Tolly engineers in collaboration with AV-Test – a leading authority on anti-malware testing, evaluated the malware detection accuracy and performance of leading Unified Threat Management (“UTM”) appliances from Fortinet, SonicWALL, WatchGuard and NETGEAR ProSecure. 
Growing businesses are more sensitive than large enterprises to the cost of providing the best security.  UTM appliances are appealing to SME/SMB companies, and branch offices because they are convenient, low-cost and easy to manage.  UTM appliances should deliver protection right out of the box  against malware threats that propagate on the Internet.
This in-depth Tolly analysis tests select appliances …

Miercom tested three top web and email threat managemetn appliances as part of an ongoing industry assessment of spam and web filtering products.  Miercom tested NETGEAR ProSecure, Cisco adn Barracuda products, each of which are designed for small/medium enterprises and branch offices.
the vendors were selected because the offer integrated Web and SPAM filtering appliances for the mid-sized security market, and because each company has a significant market share in threat prevention systems.  This lab report analyzes and compares how each system stacks up in these areas:

Infected Email blocking results (email …

Reducing Expenses and Boosting Availability with Automated Core Network Services
This timely 2009 white paper by ESG’s Jon Oltsik explains why most enterprises are wasting time and money by manually managing their networks with freeware and spreadsheets and/or legacy (IP Address Management (“IPAM”) solutions.  You can also hear Jon discuss some of his findings on this recent IPAM webinar.
Jon shows why most enterprises are spending too much on simply keeping their network available by relying on outdated tools and processes for IP address management. Many enterprises could reduce their capital and operating expenses …

IP telephony applications rely heavily on IP network infrastructure services to operate.  General-purpose servers and other ad-hoc methods of provisioning these services are costly, difficult to maintain, and do not provide the level of reliability that the average user in a telephony environment expects.  Furthermore, new requirements for security and mobility in next-generation IP telephony deployments rely even more on IP infrastructure services to operate.
Hardened appliance running multiple services in a highly reliable, centrally managed, and scalable platform provides the ideal way for an enterprise to ensure “network dial-tone” for …

New advances in IP based communications have made reaching customers and contacting remote employees easier than ever before. But managing applications ranging from IM (instant messaging) to Web conferencing can be difficult for your IT staff.   UC (Unified Communications) offers a way for your company to handle all of its communications from one platform without overhauling your existing IT infrastructure.
This 29 page, comprehensive Buyer’s Guide to learn everything you need to know about Unified Communications, including:

Unified Communications Market Overview
Vendors and Their Approaches
Unified Communications Benefits

Register now to download your free Buyer’s Guide and learn …

Freight management is an industry where everyone and everything is in continual motion. Eagle’s Atlanta office has 1,500 trucks on the road every month — and around the clock. Keeping track of everyone and making sure their customers’ goods get from Point A to Point B means that Eagle employees spend most of the day on the phone.
With offices all over the country, managing this web of communications — and establishing a unified image — was a challenge Eagle struggled with. David Kraitzick, Vice President of Sales & Marketing in …

When I first heard of Twitter, I thought… will Twitter be useful as a business tool?
It turns out – yes.  Companies are starting to use Twitter to get real business results.  Cisco Systems and Whole Foods Market use it to provide product or service information. The Los Angeles Fire Department used Twitter to send urgent messages during the October 2007 California wildfires. NASA relied on the service to break the news of discoveries on Mars by the Phoenix Mars Lander.
The catch of course – as with any social media applied …