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Linking NT Server management functions with administrative functions has been tough, but NuView's ManageX removes much of the pain. ManageX controls Windows NT Server infrastructures-and it's about time something did. […]

When it comes to end-user support, mobile users are often left out in the cold. Understanding their needs is the first step to developing a support strategy. An astounding number […]

Of the many ways to watch users, some are more useful than others. Indianapolis-based Beach Labs takes a look at Internet monitoring, filtering, and blocking products. Internet traffic management is […]

Windows 95 is more than two years old. Maybe it's time to dump it and move up to something better. But is something better in the works? The short answer […]

You may get only one chance to select a relational database management system (RDBMS) for your Windows NT servers. Deploy the wrong one, and you could end up trying to […]

Unified directory services are here, but even with NetVision's Synchronicity for NT and Zoomit VIA, you still have to show up for work. Reentering and synchronizing network administrative data is […]

Ready to arm your users with handheld PCs? Here's a glimpse into the features, functions, and limitations of Windows CE on the network. Your boss walks in one sunny afternoon […]

Now that your company has a Web site, give visitors a powerful search engine to speed data retrieval. It's no longer enough just to have a Web site listing your […]

Novell's GroupWise 5.0 combines mature e-mail with a new graphical user interface, Windows NT post offices, client-server intelligence, and vastly improved group document management capabilities. Electronic mail and Novell have […]

The industry's return to thin clients will focus the channel's attention on the server and bring new opportunities It's the big question: Are downsized notebook personal access machines a step […]

The next time you visit your favorite home pages on the Web, there's a good chance you'll wind up filling in forms, performing searches or sending queries. You might not […]

Firewalls are your first line of defense. We put six PC-based Internet firewalls to the test. The explosion of new Web sites that has occurred over the past few months […]

Windows NT 4.0 now has the took and feet of Windows 95. But will its Internet face lift allow it to win the NOS Beauty Contest? To borrow from the […]

For Windows NT, competition with UNIX virtual networks was impractical just a year ago. Now NT-based virtual machines are here for the enterprise. Windows has always caused its share of […]

Alexander Graham Bell probably had no clue as to the amount of damage that could be done to business society in the scant 100 years since his most famous invention […]

With its new Exchange Server, Microsoft morphs Microsoft Mail into a world-class e-mail package that has groupware possibilities, Nearly three years ago, Microsoft announced its Windows NT Back-Office initiative. Four […]

IBM's latest network operating system, Warp Server 4.0, offers network and systems management features galore. But trying to get this NOS up and running will have you up and running... […]

If you're not afraid to put all your eggs in one basket, check out Xircom's super multiport modem card a single-board solution to remote access networking. One of the problems […]

6 The review crew traveling the NOS universes that IBM, Microsoft, and Novell occupy--goes in search of remote node. Dialing in to the office is becoming commonplace in business today. […]

Handheld network testers bridge the gap between cable testers and full-blown protocol analyzers. Their compact size belies the functionality inside. The miracle of miniaturization has hit protocol analyzers. The upshot […]

Reading up is essential when deciding which products to put on your network, but there's no substitute for taking the candidates for a lap around the track. Where's an old […]

Novell's NetWare Directory Services isn't the only way to manage shared resources on a NetWare LAN. See who comes out on top when Banyan takes the ring against Big Red. […]

Because of increased competition and new tarim, companies ought to reexamine what they're paying for their WAN circuits. Organizations are connecting their branch offices together at a staggering pace. Whether […]

WinInstall 5.0 handles the onerous task of delivering and installing new software (or software upgrades) to fleets of networked PCs. And when it comes to electronic software distribution, WinInstall 5.0 […]

Cabling professionals and forum members gather on-line to argue the latest high-speed networking challenge: Category 5 cable testing. In Japan, the Shinkansen is known to English speakers as the Bullet […]

Supporting Windows was never easy in the networking world. That's why network managers are hoping Windows 95 will mark the dawn of a new day for Windows networking. The Windows […]

Beefing up your network for multimedia is an expensive proposition, but there are ways to trim the fat without sacrificing the muscle. There's nothing in computing quite so compelling as […]

Are UPSs all they're backed up to be? We flipped the switch on this foursome of UPSs, with some illuminating results. No power means no computing. And, despite the fact […]

Electronic software distribution makes installation a little less human, but the result for a busy network administrator is a lot more humanitarian. Buying software is the first step in an […]

The latest release of Novell's UnixWare has matured since its Unixwhere beginnings. But, can Novell make the jump like it did from NetWare 3.11 to 4.17 In the world of […]

Backup and mass storage are leading optical technology into a whole new world of removable media and higher data availability. Once upon a time, optical storage was a technology fit […]

MICROSOFT'S NEW NETWORK MANAGER, SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SERVER, WORKS WITH ITS OWN OSs WITHOUT TURNING ITS BACK ON NETWARE. Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) is the first attempt by Microsoft to […]

AS MODERN-DAY ARBITERS, PROTOCOL ANALYZERS BRING ORDER TO THE COMMUNICATIONS CHAOS THAT PLAGUES MANY OF TODAY'S NETWORKS. In political debate, differences of opinion are welcome. But if you've ever tried […]

If networks were like people, many of today's systems would be showing symptoms of hardened arteries. The good doctors of network construction ceaselessly try to enhance the health of their […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SunNet Manager 2.2 SunSoft 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 (415) 960-1300 (800) 786-0404 PRICE: $4,995. REQUIREMENTS: SPARC-based computer. Solaris 2.2 or higher with OpenWindows 3.2 or […]

Software Update and Distribution System (SUDS) 1.5 SUDS Wide Area Network Distribution (WAND) Module 1.0 Frye Computer Systems 19 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111 (617) 451-5400 PRICE: $995--license for one […]

Running multimedia on a network sounds like a great idea--until one day, without warning, a fluid network grinds to a halt. If the thought of multimedia data riding your network […]

AS DATA SECURITY AND NONSTOP OPERATIONS BECOME A REQUIREMENT, RAID PRODUCTS PROLIFERATE. WE PUT SEVEN SYSTEMS TO THE TEST. Once a rather futuristic technical concept, the Redundant Array of Inexpensive […]

There are a growing number of network management packages appearing on the market, and Novell's entry is the nearly complete rewrite of NetWare Management System (NMS) 1.x into NMS 2.0. […]

STORAGE DIMENSIONS CONTINUA AND MICROPOLIS RAIDION 3 1/2-INCH RAID DEVICES HELP YOU KEEP YOUR SYSTEMS RUNNING EVEN WHEN A DISK DRIVE FAILS. Disk drives, as electro-mechanical devices, represent the Achilles […]

Byline: Tom Henderson Michael DuBay, the group practice leader for private equity for the Detroit-based law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, thought things couldn't get any better [...]

Byline: Tom Henderson Michigan ranks high in academic research and development and in technology innovation in the bioscience sector, but more investment capital and C-suite expertise, as well as better [...]

Byline: Tom Henderson Michigan State University has announced a new incubator program aimed at turning students' ideas into companies ready for angel and venture capital funding and commercialization. The program [...]

Byline: Tom Henderson Godfrey, Hammel, Danneels & Co. PC, a St. Clair Shores-based accounting and consulting firm that goes back to 1920, has been bought by Cohen & Co. Ltd. [...]

BW-TCP 3.Ob Beame & Whiteside Software P.O. Box 8130 Dundas, Ontario L9H 5E7 (416) 765-0822 (800) 463-6637 PRICE: $245 per client workstation. REQUIREMENTS: MS-DOS 3.1 or higher, Windows 3.0 (3.1 […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ARCserve 5.0 Cheyenne Software 3 Expressway Plaza Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 (516) 484-5110 PRICE: Ranges from 4395 (five-user version) to $2,395 (250 users). REQUIREMENTS: NetWare 2.15 or higher […]

SUNSELECT'S PC-NFS CAN CONNECT PCs WITH UNIX, BUT THE PC USER MAY NEED TO WARM UP TO UNIX'S TERMS AND INTERACTIONS. SunSelect's PC-NFS software connects IBM PCs and compatibles with […]

VisiNet 2.0 VisiSoft 2700 N.E. Expressway, Suite D-700 Atlanta, GA 30345 (404) 320-0077 PRICE: $1,195 for NetWare module, LAN Manager and NetBIOS module, or LAN Server module; $2,495 for SNMP […]

Cable analysis breaks into two distinct varieties: preventative and curative. Preventative analysis includes inspection of the cable installation and wiring closets as well as site or office auditing. Curative analysis […]