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Cisco introduced the VPN Internal Service Module for the Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) portfolio, an encryption card that appeals both to private sector companies and governmental agencies that are handling sensitive material. “The module allows you to offload the encryption …
New Tools in Big Data Drive Adoption, Innovation
Big data is one of those trendy terms that garners attention for a few reasons. But here to drill down on what it means for the industry is Wikibon, recently releasing a noteworthy Big Data Manifesto by CTO and Senior Analyst David …
Wikinvest Tops this Week’s Best Business Apps for iPad, Android Tablets
This week saw not one but three different financial apps launched or updated for the iPad: Wikinvest, Pageonce, and Mint. Aside from Wikinvest, which is a portfolio management app, the two other applications focus on personal finance, though all three come to …
This Week in Cloud: Citrix Buy, Virtualization on the Rise
There have been a few very notable highlights this week from the cloud industry, including a number of product launches and other developments. OpenLogic finally rolled out CloudSwing yesterday, an open PaaS that aims to differentiate itself from competitors by offering fully …
SAP Reports Strong Q3, Debuts Latest BI Software
Software maker SAP held its earnings call for the third quarter of 2011, and reported some pretty positive results. Net profit rose to $1.77 billion from $708.9 million a year earlier. Ten percent of that comes from SAP’s relatively new ventures into …
QLogic Goes Mainstream with NIC Launch
Networking solutions vendor QLogic had a major product update today, announcing a new vendor-agnostic NIC partitioning (NPAR) feature. It’s rolling out on the QLogic 3200 Series intelligent Ethernet adapters and 8200 Series converged network adapters, which are powered by VMflex. These are available …
NSA Gets Involved in Banks’ Cybersecurity
The National Security Agency and the FBI have begun cooperating with financial institutions to prevent positional cyberattacks of the sort we’ve been covering lately, including the recent theft of classified nuclear plant information from Japanese defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. There’s still a …
OpenLogic Rolls Out Open PaaS to the Public
OpenLogic finally launched CloudSwing, a so-called open platform-as-a-service the company first announced back in August. CloudSwing seeks to differentiate itself from other solutions by being completely vendor-agnostic and providing a lot of customization options: the offering leverages lot open-source software, enabling customers …
Citrix Buzz: New NetScaler amongst Fresh Offerings
Virtualization solutions maker Citrix had a few major announcements this week, and here are some of the highlights we haven’t covered already. The company launched a bunch of new offerings that represent a significant extension to its existing portfolio, and among them …
Akamai Refreshes Top Level Execs with New CIO, Head of R&D
Web acceleration services provider Akamai announced a couple of significant hires this week: the company appointed Kumud Kalia as its chief information officer, and Rick McConnell as Executive Vice President of Products and Development. Both of them will report directly to company …