August 02, 2005 | Back

Devon Announces NTA 8010C Thin Client Terminal with Windows XPe

Faster, cheaper, better? You can judge. Devon IT has announced the availability of the NTA 8010C Thin Client terminal with Windows XPe, the componentized version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The operating system software provides the latest multimedia and web browsing capabilities and contains extensive device support. In addition, Windows XP Embedded incorporates the latest embedded-enabling capabilities, such as support for multiple boot, storage, deployment, and management technologies.

"NTAVO thin client solutions are excellent solutions for anyone looking to improve the security and reliability of their computer systems," explained Joe Makoid, president, Devon IT. "NTA Thin Client terminals are used by many of the world's largest financial, manufacturing and retail companies. Our terminals enable enterprise customers to access the capability of today's most powerful personal computers at much lower up-front and total costs. Because NTA Thin Client terminals are more secure, more reliable and more manageable than PCs, they can provide significant improvements in cost savings and security to organizations around the world."

> Source: NTAVO
> Estimated price: $399
> Date released/expected: N/A

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July 13, 2005 | Back

Intel Adds Dual-Core Capability to Entry-Level Server Platforms

Here's a two-fer for you... Intel Corporation has introduced the dual-core Intel Pentium D processor-based platform for entry-level servers that includes two processor cores in one processor and the corresponding Intel E7230 chipset. This platform is a great value for smaller businesses wishing to buy powerful entry-level servers. Intel's new platform includes many unique and innovate enterprise-class features such as PCI Express I/O, 64-bit addressability, DDR2 memory and software RAID. Too bad the price isn't a two-fer, but competitively priced nonetheless.

> Source: Intel
> Estimated price: $36
> Date released/expected: N/A

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July 06, 2005 | Back

mVox Unites Families of Armed Forces with Free Phone Calls

Loved ones in the military overseas? With a little help from mVox, you can stay in contact a bit easier. The company has launched the True Freedom of Speech program, designed to bring soldiers and their families closer together on Independence Day. The program offers 250 Armed Forces families two free portable USB speakerphones that work with Internet telephone applications such as Instant Messenger (IM) or Voice over IP (VoIP) software, allowing free long distance phone calls.

Valued at $79.98 a pair, the phones will be shipped free of charge to the first 250 families that register and qualify on www.mvox.com today through July 4th, 2005. Better sign up fast!

> Source: mVox
> Estimated price: $40 per unit
> Date released/expected: N/A

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May 31, 2005 | Back

HP Strengthens Adaptive Enterprise Solutions with World's Most Reliable Server

At its flagship European event, ENSA@WORK - HP Enterprise Forum, HP has announced major innovations across its enterprise portfolio, including the HP Integrity NonStop, the world's most reliable server (no we are not making it up, The Standish Research Group has dubbed it that!), and the industry's first unified infrastructure management software, HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0. The HP Integrity NonStop server is the first commercial server to scale to up to 4,080 Intel Itanium 2 processors. The new server delivers 100 times the reliability of previous systems (99.99999 percent hardware availability) at half the cost of a mainframe. It provides the continuous uptime that is critical in industries such as healthcare, financial services, government, transportation, communications, retail and manufacturing.

HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 (SIM) is the industry's first unified platform to integrate the management of server and storage infrastructures. By providing both these capabilities "out of the box," the software enables customers to reduce the cost and complexity of IT maintenance, freeing resources to focus on innovation. HP SIM 5.0 delivers fault monitoring, inventory reporting and configuration management for HP ProLiant, HP Integrity and HP 9000 systems, and now the HP StorageWorks XP, EVA and MSA families of storage arrays. HP Integrity NonStop systems can also now be managed by SIM.

> Source: HP
> Estimated price: Varies
> Date released/expected: N/A

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May 30, 2005 | Back

NetGear ProSafe Firewall 200 Selected as Top 100 Midmarket Solution by VARBusiness Magazine

NetGear, Inc.'s ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 (FVX538) has been selected as one of the top 100 midmarket solutions by VARBusiness. Published in the May 2, 2005, issue, the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 (FVX538) is listed as one of the best offerings available for midmarket customers and partners, which have IT needs that are as sophisticated as those of enterprises, yet are simple to install, use and maintain.

"With the threat of network-based attacks increasing literally every day, the risk of sustaining a damaging breach and compromise of the network infrastructure is a real threat to businesses of all sizes," explained Lianne Caetano, Product Line Manager - Business Wireless and Security Products. "Small-to medium-sized businesses and midmarket companies are just as vulnerable as enterprise-level organizations and require the same robust functionality from their network security solutions." Better safe than sorry!

> Source: NetGear
> Estimated price: $400
> Date released/expected: N/A

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May 25, 2005 | Back

SBS Technologies Introduces High-Performance DS3/E3 ATM Monitoring Adapter for WANs

Network security, line rate monitoring, and network testing - right out of the box! If you are seeking a high performance WAN management solution, SBS Technologies, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of communication solutions, might just have it.

The newest members of its WANic 1000 line is the high-performance WANic 1001-DEM DS3/E3 ATM network monitoring adapter. The WANic 1001-DEM adapter can easily monitor a full duplex DS3/E3 ATM Wide Area Network (WAN, while the WANic 1001-DEM effortlessly connects to a WAN using a standard DS3/E3 Monitor Tap and a DB-15 cable, both of which are included in the WANic 1001-DEM kit. The WANic 1001-DEM also contains a bypass circuit that lets network managers easily monitor DS3/E3 ATM network connections as a passive device. With its Auto Discovery and indexing functions, the WANic 1001-DEM adapter can automatically detect new Far-End Group Identifiers and provision a corresponding local VPI/VCI identifier prior to forwarding the ATM cells to the ATM segmentation and reassembly (SAR) device on the WANic 1001-DEM.

> Source: SBS Technologies
> Estimated price: WANic 1004 $2,045 - WANic 1000 $2,499
> Date released/expected: N/A

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