The Nehalem-based xeons are a landmark release, with exceptional performance married to great power.

We review the SSG 5, a UTM security appliance from Juniper Networks.

A huge capacity, classy specification, plenty of business-related storage features and lightning performance

An easily managed appliance for small offices. Performance is modest, but it offers useful remote access features

Not the best value, but this desktop NAS appliance offers good backup and webserver facilities.

Disk-imaging software can be put to many varied uses, and products like Drive Image prove particularly useful in our labs when upgrading to a new hard disk or for swiftly refreshing a test system.

Installation needs to be much more streamlined, but this is a low-maintenance security solution with quality reporting

A solid, general-purpose pedestal server with good storage and a classy management act – plus it’s quiet as a mouse

A low-cost, managed Gigabit switch with full PoE support on all fixed ports, but the external power supply is huge.

Certainly not a speed merchant, but it delivers plenty of backup facilities, good security and unique design concepts.

A simple wireless hotspot kit well suited to small businesses that want to offer an easy, billed Internet access service.

When Symantecs Norton Ghost 2002 was released last year, it offered few improvements, with support for Windows XP the only significant addition. Not so with Drive Image 2002.