Apple OS/X 10.3
The lion is the king of the jungle, but which big cat would you rather have inside your Apple server, a jaguar or a panther?
Stories by Neal Weinberg
A different take on utility computing
It's refreshing when an analyst, or in this case a group of analysts, decides not to follow the herd, as was the case earlier this month at IDC's annual IT industry briefing. As you undoubtedly know by now, utility computing is the buzzword of the day. According to the hype, the future is all about autonomic, grid-based, on-demand, pay-as-you-go, adaptive computing environments.
Exchange Server 2003
The newest upgrade to Microsoft's e-mail server software, Exchange 2003, based on our testing of the Release to Manufacturing version, is a welcome one. The product offers performance, security and anti-spam features that many users have longed for.
Security Survey
Biometric authentication is currently being used by only 4 percent of companies responding to an exclusive IDG/Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) survey on security.
Vendors Agree to a Preliminary Set of Benchmarks
When it comes to testing Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, there's widespread agreement that throughput is the key benchmark. But simply counting packets per second doesn't cut it when it comes to the new breed of Layer 4 switches.