http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5564559/rss/5564559en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:04:14 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:04:14 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/vulnerability-scanner-showdown-appdetectivepro-5-4-6-vs-auditpro-enterprise-4-0-Your SQL Server could be vulnerable to attack, but how would you know? AuditPro Enterprise and AppDetectivePro are database vulnerability scanners that can tell you, and this review will help you decide which one you want.]]>John GreenTue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/vulnerability-scanner-showdown-appdetectivepro-5-4-6-vs-auditpro-enterprise-4-0-http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/solarwinds-orion-network-performance-monitorSolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor is a mature monitoring and alerting system that offers basic SNMP monitoring and add-on modules geared toward large networks. It’s full of nuggets for your performance and diagnostic needs.]]>John GreenMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/solarwinds-orion-network-performance-monitorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/endpoint-protection-productsCompare endpoint protection products from ESET, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec, and AVG to pick the right safeguard for your needs. ]]>John GreenMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/endpoint-protection-productshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/types-of-endpoint-protection-productsHere’s a quick review of how antivirus software, anti-rootkit-scanning tools, client firewalls, and email scanners beef up your security technology.]]>John GreenThu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/types-of-endpoint-protection-productshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/monitoring-and-analysis/dbwatch-version-8-1If you want affordable, basic database-monitoring capabilities, the dbWatch 8.1 tool will meet your needs.]]>John GreenThu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/monitoring-and-analysis/dbwatch-version-8-1http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/kbox-1100-systems-management-applianceKACE Networks’ systems management appliance delivers a huge range of standard and optional features, from hardware and software inventory to patch management. We cover the highlights for you.]]>John GreenThu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/kbox-1100-systems-management-appliancehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/clustering/steeleye-lifekeeper-protection-suite-for-sql-serverNeed high availability and clustering for SQL Server? If you don’t mind the lack of granular data rewind capabilities, check out SteelEye’s suite.]]>John GreenWed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/clustering/steeleye-lifekeeper-protection-suite-for-sql-serverhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/goexchangeOur reviewer examines a preventative-maintenance tool that automates the discovery and repair of Exchange Information Store problems.]]>John GreenTue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/goexchangehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dts/dts-xchangePragmatic Works’ DTS xChange converts DTS packages to native SSIS packages for use with SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005.]]>John GreenWed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dts/dts-xchangehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/sql-server-change-management-toolsThese solutions help protect your SQL Server environment from unwanted modification by registering changes to data, server configurations, and schemas. Find out which one you can use to roll back changes or to migrate databases to a different platform.]]>John GreenTue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/sql-server-change-management-toolshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/steeleye-technology-lifekeeper-protection-suite-for-windowsSteelEye’s clustering and disaster recovery solution, LifeKeeper Protection Suite for Windows, offers admirable support for both replicated and shared storage, easy configuration for both scenarios, and support for more complex failover scenarios. ]]>John GreenThu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/services/steeleye-technology-lifekeeper-protection-suite-for-windowshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/lantronix-securelinx-spiderThis scalable KVM-over-IP switch promises the ability to remotely manage geographically distributed IT equipment, but it comes up short in ease of use.]]>John GreenWed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/lantronix-securelinx-spiderhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/monitoring-and-analysis/sql-diagnostic-manager-5-0This monitoring and management product can help you diagnose database performance problems so that you can quickly resolve them.]]>John GreenFri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/monitoring-and-analysis/sql-diagnostic-manager-5-0http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/continuous-data-protection-cdp/continuous-data-protection97601Compare CDP products from CA, SonicWALL, Microsoft, and TimeSpring Software to determine which is right for your environment.]]>John GreenWed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/continuous-data-protection-cdp/continuous-data-protection97601http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/firewalls3/astaro-security-gateway-220The Astaro Security Gateway 220 appliance is an excellent choice for email encryption, Web filtering, firewall, VPN and other security features, in an easily configurable package.]]>John GreenWed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/firewalls3/astaro-security-gateway-220http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/gpexpert-troubleshooting-pak-1-0GPExpert provides four tools that can reduce the time you spend troubleshooting Group Policy problems.]]>John GreenWed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/gpexpert-troubleshooting-pak-1-0http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/biopassword-enterprise-edition-3-2BioPassword Enterprise Edition 3.2 improves network security by monitoring user biometrics: It senses how users type their passwords, then evaluates typing rhythm and cadence to make sure that only authorized users are using those passwords.]]>John GreenTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/biopassword-enterprise-edition-3-2http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/radmin-3-0Microsoft Remote Desktop is fine for occasional use, but for heavy-duty user support, our reviewer much prefers Famatech’s Radmin 3.0 remote-control utility is preferable. Replete with useful features, Radmin offers great performance and solid security.]]>John GreenTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/radmin-3-0http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/antivirus/vpn-firewalls-for-smbsJohn Green tests and compares three VPN firewall appliances for small-to-midsized businesses. NETGEAR’s ProSafe VPN Firewall 200, SonicWALL’s TZ 180 Wireless, and ZyXEL’s ZYWALL 5 UTM all offer stateful packet inspection and Web-based management.]]>John GreenThu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/antivirus/vpn-firewalls-for-smbshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/event-logs/netikus-net-eventsentry-2-8-EventSentry 2.8 is an excellent event-log and system-health monitoring and consolidation tool that you should consider closely for your environment. ]]>John GreenWed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/event-logs/netikus-net-eventsentry-2-8-