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IBM WebSphere: J2EE 1.3 compliant app server capable of scaling from a single mobile installation to complex, distributed enterprise systems IBM WebSphere Application Server is a conglomeration of software. At its most basic, WebSphere is a J2EE 1.3 compliant application server that handles the usual tasks and provides the necessary administrative tools. On top of […]

Sun Java System Application Server Standard: A Java 2 Platform, J2EE 1.3 application server designed for departmental and non-clustered SMB configurations The recently rebranded Sun Java System Application Server supports all J2EE 1.3 standards, putting it on equal footing with competitors. We review the Windows-based version of the Standard edition, which is designed for departmental […]

Sun Java System Web Server: A top-notch, Java-based industrial-strength Web server Or at least the Web. Sun’s recently renamed Java System Web Server is a top-notch, Java-based industrial-strength Web server ideal for enterprises seeking a server as reliable as its rip speed. The Sun Java System Web Server (formerly Sun ONE Web Server) builds on […]

WebMaster ConferenceRoom: A full-featured, professionally oriented messaging server system ConferenceRoom is an easy-to-use yet highly customizable and feature-rich chat server. It’s high price tag, however, is but one indicator of a serious chat server for enterprises committed to offering chat capabilities. When WebMaster released the second version of ConferenceRoom, it marked a significant change in […]

sendmail: Complete mail server with both open-source and commercial flavors At the beginning of the Internet, there was sendmail. Now, there are other mail transport agents, both open source and commercial. Does the granddaddy of e-mail servers still have what it takes to dominate this space? In the beginning, there was sendmail. Then there was […]

Debian GNU/Linux: Reliable, solid, and free infrastructure server As Linux pervades the enterprise market, the major players are commercializing their offerings as much as possible. The Debian project, meanwhile, continues to provide a Linux distribution with the commodity infrastructure for which the operating system was originally known. Can these polar opposites successfully co-exist in the […]

Secure FTP Server: FTP server offering souped-up security for file transfers Secure FTP Server, nee CuteFTP, has a long history in the enterprise FTP space. True to its name, the latest generation of the product is well-designed and easy-to-use — and it carries a reasonable price tag. It’s hard not to feel old when you […]

SurgeMail: Complete, aggressively priced mail server NetWin’s SurgeMail boasts of an open architecture that enables the server to achieve high performance at a price point low enough to minimize many barriers to adoption. But the steps it took to get there may bring with them inherent obstacles. Today, the mail server space is as cramped […]

FaceTime IM Auditor: Enterprise-level Internet messaging monitoring and management server that emphasizes scalability With IM use at critical mass and growing, security and privacy challenges abound. FaceTime’s enterprise-grade server suite monitors, archives, and analyzes IM traffic for thousands of users without requiring thousands of admin hours. No doubt about it: Enterprises that choose to support […]

Teamware Office: Groupware suite for collaboration Teamware’s Office plays against collaboration heavyweights Exchange and Domino. Office is a modular product with an open feel. Its components function as individual apps and are accessible from client and Web-based interfaces. Networking computers together is easy — networking people is hard. The very nature of “collaboration” suites speaks […]

WS_FTP Server: FTP server with strong encryption and management features With its newly minted version of WS_FTP Server, Ipswitch has expanded the FTP server’s range of features while keeping a locked focus on the enterprise market. Ipswitch’s version 4 release of WS_FTP Server focused on delivering a secure FTP server. We noted at the time […]

IMlogic IM Manager: Enterprise-level IM monitoring and control system that supports public, private, and hosted IM services by capturing all IM conversations and offering the tools to review them Managing instant messaging is quickly becoming an enterprise requirement. One option is IM Manager from IMlogic. The IM monitoring and control system supports all types of […]