Total Cost Of Ownership and Netsupport Dna Enterprise Management Software for Windows

NetSupport DNA Enterprise Management
$384 - NetSupport Ltd

IT assets account for the largest proportion of the overall IT spend, therefore, ensuring they are properly managed and maintained becomes one of the highest priority corporate goals for any organisation where TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is high on the agenda. Facilitating central management of your enterprise PCs in a secure, coordinated and efficient manner, NetSupport DNA features fully automated Discovery and Deploy of clients across your network, instant Hardware and Software Inventory, full change history reporting, Real-time Application and Internet metering including usage restrictions, Software Distribution including automatic packaging of applications for installation on user systems without the need for interaction, optional NetSupport Manager Remote Control, Chat, Message and much more. Recognising that organisations have differing requirements, NetSupport DNA is available in a modular format, allowing you to pick and choose only those features that best meet the current needs of your organisation.

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AdventNet SNMP Agent Toolkit
$2000 - AdventNet

Most of the management systems are built from top to bottom either by SNMP,TL1 or HTTP.They leverage the specific facilities offered by the selected management protocol. For example,application server vendors are keen at SNMP for their management needs. Similarly TL1 is a man-machine management protocol deployed in broadband and access networks, including SONET networks. New technologies such as WDM and xDSL sometimes use the TL1 protocol for management of network equipment.

But these emerging OEM/Application/Enterprise vendors are worried about the rising cost of software development and the bearing on each operating system and platform to be supported. This has forced them to look for productivity enhancing technologies. And in the current fast paced environment, it is not practical for most application developers to support multiple platforms and operating systems in a timely manner. A cross platform, standard compliant management solution is required to allow rapid development of agents, for their applications, making them suitable for network management.

These needs are fulfilled by AdventNet Agent Toolkit Java Edition which provides the necessary infrastructure, with a comprehensive suite of Java based cross platform development tools, framework and APIs to be used across many operating systems, thus addressing the needs of fast paced environment for developing application/system management agents. It also offers investment proof and overall lower total cost of ownership including lower cost of development due to availability of skilled people and tools.

The AdventNet Agent Toolkit Java Edition is a rapid prototyping and development tool used for building Java based Standalone SNMP and TL1 agents. It also supports building agents with multi-protocol access to common management information through SNMP, RMI, HTTP, CORBA and TL1. You just have to instrument once to access through multi-protocols.

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ShadowServer
$299 - StorageCraft Technology Corporation

Web Server Defacement and Server Security Issues - Eliminate them with StorageCraft ShadowServer

StorageCraft ShadowServer provides high availability for servers so that downtime and the associated costs are held to a minimum. ShadowServer provides a full system recovery in as fast as it takes to reboot. ShadowServer is your first line of defense, reducing the time and cost required to re-install the operating system, restore from an image or recover from a tape backup. Avoid web server defacement, security leaks and other issues that cause server downtime.

Prevent spyware and malware
Avoid viruses, worms and trojans
Test software installations and updates safely
Preserve orginial system configuration and performance
Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

StorageCraft's unique approach allows you to activate ShadowMode which takes an exact snapshot of your server and runs a virtual twin. Your server runs as it always has, allowing you to serve up web pages, run applications or offer file and print services. If your server has any problems simply reset the system and restore it immediately back to your original, optimal state.

There are many solutions on the market today that are trying to solve problems with viruses and worms, spyware and other malicious or unwanted server changes. The problem with these approaches are constant updates are required, fixes aren't available until the virus, worms, spyware or other malicious and unwanted changes have already been written to your server and damaged your system.

The StorageCraft ShadowMode approach eliminates these problems before they ever get to your server. Our unique approach provides "Disaster Prevention", eliminating security, data protection and disaster recovery problems before they occur. Avoid server downtime, maintain optimal performance and reduce TCO of server maintenance and support. Most importantly, maximize server uptime to keep your business running smoothly.

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ShadowUser
$69.95 - StorageCraft Technology Corporation

ShadowUser provides the following benefits:

Eliminate Spyware
Avoid Viruses
Surf the Internet Without a Trace
Instantly Undo Unwanted PC Changes
Immediate PC Recovery With a Simple Reboot

Internet security, virus protection and PC disaster recovery all in one solution.

The StorageCraft ShadowMode Approach ? ShadowMode security solutions have minimal impact to the current configuration of your PC. ShadowUser captures a snapshot of your system volume(s) and runs an exact duplicate of your PC in a virtual state. This virtual state, called ShadowMode, allows the user to use the PC as normal, but without actually making changes to the hard drive. If PC changes and folder or files changes occur during a ShadowMode session, then these changes can be automatically or manually committed to the hard drive or discarded.

Running in ShadowMode provides the following benefits:
? A non-instrusive approach to security and data protection
? Provides a proactive approach and eliminates PC problems before they occur
? Gives full control back to the IT professional or PC user to maximize system uptime
? Minimizes IT complexity and reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
? Uses minimal system resources and returns the resources when the ShadowMode session is ended

There are many solutions on the market today that are trying to solve PC security and data protection challenges, but many of these solutions are addressing problems that should never exist. In many instances, the product that is supposed to be solving a particular issue with security and data protection is intrusive and compounding the problem. ShadowUser provides a proactive approach and eliminates many of the challenges with spyware, viruses and other unwanted PC changes before they occur.

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Aloaha PDF Signator
$49 - Wrocklage Intermedia GmbH

The Aloaha PDF Signator can sign any existing PDF Document. Aloaha does not require special prepared PDF documents or signature fields.

The digital signature of the PDF file will automatically be checked and indicated by the PDF viewer (Acrobat Reader). The customer needs not to install specific software for this checking process.

The Aloaha PDF Signator supports software certificates and SmartCards/e-ID Cards. All CSP supported SmartCards are also supported by Aloaha. Some SmartCards are supported native. These cards do not require a CSP (Crypto Service Provider) installed.

PDF Signator allows you sign PDF documents without any need to purchase full Adobe Acrobat® or Adobe Document Server for Reader extensions®. This dramatically reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Using PDF Signator you can now open, view and navigate PDF documents directly within PDF Signator. Thus allowing you to view and sign the document all from the same application. (freeware feature)

Timestamps via remote RFC 3161 Timestamping Server or inbuilt RFC 3161 TSA also possible!

Any number of users can countersign the same PDF document. Each signer?s information is maintained separately and verified every time a PDF document is opened.
OCX/ActiveX module included!

Signatures produced with the Aloaha PDF Signator can be verified using standard Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

The Aloaha PDF Signator is completely PKI neutral and will work with PKI components from any vendor (this includes CAs, certificates, CRLs, OCSP responders, smartcards, etc.).

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WinBackup 2.0 Server
$349.95 - Uniblue Systems

WinBackup 2.0 Server takes business continuity a step further, providing you with an exceedingly easy-to-use backup solution that maximizes performance and that is 100% reliable and robust. WinBackup 2.0 is specifically designed to minimize the time and costs required for backup and restore management within small and medium sized businesses.

The advanced feature set of WinBackup 2.0 Server awards comprehensive protection for business-critical data stored on servers. Backups are performed rapidly and will not interfere with the ongoing operation of the business. The proprietary compression technology used in WinBackup 2.0 Server ensures smaller backup files and an exceedingly reduced amount of media needed. WinBackup 2.0 Server guarantees 100% accurate restores since it supports bit-level validation. This minimizes server and network downtime when and if disaster strikes.

WinBackup 2.0 Server is the most cost-effective backup solution available allowing small and medium sized businesses to optimize their resources by selecting an exceedingly powerful backup and recovery management solution that is 100% reliable.

WinBackup 2.0 Server is truly backup made easy!

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