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IT Weekly Roundup, April 22
From the business wires this week: Group Policy solutions for managing desktop policies and software deployments; security tools for IE, e-mail and TCP/IP; and mobile tokens.
FullArmor Corp. and
NetIQ Corp.
announced Tuesday at the Microsoft Management Summit that they have partnered
to provide integrated end-to-end automation solutions for managing desktop policies.
FullArmor announced that the availability of its
IntelliPolicy
Connector, which connects FullArmor IntelliPolicy for Clients to NetIQ
Group Policy Administrator v4.6. NetIQ will market and resell
FullArmor
IntelliPolicy for Clients as part of its
Group Policy
Suite. NetIQ’s Group Policy Suite starts at $20 per user. IntelliPolicy
Connector comes with FullArmor IntelliPolicy for Clients and pricing starts
at $7 per managed machine.
http://www.netiq.com
http://www.fullarmor.com
Outpost’s Browser Adjustment
plug-in for Internet Explorer gives users more control over the Web browser,
providing increased privacy and security. The plug-in tool blocks pop-ups, images
and other unwanted or inappropriate content, such as automatic script execution,
cookie aggregation and referrer transitions. http://www.agnitum.com
FastServers.Net announced it will offer its Helm
Control Panel as part of its managed dedicated server platform. With
Helm, server admins can take advantage of an array of features for Windows-based
hosting on a single- or multi-server solution. Built-in features include support
for: e-mail, billing, ASP, .NET, Cold Fusion and Microsoft SQL. Helm Control
Panel is available at a monthly fee of $20 for an unlimited domain license.
http://www.fastservers.net
MicroWorld Technologies has released a free networking
tool for monitoring TCP/IP activity on Windows-based computers. VIEWTCP
lists all TCP and UDP endpoints on a user’s computer, including the remote
address and state of all TCP connections, allowing users to determine which
ports various processes are binded to and the remote network addresses suspicious
applications are accessing. http://mwti.net/antivirus/viewtcp.asp
The latest version of Vircom’s e-mail management
solution, Modus 4.1, now offers full channel encryption
for e-mail; an auto-update feature for the Sequential Content Analyzer engine
for up-to-the-minute protection against the latest spam and malware; and domain-level
quarantine access for its delegation feature set. http://www.vircom.com
LucidLink Home Office Edition, a wireless security
program for home-office and small-office networks, is now available free from
Interlink Networks. The security solution provides support for up to three network
computers and Windows XP/2000. http://www.lucidlink.com
Users of Special Operations Software’s Group
Policy-based software deployment software Specops Deploy
can now benefit from control and alarm options with the addition of a Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM) extension. The new extension will allow users to connect
alarms to software deployments that fail and the opportunity to correct those
failures before a support ticket is generated. http://www.specopssoft.com
Dynamic Network Services (DynDNS) announced the immediate
availability of its Recursive DNS service, which allows
users to update their authorized IP address using the same update clients used
for changing other hostnames with DynDNS services, or through a simple form
on the DynDNS Web site. http://www.recursivedns.com
Secure a variety of mobile systems with Diversinet Corp.’s
MobiSecure suite of mobile tokens and the MobiSecure
Authentication Service Center. The tokens provides security for online
access applications, SMS-based mobile phones, browsers and APIs. http://www.diversinet.com