Best Active Directory and Group Policy Product
Editors' Best
Gold: GPExpert Group Policy Automation Engine 2.0—SDM Software (www.sdmsoftware.com)
Silver: Privilege Manager—BeyondTrust (pm.beyondtrust.com)
Bronze: Group ID Suite—Imanami (www.imanami.com)
"SDM Software's GPExpert Group Policy Automation Engine 2.0 is a tool that helps the Group Policy–challenged manage Group Policy as though they were Group Policy experts."—Caroline Marwitz, associate editor,
Windows IT Pro
"SDM products and free utilities allow the most powerful GPO management. SDM Software clearly shows its leadership in Group Policy management products with innovative solutions that no one else provides. The company led the way in automation of Group Policy management with its Group Policy Automation Engine and free PowerShell GPMC cmdlets—which I personally value highly. These technologies were introduced by SDM long before Microsoft provided limited functionality in Windows 7."—Guido Grillenmeier, contributor,
Windows IT Pro
Community Choice
Gold: Scriptlogic Active Administrator—ScriptLogic (www.scriptlogic.com)
Silver: Group Policy Manager—Quest Software (www.quest.com)
Bronze: Active Directory Change Reporter—NetWrix (www.netwrix.com)
Quotes from the Windows IT Pro
community about ScriptLogic's Active Administrator…
"I believe it's the best AD resource on the market and priced perfectly."
"Lets you recover that OU and save embarrassment and time."
"Wonderfully comprehensive tool set for managing AD."
Best Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware Product
Editors' Best
Gold: Tripwire for Servers—Tripwire (www.tripwire.com)
Silver: Managed Endpoint Protection Services—Symantec (www.symantec.com)
Bronze: IronPort C-Series—Cisco (www.ironport.com)
"[Tripwire's] leading platform-integrity-checking software allows for advanced data anad system protection and centralized monitoring. It's a great tool for compliance purposes."—Jan De Clercq, contributing editor,
Windows IT Pro
"Tripwire is an effective tool for protecting your network. The product is a great security add-on, regardless of your primary intrusion-detection software."—Mark Joseph Edwards, senior contributing editor,
Windows IT Pro
Community Choice
Gold: VIPRE Enterprise—Sunbelt Software (www.sunbeltsoftware.com)
Silver: ESET NOD32—ESET (www.eset.com)
Bronze: OfficeScan—Trend Micro (www.trendmicro.com)
Quotes from the Windows IT Pro
community about Sunbelt Software's VIPRE Enterprise …
"Easy to deploy, excellent value, low machine overhead."
"Least use of memory, least impact to system and processes, performs as well (perhaps better) than the biggies."
"Totally reliable, catches and defends the environment more than any other product, and has the lowest CPU usage."
"It's fast and light on system resources. It's also not just antivirus (quarantine or delete files) but provides a brute-force clean-up of the crud left behind by malware (including dummy files, registry settings, DNS entries, and browser help objects)."
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