davidstrom

A flexible unified communications service for collaborative workgroups that can share files, import and export contacts and calendars from a wide variety of data sources and Web services, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google's Gmail. Entirely open-source based.

Price: Begins at $5/user/month for hosted version; $1095/yr for 25 users for server-based software version
Requirements: Works on a wide variety of browsers and operating systems. We tested it on IE 7, Firefox 3 and Mac Safari 4 in October 2009

The 3X Systems Backup appliance is a great way to automatically backup a collection of PCs and servers across the Internet at reasonable cost.

We tested version 2.1.6 in August 2009 on a small network of Windows clients and servers.

Windows agents available for 2000 and later versions, including both servers and 64-bit OS's

Pros:
• Easy to setup and operate
• Simple and effective offsite backups
• Can scale up storage as disk requirements grow

Cons:
• Only Windows agents supported
• Require

Sendmail isn't your father;'s SMTP server. Sentrion is a fairly sophisticated messaging server that has wide-ranging policy management for data leak protection, message encryption, email sender reputation, and message routing purposes.

Price: Less than $13 per user, with a minimum of 1000 users.
Pros:
• Very complex message routing processes can be constructed for a wide variety of purposes
• Compliance and governance can be built into messaging infrastructure
• Sendmail is a leading email server so

An easy-to-use security application that includes anti-virus and intrusion protection that is very affordable and accessible for small business networks.


We tested RC of v12 on a small network running Windows Server 2003 and XP machines.
Pros: Simple to install and to setup default automatic protection, reports easy to understand, priced competitively with anti-virus only solutions
Cons: Only protects Windows PCs; default isn’t to replace built-in Windows firewall
Price: Server licensed free, with $44.99 MSRP per client with volume and competitive discounts available
Free 30-day trial for unlimited licenses
Supports: Windows XP (SP 1 or later), 2000/2003/2008 Servers, NOT on Vista
Symantec’s Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
Symantec.com
20330 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014

HyTrust offers managers and administrators of VMware’s ESX virtual infrastructure a centralized, single point of control for hypervisor configuration, compliance, and access management that is both secure and easy to use through ordinary Web browsers.

We tested the RC version of the product in March 2009 by making a remote connection to HyTrust’s own test lab.
Supports:

ESX version 3.5 only (not ESXi)
Works with Internet Explorer and Firefox, most current versions.
Both Windows Server 2003/2008 domain controllers

Price: $7,500 for the appliance ($3,000 for software only) plus $500 per CPU ESX socket protected plus 25% for maintenance and support per year. Free version available to protect up to three ESX hosts but without any support contract.
Pros:

A solid collection of tools to secure your VMware ESX infrastructure
Integrates with Active Directory and VMware vCenter policies
Fully functional freeware version allows for experimenting and learning before purchase

Cons:

Limited to ESX currently
Log viewer could be better integrated into the product

HyTrust Appliance 1975 W. El Camino Real, Suite 203 Mountain View, CA 94040 650-681-8100
hytrust.com

An easy-to-use security application that includes anti-virus and intrusion protection that is very affordable and accessible for small business networks.


We tested RC of v12 on a small network running Windows Server 2003 and XP machines.
Pros: Simple to install and to setup default automatic protection, reports easy to understand, priced competitively with anti-virus [...]

Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite
Symantec Corp.
http://symantec.com/
20330 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014

The suite covers three separate products that have been acquired over the years by Symantec for applications delivery via streaming or virtual layers and a connection broker technology that allows enterprises to manage the way their applications are packaged and delivered to users' desktops.

We tested Version 6.1 on various test machines in February 2009.

Requirements: Windows XP SP 1

Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite
Symantec Corp.
http://symantec.com/
20330 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014

The suite covers three separate products that have been acquired over the years by Symantec for applications delivery via streaming or virtual layers and a connection broker technology that allows enterprises to manage the way their applications are packaged and delivered to users' desktops.

We tested Version 6.1 on various test machines in February 2009.

Requirements: Windows XP SP 1

I show you how to use Mailman to host your own email list server and how to set it up with GoDaddy's domain registrar.

Here is how to become an Internet publisher on less than $75 a year using your own domain name and the Mailman hosting provider EMWD.com. This screencast video shows you the five simple steps that you need to set things up.

True DLP
Code Green Networks Inc.
http://codegreennetworks.com

385 Moffett Park Drive, Suite 105
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(408) 716-4200

Summary:Data loss protection is still a new field, but Code Green Networks brings a comprehensive solution to stopping leaks of confidential data to unauthorized users. Is your IT leaving with employees that are getting downsized? Is your customer list now the property of one of your competitor's? Then you might be interested in the latest data leak preventio

True DLP
Code Green Networks Inc.
http://codegreennetworks.com

385 Moffett Park Drive, Suite 105
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(408) 716-4200

Summary:Data loss protection is still a new field, but Code Green Networks brings a comprehensive solution to stopping leaks of confidential data to unauthorized users. Is your IT leaving with employees that are getting downsized? Is your customer list now the property of one of your competitor's? Then you might be interested in the latest data leak preventio

Symantec Corp. http://spn.com

Summary:
An online backup service that works automatically in the background to make copies of your most critical files and is very easy and economical to use. Online backups have several advantages:
-- To aid in recovering files from a lost or stolen laptop
-- To provide a simple but effective offsite storage solution for your data
-- To keep the costs of backups low and within reach of most businesses

Requirements: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Windows XP, Windows Vista with

As enterprises depend more on Internet-based applications, it becomes harder to defend your network against blended exploits and attacks that target your specific applications. You need something like this product which is more than a standard firewall that typically relies on intrusion prevention and signature based defenses. Secure Firewall is a network and application security device with numerous protective features built-in that are especially useful for protecting your critical applications and data.

As enterprises depend more on Internet-based applications, it becomes harder to defend your network against blended exploits and attacks that target your specific applications. You need something like this product which is more than a standard firewall that typically relies on intrusion prevention and signature based defenses. Secure Firewall is a network and application security device with numerous protective features built-in that are especially useful for protecting your critical applications and data.

Secure Computing's Secure Web Protection service offers a proxy server to protect both malware and not-worksafe Web sites. It is a simple and unbotrusiveway to protect your browsing. It isn't useful for protecting Web servers from inbound attacks, for example, and shouldn't substitute for a fully-featured intrusion appliance, but it can protect individuals and small networks especially with a lot of home-based and remote office users. It is based on the company's experience with both its TrustedSource reput

Summary: Napera's appliance works in conjunction with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP), and will support three different operating systems: XP with Service Pack 3, Vista, and Mac OS X. It allows for guest and identity-based access. It installs a small agent on each device that is used for the health check, and to help secure your computer and guide you with the remediation process. It also works with both wired and wireless networks too.

Category: Endpoint network security appliance

Pricing: $3

Summary: VSN is a plug-in for Outlook/Outlook Express that makes for sending and receiving encrypted emails literally a snap. There is a Web portal for users outside the enterprise, and a secure file transfer application add-on to Windows Explorer as well.

Advantages: VSN is extremely easy to use once setup.
Enterprises should consider VSN if they are looking for more control over things like user experience, which help desk number to call, control over cryptographic elements like root certificates, integ

Summary: VSN is a plug-in for Outlook/Outlook Express that makes for sending and receiving encrypted emails literally a snap. There is a Web portal for users outside the enterprise, and a secure file transfer application add-on to Windows Explorer as well.

Advantages: VSN is extremely easy to use once setup.
Enterprises should consider VSN if they are looking for more control over things like user experience, which help desk number to call, control over cryptographic elements like root certificates, integ

My next video screencast review over on WebInformant.tv is about Secure Computing's Secure Mail email security appliance. It combines several different but complementary protection technologies for both inbound and outbound emails in one easy-to-setup box. While lots of vendors have anti-spam products, Secure Mail offers a superior way to stay ahead of the constantly changing and increasingly sophistication of spammers, and the company guarantees it can block 99% of unwanted inbound emails. It also has a w