SOMERS, NY, - 25 Aug 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced availability of the IBM System Storage DS5020 Express, a new storage disk offering that delivers enterprise-class storage capabilities for midrange businesses. Midsized organizations in a variety of industries, including retail, healthcare, insurance, government and manufacturing, are facing the same issues as larger organizations, which is managing, storing and securely analyzing an ever-increasing flow of data. The IBM System Storage DS5020 delivers the high performance, availability and solutions to midrange businesses that enterprise customers are accustomed to, yet at a price point that's designed for midmarket organizations. The System Storage DS5020 Express disk system includes an industry leading 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) as well as iSCSI host capability that seamlessly integrate into existing and new infrastructures, while providing the balanced performance needed to satisfy the mixed workloads created by consolidation. Balanced performance supports the needs of consolidated or virtualized environments such as IBM PowerVM, Microsoft Windows 2008 Hyper-V and VMware vSphere 4, while delivering outstanding response times. (For more information on the System Storage DS5020 Express, visithttp://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds5020/index.html). Its modular architecture and efficiencies help lower acquisition and operational costs as performance and configuration requirements can be met with minimal raw capacity. And when it's time to expand, the DS5020 can add incremental capacity with no downtime. The System Storage DS5020 will also be the first midrange disk product in the industry to offer self-encrypting drives, making it ideal for housing business-critical applications. Full-disk encryption provides data security at the most basic level, the hard drive, protecting against many exposures and vulnerabilities at virtually no performance loss. This expands IBM's commitment to providin
Microsoft released Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2. New Windows Server and Client Version Support Integration with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Support for the BranchCache feature on Windows Server 2008 R2 Support for Windows 7 clients WSUS Feature Improvements Auto-Approval Rules Auto-approval rules now include the ability to specify the approval deadline date and time for all computers or specific computer groups. Update Files and Languages Improved handling of language selection for downstream servers includes a new warning dialog that appears when you decide to download updates only for specified languages. Easy Upgrade WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be installed as an in-place upgrade from earlier versions of WSUS and will preserve all of your settings and approvals. The user interface is compatible between WSUS 3.0 SP1 and SP2 on the client and the server. Reports New Update and Computer Status reports provide the ability to filter on updates approved for installation. You can run these reports from the WSUS console or use the API to incorporate this functionality into your own reports. Software Updates Stability and reliability fixes for the WSUS server, such as support for IPV6 addresses greater than 40 characters. The approval dialog now sorts computer groups alphabetically by group name. Computer status report sorting icons are now functional in x64 environments. A new release of Windows Update Agent is included with WSUS 3.0 SP2 that provides improvements and fixes, such as support for APIs called by non-local system callers in a non-interactive session. For more information about this release see the WSUS 3.0 SP2 Release Notes at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=139840. You can download WSUS 3.0 SP2 from the following page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=a206ae20-2695-436c-9578-3403a7d46e40&displaylang=en And deployment guide is available from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939906(WS.10).aspx
WindowsNetworking team wishes all the best to all system administrators out there. May your networks never go down and your servers always stay running.
London, UK, July 28, 2009 – GFI Software, a leading provider of email and security solutions, has today launched GFI MAX, a remote management and monitoring software solution for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Value Added Resellers (VARs) and IT support organizations. GFI MAX gives them the ability to monitor and manage their clients' networks, while providing them with a recurring revenue stream. GFI MAX is GFI's first offering in the managed services sphere and follows the acquisition of HoundDog Technology™, a leading remote monitoring and management company in the UK. GFI MAX is an award-winning suite of remote management, monitoring and support tools for IT support organizations and MSPs worldwide. MSPs will be able to use GFI MAX's real-time systems monitoring, automated daily health checks, asset tracking, patch management, own-brand client reporting and remote support solutions to build recurring revenues, drive down their operating costs and deliver best-of-breed IT support services. "Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) often do not have the resources to maintain 24/7 surveillance of their servers and network. The smallest of faults could lead to downtime and that translates into loss of business and productivity. The Channel can play an enormous part in helping SMBs to monitor their network and that is why we are launching GFI MAX, our first offering in the managed sphere. GFI MAX allows partners to perform remote monitoring and management of their clients' network and in the process generate an additional revenue stream for them," GFI's CEO, Walter Scott said. GFI MAX delivers a number of key benefits to Channel partners, including: The ability to provide superior, proactive service with round-the-clock client monitoring The chance to win more contracts by showing prospects 'their' advanced system for client care and the option to customize systems with their branding which they can use too An additional opportunity to sell to existing clients
ARMONK, N.Y. - 21 Jul 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new systems software for managing virtualized servers, designed to help clients plan, build and maintain data centers while reducing costs. IBM is also helping clients protect their long-term investments in Power Systems™ by announcing an upgraded path to its next-generation servers that will include POWER7 microprocessors. The new systems software --IBM Systems Director VMControl-- gives clients a tool to manage heterogeneous virtual servers. It allows users to discover, display, monitor and locate virtual resources; create and manage virtual servers; and deploy and manage workloads with a common interface across IBM System z (®) mainframes, System x (®) x86-based servers, BladeCenter(®), and Power Systems AIX(®), Linux(®) and i platforms. Management of virtualized servers is a key priority for businesses and can help make them more efficient, orchestrated, and effective. The new IBM software provides lifecycle management of virtual servers, with its ability to create, modify and delete virtualized resources, as well as move them to other locations. VMControl is part of the IBM Systems Director family of software for the management of IBM servers, storage and networking, and provides automatic discovery, as well as monitoring and updates for physical and virtual resources. Systems Director can help businesses maintain the performance and availability of their servers and simplify operations in a dynamic infrastructure. "IBM is serious about addressing clients' needs for virtualization management," said Scott Handy, vice president, IBM Power Systems. "The new VMControl software helps clients reduce total cost of ownership and provides them with the tools needed to both better manage and get more business value out of their heterogeneous virtual computing environments." Protecting Client Investments in Power Systems Technology Committed to protecting customer investments, IBM also announced an upgrade