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Cloud Drives Red Hat Back to Asia

December 30th, 2010
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Closing the year on a high note with a 75 percent share of the Linux market and analysts salivating over its position in the tech industry’s three hot areas of open-source software, cloud computing and virtualization, Red Hat has recommitted itself to the Asian Market.

The database beat of the Bangkok Post quoted Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen, vice president of Red Hat Asia Pacific, as saying expanding cloud-computing opportunities with governments and growing the acceptance of open-source solutions are the company’s priorities in the region.

Red Hat is working with the government in China to establish a cloud computing center that offers software-as-a-service to small-to-medium-sized enterprises. The company also recently acquired Makara, a platform as a service (PaaS) application.

The company’s Enterprise Virtualisation and JBoss Enterprise Middleware products continue to gain interest from the telecom and banking sectors in Thailand.

Red Hat is projected to become the open-source community’s first billion-dollar company in 2011. Earlier this month, the company reported quarterly earnings of $235.6 million, an increase of 21 percent from the same period last year. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $198.8 million, also up 21 percent.

Cloud deployment should drive increased revenues through 2011. Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst has said that cloud computing is heavily dependent on open-source software. He estimates that 90 percent of cloud infrastructures in place today use some open-source software.

Source:-http://www.phoneplusmag.com/news/2010/12/cloud-drives-red-hat-back-to-asia.aspx

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Teamf1 security software drives netgear’s latest gigabit unified ipsec/ssl vpn firewall gateway

June 1st, 2010
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The leader in embedded networking and security software, today announced that its software powers the next-generation ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit VPN Firewall gateway from NETGEAR /quotes/comstock/15*!ntgr/quotes/nls/ntgr (NTGR 22.71, -0.89, -3.77%) , a global provider of branded networking solutions.

This high performance security device branded SRX5308 is packed with numerous business-class features including a hardware-accelerated data flow pumping up to 1Gbps LAN-to-WAN for the blazing fast networking throughput demanded by today’s SMBs. SRX5308 offers four Gigabit LAN ports for maximum internal data transfer speeds and four Gigabit WAN ports for reliable connectivity to the Internet through session based load balancing and failover protection across 4 separate ISPs simultaneously.

TeamF1’s software enables multidimensional network security features on the SRX5308, including denial-of-service protection, stateful packet inspection (SPI) and URL keyword filtering, coupled with a high-performance concurrent IPsec and SSL VPN for branch offices and road warriors alike.

“NETGEAR’s SRX5308 is a perfect fit for today’s business networks demanding Gigabit speeds, rock-solid reliability and tight network security,” said Jason Leung, NETGEAR, Senior Product Line Manager for SMB Security.

“Our continued collaboration with TeamF1 enables us to address these demands faster and with lower risk, with TeamF1’s market-ready solutions backed by their high quality support.”

“We are happy to drive NETGEAR’s latest innovation with our software,” said Mukesh Lulla, president, TeamF1. “NETGEAR’s choice of our software for yet another member of their flagship ProSafe product family further strengthens our focus on offering innovative networking and security solutions to the SMB market.”

TeamF1’s SecureF1rst line of customized standard solutions is production-ready and offered with an array of options to provide OEMs/ODMs the ultimate in product flexibility. They offer ironclad, advanced connectivity and security, with intuitive device management and customizable options allowing OEMs to offer easily differentiated products.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/teamf1-security-software-drives-netgears-latest-gigabit-unified-ipsecssl-vpn-firewall-gateway-2010-06-01?reflink=MW_news_stmp

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Wd my passport essential with smartware software launched

April 8th, 2010
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The world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its smaller, smarter and more secure My Passport(TM) Essential(TM) and My Passport for Mac® ultra-portable external hard drives featuring WD’s new WD SmartWare(TM) software and equipped with hardware-based encryption. The new My Passport drives are more than 20 percent smaller than the previous generation My Passport.

The new portable drives with WD SmartWare software visually present consumers’ data in a control center, providing them peace of mind that their precious photos, videos and files are securely protected. Available now at select retailers and the WD online store (shopwd.com), the new My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac drives are offered in capacities ranging from 320 GB to 1 TB and come in a range of colors including Pacific Blue, Real Red, Cool Silver and Midnight Black.

According to research firm Parks Associates, the average U.S. broadband household currently has over 120 gigabytes (GB) of digital media and files, which is expected to grow to over 1 terabyte (TB) of data by 2013. And while 70 percent of consumers back up their content, the majority of these people are using manual, cumbersome methods such as copying and pasting to multiple CDs and DVDs, and less than 18 percent use software that automatically and continuously backs up their content.

When the My Passport Essential drive is plugged in for the first time, the simple and intuitive first backup process launches automatically. The real-time visual interface of WD SmartWare software gives users a reassuring view of their backup as it happens. After the first backup, users’ files are backed up automatically every time they change or add a file.

My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac drives also feature user-selected password protection combined with military-grade 256-bit hardware encryption, which scrambles files before they are stored. Typically found only on much more expensive drive systems, the encryption acts as a virtual padlock to keep users’ data secure.

“The smaller and sleeker design of WD’s redesigned My Passport drives, combined with the intuitive visual backup experience of WD SmartWare software, makes this drive a smart and secure, travel-friendly storage choice,” said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD’s branded products group. “These ultra-portable drives are a stylish and spacious storage solution for consumers to confidently backup, store and carry their entire digital lives.”

WD My Passport Essential hard drives are designed for Windows®-based PCs while WD My Passport for Mac drives are formatted for Mac computers and are compatible with Apple® TimeMachine(TM), Apple’s integrated backup solution. WD SmartWare works on Windows PCs and Mac computers and offers a seamlessly integrated option for Mac users who want an alternative to TimeMachine or Mac OS 10.4 users who don’t have TimeMachine compatibility.

Price and Availability
The new My Passport Essential drives are offered in capacities of 320 GB, 500 GB and 640 GB; My Passport Essential SE drives are offered in capacities of 750 GB and 1 TB. My Passport for Mac drives are available with 320 GB and 500 GB. My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac drives are available now at select retailers and online at www.shopwd.com. MSRP ranges from $109.99 to $249.99 USD depending on model.

WD SmartWare Software
WD SmartWare software features:
Visual backup displays that show content in categories and shows the progress of backup;
Automatic, continuous data backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file;
Retrieve valuable data to its original location whether it’s lost data or the file has been overwritten; and,
Customizable data backup that allows user to set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center.

My Passport Essential
The new WD My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE and My Passport for Mac drives with WD SmartWare software feature:
Smaller, sleeker design offered in a range of colors including Pacific Blue, Real Red, Cool Silver and Midnight Black;
256-bit hardware encryption for peace of mind knowing that data is protected from unauthorized access;
USB 2.0 interface that powers(1) the drive directly from the USB port on user’s computer, no separate power supply is needed;
Planet-friendly packaging derived from recycled materials to minimize waste;
Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs; and,
2-year limited warranty.

The My Passport for Mac drives are plug-and-play ready for Mac computer users and compatible with Apple TimeMachine.

Source:http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8019&Itemid=22

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VW group drives vehicle design and safety advancements with sgi supercomputer installation

April 1st, 2010
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SGI today announced that Skoda Auto a.s., one of Europe’s best known car companies and daughter company of the VW Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of automobiles, has selected SGI Altix ICE to augment its computer-aided engineering (CAE) system.

Being subject to the rigorous emissions standards and safety legislation that defines today’s automotive industry, Skoda Auto’s R&D department requires extreme high performance and scalable computing systems for complex product performance and safety analysis.

To meet these technical and compliance requirements, Skoda has selected an SGI Altix ICE 8200 EX supercomputer with 1,024 processors and over 20 terabytes of dedicated hard disk capacity.

The SGI supercomputer installation will be used primarily for computational fluid dynamics analysis using ANSYS FLUENT and OpenFOAM, and for crash analysis using ESI Group PAM-CRASH software.

The new system provides Skoda with processing power of 12 teraflops, allowing engineers to reduce processing time, speed automobile development, and improve design efficiency, quality and safety.

“Product quality and safety, together with advantageous pricing for our customers, is our utmost priority,” said Karel Švábek, head of Skoda Frontloading department. “With the SGI Altix ICE installation we will be able to rapidly develop more innovative vehicles with excellent value-to-price ratios.”

The Altix ICE system, based on the Intel® Xeon® “Nehalem” architecture, enables Skoda to achieve more with its computing resources over a shorter period of time. SGI’s leading Eco-Logical™ design also offers compelling energy and management efficiency gains.

“Automotive companies are faced with more demanding computing applications every day with ever-growing amounts of data to manage and process, and pressure to deliver results in record time,” said Joop Ruijgrok, vice president of SGI EMEA. “With Altix ICE supercomputers, Skoda can now easily scale to meet processing requirements as they develop, while attaining new density levels, efficiency, reliability and manageability.”

Source:http://www.cadcamnews.in/2010/03/vw-group-drives-vehicle-design-and.html

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