Phixman.com, a mobile/laptop repair chain in India, has now opened a shop at Chennai – 115/26, Corporation Complex, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam, Near Ambedkar Statue. Ph/WA: 8940995533. I went to the opening ceremony event today which was hosted by the Chennai franchaise owner. He mentioned the following points as USPs for Phixman: Free pickup/drop of mobiles/laptops from within a 5 KM radius. They try to finish the Service/Repair within 24 hours. For broken mobile screens, they can change only the screen instead of changing the entire LCD panel set, which can save a considerable amount of money. They give a 90-day post-service warranty. The parent company is based at New Delhi…

#1. Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire BroadSoft, a company specialized in calling, collaboration and contact center solutions for approx. $1.9 Billion USD. More… #2. Cisco announces the introduction of Cisco MDS 9132T 32 Port 32-Gbps Fibre Channel Switch with SAN Telemetry Streaming on Cisco MDS 9700 32G Module. More… #3. Cisco and Google announce New Hybrid Cloud Solution enabling Apps to Span On-Premises Environments and Google Cloud Platform. More… #4. HPe Aruba to introduce Aruba IntroSpect Standard and Advanced editions to add to their Aruba Introspect UEBA (User and Entity Behavioral Analytics) security portfolio. More… #5. Extreme Networks to Acquire Data Center Business from Brocade. More… #6. Amazon introduces Cloud Cam—An Intelligent Security Camera that Works…

#1. Extreme Networks introduces two new switches –  VSP 8600, an innovative small 7RU form factor core chassis with over 21 Tbps of switching capacity. The other is the VSP 8404C, a 2RU modular core form factor with four pluggable slots. More… #2. Mitel Completes Acquisition of ShoreTel. More… #3. Arista Introduces Any Cloud Platform for Hybrid Cloud Networking to provide consistent functionality across multi-cloud environments. More… #4. Post acquisition, Intronis MSP Solutions has now been rebranded as Barracuda MSP. More… #5. Dell introduces DSS 9000 integrated rack unit with compute, storage, networking, power, cooling and open management in a pre-integrated rack scalable up to 96 nodes with Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and built…

#1. Cisco announces intent to acquire Sunnyvale-based Springpath for the latter’s distributed file system for hyperconvergence that enables server-based storage systems. More… #2. Juniper Networks Contrail Security helps protect applications running in multiple heterogeneous cloud environments. More… #3. Lumina Networks enters the SDN market by introducing Lumina SDN controller based on OpenDayLight, Lumina Flow Manager, and Lumina Zero Touch Installer. More… #4. AWS introduces Amazon Macie, a security service that helps customers to classify the sensitivity of their data on Amazon S3, monitor & report on risks and anomalous access. More… AWS Glue, an ETL service that automates the preparation of data for analytics, to be available to all customers. More… #5. Riverbed…

#1. Cisco introduces 5th Generation Unified Computing System Servers including Cisco UCS B200/480 M5 Blade Servers, Cisco UCS C240/480 M5 Rack Servers. More… #2. Mitel announces definitive agreement to acquire ShoreTel in a deal that is valued around $430 Million USD. More… #3. Unify introduces OpenScape Cloud, a combination of the company’s products – Circuit, OpenScape Voice and built for the cloud. More… #4. Dell EMC launches 14th Generation models of its Servers including Dell EMC PowerEdge R940, R740, R740xd, R640, C6420, FC640, and M640. More… #5. Fortinet Launches Global Threat Intelligence Service: FortiGuard Threat Intelligence Service. According to their press release, this service is available as an open beta today. More… #6. DigiCert to Acquire Symantec’s…

#1. Juniper Networks Introduces Junos Node Slicing that allows differentiated services with isolation within a single router chassis. They have also introduced universal chassis to decouple line cards from router chassis. More… #2. Cisco & NetApp introduce FlexPod SF Converged Infrastructure Solution features innovative NetApp® SolidFire® all-flash, scale-out, cloud-connected storage, Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS®) B-Series servers, and Cisco Nexus® switching. More… #3. Cisco introduces Catalyst 9300, 9400, 9500 Series Switches. The company is also introducing DNA Centre, SD Access, Encrypted Data Analytics & Network Data Platform modules. More… #4. HPE introduces new High-Performance Computing Solutions including HPE Apollo 6000 Gen10 System, HPE Apollo sx40, HPE Apollo pc40, HPE SGI…

@1. Cisco announces intent to acquire MindMeld, a privately held Artificial Intelligence company that focuses on making intelligent and human-like conversational interfaces. More… Cisco announces intent to acquire Viptela, a cloud-based SD-WAN solution provider. More… @2. HPE introduces new all-flash storage products including a midrange HPE 3PAR StoreServ 9450 all-flash array, fifth generation entry SAN models HPE MSA 2050 and 2052. More… @3. Extreme Networks to introduce new Switching platforms – Extreme X870 Series provides high-density 100 GB fixed port switches with flexible port licensing to migrate from lower speeds. Extreme X620-16p & X460-G2 provides support for multi-rate speeds at the network edge. More… @4. Extreme Networks wins the bid to…

Here is a list of interesting product releases and news published by the vendors in our industry, over the last one month (April 2017). @1. Cisco introduces Customer Success Manager (CuSM) Certification program and other enhancements to its training modules. More… @2. HpE completes acquisition of Nimble Storage, a provider of predictive all-flash and hybrid storage solutions. More… Hewlett Packard Enterprise Completes Spin-off and Merger of its Enterprise Services Business with CSC. More… @3. Riverbed to acquire leading cloud-enabled Wi-Fi networks provider Xirrus, further strengthening its SDWAN solution. More… @4. Microsoft announces Azure Time Series Insights, a fully managed analytics, storage, and visualization service that makes it incredibly simple to interactively and instantly explore and analyze billions…

Hello. Welcome to the Monthly Computer Networking & IT Industry news & updates. In this edition, you’ll find some interesting news & product releases by the vendors in our industry, over the last one month – March 2017. #1. Cisco introduces new Cisco Spark Room Kit & Room Kit plus room video conferencing devices. More… Cisco completes acquisition of AppDynamics, a company involved in application and business monitoring. More… #2. Juniper Networks introduces new coherent DWDM Line Cards supporting up to 200 Gbps of speed on Fiber, and other Data Center Interconnect innovations. More… #3. Hewlett Packet Enterprise to spin-off its Enterprise Services business and merge it with CSC. The combined company…

Hello, and welcome to another edition of monthly Computer Networking and IT Technologies. In this edition, you’ll find some interesting news and product releases by the vendors in our industry over the last one month (Oct. 2016). #1. Highlights from NXTWORK 2016, Juniper Networks annual user conference include product releases like Juniper Networks SRX4100, SRX4200 Firewalls, among others. Read more… #2. HPE introduces HPE Adaptive Backup and Recovery Suite, an integrated suite that uses operational and file analytics to automate and streamline data protection. More… #3. Extreme Networks launches AP3916i, an 802.11ac Wave2 AP with integrated HD camera and AP3912i, 802.11ac Wave2 wall-plate AP. Read More… Also, Extreme Networks completes the…

Hello and welcome to another edition of monthly Computer Networking/IT industry updates. In this edition, you’ll find some interesting news and product releases by the vendors in our industry, over the last one month (September 2016). #1. Cisco offers media companies and global video delivery networks protection against Video Piracy and Cyber Threats via Videoguard Everywhere, Streaming Piracy Prevention and Infrastructure Security solutions. More.. #2. HPE | Microsoft Azure Stack Solution to deliver on-premises integrated Microsoft Azure Hybrid Cloud solutions to companies that want to host the Azure platform in their data centers. More.. #3. HPE announces plan for spinoff and merger of its non-core software assets — which includes…

Hello and welcome to another edition of Monthly Computer Networking/IT Industry updates. In this edition, you’ll find some interesting news and product releases by the vendors in our industry over the last one month (August 2016). #1. Extreme Networks introduces Industrial Switches that are available in the 8/12 port form factors supporting 1G bandwidth in durable IP 30 metal enclosures. More… #2. Hp introduces HPE StoreVirtual 3200 Storage, a flexible shared storage system built on HPE’s software defined storage platform… Hp’s entry SAN array now comes with 800 GB of built-in SSD capacity – HPE MSA 2042. More… #3. HPE to acquire SGI, a company specializing in compute, data analytics…

Hello, Welcome to another edition of monthly Computer Networking/IT industry updates. In this edition, you’ll find some interesting product releases and news published over the last two weeks by the vendors in our industry. #1. Cisco announces Intent to Acquire CloudLock: CloudLock is a privately held Cloud Security company that specializes in CASB – Cloud Access Security Broker technology which provides visibility and analytics around user behavior and sensitive data on the Cloud. Read more… #2. Juniper Networks introduces Cloud-enabled Branch to create and automate branch office networking services on-demand, including SD-WAN. More… #3. Digium reveals schedule for 13th Annual AstriCon, the annual conference for users of open source voice…

Hello, Welcome to another edition of monthly Computer Networking & IT Industry updates. In this post, you’ll find some interesting product releases and news from the vendors in our industry, over the last one month. #1. Juniper Networks releases EX2300 & EX3400 series Access Switches for campus and branch networks. While 2300-series switches have 10 GbE uplinks, 3400-series switches have 40-GbE uplinks also. Read more… #2. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise announces plans for tax-free Spin-off and Merger of Enterprise Services business with CSE. This consolidation is expected to create a pure-play IT Services company that will be worth $26 billion USD. More… #3. Helwett Packard Enterprise announces High-Performance Computing Platform that includes…