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The Outlook plug-in is laudable for features and
usability.
For example, subscriptions could be displayed as
one large news feed or by categories.
Additionally, the new software version can be
deployed throughout an organization with standard tools, such as Altiris or
Microsoft SMS. In order to improve WAN performance, it takes digital sleight of hand
to work a little WAN magic.
After all, RSS readers are easy to install and
use.
Last, Smart Feeds pull back content-matching
keywords into custom feeds. But KnowNow ESS is certainly
enterprise-qualified.
In fact, a recent Pew Internet Foundation survey
found nearly one in three individuals consumes RSS feeds.
Power users have a plug-in for Outlook that
integrates feeds from the Enterprise Server, FeedDemon, NetNewsWire, and NewsGator
Inbox.
And intelligent ranking of feeds is
noteworthy.
In fact, a recent Pew Internet Foundation survey
found nearly one in three individuals consumes RSS feeds.
On the security side, Attensa ensured that
passwords for my personal premium subscriptions were not available to
others.
LiveAdapters dig deep into information
repositories. In Windows-only environments, you may access the server through the
Microsoft Management Console or browser. Feed Server works in the background
gathering and processing RSS feeds, which were quickly pulled into Outlook using the
standard MAPI protocol.
Thankfully, good options exist.
The agentless version could only say whether the
job had been completed.
All the features are available for one flat rate,
per participant, billed per minute.
The only problem I found is that this feature
currently works only if you have the Outlook plug-in. You either pick from
prepopulated lists or manually enter feed links.
In addition, you can set alerts, which will send an
SMS text message to your cell phone or a standard e-mail message when a feed is
updated. In fact, a recent Pew Internet Foundation survey found nearly one in three
individuals consumes RSS feeds.
On the advanced side, you can create custom forms
to pre-register users for meetings.
Using a separate Web interface, I set up
connections to Microsoft SQL databases.
First, as does the Steelhead, Cisco WAE caches both
files and chunks of data on a local disk, with the file cache doubling as a local
read-only file store when the WAN link fails.
After that, a number of high-end systems, such as
JRules from ILOG and Blaze Advisor from Fair Isaac, began to pop up.
Although I had no trouble getting around, there are
quick-start menus that guide first-time users on how to start or go into a meeting.
Back at the ESS console, I then followed a three-step Method Wizard to add and
customize the feeds, such as entering SQL statements that pulled records from my
databases and presented them in XML. In other words, each byte segment cache is
specific to the appliance pair that the traffic passed through. Additionally,
organizations can apply custom style sheets to match corporate branding.
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