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GFI Network Server Monitor 7 New GFI Network Server Monitor 7 enables enhanced complex monitoring tasks for small, medium and large enterprises.   London, UK, 20 October 2005 – GFI today announced the release of GFI Network Server Monitor 7, developed to meet the needs of enterprises of all sizes. The new upgrade features a…

GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP – more info GFI launches GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 10: The acclaimed server-based anti-spam tool just got better Improved efficiency in spam filtering techniques and essential mail archiving options London, UK, 1 July 2004 – GFI has announced the release of GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 10. This new version of GFI’s…

GFI MailArchiver GFI MailArchiver is a powerful yet easy-to-use email archiving solution that will allow you to archive all internal and external email into a central archive store. The simplicity of the product allows you to then easily manage the email archive stores from the web-based application, and also to allow users to browse and…

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner – more info Identify & remotely install missing patches on your network with GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner. Free version available for download! Automatically detect security vulnerabilities on your network GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) checks your network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack…

GFI LANguard N.S.S. is a leading security scanner that also offers patch management. Security scanning and patch management go hand in hand: Using one tool to do both makes the process more intuitive and more manageable for the administrator. GFI LANguard N.S.S. can use the Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) tool to maintain a centralized…

Microsoft defines the Windows Experience Index as the following: “The Windows Experience Index is a new feature built into Windows Vista that is designed to help you better understand how well Windows Vista and other software will perform on your PC. Your computer, running Windows Vista, is assigned a rating number called a “base score”…

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is an old and venerable protocol, especially useful for Internet publishing. It may seem that Microsoft has not done much work on providing a robust, secure FTP. But that’s all about to change. Microsoft has just created and released a new FTP service that has been completely rewritten for Windows Server…

Want to get the most out of Windows XP? Daniel Petri shows you some of his favorite tweaking tools for Microsoft’s long-lived client OS.

Freeware Notepad Replacements Notepad is one of the few tools that have always been a part of Windows, but in the process of updating and improving the OS, were left behind and have not evolved at all. When talking to people from Microsoft I got the clear impression that Microsoft views Notepad as a final…

A packet sniffer is usually used to analyze network traffic. The reason for using a packet sniffer (or simply called “sniffer”) is to configure the NIC to work in a mode called “promiscuous” mode. Without going into that mode, Ethernet network interface cards normally work in a “filter” mode that ignores all traffic that doesn’t…