away the predominant choice for connecting high-performance networks and is used for core networks and backbone connections by data centres, data communications providers, campus networks and much more.
Progress WhatsUp Gold 2022
In the world of network monitoring, WhatsUp Gold (WUG) has a remarkable track record going back to the early 1990s. It’s easy to see why as it has consistently offered an unbeatable range of monitoring tools ideally suited to SMBs and enterprises.
TREND Networks LanTEK IV-S
TREND Networks has an excellent reputation in the network cable certification world and its LanTEK IV-S takes this to the next level.
Perle IOLAN SCG
Managing data centres and large distributed networks demands remote access to critical infrastructure devices as issues can be quickly resolved before they become disasters. This avoids tedious and expensive site visits, but if the network at the remote site fails, support staff will lose access to these devices.
Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection
The concerted move to home and hybrid working practices has seen cloud services uptake increase exponentially and none more so than Microsoft 365.
CloudCall – The CRM Centric Communications Platform
As businesses move their phone system into the cloud, it makes perfect sense to integrate it with their customer relationship management (CRM) solution.
ExaGrid x Commvault = Enhanced Storage Economics
ExaGrid stands tall in the enterprise data backup and disaster recovery market as its Tiered Backup Storage family of EX appliances deliver a unique data protection solution with a sharp focus on performance and reduced storage costs. Even more compelling is ExaGrid's data deduplication technology, as its patented Landing Zone with Adaptive Deduplication solves the performance challenges inherent in traditional inline data reduction techniques.
Veritas Backup Exec
The most valuable asset that an organisation possesses is information.
SolarWinds SQL Sentry
SolarWinds SQL Sentry provides the information businesses demand to ensure their databases run smoothly and won't impact on customer services
Redkey USB
With all the focus on cybercriminals and internet attacks, it's easy to forget that data breaches can easily occur, if businesses fail to remove confidential data when discarding or selling on their old computers.
Zivver Secure Email
Email is responsible for the majority of data breaches - and leaks with human error are cited regularly as the main cause.
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
Databases are so critical to business operations that it's essential their health, availability and performance are assured.
The Cash Flow Challenge
EleVia Software recruits the company's finance department in their drive to improve productivity, writes David Chadwick
PhysioWizard
Musculoskeletal problems are perhaps the single biggest cause for construction employees to take sick days off work. Now, PhysioWizard provides a certified and thorough self assessment tool that guides you through the process and tells you what to do next
Cybereason Mobile
The coronavirus pandemic and its continuing impact have changed the threat landscape for ever and only the most agile organisations will survive.
Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection
Microsoft 365 is by far the most prevalent cloud email service for businesses, but this popularity brings inherent risks, as it also makes it the top target for cybercriminals.
Kingston Technology Data Center DC1000M
As data centre applications and workloads demand ever greater storage performance, enterprises are finding that NVMe SSDs are the only way to go.
SolarWinds AppOptics
Infrastructure and application performance monitoring (APM) are essential tools for enterprises and yet many solutions are overly complex and require high levels of expertise to understand. SolarWinds simplifies these processes immensely as its AppOptics SaaS solution is designed to provide deeper insights and intelligent analysis for swifter problem resolution.
NetAlly EtherScope nXG
NetAlly's EtherScope nXG sets new standards for network analysis as it delivers a remarkably powerful set of diagnostics and troubleshooting features in a ruggedised handheld device.
Issues and risks
Version 4.6 of 3D Repo introduces a new measurement tool, a Revit plug-in for handling design and construction issues, and an integrated version of SafetiBase
ZPE Systems Nodegrid Services Router
In these challenging times support staff demand secure remote access to critical infrastructure devices, as it accelerates troubleshooting and negates the need for on-site visits. There are plenty of appliances that offer these services but we've yet to see any that can match the sheer versatility of those from ZPE Systems.
ExaGrid EX63000E
ExaGrid has always been a great choice for enterprise backup because the EX appliance family delivers everything that is required to stay within your backup window and its budget
HCI-Flex from DataCore
DataCore has a fine reputation in the software-defined storage (SDS) market
Flowmon Anomaly Detection System
Traditional security tools, often signature based, can be very effective in defending against specific threats, but many focus exclusively on North/South network traffic
Internet Insights from ThousandEyes
We reviewed ThousandEyes in November/December 2018 and were very impressed. Significantly extending network visibility, Internet Insights has now been added to this already powerful solution.
webCRM
Automation of customer interactions, especially sales, is a challenge, one not made easier by diverse communication channels including telephone, email, SMS, Chat and even old fashioned letters - and of course customer expectations
PRTG Network Monitor (19.2) from Paessler
Organisations wanting to monitor all of their network traffic, not just some, will find the Paessler PRTG Network Monitor a great choice
Powerproject XV
Mark Dixon, Head of Development for Powerproject at Elecosoft, explains the challenges facing project managers and talks through the latest iteration of Elecosoft's leading project management software - Powerproject XV
CYJAX Intelligence Platform
As cyber threats become more targeted, enterprises need to find new ways to combat the dangers posed by increasingly sophisticated hackers
R&S Trusted Gate from Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity
A cybersecurity strategy to address specific threat profiles can be demanding, but central to each one is the protection of data, the most prized asset
ARCHICAD 23
The latest version of Graphisoft's flagship architectural design application, ARCHICAD 23, introduces some interesting tools in Beam and Column design, and Void and Recess creation
Computer Disposals Ltd On-site Hard Disk Destruction Service
Security-savvy businesses don't think twice about having paper records securely shredded, but many fail to apply the same philosophy when it comes to hard disk disposal. It's essential for GDPR compliance that retired hard disks containing confidential and PII (personally identifiable information) are completely destroyed and the only way to ensure this is to use a professional service
Feeding the design with Marionette
Vectorworks widens its appeal beyond the realms of architecture and building design by integrating its own script-based design tool, Marionette, within its architectural design application
Synology RackStation RS1219+
SMBs short on office space and network storage will love Synology's new RackStation RS1219+ as this is the first short-depth 2U rack NAS appliance to market
Celestix SecureAccess Platform
Remote access to the corporate network is now an essential requirement and many businesses use Microsoft's DirectAccess as it's easy to deploy and provides tight security
My1Login Enterprise IAM
With the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in force, it's never been more important for businesses to have a robust identity and access management (IAM) solution in place
Titania Paws Studio 3.2.2
SMEs daunted by data protection regulations and the looming GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) can rest easy with Titania's Paws Studio
Review: Kodak i1190WN
Almost a year ago we took a look at the then newly released i1190 from Kodak Alaris, and at first glance there is little - apart from the branding - to distinguish the WN variant from the model we reviewed then
Acunetix 11
With web sites now under a daily onslaught of attacks, businesses can't afford to be lax about security
The Aegis Secure Key 3z from Apricorn
With the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) active early in 2018, businesses of all sizes must start work on full compliance now
