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Netgear Orbi Pro WiFi 6 Mini (AX1800) Review

The NETGEAR Orbi, and its Pro business model, are well-liked here at StorageReview. We have been reviewing models for several years now all with fairly high praise. We reviewed the original tri-band mesh router and the newer WiFi 6 version earlier this year. Today we are looking at the Orbi Pro WiFi 6 Mini or

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NETGEAR Orbi Pro WiFi 6 Review

Late last year, NETGEAR rolled out its new Orbi Pro WiFi 6 tri-band mesh router system. While it may not have been the first, the original Orbi made a big splash years back with its satellites that expanded coverage. This was seen as an innovative way for businesses (as well as home users) to add

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SmartNICs Will Radically Change the Data Center

Of all the technologies in the datacenter, none are evolving more rapidly than network connectivity. 20 years ago, 1GbE networking was considered exotic, and the infrastructure required to support it (e.g., NICs, switches, and cables) were expensive and rare. Three years ago, 10GbE networks were state-of-the-art, but now 20, 40, and even 100GbE networks have

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Xilinx Alveo SmartNIC SN1000 Announced

Today Xilinx, Inc. announced several products and solutions for the data center. These include the Xilinx Alveo SmartNICs, Smart World AI video analytics applications, an accelerated algorithmic trading reference design for sub-microsecond trading, and the Xilinx App Store. This new hardware and solutions are bringing composable data centers closer to reality.

engenius esc2512fp and cloud managed ap
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EnGenius Cloud ECS2512FP Switch and ECW230 Access Point Review

The EnGenius Cloud line is the company’s newest generation of network devices that can be easily managed online via their web-based and mobile GUI, which is highlighted by its comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, range of features. One of the first models from this line is the ECS2512FP, a multi-Gigabit switch equipped with eight 100Mbps/1Gbps/2.5Gbps ports, all

NVIDIA Mellanox 400G
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Next-Gen NVIDIA Mellanox 400G InfiniBand Announced

Today at SC20, NVIDIA announced the next generation of its NVIDIA Mellanox 400G InfiniBand. This acceleration platform is all about giving AI developers and scientific researchers the fastest networking performance available to take on the world’s most challenging problems. With the seventh generation of Mellanox InfiniBand is stated as delivering the ultra-low latency and doubles

SonicWall Firewalls
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Four New SonicWall Firewalls Announced

Today, SonicWall announced four new firewalls, the NSa (note that the ‘a’ is not capitalized) 2700, the TZ270, TZ370, and TZ470. The new firewalls are in addition to the two other x70 firewalls, the TZ570 and the TZ670, they announced earlier this year. SonicWall was founded in 1991. SonicWall was a Dell subsidiary from 2012

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VMware Virtual Cloud Network Innovations Announced

This morning at VMworld 2020, VMware announced Virtual Cloud Network innovations that are all about creating a modern network to better support current as well as future business initiatives. VMware is going big and making advancements and enhancements across the board for networking and security. These advancements help organizations deal with the rapid shift to

Project Monterey
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VMware Unveils Project Monterey

Today VMware announced a new technology preview focused on evolving its architecture for the data center, cloud, and edge to address the changing requirements of next-generation applications, Project Monterey. This new technology will extend VMware Cloud Foundation to support SmartNIC technology that will see a performance boost, better security, and more consistent operations in applications.

NETGEAR Managed Business Router BR200
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NETGEAR Managed Business Router BR200 Released

Today NETGEAR, Inc. announced its new Managed Business Router BR200. The BR200 is designed with small to medium and remote offices in mind. The smaller to medium guys can offer their employees and customers secure access to an office intranet through a secure site-2-site Virtual Private Network (IPSec VPN).