Bi-Monthly Computer Networking/IT Industry Updates (11 – 24 Nov. ’14)

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Welcome to another edition of bi-monthly Computer Networking/IT Industry updates. In this edition, let us look at some interesting product releases and news from vendors in our industry, over the last two weeks (November 11 – 24, 2014).

#1. Cisco Unveils Project Squared: Project Squared is the new business collaboration app from Cisco that combines chat, audio, video, multi-party meetings, and content sharing within a single platform. Read more…

#2.  Cisco Introduces Telepresence IX5000 Series: This new 3-screen video collaboration system is designed for the participation of 6 – 18 people and uses H.265 compression. More…

#3. Extreme Networks Introduces new Data Center Switch & Analytics Application Sensor: The Extreme Networks Summit X670-G2 Switch is a 1 RU Data Center ToR Switch available in 48 and 72 10 GE fixed port configurations. Purview Application Sensor is a new appliance for deploying Purview Analytics. Read more…

#4. Dell Introduces a new Server and Storage for HPC systems: The Dell PowerEdge C4130 1U Server is powered by Intel E5-2600V3 and can support up to four GPU accelerators. Dell has also introduced Dell Storage for HPC with Intel Enterprise Edition Lustre Software. More…

#5. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced: Amazon Aurora, a MySQL-compatible database for Amazon Relational Database Service More..; AWS Lambda, a new compute service that runs developer’s code in response to events More..; EC2 Container Service, a container management service that enables customers to launch, manage, and scale containers More..; AWS CodeDeploy, that enables developers to automate code deployments on EC2 More..; AWS Key Management, AWS Config, AWS Service Catalog for enterprise security and governance applications More..

#6.  F5 Announces Silverline for Cloud & Hosted Delivery Services: Beginning with DDoS protection and Security intelligence services, F5 is planning to offer security, availability, and optimization services from hosted/managed infrastructure under the ‘Silverline’ banner. Read more…

#7. Microsoft Open Sources .NET Stack to run on the Linux and Mac OS platforms, and Releases Visual Studio Community 2013, a free edition of Visual Studio. More…

#8. WatchGuard Introduces Two New Firewalls: The new WatchGuard Firebox M400 & M500 appliances are for securing mid-sized and distributed networks. Read more…

#9. Infoblox Introduces Open Source OpenStack Adapter to bring network control/DDI (DNS DHCP & IP Address) management to the popular open source cloud creation software, OpenStack. This tool is free of cost. More…

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