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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.
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>> Slide Show: Leading 10G Vendors
>> Selling Network Upgrades
>> Service Opportunities With Network Upgrades
>> 7 Key Players In 10G Ethernet
Bake-Off
Solutions That Work
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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.
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>> Slide Show: Quartet Of Quad-Core Servers Compared
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Editor's Letter: Reality Check On The Windowsless Office