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Voltaire’s New Switch Enables High-Performance Computing
High-performance switches and unified fabric software from Voltaire will power high-performance computing solutions for Hewlett-Packard, Rackable Systems and IBM. The new architecture will enable solution providers to deliver computing systems with lower latency, increase availability and streamline management. The Grid Director 4700 and UFM (Unified Fabric Manager) software optimizes throughput for multicore servers, improving the…
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Microsoft Putting More Weight on Its Mobility Presence
Microsoft is hoping to further cement its presence in the mobility space with a next-generation OS and a passel of services designed to streamline the way we receive messages, from PCs to mobile device. The next iteration of Windows Mobile, which Microsoft is now calling simply Windows Phone, was unveiled at the GSMA World Mobile…
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HP, Citrix Team Up on Desktop Virtualization
Hewlett-Packard will bundle Citrix XenDesktop 3 with two new blade PC offerings to help solution providers reduce customers’ costs, increase manageability and security and gain traction in a rapidly accelerating market. Desktop virtualization solutions have seen early adoption in vertical markets such as health care, finance and manufacturing whose users regularly interact with confidential and…
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Netgear Tackles SMB Security with ProSecure Appliances
Netgear’s purchase of security vendor CP Secure is starting to bear fruit, with the introduction of the STM series of ProSecure appliances designed specifically for the SMB marketplace. The STM product line blocks spam, removes e-mail-borne malware and provides protection against Web-based malware. The STM series comes in three models: the low-end STM 150 (designed…
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Cisco, Trend Micro Partner to Tackle SOHO Market
When enterprise networking giant Cisco Systems acquired SMB-oriented networking rival Linksys, many wondered where the relationship would go. Would Cisco leave Linksys to service the SMB market, and continue to focus on the enterprise? Or would Cisco just gobble up Linksys and create Cisco branded products for the consumer market? Surprisingly, the outcome hasn’t really…