Products at a glance

Products at-a-glance: Best of the Tests
In a hurry? Hereís a quick-scan list of the 13 Best of the Tests Award winners.

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Product	Description	Recommended by:
Alcatel e-ND 4980 More	IP-based soft phone	Miercom, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
AT&T WorldNet Service More	Dial-up ISP service	Keith Shaw, reviews editor, from product review
Bluesocket’s WG-1000 More	802.11b wireless gateway	Tom Henderson, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
Cisco’s Catalyst 3550-24 More	Wire-speed Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet switch	John Bass, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator with 3002 Hardware Client More	Remote access VPN	Joel Snyder, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
EEye Digital Security’s Retina 4.7 More	Network vulnerability scanning tool	Mandy Andress, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
Fluke Networks’ NetTool More	Handheld network analyzer	Barry Nance, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
GigaFast’s EZ500-S More	10/100M bit/sec switch in a fan-less design	Mike Avery, contributing Network World reviews editor
Hewlett-Packard’s OpenView More	Network management framework	Barry Nance, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
IBM’s xSeries x440 More	Rack-mountable server that can scale processors outside the chassis.	John Bass, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review
Serious Magic’s Visual Communicator Plus More	Enables users to create television broadcasts with a Web camera and a PC desktop.	Keith Shaw, reviews editor, from product review
Sierra Wireless’ AirCard 555 More	High speed wide-area wireless adapter card for laptops.	Keith Shaw, reviews editor, from product review
Vividon’s Streaming Delivery Accelerator More	Low-cost, yet high-density cache dedicated to streaming media delivery	Christine Perey, Network World Global Test Alliance member, from product review

Products at-a-glance: Wares extraordinaire
In a hurry? Here’s a quick-scan list of our five Category Breaker Award winners.

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Product	Description	Recommended by:
NetQoS’ SuperAgent 2.0	Software that provides so-called “quality of experience” measurement	Johna Till Johnson, “Eye on the Carriers” columnist from analysis
Novell’s iFolder Professional 2.0	Utility for file synchronization between “My Documents” folder and a NetWare server	Dave Kearns, “Wired Windows” columnist, from analysis
Sunbelt Software’s iHateSpam	Anti-spam client software that won’t block messages from people in the Outlook address book.	James Kobielus, “Above the Cloud” columnist, from analysis
PestPatrol’s PestPatrol	Eradicates pesky and malicious, non-viral computer bugs	Winn Schwartau, “On Security” columnist, from analysis
Virtela Communications’ Virtela VPN	VPN service that provides QoS by spreading traffic among multiple carriers.	Steve Taylor, “Packet Evangelist” columnist, from analysis

Products at-a-glance: Users’ favorites
In a hurry? Here’s a quick-scan list of the products named as favorites by five veteran network professionals

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Product	Description	Recommended by:
Cisco’s Hoot and Holler over IP	An IP, always-on conferencing bridge that can connect to analog “hoot” bridges.	Jim White, Prudential Securities, from product usage
Neoteris’ Instant Virtual Extranet	Secure Sockets Layer-based VPN product that eliminates the need for VPN client software.	Ed Mann, Prudential Securities, from product usage
Linksys wireless access points and cards with Compaq iPAQs	Wireless network allows credit cards to be processes outside the stadium	Erik Towt, Denver Broncos, from product usage
Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus Enterprise Edition	Antivirus software, stops on average 8,000 viruses per day	Brian Young, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, from product usage
NetScout Systems’ nGenius	Real-time network monitoring and reporting, eliminates guesswork and fingerpointing when troubleshooting	Jake Star, Mohegan Sun Resorts, from product usage