Bi-Weekly Computer Networking/IT Industry Updates (31 Dec ’12 – 13 Jan ’13)

Welcome to another edition of bi-weekly computer networking/IT industry updates. Let us look at some interesting news, product releases, articles, etc. released by vendors in our industry over the last two weeks (31 Dec 2012 – 13 Jan 2013).

#1 Dell Secureworks launches cloud vulnerability management services – Dell Secureworks has launched VMS (Vulnerability Management Service) and WAS (Web Application Scanning service) for customers of Dell vCloud. In addition to VMS, Dell also offers Global Threat Intelligence service. Read more…

#2. Lenovo and EMC announce completion of their JV: LenovoEMC Ltd – Lenovo and EMC have announced that they have completed the formation of their JV – LenovoEMC Ltd, which was initially announced in August, last year. Among others, this JV company will focus on bringing NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions to distributed enterprises, SMB’s & remote branches. Read more…

#3. Digium announces dSSE certification program for their IP PBX: Switchvox – Digium (the Asterisk company) announced the dSSE (Digium Switchvox Support Engineer) certification program for partners who are involved in installing their IP PBX: Switchvox. Read more…

#4. Fortinet introduces new high-performance security blade for data centers and managed security service providers –  Fortinet has announced the introduction of a new high-performance blade unit for the Fortigate-5001C UTM platform. It delivers up to 40 Gbps firewall throughput and 17 Gbps IPSec throughput, along with native 10 GE support. Read more…

#5. Checkpoint Zonealarm 2013 security suite offers Facebook privacy scan and do-not track – Checkpoint Zonealarm 2013 security products offer facebook privacy scan to prevent companies from targeting advertisements based on your usage FB patterns, among others. Read more…

#6. Bosch introduces new cameras and monitors to its Advantage line – Bosch Security Systems has introduced a few new cameras and monitors to its Advantage line of products. The new cameras include VDC-242, VDN-244, VDI-244. The new monitors include UML-193-90 (19″), UML-223-90 (22″). Read more…

#7. Citrix completes the acquisition of Zenprise, an MDM solutions company –  Citrix announced that it has completed the acquisition of Zenprise, which is a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions provider. As a result of this, Citrix has integrated MDM products into their solutions offerings as – Citrix CloudGateway, Me@Work. Read more…

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