Reviews

iPhone: The $1,975 iPod

Apple's and AT&T's high-price gadget is a heartbreaking triumph of greed over genius

Xen masters take aim at VMware

Virtual Iron and XenSource offerings lack power and polish of the virtualization leader, but they're gaining fast

Midrange SANs master high-end features

Compellent, iQstor, and Xiotech combine sophisticated enterprise capabilities with amazing ease

BeyondTrust keeps Windows users from abusing privileges

Solution reduces security risks by limiting admin powers granted to end-users

PGP NetShare locks down shared folders and files

Version 9.6 has strong encryption, but works best in tandem with PGP Universal Server

Quickly discover sensitive content

Tablus Content Sentinel 3.0 employs grid processing to scan files dispersed across large networks

A developer’s-eye view of Leopard

NextPage manages documents with a light touch

Unobtrusive document tracking fits smoothly into existing workflows to provide basic, no-frills management

Xythos keeps documents in compliance

Enterprise Document Manager 6.0 secures records while allowing easy collaboration

A developer’s-eye view of Leopard, part III

Cocoa and other sweet object-oriented frameworks magically make all Mac apps part of an integrated suite

A developer’s-eye view of Leopard, part II

Leopard's Xcode3.0 integrated development environment and Objective-C 2.0 language help define the Mac platform

Internet television, Apple style

Apple's Wi-Fi media center PC, minus the PC, brings iTunes movies — and soon, YouTube video — to the wide (only) screen

VMware Fusion Beta 4 for OS X shows off desktop virtualization chops

VMware’s playing catch-up for once when it comes to the Mac market … or is it?

A developer’s-eye view of Leopard, part I

Xray and Core Animation stand out among Apple's immense bag of new Leopard tricks

Parallels for Mac cozies up to Vista

Parallels for Desktop 3.0 improves on a good thing with 3D graphics acceleration, snapshots, and usability tweaks

Sun Fire X4500 server crams 48 drives into 4U

The "Thumper" redefines storage performance — as long as you run this behemoth on Solaris

Small-stature Isilon IQ 200 file server packs big features

System compensates for power-supply shortcoming with great manageability and resilience

Sun ZFS breaks all the rules

The innovative Zettabyte File System soars to new heights in scalability, reliability, and flexibility

Microsoft Orcas Beta 1 hints at a killer IDE on the horizon

Innovations to Visual Studio include greater support for key technologies such as WPF

Clearspace X fosters customer relationships through online communities

Easy-to-use collaboration package injects team-building features such as IM and presence awareness

HP’s ink-based MFP threatens laser supremacy

Big new CM8060 Color MFP with Edgeline technology proves that six print heads are better than one

Oakley SureView puts insider threats in context

With broader app support and improved reporting, Version 4.0 makes targeting risks easier

Exclusive: Astoria On-Demand tames complex docs

Hosted XML content management system speeds technical publishing with DITA and sophisticated features 

Exclusive: Raritan changes the KVM game

The new Raritan Dominion KX II is slick, fast, and in total control

Trapeze, AirDefense raise the bar on enterprise wireless security

Combination of WLAN monitoring and network access policies proves a potent security tool

DiVitas handles wireless network hops with aplomb

Solution lets mobile users seamlessly switch among Wi-Fi to cellular to WLAN

Three open source Web service testing tools get high marks

Capable soapUI, TestMaker, and WebInject toolsets shine once you conquer their learning curves

Fast and mean virtual machines

InovaWave DXtreme's predictive I/O widgets soup up VMs on Windows

Longhorn beta 3 shows the beef

The next Windows Server is looking nearly finished — and it's looking damn good

Exclusive: Intransa realizes dreams of 10Gb iSCSI

StorStac PCU100 combines superior performance, scalability, and manageability

Proventia Desktop firewall stymies malware

Newest version of host-based firewall proves capable with well-equipped feature set

Multilingual filers shatter storage-standard barriers

Competing file sharers from Adaptec, Celeros, Dell, and NetApp speak iSCSI, NFS, and CIFS

Desktop VM managers make a virtual two-horse race

Kidaro Managed Workspace and Sentillion vThere jockey for position in a maturing virtualization market

VMware ACE lags the pace

VMware's virtual desktop management system runs a step behind solutions from Kidaro and Sentillion

Get a grip on communications slips

Code Green, InBoxer, MessageGate, and Palisade compete to prevent costly data loss

Altova DatabaseSpy makes DBs user-friendly

Boasting some impressive features, easy-to-use query tool is a boon for non-DBAs

Exclusive: Juniper DX3680 boosts Web sites’ speed and reliability

Transparent acceleration, protection, and encryption make this pricey load balancer worth the money

Exclusive: Coral8 presents a sea of CEP opportunity

Coral8 Engine 4.6 speeds deployment of complex event processing with easy SQL-like programming

IBM ISS goes fishing for phishers

MS3004 appliance's anti-phishing features complement its anti-spam and IPS tools, but accuracy is a concern

Reinvigorated Java IDEs change the development landscape

Java IDEs have improved steadily over the last few years. Products from IBM, Borland, and Sun show just how far they've come

Desktop virtualization tools vie for position

Four competing solutions from Microsoft, VMware, Parallels, and InnoTek demonstrate potential and the need to grow

APC’s good Big Brother

Capable NetBotz monitoring system usefully combines multiple sensors and surveillance

CSG-2500 stands firm against malware

Network defender can carry a heavy load, though reporting and protocol support are lacking

All-in-one backup for SMBs

Breece Hill BizGuardian bridges tape and disk-based data protection

Improve availability of enterprise data

For those striving to avoid system downtime, change is enemy No. 1

DB administration simplification

Oracle-friendlier solution helps with standardization, patching

seeMore makes order out of data chaos

Virtual Database Server gathers multiple databases under one relational roof, accessible via standard interfaces

Is that code really yours?

Black Duck protexIP helps protect against license violations, but detection errors limit its usefulness

EqualLogic’s iSCSI SAN hits storage management high notes

PS3800XV is easy to configure, blazingly fast, and manages dissimilar arrays with aplomb

LeftHand boosts its SAN/iQ

Powerful, easy-to-use management tames third-party and proprietary hardware