Networking Blog

QNAP Systems made new network storage device SS-839 Pro. It is the smallest storage in the world with 8 disks based on Intel Atom technology and supports 2.5″, SSD disks. SS-839 Pro is oriented for business with productive and scalability, low level of noise and power consumption. SS-839 Pro has Intel Atom N270 processor with 1,6 GHz frequency; Disk on Module architecture and 2Gb of DDRII memory. The maximum capacity 4TB. It has also 2 eSATA and 5 USb ports. SS-839 is compatible with Windows, MAC, Linux and UNIX platforms; supports iSCSI, 256 AES encoding, 2 GigaLAN port, 4 ip video cameras and many other modern features.

SS-839 Pro is powerfull server – FTP, WEB, Mail, MySQL server.

StaffCop 3.0 software by AtomPark Software now supports Windows Vista. StaffCop 3.0 is multi-purpose solution to prevent private leak. Since market slaes StaffCop has recommended as powerfull solution for local networks.

The main tasks of StaffCop:

1. providing the high security level by collecting information about users’ activity: analysing web-traffic, corporative emails, opened applications, usb devices, monitor screenshots;
2. generating report for analysis

StaffCop 3.0 includes many changes in new version:

1. Supports Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008;
2. Monitoring of all corporative emails;
3. New improved user’s interface;
4. Remote closing of applications;

The programme is very easy to install and configure. It has understandable interface and can be applied on huge variety of networks.

Check Point Software Technologies company announced new line of IP devices, based on Nokia platform. With preinstalled security lock Check Point R70, these new devices represent a compex solution with about 29Gb/s productivity. New IP-devices are supplied with IPS Check Point blades which allows to reduce the final cost of devices.

In April 2009 Check Point bought Nokia’s security business. In new IP devices Nokia platform is integrated which is well known for its scalability and modularity. New IPS blade inculdes one year subscription and has a standard configuration. IPS provides a high level defence of lock and capacity.

Check Point IP devices features:

1. Leading devices with Check Point R70 programmes and one year support service included in the price.
2. Standard pack of blades: internetwork screen, VPN, IPS, Advanced Networking, Acceleration and Clustering.
3. New record of capacity – 29Gb/sec.
4. VRRP technology.
5. Additional Accelerated Data Path madules to speedup productivity.

DSCon announced about new series of switchboards of 40Gb/s QDR InfiniBand for building highly productive clusters, named QLogic 12000.  QLogic 12200 is made for small clusters, QLogic 12800 – for big clusters differing by convertible structure.

QLogic 12200 has 36 fixed QDR InfiniBand ports, and double blocks of ventilation and power supply. It provides capacity in 2.88 T-bit/sec. , automatic installation and support of QLogic vFabric virtual networks.

QLogic 12800 series switchboards provide the highest capacity, modular design. It allows to build a network factory with 865 ports.

QLogic 12200 switchboards were made on the basis of special intergal schemas QLogic TrueScale.

APC company has announced about joint project with Microsoft – 2 platforms integration: a pack of development tools by APC to manage data handling center and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 pack. This union allows to rise a quality of monitoring, apply new technologies and services and to otimize engineering infrastructure. Specialists of data handling centers can extend monitoring functions and the whole engineering infrastructure including energy components, cooling, security etc.

APC offers a complete pack of development tools including InfraStruXure Central server with Change Manager and Capacity Manager modules which can support all project functions, control and monitoring for power supply, cooling and security.

Microsoft System Center Operation Manager pack – multi-purpose solution doing all function of network monitoring in corporative sphere. A Complex network monitoring for environment is a key factor of uninterrupted running of business applications.

It is expected that integrated solution (APC and Microsoft) will be involved in worldwide businesses in the first quarter of 2009.

AllVoIP presented new solution which allows to control all your cell phone costs abroad and to decrease your costs on roaming. The principle of work based on using VoIP GSM Gates of AllVoIP. You need 2 gates: one for home use, and the second for remote use.

The home gate you may leave at home or office and connect it to the Internet. The remote gate you have to take abroad (its weight is 200 grams) and connetc to the Internet too. Also you need 2 sim-carts of the local cell phone provider: one for VoIP gate, the second – for your cell phone.

The home and remote VoIP GSM gates will connect each other transmitting calls via the Internet for free. Such your costs will reduce and you will pay only for local GSM connection. This way is much cheaper than roaming offered by GSM providers. It is optimal for those people who spend lots of time calling to another contries for hours.

Rainbow Technologies annonced that WatchGuard Technologies company released new OS – WatchGuard Fireware XTM which essentially extends possibilities of UTM-tasks thanks to new security functions, network compatibility and managment. WatchGuard Fireware XTM includes: deep HTTPS scan, VoIP safety and etc.

This OS supports transparent mode of routing, HTTP redirection for chaching on proxy-servers’ side. It supports a possibility to transmit broadcasting packs using NAT, VPN channels. There is an option for mobile users to protect their vpn connections.