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Microsoft Debuts Gateway Security Tools
Microsoft on Feb. 1 announced the launch of its Intelligent Application Gateway 2007, a new product that extends the company’s Secure Access Platform by incorporating technology gained in its acquisition of Whale Communications last year. The software giant’s ISA (Internet Security and Acceleration) Server now includes Whale’s SSL VPN (secure sockets layer virtual private networking)…
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Red Hat Launches Certified Service Provider Initiative
When former IBM and Lenovo exec Mark Enzweiler joined Red Hat as vice president of North American Channel Sales in October, channel providers were hoping Red Hat would become more channel-friendly. Their wishes appear to have been granted, with the launch of Red Hat’s CSP (Certified Service Provider) initiative. Since Enzweiler came on board, Red…
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StoreVault S500: Big Storage, Small Price
Network Appliance’s StoreVault S500 packs enterprise-class data protection into an affordable network-attached storage and storage area network device. NetApp’s StoreVault division caters to the needs of small and midsize businesses with storage products that are reliable yet easy to use. Based on eWEEK Labs’ tests, even IT shops with little or no specialized storage expertise…
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HP ProCurve Sends Message to C-Level Execs
Hewlett Packard’s ProCurve Networking unit on Jan. 30 attempted to move out of the networking trenches and into the IT executive ranks when it outlined its Adaptive Networking vision. The launch is intended to describe for IT executives and chief financial officers the business benefits of ProCurve Networking’s strategic direction in helping to ensure the…
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F5 Networks’ Big-IP Grows Up with the Market
F5 Networks on January 29 marked a maturing in the fast growing market for Application Delivery Controllers when it launched a new high-end hardware platform and new release of its Big-IP software. As customers scale the size of their ADC deployments and add more functions to the devices as well as bandwidth-intensive applications to the…
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Hybrid Hype Running into a Hard(ware) Reality?
Last summer, industry and customer conferences were abuzz with presentations about new flash memory caching technologies that would improve the user experience of Windows Vista, especially for mobile desktops. And storage vendors climbed on board with preannouncements of “hybrid” flash-enabled drives to support the plan. However, with Vista now in general release, the timing for…
