Here are some software that looks at providing some common software required in Windows on the Mac.
AD integration or improvements to the AD integration experience from both a user and administrator perspective
Remote control applications
- OSXVNC and some TightVNC compatible clients
- Remote Desktop Connection
- Team Viewer
Chat and Remote Video and Control
AntiVirus
- A good list exist at (http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/tp/aamacvir.htm)
- Also includes ClamAVX
Firewall Applications
- Flying Buttress
- DoorStop X Firewall
- Firewalk X
- Impasse
- IPNetSentryX
- interGate
- LittleSnitch
- NetBArrier X4
- NoobProof
- Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh
- sunShield
- WaterRoof
- Firewall Advisor
Network Access Control or VPN