Server

Alternative Technology provides the solutions to maximize server performance and security while simplifying server network management.

Accessibility

Software and appliances utilized to provide a combination of versatility, security and functionality for the server network accessibility.

Vendors in category: AEP Networks, Oracle

Archive

Vendors in category: CommVault

Collaboration

Collaboration enables individuals to easily share workspaces and information - from anywhere, with anyone - to dramatically increase the productivity of meetings and workgroups.

Vendors in category: Novell, Oracle

Data Backup & Recovery

Databases, client files, emails and other valuable information stored on the network can be unstable putting businesses at serious risk of losing irreplaceable data if it lacks a back up system that protects data at all times. A number of studies in the United States and overseas have shown that a majority of companies that suffer a major data disaster go bankrupt within five years.

Despite the importance of preserving data, the IT investments that technology managers dislike most, and often neglect, are backup, archiving, storage, and disaster recovery. While the benefits of this planning are not readily obvious and — in the best-case scenario — backup and recovery is something you never have to use, saving your files a redundant drive is critical to the recovery of an enterprise’s essential data.

Vendors in category: CommVault, Double-Take Software, Quest Software, SonicWALL

Data Encryption

Vendors in category: CommVault

Data Replication

Vendors in category: CommVault, CommVault, Double-Take Software

Firewall

A firewall is a set of related programs and/or appliances located at a network gateway that protects the resources of a private network from users on other networks by monitoring and filtering of IP traffic.

Vendors in category: Novell

Management

Server management can distribute software to desktops from one central location, detect every machine on the network, track software and hardware configurations, send key information back to a central database, and perform other tasks.

Vendors in category: CA, CommVault, Lakeside Software, Oracle, Quest Software, ScriptLogic, ThinPrint, VMware

Operating Systems

Also known as an “OS,” this is the software that communicates with computer hardware on the most basic level. Without an operating system, no software programs can run. The OS is what allocates memory, processes tasks, accesses disks and peripherials, and serves as the user interface.

Vendors in category: Novell, VMware

Optimization

Software products that accelerate, relieve bottlenecks, reduce processor utilization and eliminate latency issues, which help optimize server performance.

Vendors in category: CA, Double-Take Software, Lakeside Software, Oracle, Radware, Riverbed, ThinPrint, VMware, Zeus Technology

Server Based Computing

Method of computing where an end user runs applications on a terminal server instead of on his/her local PC. All application processing that normally occurs on a PC is performed on the terminal server inside sessions devoted to each end user. The end user employs a terminal or PC as a client to input information via mouse movements and keystrokes.

Vendors in category: NComputing, VMware

Web Content Filtering

The management of spam prevention, content inspection and virus protection for content that enters, flows within and leaves the corporate network.

Vendors in category: Novell, Oracle, SafeNet