Cisco Systems is introducing new switches with 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) capabilities, which are the coming new standards for switching speeds on networks. The 40GbE capacity is now available on its Catalyst 6500 switching line for campus networks, while 100GbE is available on the Nexus 7000 line for data center and service provider networks. The company also announced two new fixed-configuration platforms providing high-density 10GbE switching, which is the fastest growing category of switches today.
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BlackBerry OS Achieves Coveted Government Security Clearance
Don’t nail the coffin shut on RIM just yet. Following a shakeup of executive leadership, and the launch of BlackBerry Cloud Service and Office 365 integration, RIM announced today that the BlackBerry 7 OS has received FIPS 140-2 certification.
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Governments Missing Out On Virtualization Savings
Government agencies need to overcome funding uncertainties and other major barriers in order to realize savings from virtualizing their servers and desktops, according to a new study by MeriTalk. The report, “Virtualization Vacuum: The 2012 Government Virtualization Study,” surveyed government IT decision makers. One of the key findings is that 82 percent of federal and 77 percent of state and local IT professionals say their agencies have already implemented some server virtualization at an estimated savings of 19 percent of their IT budgets, which translates to $ 15 billion across government.
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RightNow To Help Oracle Create Raving Fans
Oracle plans to integrate RightNow’s customer experience software into its existing software portfolio to not just improve customer satisfaction, but turn consumers into advocates for a company’s brand. In an hour-long web cast on Tuesday, Oracle executives explained how RightNow tools used by approximately 2,000 companies on their web sites, in contact centers and through social media, will supplement existing Oracle platforms for marketing, ecommerce, business intelligence, supply chain management and business use of social media.
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Numara Acquisition Opens Up Midmarket To BMC SaaS
BMC Software, a developer of business service management (BSM) software with more than 15,000 customers, has acquired Numara Software, a provider of integrated IT management solutions for the midmarket, with over 13,000 customers, for an undisclosed sum.
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Riverbed Virtualizes Cascade
As use of IT grows in enterprises, so, too, do demands on networks to deliver more capacity and speed and to be able to prioritize traffic. Video gets priority over a simple e-mail, but a VoIP call gets priority over video if the video in question is something frivolous on You Tube. The need to manage the growth and increasing complexity of networks is driving demand for network performance management technology that can monitor traffic, identify possible bottlenecks and intervene to clear them up.
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HP Storage Tech Day
Last week I joined a dozen or so fellow bloggers and storage industry gadflies for a Storage Field day at HP’s Fort Collins, CO facility. Much like the more ecumenical Gestalt IT Tech Field Days run by our own Stephen Foskett, HP Tech Days let vendors show off their shiny new products while the street-wise delegates ask tough questions and take no marketing speak for an answer.
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Brocade ADX 12.4 Improves App Delivery
Brocade introduced a new application delivery controller that enables service providers to manage application delivery in a way that servers or end-point devices no longer can. A key feature of the Brocade ADX 12.4 is what the company calls an OpenScript Engine, which enables enterprise service providers to build customized versions of network applications using the open-source Perl programming language in order to deliver networking capabilities unique to their needs.
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Office 15 Beta Slated for Summer, Time to Move to Office 2010
Microsoft has launched the community technical preview (CTP) for Office 15 to a limited audience, with a public beta planned for summer of 2012. With what will likely end up being Office 2013 looming on the horizon, it’s time for those still using Office 2007 to migrate to Office 2010.
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How NetFlow Keeps Networks Running, People Alive
In all the technical discussions about network routers, switches, throughput, packets and the alphabet soup of acronyms that apply, it may be easy to forget that network downtime can have life or death consequences. For two other NetFlow users, the requirements for the network monitoring technology were less dire, but the results were still compelling.
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