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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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