Bi-Monthly Computer Networking/IT Technologies Industry Updates (May 16 – 31, ’15)

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Welcome to another edition of bi-monthly Computer Networking/IT Technologies Industry updates. In this post, let’s look at some interesting product releases and news from the vendors/companies in our industry, over the last two weeks (May 16 – May 31, 2015).

#1. Cisco Introduces New Certifications: CCNA Industrial (IoT), CCNA & CCNP (Cloud): More…

#2. Juniper Networks Introduces Juniper Networks Certified Design Associate (JNCDA) Certification: This new offering, according to the company, teaches best practices and new techniques across network design including SDN and NFV. Read more…

#3. Aruba Networks Introduces 802.11ac Wave2 Access Points: The New Aruba 320 Series Access Points are Wave2 APs with dynamic MU-MIMO grouping. More…

#4. Ruckus Wireless Introduces CloudManager: According to the company, this is a subscription-free cloud-based centralized management platform for its XClaim Access Points. Read more…

#5. Avaya Acquires Esna Technologies, a provider of real-time collaboration and communications software. More…

#6. EMC to Acquire Virtustream: With this acquisition, EMC plans to deliver Virtustream’s Cloud software and Infrastructure-as-a-Service portfolio to its partners and customers. Read more…

#7. NetApp Introduces AltaVault, a Cloud-integrated backup and restore platform available as physical, hybrid or virtual appliances. More…

#8. Digium Announces AstriCon 2015, the annual Asterisk user conference, from October 13 – 15, ’15 @ Universal Orlando. Registration is open now. Read more…

#9. Fortinet Announces Agreement to Acquire Meru Networks, the enterprise WiFi solutions provider. More… Fortinet has also introduced the FortiGuard mobile security subscription service to protect mobile devices. More…

#10. Checkpoint Releases 1200R Security Appliance to protect SCADA systems: This security gateway has 1 x 6GE ports & provides a firewall throughput of 2 Gbps. It supports industry-specific ICS/SCADA protocols. Read more…

#11. Lenovo Announces two new SAN Offerings: The Lenovo Storage S2200 & S3200. These arrays offer dual and single controllers in 2U 12 & 24 drive configurations. More…

#12. Fortinet Introduces Internal DNS Security: This is a hardened device that protects the internal DNS servers from DNS-based attacks. Read more…

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