Bottom Line: The Aberdeen Stirling 229 2U is a hardware Clydesdale with excellent benchmark test numbers, a five-year warranty, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. But while all the management basics are there, this SMB server has a little ways to go in terms of overall polish and day-to-day management.
Bottom Line: The HP ProLiant series has been the standard in servers for over a decade, and the DL380 G5 upholds that tradition. Elegant design and excellent management capabilities combine to make this the best value overall for small and midsize businesses looking for workhorse hardware.
Bottom Line: If this beta release is any indication, Microsoft Home Server will give users with little tech knowledge the ability to easily network their home computing environment and make their data available from anywhere—on the network or off.
Bottom Line: The Silex SecurePrint package is an effective solution to prevent data theft at the printer by requiring fingerprint authentication. But at a starting price of $499 for one user, it is also an expensive solution.
Bottom Line: A pizza box for the non-Windows set, the Sun Fire V20z is ready for the shift to x86-64-bit computing on the Web server front. At this price, it makes a decent alternative to other x86 Windows platforms or the Apple XServe system.
Bottom Line: DiskSites is a unique technology to consolidate file servers. It's straightforward to implement, fairly transparent to users, and can be a boon to organizations with many remote offices.
Bottom Line: A Web server workhorse, the Aberdeen Stonehaven A261S uses the power of two AMD Opteron 250 processors to reach the height of performance. The Stonehaven A261S proves to be a very good choice for the Web-based business that wants power and storage space behind its development or main line applications.
