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DEFINITION: A strong password is one that is designed to be hard for a person or program to discover. Because the purpose of a password is to ensure that only authorized users can access resources, a password that is easy to guess is a security risk. Essential components of a strong password include sufficient length and a mix of character types. A typical weak password is short and consists solely of letters  … 
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Active Administratorâ„¢, Version 5.6.1
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TRIAL SOFTWARE: Active Administratorâ„¢ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights.
Posted: 01 Jan 2011 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2011

ScriptLogic Corporation

Free tool to evaluate the performance of your distributed IT infrastructure
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TRIAL SOFTWARE: HP's SiteScope 10.1 MLU SW E-Media solution allows organizations to maintain the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure while lowering the total cost of ownership to a central server. Download this evaluation now.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010

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TRIAL SOFTWARE: HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010

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Sophos Endpoint Protection
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Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Premiered: 07 Apr 2010

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Posted: 06 Jul 2011 | Premiered: 06 Jul 2011

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Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2012

Microsoft

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Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2012

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PASSWORDS DEFINITION (continued): …  in a single case.When people create passwords, they often defeat the purpose by choosing parts of their names, the names of their pets, or even the word "password," itself, which was the most commonly used password for many years. Now that many password policies require the inclusion of a numeral, the most common password is "password1."You can make your password much harder to break by using more characters, mixing upper and lower case letters, and including numbers and special characters. According to a security guide from Texas A&M University's Research Foundation, a six-character, single-case … 
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