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

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

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

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

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

A versatile web security appliance made even better with the new user-authentication and lexical-expression features.

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

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

A wealth of web server load-balancing and traffic-management features; ideal for those on a tight budget.

Finjan delivers unique security measures and stiff anti-virus protection in an easily deployed and managed appliance.

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

A tad pricey but a well-built desktop DAS appliance with plenty of fault-tolerant storage and top performance

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

Adaptec could offer a higher storage capacity for the price, but the 650 certainly delivers on performance and features.

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

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