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Papers are listed from newest to oldest. Due to the rapidly-changing nature of the IT industry, we remove product-specific papers after approximately 12-18 months, and do not regard older papers as valid.

A key to our analysis product names:

  • ProductScope: Deep analysis of a single product.
  • SolutionScope: High-level comparison of several competing products.
  • CompareScope: Multiple-product feature comparison checklist.
  • SolutionSpace: Non-product-related education about a market space or market concepts.

NetWrix Change Reporter Suite

ProductScope · January 2012
An all-in-one auditing solution for AD, SQL Server, Exchange, and much more. 251KB PDF file

Office 365

ProductScope · January 2012
Our Office 365 migration experience. 250KB PDF file

Office 365 Migration Tools

CompareScope · January 2012
We compare the primary solutions available for migrating to Office 365. 225KB PDF file

PowerShell Editors and Tools

SolutionScope · January 2012
We look at the major commercial PowerShell script editors and toolmaking utilities currently on the market. 354KB PDF file

SQL Server Performance Boost

ProductScope · June 2011
We look at how FlashSoft SSD-cache software, coupled with SanDisk enterprise flash drives, offered a remarkable plug-and-play performance boost for Microsoft SQL Server. 439KB PDF file

Task Scheduling and Automation

ProductScope · May 2011
We examine MVP Systems' JAMS Scheduler, a robust task-scheduling product with deep support for Windows PowerShell and other automation technologies. 977KB PDF file

Multi-Proc Virtual Fault Tolerance

ProductScope · March 2011
We look at how Marathon Systems' everRun MX offers robust, virtualization-based fault tolerance for high-performance applications like SQL Server. 651KB PDF file

AD Change Auditing Roundup

SolutionScope · January 2011
We compare several Active Directory change auditing solutions. 236KB PDF file

VSS and Virtual Backups

SolutionSpace · January 2011
We look at the role of VSS in a virtual backup environment. 561KB PDF file