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Product Test and Buyer's Guide This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp Whitepaper: Server virtualization for SMBs Server virtualization is not only meant for the largest enterprise organizations. In this whitepaper, Server Virtualization for Small and Medium-size Businesses, learn how this technology is ideal for smaller IT shops. This whitepaper explains how simplifying hardware and server applications with virtualization software allows for key operational improvements. Product Test and Buyer's Guide, 09/27/07 By Christine Burns As a means of getting its network access control product into the hands of more potential paying IT customers, StillSecure is giving its product away. Or at least a limited edition of it, anyway. In an announcement on the topic earlier this week, the company describes StillSecure Safe Access Lite as “a free version of the industry's No. 1 award-winning NAC solution” (Editor’s note: Safe Access fell more into the middle of the pack in our NAC test) that is geared toward providing “network and security administrators with the immediate benefits from NAC without the complications associated with a wide scale implementation.” "The industry has been crying out for something to ease the pain of NAC implementations," said Alan Shimel, Chief Strategy Officer at StillSecure. "Safe Access Lite installs seamlessly without disruption to your network. It makes it easy to understand how NAC affects your business by finding out how compliant your computers are, checking for the health of your devices, and helping to plan for a successful NAC implementation." Network World's Network Applications Buyer's Guide Find the right network applications for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information will help you quickly pinpoint what you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Safe Access Lite - which supports up to 250 endpoints - offers fast endpoint status checking using any or all of StillSecure's three end point security options - agent-based, Web-based using a nonpersistent agent, and agentless. Hundreds of health checks are available to assess an endpoint's security posture, including tests for operating system patches and hotfixes; security and browser settings; personal firewall; antivirus/antispyware; software required and software prohibited (such as P2P and instant messaging); as well tests for the latest worms; Trojans; and viruses. Tap into the Network World NAC Buyer’s Guide to see how Safe Access – both Lite and the full-blown version – compare with other products on the market.

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Contact the author: Christine Burns is the Executive Editor of Testing. She can be reached at cburns@nww.com This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp Whitepaper: Server virtualization for SMBs Server virtualization is not only meant for the largest enterprise organizations. In this whitepaper, Server Virtualization for Small and Medium-size Businesses, learn how this technology is ideal for smaller IT shops. This whitepaper explains how simplifying hardware and server applications with virtualization software allows for key operational improvements. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: security.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007