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Mellanox Launches Integrated Networking Solutions That Accelerate NVMe Over Fabrics

Today at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced its family of end-to-end networking solutions and software will accelerate connecting solid-state storage to the fabric. The family of products include the Mellanox ConnectX-4 adapter, ConnectX-5 adapter and BlueField family of programmable processors. This family will support smart offloads that connect SSDs directly to the

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Dell Security Releases SonicOS 6.2.6

Today Dell Security announced that it has released the latest firmware update to its SonicWALL operating system, SonicOS 6.2.6. This latest update comes with a couple of new features including the industry’s first multi-engine sandbox that enables customers to block suspicious files until a verdict is reached, SonicWALL Capture. The new update also comes with

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Cisco Announces New Security Services & Integrated Cloud-Based Solutions

Today at Cisco Live in Las Vegas, Cisco announced new services and cloud-based security solutions built with Cisco’s threat-centric security architecture. Cisco claims that these new additions will make its security portfolio an effective approach for companies securing their digital business models in a automated and simple manner. Cisco goes on to claim that its

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Cisco Prepares Industry For Digital-Ready Networks

Today at Cisco Live in Las Vegas, Cisco announced its plans to help all aspects of the industry (including engineers, developers, partners and customers) prepare for and embrace what it sees as a monumental change in how networks are built and managed, or, in Cisco’s words, preparing the industry for the transition to digital-ready networks.

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

NETGEAR ProSAFE XS728T 10-Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch Review

The NETGEAR ProSAFE XS728T is touted as the industry's first 28-port (24 copper, 4 SFP+) 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch that is purpose-built for SMBs. Equipped with 10GBASE-T connectivity and Advanced L2+/Layer 3 Lite features, the new XS728T provides 10-Gigabit bandwidth at an affordable cost making it ideal for organizations such as businesses, government agencies, and

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Netgear ProSAFE M4200 Managed Switch Review

Netgear switches are well-known for their value, performance, and reliability and are the frontrunners in their industry. We’ve reviewed many Netgear switches over the past several years, such as the Netgear ProSAFE Chassis M6100 Switch Series and Netgear ProSAFE Click Switch Series, and some play a vital role in the StorageReview lab when testing and reviewing enterprise products.

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Mellanox Announces Next Gen 100G InfiniBand & Ethernet Smart Interconnect Adapter

This week Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced what it is calling the most advanced 10, 25, 40, 50, 56 and 100Gb/s InfiniBand and Ethernet intelligent adapter on the market, ConnectX-5. ConnectX-5 introduces several new features that that are aimed at enabling higher performance, future-proofing, and ROI. ConnectX-5 introduces smart offloading engines as well as being the

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Brocade Gen 6 FC Optimize EMC Unity Performance

Today at EMC World 2016, Brocade announced that its Gen 6 Fibre Channel and IP storage networking technologies would be providing a network foundation for the EMC Unity solution. According to Brocade, this technology will optimize the performance, availability, and reliability of Unity storage deployments.

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Plexxi to Announce Industry’s1st Programmable Network Fabric for CI and Storage

Today Plexxi is introducing a new suite of product integrations through its Plexxi Connect Open Integration Platform. These new integrations are what Plexxi is claiming, the industry’s first workload-responsive, programmable network fabric for converged infrastructure (CI) and storage environments. Plexxi’s new software enables enterprises that build clouds to do so in new ways with building

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

Facebook Makes More Announcements At OCP Summit

Today at the Open Compute Project Summit Facebook made several announcements, from its new NVMe JBOF to its renewed focus on front-end server performance. Facebook is opening up its designs for its modular switch platform, 6-pack, and its next-generation TOR switch, Wedge 100. These two networking solutions are an important step for Facebook as it aims to support