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Aerohive updates its 802.11n WLAN software

Aerohive Networks has released new wireless LAN software, with new mobile device management and spectrum analysis features.
New SMB browser tool hunts down insecure plugins

Vulnerability management company Qualys has invited small businesses to sign up to use a free online tool that can scan browsers for out-of-date versions and plugins that might be putting users at risk.
HP takes on Cisco with own-brand unified data centre networks

At Interop this week, HP unveiled products supporting a new architecture that attempts to unify enterprise data centre, campus and branch networks under a common and consistent operating environment.
BMC launches performance tuning for IBM DB2 database on mainframes

BMC's new tools for IBM's DB2 version 10 take advantage of the System z zIIP co-processor.
SAP ups ante on in-memory computing appliances

SAP strengthened its eager embrace of in-memory computing on Wednesday, announcing plans for a series of applications that include programs it calls previously "unimaginable" as well as some that overhaul existing software.
Motorola ATRIX 4G: A new stage for smartphone and PC integration

With the release of the Motorola ATRIX 4G, the line between smartphones and personal computers will become a little blurrier.
IBM rolls out a virtual desktop infrastructure package

IBM is working through its top 100 resellers world wide to roll out a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) package.
Open source cloud switch company claims top-of-rack price edge

Another top-of-rack switch, based on open source code, is being offered for data centre and cloud computing environments.
Apple iOS 4 enables enterprise mobile device management

Enterprises can finally make use of third-party device management applications for iPhone deployments, thanks to Apple?s new iOS 4 APIs and an on-board device management service.
Microsoft to charge small business for Office Live domain renewals

Microsoft customers who signed up to the free Office Live Small Business service (OLSB) before February of last year will soon have to pay to renew web domains they've acquired through the service.

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What's next for Dell?

Dell's formation of a new software group last week could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning.
Five ways you can extend your current storage gear

Recent flooding in Thailand has affected many hard drive manufacturers, resulting in price hikes for hard drives of as much as 50 to 100 percent. How long this will last is unclear, but in the meantime, you can postpone new purchases of storage gear by implementing these methods to help reduce unnecessary files, reduce the space used on the system, and allow for expansion with existing systems.
Wireless sensors drive green data centres

Enterprise efforts to consolidate data centres and install virtualisation software are taking a big bite out of the number of power hungry application and storage servers required to support enterprise data. But after taking this critical first step, what else can you do to boost efficiency?
Brocade's very big switch

Brocade is announcing its largest, fastest and most flexible switch ever, the DCX, today. This new class of product is designed for datacentres chock full of virtual servers with applications needing access to both file and block data stored both locally and remotely.
Is NetApp slowing down?

NetApp has many competitors who introduce technology ahead of it and many of who are seeking IPOs, suggesting heathy prospects. With recent unexpected poor results is Network Appliance slowing down?
HDS thin provisioning limitations

An EMC blogger points out HDS thin provisioning limitations - but HDS does much more here than EMC does.
What DataCore thinks on a few topics

What DataCore thinks about file virtualisation, VMware, the openness of the SMI-S storage API, storage tiers, filesystems, 3PAR, and Traveler 3.0
Opinion: A bullish outlook for Longhorn security

Vista's security advances may be ambitious, but they could seem ho-hum in comparison with those of Longhorn when it debuts later this year.
Brocade FAN activities

The logical end-point for FAN initiatives is a truly global name space and heterogeneous FANs. These are some considerable way off. A network-based FAN approach may be the best way of providing them.
Management apps the new soft underbelly

Enterprise management applications of all stripes are plagued by easy-to-exploit security holes, says recent research.

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