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Written by Larry S. Wiggins    Monday, 09 March 2009

DESKTOP UTILITY Nico Mak WinZip 7.0 Kill the wait on big uploads and downloads with WinZip, Nico Mak's definitive compression and decompression utility. Better yet, use WinZip to archive infrequently used files, then tuck them away on a Zip or Jaz disk for safekeeping. SERVER UTILITY Intel LANDesk Server Manager 6.0 Downed system taking your business down with it? Keep your server farm running by installing LANDesk Server Manager across the enterprise. With the $995 Pro version, you can monitor systems through the LAN or via the built-in modem. Lost a power supply? Don't worry--the Pro version's EMC2 add-in card has a separate plug for just that event. NETWORK UTILITY Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Time's running out to get your network up to code for the big double zero. It you're running Windows NT, Microsoft's SMS may be the best way to plow through the systems, servers, applications, and databases on your LAN in search of potential problems. ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE Network Associates McAfee ViruaScan 4.0.1 The latest news from the virus front is that the Word 97 virus Ethan.a is rampantly spreading across corporate desktops. Symptoms include changes to the author field in your documents, as well as the document title changing to that of Edith Wharton's classic novel, Ethan Frome. VirusScan 4.0.1 may not understand the literary tastes of virus coders, but it'll clean things up anyway. (The latest update takes care of that pesky Melissa virus too.) COLLABORATION AND E-MAIL Novell GroupWise 5.5 A revamped interface and smart new features make GroupWise 5.5 the best choice for e-mail management, group scheduling, and document sharing. If you upgraded to NetWare 5, you can't afford not to upgrade GroupWise as well. New DOCUMENT MANAGER Caere PageKeeper Pro 3.0 Caere one-ups ScanSoft this month with PageKeeper Pro, the new state of the art in desktop management tools. With features like Smart Folders (for automatically organizing your documents) and real-time indexing, PageKeeper Pro is now the best way to keep information overload in check. PERSONAL SECURITY Symantec Norton Your Eyes Only 4.1 If only Bill Gates had shelled out 89 bucks on a privacy tool like Norton Your Eyes Only.... Avoid the hassles of having your dirty laundry made public: This encryption software supports military-grade key lengths for keeping your data secret from even the most persistent prying eyes. NETWORK SECURITY Internet Security Systems Internet Scanner 5.6.2 Don't let hackers poke holes in your firewall or your server--do it yourself with Internet Scanner. An easy-to-learn interface lets you put your network through the most stringent of tests, probing for everything from Web browser security holes to blank passwords to misconfigured firewalls. Even better, its software brain keeps track of your past mistakes to make sure you're on top of the repairs.

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