27 January 2012 - British technology start-up, Power Ethernet, has launched
the 'PE Socket', the first product to integrate Powerline networking
technology directly into an electrical socket. The PE Socket provides a
simple and professional way of specifying high-speed data network
connectivity throughout a building by using electrical cabling. The 'PE
Socket' is available from leading electrical resellers including CPC and
Rapid Electronics.
Based on the HomePlug AV standard for Powerline networking, Power Ethernet's
all-in-one PE Socket combines four Ethernet network ports, a fully-managed
network switch and filtered power socket into a single device. It fits a UK
Standard 35mm double gang metal back box and uses a building's electrical
wiring to create a high-speed and secure data network for connecting
computers, Voice over IP phones, Internet-connected TVs and... (more)
While virtualization offers many benefits to enterprise such as lower costs
and greater flexibility, it also creates new challenges. One of the greatest
concerns with switching over to virtualized infrastructure, espeically in
government, is security and compliance in a complex and dynamic environment
which legacy software can no longer handle. Catbird offers automated security
solutions tailored to virtualized data centers and has recently unveilled the
next generation of its vSecurity software, vSecurity 5.0.
By integrating with the hypervisor, which manages all of the virtual ... (more)
Joyent's SmartDataCenter IaaS platform is going to be sold to Italian VARs
and service providers by ICOS, an Italian value-added distributor, for
private cloud infrastructure or value-added private cloud services.
SmartDataCenter's local storage is supposed to reduce the TCO of cloud data
centers.
It's designed to manage tens of thousands of virtual machines, a k a
SmartMachines, and supports a multi-tenant PaaS.
ICOS means to develop its own cloud infrastructure for channel partners too
so they don't have to build their own cloud data center.
JoyentCloud.com delivers public clo... (more)
Amazon's cloud, which, let's face it, is still pretty much developer turf,
broadened its push into the enterprise Wednesday with the introduction of AWS
Storage Gateway, a beta virtual appliance nominally meant to automate
enterprise data backup to S3 while creating a comfort level with the cloud
among the leery.
It's the first time Amazon has proposed putting its own software on the
ground inside a corporate data center. And the stuff's targeted at large
corporations. Amazon says some customers asked for such a solution. It also
expects resellers to offer the service.
It is of... (more)
VIENNA, Va., Jan. 23, 2012 —NJVC, one of the largest information technology
solutions providers supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, and Virtual
Global, a premier provider of software and cloud computing platform solutions
for a variety of industry and federal customers, announce the release of a
joint white paper, “Platform as a Service (Paas): What Is It? Why Is It So
Important?.”
The paper clarifies the confusion surrounding PaaS for IT decision makers in
the federal government. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology
(NIST) suggests PaaS as a component of th... (more)