Netgear delivers a highly affordable SSL VPN appliance that’s also relatively easy to configure.

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.

For a laser printer manufacturer, GCC has an unusual history. Formed in 1981, the company originally developed enhancements for coin-operated video games such as Ataris Missile Command and also brought us PacMan.

A wireless security system with good roaming support, but it isn’t perfect

Surely, this can't be right – a full-colour laser printer for only $1,800? You'd better believe it, The catch is that the 2300W is a GDI (graphical device interface) printer, so it doesn't have an internal processor and relies on the host system to do all the legwork in preparing the pages. Furthermore, it's parallel and USB 1.1 only and it can't accept a network card. That aside, the printer offers a fine set of features for the price. There's a 600 x 600dpi resolution with a 1,200 x 600dpi Fine ART mode, along with 4ppm colour and 16ppm mono print speeds.

HP gets the best out of iSCSI with a smart backup appliance that’s easy to manage and good value for small businesses.

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.

D-Link offers a well-built desktop NAS appliance that looks good value, but for business users it’s short of features

A compact IP telephony router with great features, but the web interface isn’t user-friendly.

A compact IP telephony router with great features, but the web interface isn’t user-friendly.

The first of the new breed of IBM rack servers, delivering superb design and a wealth of new features.

A low-cost SSL-VPN appliance that may fit your bill, but sacrifices are inevitably made to hit the sub-$250 price

The 207MW may be bandwidth hungry, but image quality and features are superb.

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

Ghost 2003 now offers a similar level of features to that of Drive Image 2002 (August 2002, page 72).

The easyStore is basic, but it’s good value and its iSCSI capabilities give it an edge over the competition

A versatile single-socket rack server with a wide range of processor choices, plus a good warranty for the price.

A versatile single-socket rack server with a wide range of processor choices, plus a good warranty for the price.

A good quality and speedy colour laser printer, but the running costs are unsettlingly high.

A disappointingly modest number of improvements, although they’re well integrated into the complete suite.