Review: Open source proxy servers

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	Open source proxy servers challenge commercial wares For this test we reviewed four proxy servers, Artica, Squid, IPFire and Apache server using mod_proxy. All four products are free or open source and provide proxy services alone or bundled with other features. We limited our test to forward proxy services with an eye toward ease of installation and configuration, system requirements, features and management tools. The products tested performed well under our simple speed tests, with differences too small to note. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Practical Guide to Understand and Benefit from the CIT This guide explores the realities of IT Consumerization to define challenges and opportunities. Learn best practices and get actionable recommendations. Learn More In this Issue 5 potential Facebook killers INSIDER Can anybody stop Facebook? INSIDER Review: Open source proxy servers are capable, but a bit rough around the edges WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic State of Cloud Security Report In a relatively short time, cloud computing, specifically Infrastructure-as a-Service, has shifted from a new but unproven approach to an accepted, even inevitable, model. Driven by flexibility and efficiency, the question facing most organizations is which applications and workloads to move to the cloud and when. Learn More 5 potential Facebook killers Remember Empire Ave? How about Hunch? Does Color ring a bell? Those were three of the potential Facebook killers that we identified back in 2011. OK, we might have been a little off. But, undaunted, we're giving it another go. Outside of the obvious suspects (LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+) who has the potential to unseat Facebook? Here are five possibilities. Tune into this space in 2017 to see if we were right or wrong. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Technical Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is the next generation of Microsoft's information platform, with new features that deliver faster performance, expand capabilities in the cloud, and provide powerful business insights. How SQL Server 2014 incorporates in-memory technology to boost performance in online transactional processing (OLTP) View Now INSIDER Can anybody stop Facebook? In the fast-paced world of social media, new companies burst onto the scene all the time and once-popular sites fade into oblivion. But amid the constant upheaval, the Big 3 -- Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter -- continue to dominate in their respective niches. Read More WHITE PAPER: Radware Dynamic Web Site Optimization: The Impact Read how a radical Front-End Optimization solution can automatically cut development and QA costs and reduce web page build times by up to 50%. Learn More INSIDER Review: Open source proxy servers are capable, but a bit rough around the edges Providing a common gateway for web services, caching web requests or providing anonymity are some of the ways organizations use proxy servers. Commercial proxy products, especially cloud offerings, are plentiful, but we wondered if open source or free products could provide enterprise-grade proxy services. Read More
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