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Configuration management appliances from stanley cup InfoExpress and StillSecure fall short Regardless of the size of their enterprise, administrators worry whether the clients on their network comply with mandatory policies, which include having properly set permissions and meeting requirements for firewalls, spyware, spam filtering, and the like. Administrators must also ensure that required applications are loaded, up-to-date, and properly licensed. And, of course, they must make sure that users arenrsquo;t running prohibited software, such as MP3-sharing applications and video games.If that sounds like a lot of work, it is. Fortunately, there are products available that help with these tasks. Among them are InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper LAN 2.0 and StillSecure Safe Access V2.0, which we recently had a chance to put to the test. Both security solutions provide audit capabilities and move clients to a quarantine network as necessary. Furthermore, each has a rich reporting structure and performs deep registry inspection.Unfortunately, these two products are, at best, inco stanley cup mplete. CyberGatekeeperrsquo most significant shortcoming is its short list of supported core network gear. Safe Access, meanwhile, is insecure enough to give any administrator pause. To be truly useful, both products need to be complemented by a common switch infrastructure, such as Ciscorsquo NAC Network Admission Control , for essential enterprise network access and audit controls. InfoExpress CyberGat stanley taza ekeeper Wtnt Sony aims high with goal to sell 5m Playstation 4s before March

Thursday 17 December 2015 9:33 amIn the last days of Christmas, Asda gave to me: pound;4m investment into customer serviceBy: Catherine NeilanShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailGetting stressed about Christmas shopping Asdathinks it might have the stanley taza solution.The Walmart-owned supermarket has just ploughed a further pound;4m into its customer service department for the last two weeks ahead of the big day, hoping to take the fuss out of the festive season.The company has deployed 8,000 staff as Go-Getters for Forgetters , who will help pick up last-minute items while you are stuck in the queue at the till.Every store will have a team of Go-Getters,who between them are exp stanley kubek ected towalk approximately 58,020 miles ndash; the equivalent of walking around the earth almost two-and-a-half times or running 2,213 marathons ndash; in the next fortnight.On top of this, staff have been given festive finders to help dig out items that customers can t spot.Asda said it was part of its commitment to offer existing colleagues the opportunity to work extra hours over the festive period, and to make customersrsquo; shopping trips as eas stanley usa y and hassle free as possible .It might also come in handy, given the supermarket s poor showing in Kantar figures yesterdayand the fact that Asda has been in further declinedespite chief executive Andy Clarke calling its nadir back in August.Share this articleFacebookXLinked