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EMC Buys RSA: Customers Upbeat, For Now

If its $2.1 billion bid for RSA Security goes through, EMC officially can't be called a "data storage" vendor anymore. At first blush, customers say they expect good things from the deal.

Oversight Systems: Nonstop Cop

Oversight Systems helps cut auditing expenses.

LogicalApps: Tweaking the Rules

LogicalApps requires configuation to generate a clear picture of a company's finances, but generates reports quickly and helps pinpoint potential crimes.

Approva: Firm Grip on Controls

Approva wins praise from customers of its financial-management apps, even though it's a newcomer.

F5 Networks: Out of the Garage

F5 Networks got its Web access appliance line by buying a 20-person startup, and some say it retains a kind of tinkering-in-the-garage touch.

Citrix Systems: Not the Cheap Seats

Customers say Citrix Systems offers tested products and good tools to access desktop applications—to some, however, its pricing is exorbitant.

Aventail: Knocking Out Kinks

Aventail may have improved features and reliability with recent releases, but at least one customer is still sore over past product glitches.

Network Security Software: Drilling Down on Danger

Countering new threats to your data requires more brainpower—and lots of persistence.

PatchLink: Mixed Reviews

PatchLink gets mixed reviews. Some think it's great; others have had problems.

LANDesk: High Times

LANDesk Software's tools are comprehensive and proactive, say many customers, but is the company more focused on maximizing cash flow than it used to be?

BigFix: No Small Feat

BigFix has a staff of just 70, but the company's patch management products have made a huge impression on companies many times its size.

Cloudmark: Vapor Customers

Cloudmark may exaggerate its customer wins, but those who actually use the startup's products say they do the trick.

Users Gush over MailFrontier's Anti-Spam

MailFrontier's software is praised as being effective and useful, even by an otherwise disgruntled customer.

Symantec Buys Spam Killer, Gets Street Cred

Symantec joined the spam-busting big leagues by acquiring Brightmail, but some wonder if the company is keeping its eye on the ball.

RSA Security: Happier Endings

Once it got its house in order, RSA Security has impressed customers with support and an exclusive focus on security.

 

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