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Understanding Application Visibility with Blue Coat PacketShaper

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PacketShaper 900
Blue Coat Systems
410 N. Mary Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
(408) 220-2200

http://bluecoat.com


Price: $2,500 base price

We tested a PacketShaper 900 on a small test network showing how it can discover, classify and prioritize application traffic. We address four different questions that IT managers have about understanding how bandwidth-consuming applications interact over their networks, and how individual applications can be controlled for particular use cases.

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June 24th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Using Tricipher’s MyOneLogin to protect your Web credentials

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A single-sign on, two-factor authentication portal that is easy to setup and deploy for both internal and external Web and other resources.

Price: $30 per user per year subscription service (or $3/mo/user)
Requirements: Runs on Windows IE v6 and above, Firefox v3 on both Windows and Mac
We tested the service on a variety of browsers on both computers during June 2009.

Pros:
 Simple to setup and deploy without any programming or security skills required
 Hosted service, no software to install on the desktop
 Powerful management controls for business users

Cons:
 Reports and event logging somewhat difficult to parse
 Doesn’t completely support Safari browsers

MyOneLogin.com
Tricipher Corp.

http://www.myonelogin.com/

650.376.8326
750 University Avenue
 #260,
 Los Gatos CA 95032

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June 7th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

Posted in Web applications

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