Alan Stevens

SonicWALL TZ 210

SonicWALL's feature-packed TZ 210 gateway security appliance is capable of protecting all kinds of networks at a very affordable price. It's easy to setup and manage, and sets a new price point in the UTM market.

October 15, 2009 by Alan Stevens in Security

Google Mini

The Google Mini takes much of the hassle out of deploying a search engine, doesn’t cost the earth and, best of all, it’s from Google: a winning combination.

April 3, 2006 by Alan Stevens in Security

SurfControl RiskFilter E-mail E10

This is a good first attempt at a mail server security appliance, but it needs more development to challenge the longer-established vendors.

November 12, 2004 by Alan Stevens in Security

Check Point InterSpect 610

Although it's beyond the means of most small businesses, InterSpect is worth consideration by larger enterprises concerned about growing internal threats to their networks.

January 10, 2005 by Alan Stevens in Security

MailFrontier Gateway Appliance M500

The main selling point of the MailFrontier Gateway Appliance is its delightfully straightforward management interface. The hardware and software are both well specified, and can provide a high level of protection against common mail-borne security threats.

December 21, 2005 by Alan Stevens in Security

Network Box SME 250

On the face of it, a managed security service seems like a good idea -- simply pay someone else to protect your network rather than do it all yourself. However, such services can be expensive and, because you can’t see what’s going on, it’s hard to know whether you’re actually getting what you’ve paid for. This is not the case with <a href="http://www.network-box.co.uk">Network Box</a>, which delivers its security services via a locally configured appliance that can be monitored independently to see exactly what you’re getting for your money.

February 13, 2006 by Alan Stevens in Security

Check Point Safe@Office 225

Based on Check Point’s market-leading firewall and VPN technology, the security credentials of the Safe@Office small business security appliance are unimpeachable. But that’s not the only reason for buying it. There’s also the relatively low price tag and the ability to add optional extras like antivirus and URL filtering services. Furthermore, it turns out to be remarkably easy both to configure and manage.

October 27, 2004 by Alan Stevens in Security

IronPort C60

<a href="http://www.ironport.com">IronPort</a> sells a range of email security appliances, designed to filter out viruses, spam and bulk mail shots before they get to the company servers. The C60 sits at the top of the C-Series range and can be used to protect large enterprise servers running Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes/Domino or Novell’s GroupWise.

November 19, 2004 by Alan Stevens in Security

ISS Proventia M10

Best known as a provider of high end enterprise security products, <a href="http://www.iss.net">Internet Security Systems (ISS)</a> is now also targeting the smaller business with its <a href="http://www.iss.net/products_services/enterprise_protection/proventia/m_series.php">Proventia M</a> family of integrated security appliances. Packed with an impressive array of tools, these surprisingly affordable devices contain everything required to keep viruses, spam, spyware and all manner of other nasties at bay, with automatic updates from the acclaimed ISS X-Force team also included as standard. However, deployment can be problematic and some work on the user interface and documentation is required to make the Proventia M a complete small business solution.

July 26, 2005 by Alan Stevens in Security

Acronis vmProtect 6

An ideal backup tool for small businesses and larger enterprises alike, vmProtect 6 makes light work of protecting and rapidly recovering virtual machines on VMware vSphere hosts.

January 23, 2012 by Alan Stevens in Security

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