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Survey Says Companies Struggle With Cloud In Disaster Recovery

November 30, 2010

An annual survey from Symantec Corp. on disaster recovery shows that trends such as virtualization and the cloud continue to have an impact on organizations' disaster recovery plans. In fact, 84 percent of survey respondents say that virtualization led them to reevaluate their disaster recovery plans in 2010, compared with 64 percent in 2009.

New HP CEO Signals Software Offensive In Wake Of Strong Q4 Results

November 23, 2010

Even as Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) posted better than expected fourth quarter results and raised its outlook for 2011, new HP CEO Leo Apotheker Monday left little doubt that he is laser-focused on increasing the company's software sales.

Hitachi GST Enters Enterprise SSD Market

November 18, 2010

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is claiming to be the first hard-drive supplier to deliver enterprise class Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel solid state drives. Built around Intel NAND flash technology and available in 100, 200 and 400Gb capacities, the Ultrastar SSD400 family features both 2.5-inch 6Gb/s SAS and 3.5-inch 4Gb/s FC interfaces.

Spam Levels Drop 47 Percent Since August: Symantec Report

November 12, 2010

Major takedowns of the Zeus cyber crime ring, spamit.com and the Bredolab botnet have led to a sharp decrease in spam. But while spam levels continue to drop, phishing is on the increase, with attacks that are leveraging the holidays and social networking sites to distribute malware.

Nvidia Support Site For GeForce Products Debuts

November 12, 2010

Nvidia on Tuesday launched a support Website for its GeForce graphics hardware, a family of gaming products that includes the newly introduced high-end GTX 580 card.

Cisco survey: Disconnect Between End Users And IT Over Device Use Policy

November 9, 2010

Analysis of:Consulting Management Platform - Project Invitation | councils.glgroup.com

Data from a global survey conducted by Cisco Systems found that nearly half of end users globally say either their companies do not have an IT policy governing the use of PCs, cell phones, smart phones and PDAs, although more than 80 percent of IT decision makers say that such policies exist. On the other hand, among end users who are aware of corporate IT policies around device use almost three-quarters think the policies need only slight improvement or think they are fine as is.

Checkpoint's Mobile Access Blade: VPN For iPad And iPhone

October 26, 2010

Analysis of:Consulting Management Platform - Home Page | councils.glgroup.com

Check Point Software Technologies is entering the device access control market with their Mobile Access Software Blade. The new blade provides secure SSL VPN connectivity and certificate-based two-factor authentication to a mobile device-specific portal to email and other business applications -- CRM, Share Point, inventory tracking, purchasing systems, corporate intranet, etc. Mobile Access Software initially supports Apple's iPhone and iPad, and other device support is forth coming.

Logitech's LifeSize Taps Into Growing HD Videoconferencing Demand

October 21, 2010

LifeSize, a division of Logitech, is unveiling a 16-port bridge that makes high-definition videoconferencing significantly more affordable than ever before. At $4,062 per port, less than a third the price of the competition, LifeSize Bridge 2200 deploys easily and scales across existing resources, geographies and standards-based video conferencing offerings. It supports any codec, speed, resolution, layout or port without losing capacity or HD video quality.

IBM 'Racks Up' Midmarket Storage

October 12, 2010

According to IBM, the most significant element of Thursday's additions to its storage portfolio is the Storwize V7000, a 2U rack-based disk system with enterprise-class performance packaged for the midmarket. Reportedly, it can reduce storage rack space by up to 67 percent and improve performance by 300 percent with automatic migration to solid state drives (SSD) through the integration of IBM System Storage Easy Tier software.

Fortinet Virtualizes Unified Threat Management

October 12, 2010

Fortinet has released virtual appliance versions of its Fortigate unified threat management (UTM) and FortiManager central management tool for managing both virtual and physical appliances through a common console across the enterprise network. FortiGate Virtual Appliance enables companies investing in virtual infrastructure a way to deploy security inside that environment.

Cisco Extends Borderless Networks With WaaS Express And UCS Express

October 7, 2010

Cisco is enhancing its Borderless Networks product portfolio around application delivery and remote access. Cisco is retooling its Integrated Services Router (ISR) line to run WaaS Express, a lightweight version of its WAN optimization software, within IOS and without requiring an additional Service Ready Engine (SRE).This allows enterprises to save money at remote sites because they won't have to deploy additional application delivery hardware. 

Cisco Chooses Citrix As VDI Partner

September 11, 2010

VMware may be the undisputed leader in virtualization and a charter member of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) data-center initiative, but it's Citrix that Cisco is partnering with for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solution targeted at large organizations.

Will 3Par Be Good For HP? The Jury Is Out

September 7, 2010

HP has prevailed in its bidding war with Dell for 3Par, a high-end storage vendor, giving HP an important advantage in the converged infrastructure and cloud computing era. Dell withdrew from the bidding war for 3Par on Thursday, after its board voted not to try to counter the $2.4 billion cash offer ($33 per share) that HP made earlier.

CIOs split on future destiny of the IT department

September 3, 2010

Analysis of:Reverse Innovation: Developing and boosting the TV Apps industry | www.appmarket.tv

Is the influence of the IT department waxing or waning in today’s organizations? Or is it transforming? Or, will cloud computing make IT almost completely obsolete? These are the kinds of questions that are bouncing around the IT space in 2010.TechRepublic has taken up the topic with its CIO Jury to ask the leaders of IT where they stand. See how the jury ruled and then read our selection of interesting comments from the IT executives.

HP Wastes No Time Upping Dell's Bid For 3PAR

August 27, 2010

Analysis of:HP and Dell bid war for 3PAR | www.crn.com

HP (NYSE:HPQ), locked in a short but violent bidding war with Dell over the acquisition of storage virtualization vendor 3PAR, on Thursday afternoon upped the ante with an offer to acquire 3PAR for $27 per share.HP's new offer comes just hours after Dell on Thursday increased its offer to acquire 3PAR for $24.30 per share.

Intel-McAfee Deal Is A Head Scratcher

August 24, 2010

Chipmaking giant Intel is going to acquire security software vendor McAfee for $7.68 billion, in an effort to closely align processing power and security in the next generation of Internet-connected devices. But one security software analyst doesn't see the synergy or the value of the deal to McAfee.

Sophos Calls Out Apple, Microsoft On Security

August 4, 2010

Sophos has a habit of casting doubt on the security of Windows and Mac OS X, and this week the security vendor is once again warning users that they're not as safe as they might think.

Asus breaks into PC makers' Top 5

August 4, 2010

The maker of the tiny Eee PC Netbook has joined the giants of computing.For the second quarter of 2010, Asus shipped 4.3 million PCs, good enough for 5.3 percent of the worldwide market, according to IDC. The Taiwanese manufacturer's PC shipments grew 84 percent during the quarter, allowing it to pull into a dead-even tie with Toshiba for the very first time: the two are tied, that is, for fifth-most PC sales during the quarter behind usual suspects Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer, and Lenovo.

Zinox is Nigeria’s No. 1 Selling Notebook, Says IDC

August 2, 2010

The laptop range of Zinox Computers, Nigeria’s first internationally certified branded computers, has emerged the best selling notebooks in the Nigerian market, according to the latest report by International Data Corporation (IDC), the US-based global leader in market research and analysis in information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology.

Microsoft Unfurls Its Multi-Faceted Cloud Message

July 21, 2010

At its Worldwide Partner Conference this year, Microsoft backed up its "all-in" cloud computing mantra with tools, training and incentives that channel partners of all types can use to start building businesses in this new land of technological opportunity.

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