Bi-Weekly Computer Networking/IT Industry Updates (June 25 – July 08, 2013)

Hello people,

I have once again decided to go back to the bi-weekly industry updates, instead of weekly updates. Frankly, I don’t have much time and there is not enough news to update this section on a weekly basis. Of course, if there is enough public demand, I can even take this section off my site/email newsletter, considering all the deafening silence of my readers 🙂

Anyway, in this edition let us look at some important news, product announcements and interesting articles published by the vendors in our industry over the last two weeks, June 25 – July 08, 2013. By the way, if you are a manufacturer of Computer networking equipment, and you find that updates from your company has not been featured in this list (until now), please send the link where you publish your press releases (through the contact-form on the site).

#1. Dell announces the availability of its Data Center In a Box – PowerEdge VRTX: Targeted at small/remote office environments, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, its Scalable-Data-Center-In-A-Box solution, is now available for ordering. Dell has also introduced a VRTX Solutions Ecosystem where partners can join and help Dell provide a single point DC solution to customers. Read more…

#2. Is your hotel polluted due to excessive 2.4 Ghz interference? In this blog post, Motorola Solutions show us the heat map of a hotel whose guests experience bad Wi-Fi connectivity due to excessive usage of 2.4 Ghz band (interference). They also help readers analyze if anything can be done to the existing situation before switching to dual-radio (5 Ghz) setup. Read more…

#3. EMC acquires Aveska Inc – EMC has announced that they have acquired Aveska Inc, that provides business-driven identity and access management solutions. This company will join the RSA security division in EMC. Read more…

#4. Digium introduces two new VOIP Gateways – G400 & G800: Digium has introduced two new E1/T1/PRI VOIP gateways to convert TDM connections into IP and vice versa (To be used along with a VOIP server like Asterisk). G400 has four software select-able E1/T1/PRI ports & G800 has eight software select-able E1/T1/PRI ports. Read more…

#5. Oracle announces the release of Oracle Database 12c – Oracle releases the first database designed for the cloud (as claimed by the company): Oracle Database 12c. Click here to know more about the new features and functionality included with the latest DB version.

#6. Are you aware of the Google Search Appliance? It seems, Google Enterprise Search comes in the form of an appliance, for indexing and searching public & non-public organizational data (for enterprise customers). Have a look at the product from here and have a look at a case study (recruitment consultants) from here.

#7. SolarWinds announces SysAdmin Day Meme Contest – If you are over 18 years of age and a resident of United States, you can participate in this SysAdmin day Meme contest announced by SolarWinds. If you are an IT professional with a good sense of humor, you can try your luck!

#8. Citrix announces the release of XenServer 6.2 – Citrix has announced the release of the latest version of the open-source, freely available virtualization software – XenServer 6.2. The free version can be downloaded from the newly launched portal – XenServer.org and Citrix also provides commercially supported version of this software. To learn more about the new features included with this release, head here.

#9. Polycom releases CX5500 & CX5100 for 360-Degree Panaromic Video Conference: Polycom has announced the release of CX5500 & CX5100 Unified Conference Stations that offer 360-Degree Panaromic view of all the meeting participants, custom-built for Microsoft Lync 2013. Read more…

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