Server Reviews

Centrify Server Suite is a cross-platform privileged access management (PAM) solution that unifies policy management for Windows, Linux, and UNIX within Active Directory. Centrify redefines legacy approaches to PAM by delivering cloud-ready solutions to secure access to infrastructure, DevOps, cloud, containers, big data, and other modern enterprise environments. Read more: Best Server Security Tools for 2021 empowers organizations to globally govern privileged access through centrally...

DNS benchmarking tools are used mainly for DNS server speed testing. DNS services tend to advertise high speeds and claim they can significantly help organizations improve website performance and the general pace of web browsing. However, performance varies based on the actual speed of the DNS server as well as how far away those servers are from the user's location. It is similar to the...

Syxsense software simplifies security processes and endpoint management. Designed with remote users in mind, its cloud solutions offer enterprise-class tools to manage remote devices and patching, and vulnerability scanning. Depending on your needs, Syxsense offers two endpoint management solutions: Syxsense Manage and Syxsense Secure. Top Features of Syxsense Software Both Syxsense Manage and Syxsense Secure provide simple and powerful features for endpoint management that are easy...

Need a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server for your authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) needs? You can spend thousands on RADIUS solutions, but there are also a number of low-cost alternatives. These solutions are especially useful for smaller organizations that may only be using it for a single purpose, such as to implement enterprise WiFi security with 802.1X authentication. Many, however, can also...

While advances in virtualization and containerization are reducing the number of physical machines a server needs, growing businesses will invariably need to deploy servers in a larger physical space. However, a purpose-built data center is out of reach for many budgets. That's why colocation data center providers offer a superior solution to traditional, on-premises server rooms. Table of Contents What Is a Colocation Data Center? ...

Apache Mesos is a distributed systems kernel used for cluster management. It's designed to simplify running applications with APIs on shared pools of servers across entire datacenter and cloud environments.  VMware vSphere is a powerhouse in the world of server virtualization. It allows organizations to reduce operating costs and complexity by consolidating applications on fewer servers.  This article compares the use cases, license options, performance and...

Proxmox virtual machines (VM) are highly popular with home server aficionados, whereas VMware sits squarely at the front of the enterprise VM market. Both of these tools offer free and paid versions, but with vastly different features and support at that level. This article compares the use cases, license options, performance, and extra features for Proxmox vs. VMware. Use cases for Proxmox vs. VMware Proxmox and...

The KVM vs VMware hypervisor comparison is a classic debate. Hypervisors have increased in usability and power over the last several years as more companies use virtual machines (VMs) to quickly right-size their infrastructure. And as KVM and VMware continue to overlap in capabilities and performance, you may struggle with finding the best option for your VM architecture. VMware vSphere comes as a free download...