Bi-weekly IT/Computer Networking Industry Updates (28 Jan – 10 Feb, 2013)
Hello People,
Welcome to another edition of bi-weekly IT/Computer Networking industry updates. In this edition, let us look at some interesting news, product releases and articles published by the enterprise IT/Computer Networking industry over the last two weeks (28th Jan – 10th Feb, 2013).
#1. Cisco announces Unified Access platform for enterprise networks: Cisco has unveiled a new Unified Access architecture that converges processing of wired & wireless traffic into a single data plane, based on Cisco UADP ASIC. Cisco has launched two new products on this platform – Cisco Catalyst 3850 Unified Access Switch, Cicso 5760 Unified Access WLAN Controller. Read more…
#2. Extreme Networks announces support for the new IEEE 802.1Q AVB Standard: Professional Audio-Video systems might converge with IP Networks very soon, with the advent of IEEE 802.1Q AVB standard. Extreme Networks have announced support for this standard in their switches. Read more…
#3. Dell to go private: Micheal Dell & Silver Lakes to buy out Dell common shares: In a major decision for a technology company of its size, Michael Dell (along with Silver Lakes) has decided to buy out common shares from Dell stockholders and make the company private. I am no financial wizard, but I believe that this is a positive step as it will encourage the top management to focus freely on long-term goals, without the pressures of short-term commitments. Read more from this press release issued by Dell.
#4. Dell announces new switching platform & SDN support for its high-end networking switches: Dell unveils new S4820T top of the rack switch 1/10GE ports, 40 GE uplinks and FCoE support. They have also announced the commercial availability of OpenFlow to support SDN on some of their switches. Read more…
#5. Ruckus introduces SmartWay and BeamFlex+ Wi-Fi technologies: SmartWay is a feature that will be added in Ruckus devices (with a firmware update) and it is used for administration and optimization of service discovery traffic like UPnP and Apple Bonjour, over Ruckus Wi-Fi networks. BeamFlex+ is a feature that will be added to select Ruckus Wi-Fi access points and they enable these AP’s to have complete control over how Wi-Fi technologies are transmitted, and in what orientation. Read more…
#6. Amazon Web Services launches Amazon Elastic Transcoder: Amazon Elastic Transcoder is a new service that helps companies to transcode digital files between different media formats. For example, customers can convert their high-resolution master file into lower-resolution video files that can be used for playback in websites, mobiles, etc. Read more…
#7. NetApp launches NetApp Certified Storage Associate (NCSA) certification program: As a part of its Academic Alliances program, NetApp launches NetApp Certified Storage Associate (NCSA) certification program, primarily targeting students of IT/CS branches thereby giving them some entry-level credentials while trying to get a job in the security industry. Read more…
#8. F5 introduces VIPRION 4800 hardware Firewall: F5 Networks, the application delivery networks company, has introduced a new high-speed firewall – VIPRION 4800 appliance that seeks to unify traffic management, application security, user access management, etc. with a Network Firewall. Read more…
#9. IBM to acquire Star Analytics Inc: IBM has announced that they will be acquiring the software portfolio of Star Analytics Inc, a data analytics company. Read more…
#10. Oracle announces availability of MySQL 5.6: Oracle has announced the availability of a new version of the open-source database – MySQL 5.6. They are also hosting the first virtual developer day for MySQL for March 12, 2013 to educate MySQL users on the latest features in MySQL 5.6. Read more…
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