Aluratek's external hard drive makes good use of RFID technology, and the Test Center examines it to see how it stacks up.
Lenovo's ThinkStation D10 brings a lot of raw computing power to the desktop. The Test Center takes a look.
The keyboard is one of the three elements of the PC with which you'll spend most of your time in contact. So why not take some time in picking out a good one? The Test Center reviews a unique keyboard that makes it worth the look.
Microsoft has built in significant new functionality into its SBS 2008 offering, and the Test Center sizes it up to see what it really brings to the table.
VoIPshield researchers showed the Test Center how to break into a Cisco VoiP system over the Web.
The Test Center reviews the HP iPAQ 910 Business Messenger, the "other" feature-loaded smartphone on the market.
Asus began blazing a trail into the netbook space with its first Eee PCs. The Test Center examines its newly refreshed line.
The Test Center examines a new messaging suite targeted at smaller businesses that aims to provide Exchange-like functionality.
It's the dead of summer and, in many regions of North America, it's the season of brownouts, surges and even the occasional blackout.
OpenOffice.org may not exactly be nipping at the heels of Microsoft Office (at least in terms of market share), but the open-source PC productivity suite is slated to launch its milestone version 3.0 release on Sept. 2.
With all manner of traffic across the Internet continuing to grow exponentially, and crashes, downtime and network performance issues appearing to grow by the month, getting the best possible network performance can become a chore.
At the same time, more businesses are putting employees at branch offices or home offices instead of at headquarters, while simultaneously consolidating their IT resources.
The Test Center takes a look at Fujitsu's Lifebook T5010, which is shipping with Intel Centrino 2 technology.
Apple promised a new wave in cloud computing when it announced MobileMe. But a lot of that cloud computing offering looks an awful lot like vapor.
The Test Center examines an alternative to the emerging, OEM-produced Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Microsoft continues its march toward improving the Silverlight platform, with new features in Expression Studio 2.
Sun wants bragging rights over virtualization, saying its software-based approach bypasses the need for support from the CPU.
Lenovo announced new notebooks based on Intel's Centrino 2 technology, and the Test Center examined them to see how they hold up.
Security analysts have adopted honeypots in many scenarios to give them a heads-up on the IT threats that are emerging. The Test Center examines a commercial honeypot to see if solution providers might want to give it a look.
D-Link's new storage product shows promise in a growing market.
The Test Center checks out Ipswitch's WhatsUp Gold Premium, which the vendor bills as a "cost-effective" network management and monitoring solution, to see if it fits the bill.
With that in mind, the Test Center has taken a look at Ipswitch's WhatsUp Gold Premium -- which the vendor bills as a "cost-effective" management and monitoring solution -- to see if it fits the bill.
The Test Center examines AMD's latest, energy-efficient CPU to see how it performs, and how it holds up.
The latest version of Opera's browser has come out in a crowded market, but the Test Center finds it could hit just the right note for some.
You can't build a green PC without a green motherboard, and the Test Center looks to see of Asus' latest offering fits the bill.
Earlier this year, to take a proactive approach to threat analysis, the CRN Test Center adopted Core Impact 7.5, a comprehensive penetration testing suite from security vendor Core Security Technologies, Boston, as a part of its security testing toolkit.
CRN Test Center reviewers set out to examine SolarWinds Inc.'s Orion Network Monitoring solution but the process was more difficult than expected.
Bakeoff: Three security appliances block, tackle when it comes to Web threats.
A number of vendors are trying to win over the hearts and minds of small-business VARs and their customers by offering up all-in-one solutions. These tidy little offerings do everything from switching and routing to VoIP and security in one box, ultimately reducing the number of appliances a company needs while making services available to them.
Google's Summer of Code is heating up as college students worldwide sign up to show off their programming talent, and earn a stipend.
The Test Center looks at Nokia's latest e-mail-centric phone.
Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 have made some great strides in making desktop Linux more user-friendly and technologically advanced. With OpenSUSE 11, Novell can face them feature for feature and carve out a space for itself as well.
WD delivers RAID to the desktop with the latest entry in its My Book lineup. The Test Center examines the product to see how it performs.
Firefox 3.0 boasts a number of nice improvements over previous versions. But how does it stack up against Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 Beta?
BlackArmor USB external drive, from Seagate's Maxtor unit, walks a fine line between a device with mass appeal and a lower-end enterprise solution.
Aten offers a solution that lets more than one person make a presentation from the same source. The Test Center takes a look to see if it delivers real value.
The Test Center examines the Pansonic PT-F200U projector, to see how it rates.
Lotus Symphony acts much like Microsoft Office, which is good if you are looking for something to replace Office at a fraction of the cost (free!). There are plenty of individual "Word-killers" out there, but the Test Center tested this Office-clone to replace Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Self-proclaimed as the Most Popular German Encryption Software, Exklamate Software's ArchiCrypt Live 5.0 is now setting its sights on English speaking countries and the U.S. is on the target list. The Test Center gave the latest version a once-over to see what it offers.
Serif has entered the U.S. market with its suite of creativity software. The Test Center takes a look to see how it could compete.
The Test Center's look at the Acer Aspire Gemstone Blue might be summed up in a word: Wow.
Phishing takes many forms as it tries to compromise and steal user data. Antiphishing also takes on many forms, as it scans Web and e-mail traffic and examines network activity. The Untangle Gateway Platform from Untangle Inc., San Mateo, Calif., offers an antiphishing solution as part of a comprehensive product offering.
Intuit's SMB accounting software runs fine in Windows, but how does it work in the Linux world?
There are three leading ways to run Vista on a Mac-based computer. The Test Center looks at which is the best.
Songbird 0.5 is the Mozilla counterpart to Apple's iTunes and has recently been released in final version. But before we strike up the Test Center band, what does it mean for VARs?
Ulteo's new beta runs Linux in Windows.
Our Test Center finds SAP applications are left vulnerable if the right architectural designs are not implemented when securing messaging servers.
The new BenQ MP730 is a high-definition projector at a low-definition price.
Xsigo's I/O Virtualization technology is going to simplify virtualized environments.
Privilege Manager 4.0 enables security restrictions to be tailored to an organization's needs without compromising protection.
Is Nokia's N95 a phone with a camera, a camera with a phone, or a media player that lets you stream video calls? The Test Center examines the device to see what gives.
BenQ is coming to the channel with a series of new products, and the Test Center gives them a look to see how they hold up.