Cover Story

Stepping Up To 10G
Solution providers say 10-Gigabit Ethernet is gaining ground as businesses look to upgrade their network backbones to handle bigger applications and rising traffic.

>> Slide Show: Leading 10G Vendors
>> Selling Network Upgrades
>> Service Opportunities With Network Upgrades
>> 7 Key Players In 10G Ethernet

Bake-Off

Four Quad-Core Servers Deliver Performance
In the server arena, multicore processors have opened up a new world of performance and capacity for VARs. The CRN Test Center takes a close-up look at four 1U quad-core servers. See which one has the edge.

>> Slide Show: Quartet Of Quad-Core Servers Compared

Solutions That Work

Putting Together A Linux Office
There's a lot of chatter about 2007 being the “Year of the Linux Desktop,” but what about the "Linux Office"? The CRN Test Center took a crack at putting together an open-source environment for a small-business office. Here's the result.

Reviews

Printing At Warp Speed
SMBs looking for affordable, speedy color printing should consider the Xerox Phaser 6360, a single-pass color laser printer that offers high-speed performance at a value price.

Eye-Opening End-Point Security
EEye Digital Security's Blink Professional 3.0 end-point security suite takes an innovative approach to protocol analysis to detect and block zero-day attacks that bypass standard signature-checking solutions.

Security Blanket For Vista PCs
Trend Micro's Client Server Messaging Security 3.6 software combines several security technologies to create a blanket of protection for network-attached Vista PCs.

Remote Desktop Support Out Of The Box
Solution providers interested in offering support desk services should look no further than the Bomgar Box remote desktop control and support appliance.

Adobe Creative Suite Upgrade Not Up To Hype
Adobe’s Creative Suite 3 marks the single biggest software release in the company’s history. But the gains it offers over its predecessor aren’t so big.

Columnists

Frankly Speaking: How Far Is Microsoft
Willing To Go?
If you can’t beat them, sue them. Linux has finally awakened the sleeping giant: Microsoft’s legal department.

Channel Perspectives: Moving Elephants
Down Mouse Trails
If, like us, you are looking to move very large files (elephants) over the Internet (mouse trails) easily, securely and effortlessly, there are a lot of secure alternatives to the FTP server, says Darrel Bowman of solution provider AppTech.

Editor's Letter: Reality Check On The Windowsless Office

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