Stories by: Tom Henderson and Rand Dvorak

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Linux beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures 10 June, 2008 07:35

Ensuring your servers stamp as small a carbon footprint as possible on the earth and in your data center can encompass everything from making sure they are shipped in recyclable packaging to hiring an analyst who can predict the total life-cycle environmental impact.
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Symark makes mark in privileged access market 29 April, 2008 10:44

Symark, late in 2006, broke code development ranks with OEM partner eDMZ Security. The PowerKeeper 2.0 running on HP hardware we tested represents some slight changes in terms of flexibility, operating system and application support between the two offerings. The company plans to release PowerKeeper 3.0 this summer, but that revised code was not ready for us to test.
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Cyber-Ark tops privilege account managers list 29 April, 2008 10:44

Cyber-Ark's product was sent to us in pre-configured VMware-format virtual machines. While it's Cyber-Ark's policy to install 100 per cent of its products, we requested this optional product delivery mode that allowed us to install the product ourselves.
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Quest homes in on Unix password management 29 April, 2008 10:43

Quest Privilege Manager for Unix (QPM) currently only works with Unix derivatives. No Windows allowed.
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E-DMZ appliance less advanced than its rivals 29 April, 2008 10:43

e-DMZ's Password Auto Repository (PAR) is delivered as a hardware appliance with all the services necessary for it to act as a privileged account password manager. All privileged account passwords are issued based on administratively designed rules. The passwords may be deemed valid for an indefinite life, for finite periods of time or for single purpose activities such as installations, upgrades or configuration changes.
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New tools control access by privileged users 29 April, 2008 10:43

Privileged IT staffers literally holds the keys to the castle. Access to those keys that open the doors to critical operating system and application resources must be carefully managed and legally audited. Enter the class of products referred to as privilege account management wares.
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Part III: Taming the virtual beas 12 February, 2008 09:42

In our latest set of test of virtual machine management tools, we examined VM host-centric management, planning and accounting applications from PlateSpin and Virtugo Software, a VMware plug-in for Microsoft's Operations Manager application from nWorks, and a storage-area network management tool from Onaro (which Network Appliance has just acquired) that offers specialized insights into the virtualized world.
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Reflex IPS adds security to your VM life 12 February, 2008 08:43

Reflex Technologies' Command Center is itself a virtual machine that sits on VMware's ESX server and acts as an intrusion-prevention system, watching connectivity activity between other VMs and the virtual network interface provided by VMware.
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Virtugo virtualSuite zeros in on VM performance optimization 12 February, 2008 08:18

Virtugo Software's virtualSuite offers integrated performance monitoring and VM optimization tools. Its cost depends on which tools you drop into your box.
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PlateSpin PowerRecon helps plan for VM growth 12 February, 2008 08:05

PowerRecon is a planning and monitoring application for organizations with a high number of servers and virtual host targets. On the surface, PowerRecon looks similar to traditional network monitoring/management applications that track application inventory, connectivity and network usage.
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nWorks provides MS management link to VMware 12 February, 2008 08:03

The nWorks Management Pack for VMware for Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager 2007 is a long name for a tool that provides strong VMware monitoring and management capabilities that are ultimately driven by Microsoft's management platform.