Ingram Micro Canada Expands Physical Security Solutions Division

Sept. 20, 2011, 8:02 a.m. EDT

Ingram Micro Canada Expands Physical Security Solutions Division

Distributor Adds More Resources to Become Canada's Preferred One-Stop-Shop for Physical Security Solutions

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sep 20, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Helping value-added resellers (VARs) and managed service providers (MSPs) specialize and expand their IT service offerings, Ingram Micro Inc. /quotes/zigman/169453/quotes/nls/im IM -1.30% today announced it is investing in more resources to expand and accelerate the growth of its Physical Security Division in Canada. These resources include dedicated personnel, greater sales support and more technical training and business enablement resources that are proven to make it easier for channel partners to market and sell physical security solutions to existing customers and prospects.

Led by General Manager Tom Burns in the U.S. and Senior Sales Manager Jennifer Harmon in Canada, the Ingram Micro Physical Security Division brings together an extensive and growing portfolio of solutions and services that align with the landscape of the physical security market in North America. In Canada, the team's efforts are focused on products and solutions that include surveillance, access control and monitoring services.

"The convergence of IT security and physical security is spreading rapidly in Canada and introducing greater business opportunities for our channel partners to enhance and extend their expertise into new technologies and adjacent markets such as retail, hospitality and commercial," says Mark Snider, general manager, Ingram Micro Canada. "The continued investments we're making in our Physical Security Division are a great example of the ongoing value and focus Ingram Micro brings to channel partners targeting these new and adjacent markets."

Ingram Micro's Physical Security Division offers channel partners in Canada and the U.S. access to a wide variety of physical security products. Solution providers and MSPs also benefit from targeted product and solutions training, world class technical support and specialized vendor channel programs.

The Division also offers IT manufacturers who specialize in physical security solutions access to additional resources and support designed to generate more business within the Canadian VAR and MSP partner community.

"The Ingram Micro Physical Security Division offers our channel partners everything they need to establish and grow a profitable physical security solutions practice in Canada," says Dave Mason, vice president, sales, Ingram Micro Canada. "Physical security remains an emerging market for the Canadian channel community and the dedicated resources we offer certainly give us a competitive advantage and unique value proposition that our channel partners can easily extend to their customers."

For more information about Ingram Micro's Physical Security Division, channel partners and IT manufacturers in Canada should contact Jerry Neil, vendor business manager at 1.800-668-3450 extension 55784 or visit www.ingrammicro.com/securityinfo .

For more information on Ingram Micro Canada visit www.ingrammicro.ca .

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About Ingram Micro As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves approximately 150 countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit www.ingrammicro.com .

Media contact: Karen Traboulay Corporate Communications Manager-Canada (905)755-5000 ext 55322 Email Contact  Marie Rourke WhiteFox Marketing (for Ingram Micro) (714) 292-2199 Email Contact

SOURCE: Ingram Micro Inc.

Cornerstone, Canada's Largest Database Marketing Services Provider Chooses SAS to Enhance Marketing Database Service Offerings

Cornerstone, Canada's Largest Database Marketing Services Provider Chooses SAS to Enhance Marketing Database Service Offerings

Canada's leading provider of prospecting, database management and data integration services to
leverage SAS' robust analytics and reporting capabilities to help its clients find and keep good
customers

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2011 /CNW/ - The Cornerstone Group of Companies, Canada's largest prospecting and database management resource, has chosen SAS, the leader in business analytics for its campaign management needs, enabling Cornerstone's clients to achieve significant cost and time savings in their marketing campaigns as well as increased profits due to better use of analytics and modeling.

Cornerstone provides prospecting and database management products and services to leading organizations that require a strong analytical partner to expand their marketing and database service offerings. With SAS products such as DataFlux, Enterprise Miner, Enterprise Guide and Campaign Management, Cornerstone has increased its effectiveness in delivering value to its clients.

"Cornerstone builds and manages some of the largest marketing databases in Canada, many consisting of tens of millions of records," said Ossie Hinds, President and CEO of Cornerstone. "SAS technology - fueled by its best-in-class analytics - gives us the power to provide our clients with accurate and timely information."

Analytical insights to streamline fundraising services and solutions

"With SAS deployed, our clients have realized significant benefits from their marketing database environments," said Julio Tavares Vice President, Marketing Database Services, Cornerstone Group of Companies. "They are experiencing improved efficiencies and increased profits through better use of analytics and modeling. Cornerstone has been so encouraged by these results that we have begun to offer SAS to our not-for-profit clients as well." Cornerstone provides fundraising services and solutions to over 50 not-for-profit organizations in Canada. Responsible for every aspect of donor management, from processing donations to ensuring accuracy, managing receipts, collecting online donations and overseeing event management, Cornerstone needed a strong analytical partner to build data resources critical to donor database management.

"For 25 years Cornerstone has been the standard of excellence for marketers in Canada and is the vendor of choice to some of the largest direct response marketers in the country," said Carl Farrell President of SAS Canada. "SAS is excited to have the opportunity to add our analytical expertise into the fold."

About Cornerstone

Cornerstone Group of Companies is Canada's leading provider of prospecting, database management and data integration solutions. Our mission is to help our clients, who are some of North America's largest and most respected marketers in the not-for-profit, consumer and business-to-business sectors, find the best prospects available, regardless of communication channel and to be the best in the world at managing and enhancing their customer data.

About SAS

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.

The Canadian subsidiary of SAS has been in operation for 23 years. Headquartered in Toronto, SAS employs 263 people across the country at its Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City and Montréal and offices. www.sas.com

SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.  Copyright © 2011 SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

AMD Set to Deliver Next Generation x86 Platforms for Windows 8

AMD Set to Deliver Next Generation x86 Platforms for Windows 8 

AMD and Microsoft collaborate to enrich computing experience across tablets, notebook and desktop PCs, workstations and servers


BUILD Conference, ANAHEIM, Calif. —9/13/2011 

AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that it has created drivers to enable support for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system on AMD-based tablets, netbooks, PCs and servers. Continuing a long history of collaboration, AMD is working closely with Microsoft to empower a new generation of innovative PCs and small form factor computing devices.

Currently available Windows 7-based PCs powered by AMD VISION technology deliver multi-core processing for amazing performance, discrete-level graphics for brilliant HD experiences, and AMD AllDay™ Power for entertainment on the go. Furthermore, AMD VISION Engine Software is uniquely tailored to unlock visual computing with AMD Radeon™ Cores and video accelerators that enable vivid HD, AMD Steady Video software* and accelerated applications like blazing fast Internet browsing.

For business customers, the combination of AMD Opteron™ processors and Windows Server helps deliver a solid foundation for long-term value and leading-edge price performance, enabling cost-effective virtualization, versatile Web and application serving, and capacity-rich data management.

“The unparalleled combination of AMD APU technology and Windows 8 will enable incredibly immersive and brilliant computing experiences,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Product Group. “With more than 320 design wins for our industry-leading APU technology to date, and a long history of innovation, AMD delivers the ideal platforms to bring Windows 8 to life on tablets, netbooks, notebooks and desktop PCs, leveraging the full performance of 64-bit x86 computing, the most pervasive and robust ecosystem.”

“We are excited about the immense potential for outstanding experiences that will be enabled by Windows 8 running on AMD-based PCs and tablets,” said Mike Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem at Microsoft Corp. “From enabling the latest 3D graphics for games to HD video creation and playback, AMD is accelerating the performance of applications by making it easier for developers to harness the full compute capabilities of a range of devices.”

As the only supplier offering Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), CPUs and discrete GPUs, AMD offers a broad range of computing platforms, including notebook and desktop PCs, tablets, workstations and servers, that are ideally suited to support Windows 8 and offer compatibility with a pervasive x86 ecosystem. AMD technology offers a compelling platform for the forthcoming Windows 8, with native support for Microsoft DirectX® 11, C++ AMP, OpenCL™ and Accelerated HTML5, as well as planned support of DirectX 11.1 features.

AMD PC and Server Platforms for Windows 8

Along with the broad range of computing platforms and processors available this year from AMD, products slated for next year include two new notebook PC APUs codenamed “Krishna” and “Trinity”. The “Trinity” APU, which will be based on the “Bulldozer” x86 core with support for UVD and DirectX 11 for brilliant graphics, is expected to consume less than half the power of today’s lowest power AMD A-Series APU, bringing performance computing to ultrathin notebooks, with software drivers optimized for Windows 8. Continued enhancements to the low-power PC platform based on AMD C-Series and E-Series APU families also are expected, building on the tremendous success of these products.

To learn more about how AMD technology and Windows 8 will redefine the computing experience, visit AMD at booth #5 at the BUILD conference.

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Public/Press Statement on Lenovo’s Likely Rise to Number 2 in WW PCs

Public/Press Statement on Lenovo’s Likely Rise to Number 2 in WW PCs

Lenovo’s Chairman, Liu Chuanzhi, today stated that he expects the company to surpass Dell in sales by year end and become number 2 in WW PC sales (PC World). Based on the company’s internal metrics, combined with remarkable momentum in the market, Lenovo fully believes that it will continue to outgrow the market, outpace the competition and quickly become the second-biggest PC company by marketshare in the world.
 
Lenovo recently reported strong first quarter results (August 17, 2011). For seven straight quarters, it has been the fastest growing major PC maker. In Q1, Lenovo hit a record high for both market share (12.2%) and unit sales (over 10 million) worldwide. The company climbed to number 3 in worldwide PC share and continues its fast ascent.
 
The following statement is attributable to Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang:
“Lenovo has tremendous momentum in the market. We continue to not only outgrow the market, but also significantly outpace our competitors. With our own rapid growth, combined with the successful execution of our joint venture in Japan with NEC and our acquisition of Medion in Germany, we fully expect to be number 2 in worldwide PCs this year. PCs continue to be a very strong core business for us. Even as we invest in new areas like tablets and mobile internet, we see great opportunity in PCs around the world. We are committed to the PC space for the long term and expect it to continue to fuel profitable, balanced global growth for Lenovo.”
 
Lenovo’s Momentum
By advancing the right strategy of balanced, profitable growth and strong execution, Lenovo has outperformed the industry in all geographies, customer segments and product segments on its journey toward becoming one of the leading personal technology companies in the world
 
·         Roughly doubled net profit YTY in Q1 ($108m)
·         Fastest growing of top 5: 7 straight quarters (8X market in Q1)
·         Outgrowing market: 9 straight quarters; Grew 8X market (23.1% to 2.7%)
·         Record units in Q1 of over 10 million
·         #3 WW share in PCs; Record share of 12.2%; Record share in both Mature and Emerging
·         Number 1 in global relationship NB (Large enterprise/public sector)
·         Number 2 in global commercial NB
·         Number 1 in China and growing: Extended lead vs. competitors as China overtook U.S. for 1st time as world’s largest PC market.
·         Number 1 in global Emerging markets: Grew 3x market rate (46.5% v. 14.7% to record 16.6%).
·         Number 2 in WW all-in-one PCs
 
ABOUT LENOVO
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$21 billion personal technology company serving customers in more than 160 countries, and the world’s third-largest PC vendor. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo, a global Fortune 500 company, has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see www.lenovo.com.

Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Huawei, Solana and Spirent Showcase Shortest Path Bridging Interoperability

Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Huawei, Solana and Spirent Showcase Shortest Path Bridging Interoperability

Industry-First Test Shows SPB Readiness for Large Multi-Vendor Deployments

For Immediate Release:07 Sep 2011

OTTAWA, Ontario – Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Huawei, Solana Networks and Spirent Communications today announced that they have completed the industry's first large-scale, multi-vendor interoperability test leveraging IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) technology.
 
SPB allows customers to greatly simplify how they create and configure networks—across the enterprise and for the cloud—by requiring service provisioning only at the edge of the network. It uses Intermediate System To Intermediate System (IS-IS), a proven carrier-grade link state protocol, to dynamically build the topology between network nodes, saving network administrators time and effort, and virtually eliminating human error.
 
The interoperability test simulated a large network environment of almost 200 nodes and more than 400 links. It demonstrated full control plane interoperability between each vendor's equipment, native network discovery in a multi-vendor network and Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) interoperability. L2VPN connectivity was validated by passing real and simulated traffic between network connected devices and a network emulator. Avaya and Spirent also tested the Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag) standard, showing successful Layer 2 operations.
 
This test builds on previous validation efforts that have showcased SPB's capabilities for multi-site data centers and hybrid clouds, including the migration of a virtual machine over a multi-vendor SPB network that seamlessly transferred services between nodes delivered by different vendors.
 
"This was the first multi-vendor commercial test for multi-path Ethernet leveraging Shortest Path Bridging technology," said Mike Spanbauer, principal analyst, Current Analysis. "Shortest Path Bridging was built on the premise of retaining capital investments customers have today in addition to building on the engineering strength of Ethernet over the last 30 years."
 
The SPB network consisted of 10 physical switches—including the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch™ 6900, Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800 and Huawei Quidway S9300—alongside Spirent TestCenter™, a Huawei LINUX/Quagga emulator and SmartHawk, a non-intrusive, real-time network discovery and topology mapping tool from Solana Networks.
 
Additional Resources
• Product: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Data Center Switching Solutions
• Product: Avaya Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture
• Wikipedia: Shortest Path Bridging (IEEE 802.1aq)
 
Tags
SPB, Shortest Path Bridging, IEEE, 802.1aq, interoperability, Avaya, Alcatel-Lucent, Spirent, Solana, ERS 8800, Omniswitch 9600, Quidway S9300, TestCenter HyperMetrics, SmartHawk
 
About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in mobile, fixed, IP and Optics technologies, and a pioneer in applications and services. Alcatel-Lucent includes Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost centres of research and innovation in communications technology.
 
With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most experienced global services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach.
 
The Company achieved revenues of Euro 16 billion in 2010 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.
 
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.
 
About Huawei
Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 140 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world's population. For more information visit our web site at www.huawei.com.
 
About Solana Networks
Solana Networks provides industry-leading software products and solutions for IP and switched networks in Canada and internationally. Solana’s offerings are designed to improve the performance of mission-critical networks, reduce network downtime and enable new services. The company offers intelligent network discovery and monitoring solutions, with SmartHawk, Solana’s flagship Route-Analytics product targeted at the largest global enterprise and ISP networks. Solana’s products have unique capabilities for ensuring high network availability through rapid discovery, fault detection and root cause analysis. For more information please visit www.solananetworks.com.
 
About Spirent Communications plc
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT), a global leader in test and measurement offers an extensive portfolio of solutions to test data centers, cloud computing environments, high speed Ethernet networks and services, 3G/4G wireless networks and devices, network security, and global navigation satellite systems. For more information visit http://www.spirent.com/about-us/News_Room/About_Spirent_Communications_plc.aspx.
 
About Avaya
Avaya is a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions, providing unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services to companies of all sizes around the world. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

PRESS RELEASE: PEER 1 Hosting delivers Optimized Managed Hosting solution

 

 

News Release

PEER 1 Hosting delivers Optimized Managed Hosting solution for Magento Enterprise Edition e-commerce storefronts

PEER 1 Hosting and Magento partner to deliver better performance and reliability to Magento-based e-commerce websites

 

VANCOUVER, BC – September 20, 2011 – PEER 1 Hosting (TSX:PIX), the global online IT hosting provider, has partnered with the fastest growing retail eCommerce platform provider, Magento Inc, to bring a new optimized Managed Hosting solution to online retailers.

 

The Magento Optimized Managed Hosting offering is a turnkey infrastructure solution that’s designed to improve the performance and reliability of Magento-based storefronts so merchants can reliably deliver remarkable online shopping experiences to their customers.

 

“PEER 1 Hosting has been a long and trusted partner with Magento.  They understand our business and the needs of our merchants and have continued to develop solutions that have helped us grow our business,” said Bob Schwartz, President, Magento Inc.  “With this new hosting offering, our merchants will be able to focus on their businesses and know there is a robust supporting infrastructure in place that will make the shopping experience better for their customers. More importantly as a merchant’s business continues to grow, they can scale the solution to suit their needs.”

 

The offering features infrastructure components specifically designed and tuned for the Magento platform and is delivered over PEER 1 Hosting’s 10Gb FastFiber Network TM. As part of the platform, Magento merchants using the bundle will benefit from PEER 1 Hosting’s unlimited FirstCall SupportTM, ensuring any issues are handled quickly and by tier 2 level technicians.

 

“Online retailers know the experience at the shopping cart needs to be quick and seamless to encourage return shoppers,” said Fabio Banducci, President & CEO, PEER 1 Hosting. “Realizing this need, we’re working with Magento to make sure online shoppers are getting the best customer experience no matter where they are in the world. Furthermore, we want to provide a scalable, best of breed eCommerce platform that merchants can rely on to grow their business. That’s why we’re delivering this new optimized and scalable hosting solution.”

 

Features of the Magento Optimized Managed Hosting solution include:

·         Operating System: Optimized RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 (64 bit versions) for peak performance

·         Content Accelerator Servers: Deployment of Varnish and Nginx for fastest content delivery with least resource utilization

·         Application Servers: A Magento-tuned implementation of Apache, PHP, and memcahe for fastest application performance

·         Database Servers: A MySQL build created specifically for Magento to ensure peak access and delivery of data

In addition, there is a variety of fully managed optional components such as Relentless Intrusion Detection, Global Load Balancing and a Content Delivery Network that can be included to further customize a solution that is tailored to the needs of the merchant and its customers.

 

The Magento Optimized Managed Hosting offering from PEER 1 Hosting is now available on the PEER 1 Hosting website. For more information and to purchase Magneto Optimized Managed Hosting, please visit: www.peer1.com/hosting/magento.php.

 

 

 

About PEER 1 Hosting

PEER 1 Hosting is one of the world’s leading IT hosting providers. The company is built on two obsessions: Ping & People. Ping, represents its commitment to best-of-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10GB FastFiber Network™ connected by 17 state-of-the-art datacenters, 21 points-of-presence and 10 colocation facilities throughout North America and Europe. People, represents its commitment to delivering outstanding customer service to its more than 10,000 customers worldwide, backed by a 100 percent uptime guarantee and 24x7x365 FirstCall Support™. PEER 1’s portfolio includes Managed Hosting, Dedicated Servers under the ServerBeach brand, Colocation and soon Cloud Services. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton, UK. PEER 1 Hosting shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more information visit: www.serverbeach.com, www.peer1.com or www.peer1hosting.co.uk.

 

About Magento

Magento is the fastest growing eCommerce platform with over 225 solution providers, 100,000 merchants and brands worldwide and a host of Industry Partners that create applications and extensions for the Magento platform. Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Based in Los Angeles, Magento is a fast-paced, entrepreneurial organization dedicated to the mission of enabling the eCommerce ecosystem. www.magentocommerce.com

 

D-Link(R) DSN-4000 Series xStack(R) Storage iSCSI SAN Array Delivers High Performance, Scalability and Flexibility for Demanding Server Applications


D-Link® DSN-4000 Series xStack® Storage iSCSI SAN Array Delivers High Performance, Scalability and Flexibility for Demanding Server Applications

D-Link Expands its Award-Winning xStack Storage Family with Flexible iSCSI SAN Solution Ideal for Small to Mid-Size Enterprise Businesses

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Sept. 20, 2011 /CNW/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today announced the DSN-4000 Series xStack® Storage iSCSI SAN Array delivering increased flexibility and scalability for secondary server applications such as disaster recovery, backup, surveillance, and archiving. With the DSN-4000 series, small to mid-size enterprises can leverage cost-effective network storage offering volume virtualization, high transactional and throughput performance, guaranteed interoperability with the host environment and ultimately a greater return on investment when compared with competing systems.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110706/SF30992LOGO) D-Link DSN-4000 Ideal for Storage Tiering and Volume Virtualization

The DSN-4000 series provides a robust and flexible architecture allowing IT managers to easily manage and expand capacity and performance to meet evolving storage requirements. D-Link's open architecture supports mixing non-proprietary SAS and SATA disk drives of various manufacturers, capacities, and speeds, making the DSN-4000 series ideal for storage tiering while supporting multiple applications simultaneously. In addition, the DSN-4000 series offers advanced volume virtualization capabilities - any available disk capacity can be used by any requesting volume; volume expansion, reconfiguration and migration can be implemented on the fly without interruption to data access; drives are not bay specific and disk roaming between different xStack Storage SAN array models is supported.

"Storage vendors often offer solutions based on proprietary architectures, which can be restricting for small-to-medium sized businesses," said Liz Conner, senior research analyst, Storage Systems and Personal Storage, IDC. "D-Link's open architecture provides businesses with the opportunity to choose from a variety of drive manufacturers in order to scale storage networks in a manner that best fits their performance, capacity, and budgetary needs."

DSN-4000 xStack Storage iSCSI SAN Array Features

The DSN-4000 series includes the DSN-4100 and DSN-4200 xStack Storage iSCSI SAN arrays available in a 3U form factor supporting up to 32TB of raw capacity with 16 SAS/SATA drive bays. In addition, the DSN-4000 series supports expansion to 48 drive bays (96TB of raw capacity). Both models are stackable and include a single system-on-a-chip iSCSI controller capable of over 80,000 IOPS for processing intensive applications including audio and video post-production.

The DSN-4100 includes (4) 1 GbE data ports providing throughput up to 425MB per second and the DSN-4200 includes (8) 1 GbE data ports providing throughput up to 850MB per second, ideal for bandwidth intensive applications such as IP surveillance and data backup. Also available is the DSN-4000 16-Bay Expansion Array for the DSN-4100 and DSN-4200.

The DSN-4000 series offers extended warranty options, keeping systems covered for up to eight years, as well as next business day hardware replacement while under warranty. D-Link does not require service contracts to access firmware upgrades at no cost, ensuring IT managers receive hassle-free, industry leading support.

"D-Link underscores its commitment to the storage market with the superior economic value offered through D-Link's affordable solutions, professional support and flexible architecture," said Chris Gruber, director of product marketing, Storage Solutions, D-Link. "The DSN-4000 series is just the latest example of D-Link's line of feature-rich, easy-to-manage, expandable solutions for IT managers looking to future-proof their storage networks and eliminate pre-planning short falls."

Simplified Customer Support with D-Link's Wide Range of Networking Solutions

D-Link strives to ensure that IT managers at small-to-mid-size enterprises can operate network data centers easily by providing complete end-to-end networking solutions. D-Link offers a breadth of networking solutions ranging from IP cameras and surveillance technologies to network switches and wireless access points, to network-attached storage and high-performance iSCSI SAN arrays, to professional support services. By integrating a unified D-Link solution, customers can simplify technology troubleshooting with a single support call. In addition, channel partners that resell D-Link solutions can leverage D-Link professional services for ongoing revenue as they develop their own service capabilities.

Pricing & Availability

All of D-Link's network storage products are sold through D-Link's vast network of channel partners, including value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors. The DSN-4000 series models will be available in November, with pricing information as follows:

-- D-Link DSN-4100 3U 16-bay, 4xGbE xStack Storage iSCSI SAN array - $5,924.99* -- D-Link DSN-4200 3U 16-bay, 8xGbE xStack Storage iSCSI SAN array - $6,979.99* -- D-Link DSN-4000 3U 16-Bay Expansion Array for DSN-4100/DSN-4200 - $3,599.99*

Detailed specifications for the DSN-4000 xStack Storage iSCSI SAN arrays are available at www.dlink.ca.

About D-Link

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit www.dlink.com, www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/dlink).

*Estimated street price

xStack, D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011.D-Link. All Rights Reserved.

For further information: Denise Keddy, D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com, or Cyndi Babasa, Walt & Company, +1-408-369-7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com Web Site: http://www.dlink.com


McAfee Shares Vision for Bringing Mobile Devices into the Security Infrastructure

McAfee Shares Vision for Bringing Mobile Devices into the Security
Infrastructure
Explosive Growth of Mobile Devices and Changing Threat Vectors Requires
Shift in Enterprise Security Strategies

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2011 - McAfee today shared its vision
for securing mobile devices in corporate environments. The three-pronged
approach for protecting mobile devices, mobile data and mobile
applications is designed to help businesses and consumers manage their
devices securely, as the threat environment quickly evolves.

Attacks on smartphones are becoming more common, and according to
McAfee Labs, new malware targeting Android devices jumped 76 per cent in
the last quarter. The need to secure mobile devices from attacks has
never been more important. IT security operations that were once
smooth-running have recently come under intense pressure to adopt new
technologies and fully support completely new platforms, operating
systems and architectures. McAfee is developing products and strategies
to allow businesses to bring these consumer devices securely into the IT
infrastructure.

“Mobile device adoption is exploding, and unfortunately, so are the
threats targeting mobile platforms. If McAfee’s historical experience
analyzing threats on numerous platforms is any indication, we believe
that the emerging mobile malware we are seeing today is just the
beginning,” said John Dasher, senior director, mobile security for
McAfee. “It’s a whole new world, and a challenge for IT to craft
security policies that make sense while updating their infrastructure.
At McAfee, we’re working hard to create new technology to help
enterprises address the challenge of securely incorporating these new
mobile platforms into their environment.”

New Endpoints, New Challenges
Traditional endpoints relied mostly on email and web for application
framework. Mobile has a whole new freedom in custom applications. But
each new application - either public or private - introduces new threats
and risks to corporate IT. Today, challenges include the consumerization
of IT, mobile platform diversity that includes iOS, Android, BlackBerry
and Windows Phone, and an explosion of applications. Additionally, most
Android-based devices have a slightly different implementation of the
OS, making software development and support that much harder.

McAfee is unique in being able to bring mobile devices into the
security infrastructure. With a broad portfolio of security technologies
including anti-malware, data loss prevention, application security, web
protection, and more, McAfee has the technology needed to securely
welcome these new endpoints. McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® security
management software, which covers more than 30 million endpoints today,
and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, support and work across these
integrations.

McAfee’s Three-Pronged Approach to Mobile Security
● Protecting Mobile Devices -- With data and device protection for
today’s most popular mobile devices, McAfee provides a complete
security solution that embraces mobile device diversity. To meet this
challenge, McAfee offers the following:
o  McAfee® Enter
prise Mobility Management (McAfee® EMM™)
(http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/enterprise-mobility-management.aspx)
software brings the same level of security and control to mobile devices
- including employee-owned smartphones and tablets - that IT applies to
laptops and desktops.
o  Anti-malware protection from the growing number of threats targeted
at mobile devices through McAfee® VirusScan® Mobile software.
o  Web protection that alerts mobile devices users when they are
accessing malicious sites, such as phishing sites.

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NSN unplugs bottlenecks in mobile networks, cuts costs, saves energy

 

Press Release

 

Nokia Siemens Networks taps into future of broadband with Liquid Net

·         Radical new approach shares resources to meet unpredictable broadband demand

·         Delivers services and content fluidly across the network, anywhere at any time

 

Nokia Siemens Networks has today launched Liquid Net, a new way to deliver broadband. Liquid Net allows an operator to set up its network to self-adapt to meet capacity and coverage requirements based on demand. The new approach also aims to significantly improve the quality of broadband services worldwide. With Liquid Net, operators can unleash the full potential of their existing business assets and create new revenue sources.

 

Spectacular broadband growth means networks must be ready to cope with personal data consumption of more than 1GB per mobile user per day1. Demand is also highly unpredictable, fluctuating between locations at different times as people use broadband at home, at work and on the move. Abrupt changes in broadband use can also occur when, say, new device software is launched, or updates to popular applications and over-the-top services are released, leaving operators no time to prepare.

 

“Capacity in today’s conventional networks is typically frozen in separate places; at individual base station sites, in parts of the core network that manage voice and data services, or in the optical and IP transport networks,” said Marc Rouanne, head of Network Systems at Nokia Siemens Networks. “Each is a potential bottleneck to someone getting the broadband service they want at a particular moment. Fluctuating, unpredictable demand in one part of the network means huge chunks of capacity can be left idle elsewhere, making poor use of existing investments. For example, as much as 50% of a conventional core network’s capacity can be dormant. Instead, Liquid Net unleashes frozen network capacity into a reservoir of resources that can flow to fulfill unpredictable demand, wherever and whenever people use broadband.”

 

Nokia Siemens Networks has created Liquid Net2, to free-up unused capacity and allocate it instantly across the whole network wherever and whenever it is needed. Liquid Net uses automated, self-adapting broadband optimization to deliver services and content to ensure the best customer experience by always being aware of the network’s operational status and the services being consumed. In addition, Liquid Net channels traffic in the transport network along the path of least resistance and lowest cost between operator sites.

 

Not only does Liquid Net help operators to raise customer loyalty, but it also opens up new business opportunities.

 

Liquid Net builds on the principles of Nokia Siemens Networks’ Liquid Radio architecture3. It adds Liquid Core and Liquid Transport functionality to the network which can be implemented either separately in multi-vendor environments or in concert across an operator’s entire network to bring the full benefits of Liquid Net to bear.

 

“Where Liquid Radio was about supporting capacity growth and flexibility in the Radio Access Network (RAN), Liquid Net smartly carries the theme forward to transport and core networks promising an optimization of not only user traffic but CAPEX investments”, said Peter Jarich, Current Analysis, service director for Service Provider Infrastructure. “Perhaps most importantly, Liquid Net speaks to a need for solutions rather than point products; while components can be deployed as part of a multi-vendor solution, the combination of Liquid Radio, Liquid Core and Liquid Transport into Liquid Net speaks to holistic thinking around operator concerns and demands.”

 

Liquid Radio, Liquid Core and Liquid Transport can be implemented together or separately in the network for fluid capacity, coverage and services at any time, which can be advantageous in multi-vendor networks. Yet by evolving the whole network, the full potential of fluid capability can be achieved.

 

“In short, the more fluid thinking that can be applied, the better,” concluded Rouanne.

 

For further information on Liquid Net, please refer to Nokia Siemens Networks’ website at www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/liquidnet.

 

About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

 

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Notes to Editors

1 Nokia Siemens Networks estimates there will be demand for a ten-fold increase in mobile broadband subscribers and possibly up to 100 times higher traffic per user (more than 1 GB/sub/day), with smartphones creating the fastest growth. Networks need to be prepared to cope with this total mobile broadband traffic. Today’s wireless networks will need significantly better capabilities to meet these demands. Dubbed ‘Beyond 4G’, future networks must deliver low cost per bit, be highly scalable and able to adapt to fluid demand from users at different times of the day and at different locations. Read full blog post.

 

2 Liquid Net encompasses radio access, the core network and transport:

• Liquid Radio enables radio access to self-adapt its capacity and coverage to match fluctuating user demand. It redefines the conventional structure of base stations and repositions their components in new ways to achieve unprecedented scalability. This is achieved through baseband pooling, unified heterogeneous networks and active antenna systems. Nokia Siemens Networks’ active antenna setup – the Flexi Multiradio Antenna System – can focus its beams on a given area increasing capacity by up to 65%.

 

• Liquid Core enables the core network (circuit-switched, packet-switched and IP Multimedia Subsystem functions) to deliver services and content, and dynamically provide the capacity needed to ensure the best customer experience at the lowest cost. This is achieved through core virtualization and intelligent broadband management. For an operator, core virtualization means being able to re-use its installed hardware base and to take advantage of the latest processor technology developments. Intelligent broadband management dynamically manages network traffic as well as optimizes content and service delivery in line with user expectations and profitability targets.

 

• Liquid Transport: By connecting operators’ sites, the transport infrastructure ensures services can be delivered to all clients (like a base station site) simply and quickly, while keeping costs low. Traffic is channeled along the path of least resistance through the network. This is achieved through flexible optics, multi-layer optimization and intelligent control. Multi-layer optimization makes the most cost-efficient use of an operator’s transport network resulting in CAPEX savings of up to 70%.

 

3 Launched at CTIA 2011, Nokia Siemens Networks’ Liquid Radio architecture enables a more economic use of network resources sharing and redistributing capacity based on user demand. This is achieved through baseband pooling, the use of active antenna systems as well as offering the capability to truly unify heterogeneous networks through utilizing Self Organizing Network (SON) tools and techniques. Read full press release.

 

 

 

D-Link Announces New Plenum-Rated, Cloud-Managed Solution with Comprehensive Wireless Features for Small and Medium-Sized Business Environments


D-Link Announces New Plenum-Rated, Cloud-Managed Solution with Comprehensive Wireless Features for Small and Medium-Sized Business Environments

D-Link® DAP-2565 Wi-Fi Access Point Designed for Indoor Plenum Deployment Offers Secure Network Management for Businesses with Limited IT Resources

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Sept. 21, 2011 /CNW/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today announced the D-Link® DAP-2565 AirPremier® N Dual Band PoE Access Point with Plenum-Rated Chassis powered by CloudCommand(TM), designed for indoor plenum deployment in above-ceiling airspace installations. The new Cloud-Managed solution provides small and medium-sized businesses, as well as K-12 and hospitality environments, with a secure, reliable and affordable way to manage their networks.

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As a new member of the D-Link Cloud-Managed Access Point family, the DAP-2565 delivers business-grade features at a lower cost than other enterprise solutions, including flexible IEEE 802.11n performance(1), Power Over Ethernet (PoE) support(2) for installation in areas where power outlets are not readily available, and secure guest access and control privileges for individual users. The DAP-2565 also utilizes CloudCommand, which allows end users and value-added resellers (VARs) and managed service providers (MSPs) to easily and quickly set up, secure and remotely manage high-performance wireless networks with multiple access points through a Cloud portal, saving significant time and resources. In addition, the DAP-2565's plenum-rated metal chassis meets specific requirements to be flame retardant and have low smoke production for placement in air passageways.

"Purchasing and managing a secure enterprise-class Cloud solution can often be a daunting task for small and medium-sized businesses due to limited IT resources," said Joe Melfi, product manager, Cloud Business Solutions, D-Link Systems, Inc. "However, the DAP-2565 Access Point, along with D-Link's entire family of Cloud-Managed solutions, meets the needs of these small business environments, offering unsurpassed performance, robust security and central management capabilities at an affordable price."

Key features and benefits of the DAP-2565 Access Point include: -- Plenum-rated for above-ceiling airspace installation -- Selectable dual band 2.4/5Ghz for flexible IEEE 802.11n performance up to 300Mbps(1) -- Integrated 802.3af PoE(2) support -- Secure, segregated guest access and control privileges for each user -- Central management capabilities to improve uptime and cost-effectiveness -- Includes one-year subscription to CloudCommand Cloud service

D-Link Delivers on Flexibility and AffordabilityD-Link unified networking solutions offer a range of capabilities to satisfy small and medium-sized business requirements for scalability, reliability, and performance with lower initial and ongoing costs. D-Link solutions also support industry standards for interoperability in multi-vendor environments. As such, through D-Link's superior economic model, businesses can take advantage of affordable Cloud-based solutions that deliver high-end features without being locked into expensive and proprietary hardware, software or service requirements.

Pricing & AvailabilityThe DAP-2565 is available for $646.99 MSRP with a one-year Cloud Service subscription and renewal price of $99.99 MSRP per year for each Access Point. D-Link's Cloud Managed solutions are currently available in the U.S. and are sold through D-Link's vast network, including value-added resellers, solutions providers and distributors.

Detailed specifications for D-Link's Cloud Solutions are available at www.dlink.ca.

About D-LinkCelebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/dlink).

D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011 D-Link. All Rights Reserved.

(1) Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11 specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, buildings materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. Environmental factors will adversely affect wireless signal range. Wireless range and speed rates are D-Link RELATIVE performance measurements based on the wireless range and speed rates of a standard Wireless G product from D-Link. Maximum throughput based on D-Link Wireless N devices.

(2) Requires 802.3af compliant switch port.

For further information: Denise Keddy of D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com; or Cyndi Babasa of Walt & Company, +1-408-369-7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com, for D-Link Web Site: http://www.dlink.com