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Best and worst of Exchange 2010

Microsoft Exchange 2010 officially ships today, offering enterprises a bigger, better, faster messaging platform. In April, reviewer Joel Snyder tested the beta version of Exchange 2010. Here, he checks out a boatload of the most interesting features ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  9 Nov 2009

SonicWALL firewalls for less than $1,000

Network World - SonicWALL recently started shipping six new firewalls to replace the low-end of its product line. The new firewalls are the TZ100, TZ200 and TZ210, each also available with 802.11n wireless integration. This product release completes ...

From JOEL SNYDER, ComputerWorld,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: SonicWALL, Inc.

How we tested SonicWALL's firewalls

We installed the TZ200 and TZ210 firewalls on a production network in Rome, Italy, for a one-month period to get a feel for their responsiveness, the new features of SonicOS, and reach and performance of the built-in wireless. Using the documentation ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: SonicWALL, Inc.,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Polycom, Inc.,  Spirent plc

Review: SonicwALL firewalls for less than $1,000

SonicWALL recently started shipping six new firewalls to replace the low-end of its product line. The new firewalls are the TZ100, TZ200 and TZ210, each also available with 802.11n wireless integration. This product release completes ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: SonicWALL, Inc.,  AB Volvo

UTM performance: The yo-yo effect

Network World - In our testing of the SonicWALL TZ200 and TZ210 systems, we discovered a significant performance impact when UTM features were enabled on typical Internet traffic. SonicWALL's specification sheets warn that there will be a reduction. ...

From JOEL SNYDER, ComputerWorld,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: SonicWALL, Inc.

Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar

Cisco is shipping what it claims is the first intrusion-prevention system (IPS) to correlate IP reputation filtering with signature-based intrusion prevention sensors. We tested the software upgrade to Cisco's shipping IPS hardware and appliances and ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.

How Cisco's SensorBase works

Cisco engineers showed us an "internal use only" table that spells out how different reputations (which are on a scale from 0 to -10, with -10 being the worst possible reputation) and different levels selected will affect the Risk Rating, but told us ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  10 Aug 2009

How we tested Cisco IPS 7.0

We installed a Cisco 4260 IPS appliance in a production network with approximately 700 Web sites generating approximately 25Mbps traffic to the Internet. Our goal in this testing was to focus on the reputation services aspect of the 7.0 software, so we ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Testing Cisco IPS 7.0's reputation filtering

The traditional way of querying a reputation service database, by DNS queries, wouldn't work in an IPS environment. Instead, IPS 7.0 downloads the entire reputation service database and keeps it frequently updated. No additional license is required to ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Exchange 2010 beta sneak peek-test

The first public beta of Microsoft's next version of Exchange, due out in the second half of this year, hits the streets today. Microsoft gave us early access and we had 10 days to put it through its paces in a VMware environment. Microsoft has packed ...

From JOEL SNYDER, NetworkWorld,  15 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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