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Updated RightAnswers Service Simplifies Search for Help
It’s hard to find good help these days, at least when you need to search a support knowledge base for answers to support questions. RightAnswers’ Knowledge-Paks Online tries to remedy this and does simplify finding answers, although, in my tests, the quality of the answer largely depended on the quality of the question. The online…
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Check Point Appliance Ably Guards Networks
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.’s InterSpect 610 provides an Internal Security Gateway—an intrusion protection system designed to protect networks from exploits entering the network via laptops and mobile devices. However, although the appliance admirably protects the network core from attacks, its overall efficacy depends heavily on the user’s network architecture. In eWEEK Labs’ tests, the…
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Systems Integrator Eases Handoff of IT Baton
When communication is a pillar of your business, migrating to another communication system and then maintaining it once it’s installed can be equally critical. But executing such a move with a small budget and little in-house expertise adds a new set of challenges. Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP learned this firsthand last year when the…
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Five Steps to a Solid Security Foundation
Managing enterprise security is one of the most complex and time-consuming jobs imaginable. However, applying the simplest and most basic security measures will protect companies from close to 90 percent of the threats they might face. Here are the five basic steps recommended by eWEEK Labs. Assessment Step 1 Security risks in enterprise IT systems…
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FileMaker Pro Gets Even Better
FileMaker has long been a leader when it comes to making small-scale relational databases easy to develop, use, and deploy. FileMaker Pro 7 builds further on this already strong foundation with improved capabilities for managing relationships, more sophisticated user-access controls, and other subtle improvements. Compared with Microsoft Access, FileMaker retains a distinctive edge in usability.…
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SGI Keeps Storage Down to Earth
With his users generating data at incredible rates, Alan Powers, high-end-computing lead for NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division, had to find a way to efficiently and inexpensively store data while keeping it accessible to users. About six years ago, Powers tested Silicon Graphics Inc.’s DMF (Data Migration Facility) solution, which blends tape- and hard-drive-based storage using…
