Watchguard claims to give enterprise-class protection to small biz

WatchGuard Technologies has added to its SMB and branch office offerings with two new unified threat management (UTM) appliances the WatchGuard XTM 25 and XTM 26.Meant for small businesses, wireless hotspots and branch offices, XTM 25 and 26 feature HTTPS inspection, VoIP support, and options for application control and all other WatchGuard security services (WebBlocker, spamBlocker, Gateway... By sanjay.gupta gupta

First tab with Tegra 3 quad

Asus Technology has unveiled its long-anticipated Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet, which features Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor and Google's Android Honeycomb 3.2 operating system.Available with a 10.1" WXGA Glare (LED) screen, the tablet has a metallic spun finish on an ultra-slim body that is only 8.3 mm thin weighs just 586 grams.The first tablet to use the Tegra 3 quad-core CPU, the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

GreenField to help IDFC make its data center more efficient

GreenField Software Private Ltd (GFS), a startup offering energy and environment management software, has been awarded a contract by Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IDFC) for GFS's Crane DC, a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software.GreenField Software offers energy efficiency and sustainability management software solutions for data centers and companies in the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Forget metal, Riverbed shows some "Granite"

Riverbed Technology has announced a new architectural approach, called edge virtual server infrastructure (edge-VSI), that is touted to do for edge servers what virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) did for desktops: it allows IT organisations to consolidate and manage all their edge servers in the data center.Unlike VDI, however, claims Riverbed in a media release, edge-VSI does this while... By sanjay.gupta gupta

McAfee announces Enterprise Mobility Management 10.0

McAfee has announced a series of technology advancements that deliver upon its vision of providing comprehensive mobile security and privacy protection for devices, data and apps. McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) 10.0, available now, includes significant security updates for enterprise customers to enable bring your own device practices in the enterprise. With EMM 10.0, IT... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Symphony, Sybase to help address variable mobility costs

Symphony Teleca Corporation, a newly services organization dedicated to helping clients manage the global convergence of software, the cloud and connected devices, has announced that it is collaborating with Sybase, an SAP company, to help organizations address the variable costs of enterprise mobility. Symphony Teleca will integrate the latest version of Afaria 7.0, Sybases mobile device... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Citrix, Dell join hands for mass-market VDI appliance

Citrix Systems has teamed with Dell to deliver a new VDI appliance that radically simplifies and accelerates desktop virtualization deployments for the mass market. The Dell DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box is an easy, repeatable solution that will be sold through Dells global sales team and channels, targeted at customers who want to take advantage of the significant business... By sanjay.gupta gupta

CA extends content-aware identity and access mgmt

CA Technologies has announced advancements to further build-out its content-aware Identity and Access management (IAM) vision and deliver a security solution for Microsoft SharePoint to help improve information security, reduce risk and meet compliance mandates.Balancing business productivity and enablement with security and data protection is one of the top priorities for the Chief Security... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Arkadin launches collaboration soln on Adobe Connect platform

Arkadin, a global collaboration service provider, has announced the introduction of Arkadin Oneplace, a feature-rich audio, web and video meeting solution based on the Adobe Connect technology platform. The solution integrates Arkadins audio services into a unified audio, video and web conferencing solution. Arkadin Oneplace is delivered as a service for fast, scalable deployment with a low... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Don't Tech it Easy!

In our digitally loaded lives, its hard to imagine what we would do without technology. On the contrary, its not much difficult to imagine that we would achieve certain things faster if tech didnt play spoilsport. Weve all read with sympathetic fervor about the system-bashing tendencies that a hung computer induces in the most non-violent of workers. There was even a short video clip, in which a... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Green is a Habit

There is an abundance of literature on green technologies and products, so that's not what I'm going to talk about here.On the contrary, Im going to talk about things that may not sit well with how the entire ecosystem of industry and consumers operates in a fast-globalising but hot and crowded world. A world that doesn't seem to stop talking about the iPads, the Hondas, the Reeboks or... By sanjay.gupta gupta

CIO's role to cease to exist in 5 years?

The role of the CIO in its current capacity will not exist in five years time, according to research findings revealed by Getronics recently. The survey of 203 key financial decision makers in companies of 1,000 employees or more, found that almost one in five CFOs (17%) believe that the role of the CIO as it currently stands is in jeopardy. A further 43% of financial decision makers believe... By sanjay.gupta gupta