Today NETGEAR Inc. released its latest router system aimed at the SMB market with the Orbi Pro WiFi 6 (SXK80). This Tri-band Mesh system comes with a single router and a single satellite but can be expanded up to 6 satellites total. As the name implies, this new system delivers WiFi 6, which includes greater
Today, Broadcom Inc. announced the release of Emulex SAN Manager, an enterprise solution to simplify HBA management and remediate network performance problems. The Emulex SAN Manager tool will enable server and storage administrators to troubleshoot and resolve network issues in their environment through an easy to use interface. Administrators will be allowed to manage HBAs
Today NETGEAR Inc. announced the release of four new Gigabit unmanaged PoE switches. These new switches include the GS516PP, GS524PP, GS516UP and GS524UP two 16-port and two 24-port models that can be rackmounted or desktop mounted. The new switch models are great for plug-and-play high-density PoE+ and PoE++ installations.
Today Broadcom Inc. announced the release of the Brocade X7 Directors and G720 Switch, what they are calling the industry’s first Gen 7 64Gb/s Fibre Channel switching platforms. These platforms are said to be foundational infrastructure for the on-demand data center that can enable an autonomous SAN. The company also announced the first 64Gb/s Fibre
Announced last year, the QNAP QSW-308-1C is a 3-port 10G SFP+ and 8-port Gigabit Unmanaged Switch. This little switch is an entry-level way for small businesses and even homes to add high-speed networking. The switch supports up to five speeds (10G / 5G / 2.5G / 1G / 100M). As we stated in our How
Today, SonicWall announced a massive slate of hardware and software updates. SonicWall announced plans to release several new firewall appliances. The software updates are even more extensive and include several new software-defined firewall products. SonicWall was founded in 1991. The current CEO, Bill Conner, has been in that position since November 2016. SonicWall was a
Today NETGEAR announced its new WiFi 6 access point in the NETGEAR WAX610. The company also announced a waterproof outdoor version, the NETGEAR WAX610Y. The new AP is aimed at SMB customers that are ready to leverage the benefits of WiFi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) including faster speeds, more concurrent device support, improved range amongst other
This week, Cisco has made two big announcements concerning the hybrid data center solutions, the next generation of Cisco’s Cloud Scale ASIC, and a new 400G line card for their Nexus 9500 modular chassis. With these two products, Cisco is making improvements in the capacity and manageability of their Nexus switching platforms and aims to
In response to the effects of the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have been doing what they can to can to help out their customers, both large and small, including offering free services. Synology is one of those companies, as they’ve made VPN Plus licenses free since April 6, 2020, and will continue to do
Today at GTC in Santa Clara, NVIDIA announced the first secure SmartNIC that is optimized for 25G, the NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx SmartNIC. Designed to provide advanced network offloads to accelerate cloud and enterprise workloads, the new SmartNIC is highly secure and able to hit 25/50Gb/s speeds.
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