Jeff Burt

A week after changing the company’s name, Ecessa is bringing greater security features to its WAN link controllers. Ecessa-formerly known as Astrocom-unveiled March 10 its new ShieldLink family of WAN link controllers, which includes a built-in firewall and VPN (virtual private network) gateway. In addition, the new lineup offers better flexibility in defining access control. […]

Hewlett-Packard is rolling out a host of products, services and financing options aimed at helping enterprises reduce IT costs while giving them ways to buy technology in these recessionary times. The goal is to help businesses prioritize their IT spending, optimize and automate their data center resources and outline options to best align IT with […]

Stratus Technologies is shipping its fault-tolerant servers with VMware virtualization software bundled at no charge. In a campaign called “We Feel Your Pain,” Stratus is offering VMware Infrastructure Foundation virtualization technology-which includes the VMware ESX hypervisor and one agent license for vCenter virtual infrastructure management-with its Intel-based systems. The program is designed to give businesses-particularly […]

Net Optics is giving enterprises a way to monitor traffic on both 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. At the FOSE 2009 show in Washington, D.C., March 10, Net Optics is showing off its 10G/1G Link Aggregator, a 1U device that enables businesses to use their current monitoring tools not only on the 1GbE […]

The global recession is forcing enterprises to take closer looks at data center technology that under normal economic circumstances they might have gotten around to later. Greg Papadopoulos, CTO and executive vice president of research and development at Sun Microsystems, said in an interview that IT administrators who normally might have put off investigating such […]

The outlook for the Ethernet switch market continues to be bleak-albeit with a few bright spots-thanks to the ongoing global economic recession. A week after Infonetics Research said the Ethernet switch market staggered in the fourth quarter of 2008 after starting the year strong, research firm Dell’Oro Group issued a report March 2 that mirrored […]

Extreme Networks is giving enterprises another path for migrating to 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the data center. The company March 2 unveiled its Summit X650 Top-of-Rack data center switch, a 10GBaseT solution designed to give enterprises greater flexibility in migrating to 10GbE while reducing costs. The continued consolidation of data centers and the growth of […]

Juniper, a strong player in the service provider and carrier spaces, made its first step into the data center a year ago with the release of its first EX Series Ethernet switch, a move that brought it once again into competition with the likes of Cisco Systems and Extreme Networks. Over the next few months, […]

Elastra is taking the next step in building up its cloud computing businesses by putting the next generation of its platform into beta. Company officials, who eight months ago unveiled the first version of their Elastra Cloud Server, on Feb. 25 rolled out the open beta version of Elastra Cloud Server 2.0. They also opened […]

The Ethernet switch market, which had been holding up well during the economic downturn over the past couple of years, saw its numbers drop in the fourth quarter as the recession really hit, according to a report from Infonetics Research. According to the report, released Feb. 24, global revenue from Ethernet switches started strong in […]

Cisco Systems and Accenture are creating a business group designed to help businesses take advantage of emerging technologies such as virtualization, unified communications and advanced collaboration tools. The expanded alliance with Accenture, announced Feb. 24, is also the latest step in Cisco’s aggressive push into the data center, an initiative that includes a strengthening of […]

Appro Releases Its Energy-Efficient GreenBlade System by Jeffrey Burt 1U Alternative Appro officials say their GreenBlade System gives HPC and midsize businesses an alternative to 1U servers, with greater density and better energy efficiency. To read an article on the system, click here. High Density Powered by AMD quad-core Opterons, the Appro GreenBlade System supports […]