Archive for February, 2008

Microsoft Network users experience international outage

Users worldwide are reporting that they are unable to login to Microsoft’s (MS) live services such as Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and in some cases Xbox Live. Problems reportedly began around 6:30 a.m. eastern time.
“We are aware that some customers may be experiencing difficulty accessing their Windows Live accounts. We’re actively investigating the cause and […]

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Avenda Systems Announces Release of NAP Agent for Linux and Universal System Health Agent

Avenda Systems, Inc., a provider of policy management systems, today announced two software releases that will enhance the adoption of Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP).
The Avenda NAP Agent for Linux extends NAP to network endpoints running the Linux operating system. This product is ready for shipment to customers and is also available for trial from […]

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Microsoft yanks Vista SP1 update causing endless reboots

No fix, no word on whether this delays mid-March SP1 roll-out.
Responding to reports of endlessly rebooting PCs that flooded support newsgroups last week, on Tuesday Microsoft Corp. said it had pulled an update designed to prep Windows Vista for Service Pack 1.
Although the update — actually a pair of prerequisite files that modify Vista’s install […]

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Global IT Services Giant CSC Standardizes Nordic Linux Hosting Services on Red Hat Solutions

Computer Sciences Corporation migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite Server for unified management and administration across the Nordics.
Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the Nordic operations of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a leading global information technology (IT) services company, has standardized […]

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Symantec Backup Exec 12 Delivers Certified Data Protection for New, Existing Windows Systems

Market Leader in Windows Data Protection Offers Unmatched Backup and Recovery for Windows Server 2008 Environments as Well as Leading Microsoft Applications.
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced Symantec Backup Exec 12 for Windows Servers, the market standard in Windows data protection — from server to desktop — delivering disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and fast, efficient recovery. Backup […]

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Citrix makes Evergreen WAN union with Microsoft

Working with Microsoft, Citrix has developed a product which will allow branch offices to take advantage of wide area network optimisation without removing the branch server.
The product, currently in beta, is as yet nameless, although the project is code-named “Evergreen”, according to Citrix vice president Rob Willis.
The company has worked together with Microsoft to take […]

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Duke claims world’s largest 802.11n network

Ohio State loses WLAN crown
DUKE University in the US is claiming to have snatched the crown for the title of world’s largest 802.11n network.
Ohio State University held the crown for Earth’s biggest WLAN with 1,700 access points.
However Cisco said that it is installing a 2,500 access point Aironet 1250 Series network at Duke, which will […]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Video Furnace Adds Techex to European Distributor Network

Video Furnace (www.videofurnace.com), a leading provider of enterprise-class IP video solutions, today signed an agreement with Techex (www.techex.co.uk), Europe’s largest distributor of video transmission technology, to resell Video Furnace System 4 throughout Europe, effectively increasing market coverage by at least 33 percent.
Video Furnace System 4 provides Techex customers with an easy to deploy, affordable to […]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

CradlePoint Introduces MBR1000 ‘Fail-Safe’ Mobile Broadband Router

CradlePoint, Inc. (http://www.cradlepoint.com/) announced today that it has begun shipping the MBR1000, an 802.11 draft ‘N’ Mobile Broadband Router that supports wired WAN and wireless WAN backhaul, and provides greater range and speed than any other commercially available cellular router.
Powered by CradlePoint’s WiPipe(TM) technology, the MBR1000 is the first ‘N’ router to include an Express […]

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Red Hat and Hyperic Team on Linux Management

Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat has not had as deep a partnership with systems management software maker Hyperic as the formerly independent and now middleware unit of the company, JBoss, did. But with the joint RHQ project announced last week at the JBoss World conference in Orlando, Red Hat is now forming the same deep […]

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008