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Excellent VMware guides. Includes "Guide to ESX 3 Service Console"

Astaro Security Appliances

http://www.astaro.com/

"Enterprise-class Unified Threat Management appliances."

Hardware firewall / intrusion detection / VPN / Anti-Virus / Anti-malware / etc.
Recommended to me. Looks like a great GUI interface.

Veeam – tools for VMware virtual machines management

Veeam – tools for VMware virtual machines management

"Best-of-Breed Solutions for VM Infrastructure Management"

Veeam offers a Windows implementation of the Unix scp secure copy tool - used to copy files from one host to another. This is a VERY useful (for a Windows guy like me!) tool. I can now browse the ESX machine's folders from my workstation using a GUI, edit the files, etc. Very handy (and free).

Access 2007 Runtime and Developer Tools

"Shortly after the release to the general public of Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft will make available the Access 2007 Developer Extensions and the Access 2007 Runtime. For the first time, both programs will be available as FREE downloads."

http://blogs.msdn.com/clintcovington/archive/2007/01/30/the-runtime-and-developer-extensions-will-be-free.aspx

Install Access 2007 and leave old version(s) functional

Good detailed article on how to do this is located here.

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition Download

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition Download

They've now updated it for Vista. The cost? Register for a free serial number every 14 months.

SNMP Tutorial

Tutorial on the simple network management protocol (SNMP):

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
  

Using vi, the Unix Visual Editor

A handy reference page on the use of vi - the full screen Unix / Linux text editor: http://staff.washington.edu/rells/R110/