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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…
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Polycom Launches Video Collaboration Platform for SMBs
Unified communications specialist Polycom announced the launch of RealPresence Ready, an open video collaboration platform aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The system includes two HDX 6000 room systems, one HDX 7000 system and five Telepresence m100 software licenses. The solutions are modular so that SMB customers can add components such as Polycom Eagle Eye…
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Seagate Ships New Pulsar Solid-State Drives
Seagate started shipping its new Pulsar solid-state drives — 2.5-inch SSDs the company claims are the fastest it has ever manufactured — July 18 to its channel partners. Seagate said that the 400GB Pulsar XT.2 uses SLC (single-level cell) flash with a native 6Gb/s SAS (serial-attached SCSI) interface. The XT.2 is optimized for mixed workloads…