Microsoft Azure's cloud outperformed Amazon Web Services in a series of rigorous tests conducted by Nasuni, a storage vendor that annually benchmarks cloud service providers (CSPs).
Wireless microphones were operating in spectrum occupied by television stations but didn't interfere with broadcasts during recent tests of new wireless broadband devices in Maryland, says a group pushing for government approval of the new devices.
The folks over at the Femto Forum, in conjunction with the European telecommunications standards institute, recently announced a "plugfest" for March 2010. The plugfest will serve as a forum to for interoperability tests among femtocell network gateways, security gateways, femtocell access points and chipsets.
A new round of antivirus testing found some products fail to detect malware that tries to infect a computer via a different attack vector, such as through a local network fileshare or a USB drive.
Regardless of whether you are a cheerleader or a naysayer, the fact is the pieces for cloud computing are coalescing rapidly. This stuff isn’t vaporware. Our tests of cloud services – the third of which appears in this issue -- show a rich and growing list of capabilities.
EBay-owned Skype has released into open beta testing a client for mobile phones that supports phone calls, chat and other features of the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) application.
LightSquared said Wednesday it has an affordable solution to interference between its 4G network and GPS systems and will have working units available for tests planned by the U.S. government in the coming months.
Inkra Networks has taken on the enormous task of virtualizing security operations for the data center with its high-performance security switch. And while our tests found the product to be well architected overall, the switch could use a bit more engineering to live up to its potential.
F5 Networks has run its Secure Sockets Layer remote access gear through tests with some equipment made by partners so customers can be sure the products interoperate before they buy.
Vendors say lots of things about their equipment when they want to make a sale, so it helps in the buying process to get a third party to verify claims. The Tolly Group has performed a battery of tests against Dell’s recently announced PowerConnect 6024 that should help network managers evaluate this Layer 3 switch.
Keeping track of frequently needed and often-expensive equipment is a big deal in hospitals. Beds, infusion pumps, wheelchairs and other apparatus tend to move around a lot but must remain accessible to keep surgeries and rounds on schedule and, of course, to deal immediately with medical emergencies.
Anyone who's followed The Tolly Group for more than a few months knows that IT vendors often ask us to conduct competitive tests. However, late last year we received a request we'd not received previously. A technology provider asked us to run a test, made public last December, of Linksys vs. Linksys.
For much of its existence, Woodward Governor Co. has been building fuel nozzles and other parts for jet aircraft engines the old-fashioned way -- carefully designing them, building physical prototypes out of raw materials, conducting tests and finally creating production parts.
A group of technology vendors has submitted new test results for a wireless device intended to operate in unused portions of the television spectrum, after an identical device malfunctioned in U.S. Federal Communications Commission tests earlier this year.
It’s time once again for the Best Issue, and this is the bestest Best Issue ever. We have the best product tests - and tips from the testers if you were looking to do some yourself. We also have the top innovations and top products in use. And for fun we’ve added a story on some of the best names in networking - like “Kill A Watt” and the “CLAM” router. We’re still looking for the “Promised LAN,” though.
The Best Issue
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When it comes to security information management or security event management products, e-Security scored well in our tests. Its extensibility makes it stand out, but the product is not very easy to use.
Antivirus software is frequently tested for performance, so picking a top product should be straightforward: Select the number-one vendor whose software kills off all of the evil things circulating on the Internet. You're good to go then, right? Not necessarily.
Wireless test vendor VeriWave has released a “master test plan” to guide enterprises in testing wireless LAN gear for performance, behaviors, and characteristics.
AT&T and Verizon were last week reported to be moving further with their femtocell plans. According to Fiercewireless, Verizon is waiting for FCC approval for its femtocell base station and the company may launch its service in 2009. Unstrung.com reported that AT&T is conducting lab tests and plans to trial the technology later this year and into 2009. Femtocells are cellular base stations used in the home of office to improve wireless phone coverage using a broadband data service to carry mobile calls ove
One of the nagging problems with wireless LANs is testing them. Even makers of WLAN equipment are challenged to come up with testing equipment and setups that cover real-world scenarios - a requirement that increases in importance as enterprise firms look to use WLANs in large installations.