Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Fortinet packs enterprise security into a small business box Fortinet’s new stand-alone devices provide enterprise-grade network security to telecommuters, branch offices and small businesses – tackling multiple threats on a budget. 
Monday, May 04, 2009
F5 bulks up Web application firewall Company adds denial of service and brute force attack defences to its Application Security Manager software. 
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Downadup’s calm before the storm One security expert said Downadup/Conficker is merely “dormant”, probably undergoing a test run before being unleashed at full force. What IT managers should be scouring for on the networks
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Apcon offers faster matrix switches The company's series allows 10GbEthernet connectivity, offers more ports in less space and includes dual controllers for failover capability. Just think about patch panels in a home stereo system
Monday, September 15, 2008
LeftHand Networks changes sales approach Manufacturer now sells its iSCSI SANs in bundles rather than let customers chose from product line to make it easier to assemble virtual storage. Also, its managment software has been updated to include the ability to make virtual copies of data volumes
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
What to do in response to the DNS bombshell A Canadian analyst advises e-businesses to ‘hound’ their ISPs asking for proof they have taken safeguards against DNS vulnerabilities. What Dan Kaminsky told Black Hat attendees
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Keep an eye out This video surveillance system includes a 320-gig hard drive, infrared night vision and component video ports. Archived video can be backed up through FTP
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Juniper upgrades IDP line The company can now offer customers intrusion detection appliances from the edge to the core
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Work without all the noise SuperServers now have Whisper Quiet Workstations, with low noise fan speed controls. Find out what SuperMicro Computer packs into these machines.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
BelTek partners with ASC Software Vendors offer route accounting and administration system for companies distributing goods to stores.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Infonetics predicts 10-fold boost in 10 GigE sales Fewer than one per cent of ports shipped today are using the emerging standard, but the technology is becoming more popular as the demand for video and frequent backups continues to rise
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Foundry goes big with switches Foundry launched its largest Ethernet switch to date at Interop last month, a 32-slot, 5.1 terabit-per-second Ethernet switch aimed at high-end data centres and campus LAN backbones.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
HD-DVD equipped PC offers great performance at a price The system performed admirably in our performance tests -- but with a price tag of CDN$2,400 (as of 12/18/06), it doesn't come cheap. 
Monday, January 01, 2007
Dialing up some bad VoIP service Earlier this year, the company I work for decided to replace our aging phone system with a VoIP solution with all the bells and whistles. We looked at several systems before finally deciding on a vendor. Our in-house IT staff was extremely competent in network administration, system administration, and so on, but none of us had any hands-on experience with phone systems, let alone VoIP phones. Fortunately, “Ring-a-Ding Telecom,” the company we hired to install and support the new system, told us not to worry. The switchover would be a snap.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Multimedia power at a steep price – the Dell's XPS M1710 story The Dell XPS M1710 may just be one of the fastest and juiciest notebooks around. But don't count on getting around town very fast with this baby.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Gartner analyst: Resist Gig Ethernet Is Gigabit Ethernet a waste of your money? An analyst recently told enterprise IT and network professionals they would toss away more than US$10 billion on Gigabit Ethernet LAN gear over the next two years that would be better spent on technologies designed to support increasingly distributed workforces.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Crosswalk launches storage grid Crosswalk, the data protection management vendor, has introduced its grid storage product. The iGrid 5100 comes as two to eight nodes sitting between Fibre Channel-connected storage and gigabit Ethernet-connected servers. 
Thursday, March 16, 2006
ShoreTel offers full collaboration ShoreTel combines its Conference Bridge appliance with collaboration applications that run in a standard Web browser. From a presence-aware instant messaging console, users make phone calls and conference calls, plus share applications and presentations. Each area provides competitive functionality and usability. Yet what differentiates this solution is that enterprises eliminate monthly fees, gain faster collaboration, and get high data security.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
3Com throws IPS into switching 3Com has announced a chassis-based version of its TippingPoint security switch that combines traffic-inspection duties with the scale of high-end data switching, up to 10G Ethernet.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Dell flicks McData switch up a notch To help its customers reduce both costs and cable sprawl, Dell Inc. has introduced a set of new connectivity features to its PowerEdge 1855 blade servers. According to Bryan Rusche, server brand manager for Dell Canada, customer demand was the main motivator behind adding the new features, which include the McData 4314 Fibre Channel switch.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Extreme switch to hook up IP phones Extreme Networks Inc. recently launched a LAN edge switch designed to simplify deployments of wireless LAN access points and IP phones, using an emerging standard protocol for device discovery. 
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Foundry adds to Ethernet wares Foundry Networks Inc. this week launched a router and switch products aimed at the core and edge of carrier metropolitan area networks. The NetIron Internet and Metro Router (IMR) 640 is targeted at the networks of service providers interested in providing MPLS VPN services over metropolitan arena networks based on Ethernet technology. Foundry also introduced its NetIron 2404, for aggregating Ethernet services and MPLS VPN traffic at the MAN edge. Foundry is also targeting the switch platforms at very large enterprises and university customers interested in building metro area backbones with carrier switching capabilities. 
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Brocade superswitch builds uberSANs Many companies -- either by design or because of a merger -- end up managing multiple SANs. But merging two SANs can be a disruptive, risky process.