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The Test Center highlights noteworthy PC components that came through the lab so far this year. Manufacturers' ability to build components that support both quad- and dual-core hardware platforms continues to impress us.

Acer's latest Aspire Gemstone laptops come just in time for the holiday shopping blitz, targeting consumers with a range of entertainment-focused models.

It's been a busy quarter for shakeups in some of the industry's top channel companies. Here we look at several channel executives who have come and gone in the last few months.

FIND REVIEWS

SECURITY REVIEWS

O2 Micro expands their electronic component business into the security business. How does their latest unified threat management rate?

SonicWall claims their NSA2400 UTM is "next generation security." The Test Center tests the claim.

The converged network—running both voice and data over IP networks—offers cost savings, increased flexibility and new capabilities. Savvy solution providers start thinking about VoIP security from the get-go, not after the fact.

Desktop security remains one of the most critical applications for today's PCs. The Test Center looks at five security suites.

VoIPshield researchers showed the Test Center how to break into a Cisco VoiP system over the Web.

Security analysts have adopted honeypots in many scenarios to give them a heads-up on the IT threats that are emerging. The Test Center examines a commercial honeypot to see if solution providers might want to give it a look.

Earlier this year, to take a proactive approach to threat analysis, the CRN Test Center adopted Core Impact 7.5, a comprehensive penetration testing suite from security vendor Core Security Technologies, Boston, as a part of its security testing toolkit.

Bakeoff: Three security appliances block, tackle when it comes to Web threats.

Self-proclaimed as the Most Popular German Encryption Software, Exklamate Software's ArchiCrypt Live 5.0 is now setting its sights on English speaking countries and the U.S. is on the target list. The Test Center gave the latest version a once-over to see what it offers.

Phishing takes many forms as it tries to compromise and steal user data. Antiphishing also takes on many forms, as it scans Web and e-mail traffic and examines network activity. The Untangle Gateway Platform from Untangle Inc., San Mateo, Calif., offers an antiphishing solution as part of a comprehensive product offering.

A key component of Microsoft's 'Albany' Beta is its security app, Live OneCare. A new look at how it fairs against ZoneAlarm from rival Check Point.

In this round of our continuing series, the Test Center looks at two more anti-spam solutions.

Finjan announced a new software version for its Vital Security appliance that offers users a more powerful and easier management interface and effective real-time scan for malware.

Unified threat management tends to be a weighty matter, and not just in theory. UTMs are at times heavy, cumbersome rack-mountable boxes that can span a wide footprint when data center space is at a premium. It was a nice surprise receiving eSoft's InstaGate 404e appliance—a lightweight contender in the integrated security market coming in at around 3.5 pounds and measuring a diminutive 9 inches x 6.25 inches.

In this bake-off, antispam offerings face off in the tst center's 'Let's Can Spam' series.

The announcement of a data breach at Hannaford Bros. supermarket's might have been prevented with better data base security. The Test Center examines one product to see how it protects databases from just those types of breaches.

Instant messaging in the enterprise means a lot more than emoticon smiley faces: It's no LOL matter.

Catbird provides a unique tool and offering that VARs can use to secure virtual machines. The Test Center takes a look.

From antiphishing to antispam, F-Secure says its new Internet security suite handles it all. CMP Channel Test Center takes a look to see how it does.

Buzz has been all over TrueCrypt, the on-the-fly drive encryption package that's free for download. The Test Center gives it a look.

Wireless networks are vulnerable to all kinds of security issues, ranging from rogue access points to unauthorized equipment. To properly secure the network, information is necessary to understand what is going on within the wireless environment.

The CRN Test Center judges the intrusion-prevention efectiveness of Privacyware's Privatefirewall 6.0.

While the be-all, end-all unified threat management solution doesn't yet exist, some UTM solutions are definitely better than others.

Promisec Spectator Professional provides an added layer of security, allowing administrators visibility and control over what users are doing on their PCs, workstations, laptops and services within a domain.

With the release of version 5.0, the Hailstorm Enterprise ARC Web-based management application can now deploy the Hailstorm security engine across an enterprise. ARC is more than just a portal that manages many Hailstorm engines simultaneously. The software also helps IT managers and developers manage unsecured code.

Arguably, e-mail has become one of the most important forms of communication for the 21st century, yet its reputation as a time-saving, efficient communications mode has lost its luster over the last few years. Thanks to spam, inappropriate content, data leakage, malware and so on, e-mail has become more of a burden than a help for many users, and, worse yet, a liability for employers.

Grisoft, Kaspersky Lab and Panda security are boosting their channel presence. Which vendor's suite will take home the CRNtech crown?

McAfee's SIG 3000 shows strength in spam filtering, virus scans, and malware blocking, while built-in network tools enable monitoring of network bandwidth.

As organizations increasingly rely on wireless technology to conduct their daily business and provide mobility both inside and outside the office, the need to secure and manage that infrastructure is becoming more complex.

Trend Micro's Client Server Messaging Security 3.6 software combines several security technologies to create a blanket of protection for network-attached Vista PCs.

EEye Digital Security's Blink Professional 3.0 end-point security suite takes an innovative approach to protocol analysis to detect and block zero-day attacks that bypass standard signature-checking solutions.

Proofpoint aims to give VARs a new way to fight spam with its Messaging Security Gateway Virtual Edition product, which combines the strengths of software-based antispam solutions with the ease of use associated with an appliance by using virtual technology.

Network access control has become a linchpin of IT security, but which products offer good potential for VARs? The CRN Test Center tried out three software products that can help accelerate a solution provider's entry into the NAC market.

Safend Protector 3.1 controls all end points on a network by monitoring real-time traffic and applying highly granular security policies to all physical, wireless and storage interfaces.

Symantec's latest release of its Security Information Manager (SIM) appliance delivers the big picture of security management and compliance to the harried administrator.

Web content filtering is a solution that many CIOs and small-business owners might rather forget, but with regulatory requirements and legal liabilities, they just can't.

NetContinuum's NC-1100 application firewall offers a plethora of features to help keep applications safe from attack and data safe from compromise.

ScriptLogic's Desktop Authority Version 7.5 enables administrators to control every aspect of the desktop environment.

Adobe Acrobat 8 Profes-sional is moving headlong into the workflow space with its new form editing features.

Protecting intellectual property, keeping data private, fending off corporate espionage, meeting compliance requirements and monitoring network traffic are all enough to make a network administrator's head spin.

Deployment flexibility is becoming more and more important for today's security products. VARs are seeking products that can bring security to most any environment, while still creating new opportunities and offering advanced capabilities. SonicWall has listened to the demands of the channel with the creation of the SonicWall TZ190 appliance.

Many administrators are finding that security is a way of life, not just a technology, and that way of life is defined by the processes and controls introduced into management of the network. Getting a handle on active processes, patch status and the elements that make up a network are a key ingredient to building a successful security strategy.

With security, it is rarely 'what you see is what you get.' Instead, it is usually what you don't see that creates the problem. Take for example content filtering; the idea behind the technology is to prevent users from accessing unauthorized Web sites, primarily defined by corporate policy and not security practices.

With viruses, trojans, worms and assorted malware raining down on today's desktop PCs, Grisoft is handing VARs and their customers an umbrella of protection via its AVG Internet Security Suite 7.5, which provides a blanket of protection for a Windows PC.

Patchlink's latest patch management product, Patchlink Update 6.3, brings new features and can help VARs generate a recurring revenue stream by offering security-related services.

Logicube's Sonix possesses some of the best feature combinations ever put together on a hard-drive duplication system. Sonix's compact body provides all the features necessary to duplicate IDE and Serial ATA (SATA) drives at a transfer rate of up to 3.3 Gbytes per minute.

Most efforts in the security arena go toward keeping the bad guys out of the network. A threat that Workshare Protect 5 is looking to reduce and prevent, however, is the insider threat.

The days when users could plug in a security appliance and expect their networks to be completely protected are behind us. Today's interconnected networks require a lot more than throwing software and devices at the security issue; network managers need to know exactly what is going on in the network, where the bandwidth is being consumed and which devices are doing what and when.

The CRN Test Center looks at four solutions -- Cenzic's Hailstorm, the SPI Dynamics suite, Finjan's Vital Security Appliance and Apache's XAP -- that can help developers mitigate the vulnerabilities posed by Ajax-based Web applications.

Secure Computing's SnapGear SG565 Internet appliance provides safe wired and wireless access for small and midsize businesses by combining an 802.11b/g access point with a highly integrated security engine.

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