Weekly Computer Networking industry updates (July 02 – July 08, 2012)

Weekly Computer Networking industry updates (July 02 – July 08,  2012)

#1 How to survive a public cloud outage (From Riverbed) – Though this post is about dealing with Amazon cloud failure, it is applicable for any public cloud. As mentioned in the post, any cloud (public or private) infrastructure/connectivity can fail and it is better to be prepared for the same than hoping that there will be no failure. Three options are suggested – i. Balance across different availability zones from the same cloud provider, ii. Balance across different cloud providers, iii. Balance between a public cloud and a private cloud. Companies whose operations are based on public cloud (and the ones who are planning to do so) should read this article from Riverbed.

#2 Android Security (from Fortinet) – This blog post from Fortinet lists certain precautions that can be taken by Android mobile phone users to avoid malware spreading through Android apps. Among others, they suggest that users should employ a good deal of skepticism before installing any app, not install apps that are not required, check for the number/kind of permissions required by the app.

#3 What can you do with Unified Communications (from ShoreTel) – Though this blog post speaks more about the capabilities of the ShoreTel Unified Communications system, it is also a good reference for what you can do with a Unified Communications system in general. You know that unified communications is more than making a phone call, you know that unified communications integrates voice, messaging and video, but what else? Read this blog post to find out.

#4 What’s special with Dell’s Cloud optimized Servers (from Dell) – In this summarized chat transcript, people from Dell talk about their cloud optimized data center servers, which applications these servers are meant for, difference between cloud servers and general servers, management options for their line of cloud servers, etc.

#5 New Data Center cabling standard – TIA 942-A (from Siemon) – The data center cabling standard TIA 942 has been updated with a new standard called TIA 942-A. This blog post from Siemon is a summary of the changes introduced in the new standard, when compared to the old one. It gives a good insight into the type of cables/connectors recommended for copper/optical systems in a data center, energy efficiency (impacted by cabling arrangements), data center cabinet designs, etc.

#6 Dell’s Open Source (Ubuntu 12.04 based) XPS Laptop optimized for developers (from Dell) – Dell is releasing a laptop that is hardware and software optimized for Ubuntu Linux users. This one is specifically optimized for developers and the code name for this project is interestingly ‘Sputnik’. This blog post introduces the various components of Sputnik (If you are a developer, don’t miss the comments section over there) and this blog post gives a summary of all the information available for Sputnik.

#7 Hp Networking gains market share in Data Center Switching (from Hp) – This blog post gives some data on the data center Ethernet switching market and the market share for major vendors, as observed by an analyst. Since the blog post is from Hp, the data is focused on what concerns Hp networking but it’s a good read nevertheless.

#8 IBM announces new x86 based Server models (from IBM) – IBM has announced some new x86 based servers including, i. IBM Bladecenter HS23E, which is a blade server for small to mid-sized organizations, ii. IBM System x3750, which is a four-processor based rack server, iii. IBM Flexsystem x220, which is an entry-level server for simple virtualization and infrastructure workloads, among others. You can read more about these new servers from here.

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