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LifeSize Takes HD Video Conferencing to the Cloud
Logitech subsidiary, LifeSize is expanding its business to the cloud. The provider of on-premise videoconferencing solutions is launching videoconferencing cloud services with, LifeSize Connections. The cloud-based HD videoconferencing service is aimed at businesses that haven’t yet taken the plunge into telepresence and desktop videoconferencing, in part because of the capital expenditures needed on pricey hardware.…
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Google Apps Cloud Outage Lessons Learned
Google has confirmed that the Google App Engine experienced a Java App Engine outage on the evening of July 14, 2011, causing chaos amongst various Java-based applications on Google App Engine for about 4 and a half hours. The outage began at 7 pm PT, at which point applications affected by the downtime experienced high…
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Trend Micro Supports Microsoft SBS 2011 Essentials for SMBs
Internet content security specialist Trend Micro announced the release of a hosted endpoint security solution to support Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials dashboard add-in functionality with Worry-Free Business Security Services, a hosted security service for protecting PCs, servers and other Windows-based devices. The platform leverages the cloud to provide central management for the security…
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FFIEC Online Banking Security Guidance a Big Opportunity for Solution Providers
For the first time in over five years the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released a new guidance for online banking security that will likely prod banks and credit unions to improve the way they protect customers from fraud and should have channel partners thinking carefully about who they partner with and how they…
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Dell Enters High-End Networking with Force10 Buy
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is making a play for the high-end data center networking market, announcing plans to acquire Force10 technology in a deal that is expected to close by the end of the summer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dell said that it would maintain Force10’s existing channel program as it did with previous…