One of my favorite backup software programs is the Norton Ghost from Symantec. Have used it to store data at various Supported media CDR/RW and DVD+-R/RW drives, USB and FireWire® (IEEE 1394) devices, and Iomega® Zip® and Jaz® drives. Enables the encryption of backups support for Maxtor external drives with Maxtor OneTouch™ buttons.
Used Norton’s Ghost to backup and restore of individual files.
My favorite features are the remote management and lights out restore. It is available in the consumer version.
The Key Features of Norton Ghost are:
· Support for Microsoft Windows Vista and 64-Bit OS’s.
· Possesses built-in Vista inventory filters for identification and targeting of ‘Vista ready’ machines.
· Single centralized management console for management of all migration tasks.
· Hardware and software inventory for efficiently managing image and software deployments.
The Key Benefits of Norton Ghost are:
· Enhances and leverages Microsoft’s own best practices for Vista migration;
· Multicast accelerates deployments and reduces overall network traffic;
· Accelerated imaging compared to standard OS tools using market proven technology; and
· Recognize the significant cost and time savings from imaging, deploying, migrating, and managing systems.
This Global Chief Architect recommends Norton Ghost as a good backup software for individuals and small business offices that have simple backup processes.
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One of my favorite anti virus software programs is Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2007. It is a popular product of Symantec Corporation and is one of the most widely used antivirus programs. Have used it as a standalone product. Now I use it as a part of Norton Internet Security. My associate has also installed a standalone corporate edition version called Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition. We discovered that it is aimed toward a centrally managed corporate environment and possesses different features not present in the traditional retail version of the software.
As a user of Norton AntiVirus, I have noticed that it attempts to remove spyware and adware, both of which are forms of malware that are not computer viruses. It competed in this capacity with the freeware Spybot - Search & Destroy (among others).
Also noticed that it automatically detects and blocks viruses, spyware, rootkits and worms. Impressed with how the Rootkit Protection features finds and removes hidden threats in the operating system.
The Internet Worm Protection does an good job in blocking viruses, spyware and worms without specific signatures, email and instant message scanning that detects, removes or blocks infected attachments. Was also impressed with the Full System Scan which performs a deep scan to remove existing viruses, spyware and other threats.
Norton Protection Center provides a central place to easily check overall security settings. Its Live Update™ Notice alerts you to new features, product updates and threat advisories as available throughout the renewable service period.
Will cover more on NAV 2007 in a later entry.
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After installing Vista this past spring, I had the choice of eight different editions of MS Office 2007. I installed Microsoft Office Standard 2007 to see whether it is worth having it.
What I like about it is the basic desktop publishing tools that comes with Word; Excel formulas are easier to reference; PowerPoint presentations are more attractive; Outlook improves task and time management; improved integration throughout the applications; smaller application and file sizes; new file formats are easier to salvage if corrupted; document security is more straightforward.
The negatives about it was that I had to relearned the user interface. Believes that the drastic design changes took a great deal my time to relearn the intricate specifics behind the user interface. The new gui isn’t always intuitive. The contextual tabs and style galleries was slightly distracting to me. As a user of Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003, I had to install converters to open Office 2007 files.
What I also found to be a pain is that there is no easy way to save work to the Web.
Reflection Time: I felt Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if the user needs to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations to share with others. Other than that I do not see the reason why I should upgrade to this new version of MS Office 2007.
In a future article, I will comment on the new version of Outlook.
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