Weekly Computer Networking/IT Industry Updates (11-17 March, 2013)

Hi people,

As mentioned last week, I have converted the bi-weekly updates into weekly updates, in order to give a wider/faster coverage about the various news, product releases and interesting articles published by the vendors in our industry. Here are the weekly computer networking/IT industry updates for the previous week (11 March – 17 March, 2013).

#1. Cisco ISR-AX Router platform converges routing, security and application acceleration – Cisco has introduced the ISR-AX router platform that converges routing, security and WAN optimization/application delivery services and brings it to the reach of remote offices/small branches. Another feather in the cap for their router-centric architecture? 🙂 Read more…

#2. Ruckus introduces new mobile testing and monitoring applications for Wi-Fi networks – Ruckus has introduced four new free mobile apps (for iOS, Android) that allows their customers to test/monitor the performance of Wi-Fi networks (among others). Read more…

#3. Riverbed to host Sharkfest 2013 – Wireshark is a popular open source network analysis tool. Sharkfest is the annual gathering of Wireshark developers and users. Riverbed has announced that they will be hosting this year’s Sharkfest 2013 from June 16-19 at UC Berkeley. Read more…

#4. Axis Communications announces new affordable Wi-Fi IP Camera – Axis Communications has introduced a new affordable Wi-Fi IP Surveillance camera, M1004-W that is capable of transmitting HDTV-quality stream. Read more…

#5. Will 10GbE copper become more popular in the Data Center? Extreme Networks certainly thinks so. Read why.

#6. Unified Communications Security Basics – Do you have a UC/IP PBX system? Are you worried about its security? Being connected to the network, a Unified Communications system as vulnerable as any other. Digium’s blog post talks about the basic things you need to know when it comes to Unified Communications security. Read more…

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