Hmmm....Maybe we have different roles in our respective organizations, because it doesn't appear "you" actually did the analysis of the products. I've worked in IT for 14 years and was an original Tripwire user. While I thought and still think Tripwire is a dececnt tool for auditing configurations, it is simply just that...a tool...and complex one to configure and manage at times. This is what led me to Solidcore, which proved to us in an intial POC they could block non-policy-backed change, which was key for us to minimize change-based outages. This was only after countless hours researching the market and our options. Maybe Network World Labs should review both products to give all readers a no nonsense assessment.