News roundup: F5′s LineRate Systems acquisition targets data center programmability, scalability; Dell launches a new switch and rolls out OpenFlow support; CA simplifies IAM offerings; Veeam offers VM backup up to 15 cloud providers.
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F5 Acquires SDN Startup LineRate Systems
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RCS, WebRTC Will Unlock Mobile UC Potential
New standards such as RCS and WebRTC aim to bring unified communications (UC) capabilities to browsers and mobile devices, which may open a new competitive front for enterprise UC providers.
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5 reasons to stick with BlackBerry, and 5 reasons to bail
BlackBerry customers are at a crossroads: Either stick with BlackBerry or switch to some other smartphone platform. If you’re still using a BlackBerry, then you’ve probably grown tired of watching the smartphone world pass you by. However, the new BlackBerry 10 OS is here, and the BlackBerry Z10 is selling fairly well out of the gate.
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SavvisDirect Launches Private Cloud For Enterprise Developers
SavvisDirect, the cloud arm of CenturyLink telecommunications, has launched a private cloud service for application development, AppGrid, to give enterprises a secure setting in which to produce and deploy new applications.
Public cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services EC2, are already frequently used as a testing site for new software. Test servers can be commissioned, configured to match a production environment and then dismantled when testing is done. In addition, platforms as a service, such as Heroku, bring sophisticated services to developers on Amazon to speed application development.
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Digital Pen Improves the Tablet Experience
The DuoSense digital pen from N-Trig captures the experience of pen on paper for tablet users. But OS and device support are limited, and more apps are needed before this technology can go mainstream.
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Open Compute’s Trickle-Down Tech
Open Compute’s goal of open source hardware sounds democratic, but the initiative targets big-budget service providers and Web brands whose needs are different from everyday enterprises. The greatest impact of Open Compute will be felt by the leading server manufacturers–and it won’t be good.
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More Data On Attackers, But Attribution Still Dodgy
Following the compromise of The New York Times’ network, Mandiant–the company that responded to the incident and conducted the forensics analysis–collected enough evidence to identify the attacker. Yet, “identify” is a loaded word in the field of digital forensics and the name that the company had for the perpetrators came down to an internal designation: APT group 12.
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HP, Quantum Update Tape Portfolios to LTO-6
HP and Quantum have updated their tape storage to LTO-6, the most recent generation of the Linear-Tape Open standard. LTO-6 promises to store more data more quickly, though newly promised compression rates need independent verification.
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BlackBerry Z10: 5 Best Features
After spending more than a week using the new BlackBerry Z10, I’ve come to like certain features. This smartphone, which isn’t yet available for sale in the U.S. but will be later this year, brings a lot to the table. It doesn’t quite go toe-to-toe with some of today’s best devices, but it is a worthy competitor.
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Ospcode’s Private Chef Gets Cooking with Facebook
News roundup: Opscode updates Private Chef automation software; AirWatch and ForeScout team up for mobile security; WatchGuard unveils seven XTM appliances; HP gets agile.
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