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Overland Introduces Next-Gen Tape Libraries to Hungry Midmarket
Despite predictions to the contrary, tape-based storage, backup and archiving technology is far from dead. In fact, Overland Storage has introduced next-generation models of its NEO series automated tape libraries to capitalize on the still-growing need for scalable, affordable and reliable data protection and archiving solutions. According to Robert Amatruda, research director at IDC for…
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Check Point Cuts Conventional Security with Software Blades
Check Point Software Technologies unveiled a new “software blade” architecture that it says will make it easier for its partners and end-user customers to design and implement security solutions tailored for their specific needs. Similar to storage and server blades, Check Point’s software blades divide the different network and perimeter security functions into logical, interoperable…
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VMware, Iomega Create Storage Solution for the V-Curious
VMware and Iomega, cousins to each other under mothership EMC, co-launched a new shared-storage system Feb. 24 for small businesses and remote corporate offices and/or workgroups. The new configurations link VMware’s ESX and/or ESXi hypervisors with Iomega’s newest 1TB and 2TB spinning-disk storage systems for the first time. The new configurations, which will be sold…
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SMBs, Enterprises Share Common Communication Ailments
A study commissioned by Siemens revealed that small and midsize businesses have some serious communications agita. The good news—if it can be called that—is the SMB agita is exactly the same as what large enterprises suffer. The report, “SMB Communications Pain Study: Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Communications Barriers and Latency,” conducted by SIS Research, shows that…
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Show Us the Money
Nobody is saying that 2009 is going to be a boom year for IT vendors or IT solution providers. But even in a down year, there are strategies that can help companies pull ahead and then there are strategies that take time and effort without much of a payoff on the top line. The question…
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Innovating a Secure Passage
About a decade ago, engineers at FishNet Security—even then one of the larger security integrators—noticed a problem in their customer engagements: monitoring changes to firewall rule sets and optimizing perimeter security effectiveness. The lack of transparency caused firewall inefficiency and forced end users to buy more equipment than necessary. The solution that FishNet engineer Jody…