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Hillstone Networks, a provider of network firewall solutions, announced an update its data center solution X-Series firewall to complete a wide range of security solutions that span physical, virtual and cloud.

Today's data centers face a massive growth of network traffic and an increased number of simultaneous users accessing services and applications on the network. This growing network traffic puts pressure on performance and network protection.

The latest update of X-Series Hillstone Networks would provide secure firewall solution that can evolve with a new expansion modules, delivering high performance and secure network to support the requirements of today's businesses. Customers can protect their initial investment and scale without interruption through expansion modules easy.

The upgrade to the Hillstone solution would offer 2X performance in the same small form factor with improved balance the load link capabilities. According Hillstone Networks, which makes it an ideal solution for high-speed service providers, large enterprises and network operators, as well as the government and financial institutions.

Key features of data X-Series enhanced firewall center solution include:

• High performance 680Gbps, based on a fully distributed architecture
• 2X improvement in the number of simultaneous sessions (240M) and new sessions / sec (4.8 million), according to Hillstone Networks
• protection against global attacks
• Carrier-up reliability and availability
• virtual system (Advanced VSYS) technology for multi-tenant solutions
• Low power consumption for reduced operating costs

"Hillstone the X-Series is a breakthrough for today's data centers that require robust network security solution with high bandwidth network that meets their budget requirements," said Lingling Zhang, vice president of products, Hillstone Networks . "With the upgrade, customers can now have the peace of mind that their business networks are secure and meet their business needs."

to ensure a safer and healthier working within data centers, Minkels - part of the listed company Legrand (NYSE Euronext Paris: LR) - now offers efficient and flexible energy to install LED tubes, which are optimized for the data center infrastructure aisle containment. The high brightness LED lamps Minkels feature allows greatly improved visibility and security within the data center.

Minkels LED Tubes are available in two variants. In the first situation, the LED tubes are on 24/7. In the second case, the LED tubes are activated by means of a passive infrared sensor which detects the movement. The LED lamps and turns off automatically as soon as someone leaves the hall that meets the efficiency and sustainability of energy requirements in data center environments.

The high brightness LED lamps Minkels function allows for greatly improved visibility and security within the data center.

The Minkels LED lamps are designed for two types of aisles containment solutions including Next Generation Minkels corridors and Minkels Free permanent corridors. Its flexible features make LED tubes Minkels a good fit for a variety of lane configurations.

With this product launch, Minkels meets the demand of increased global clientele for security and safety solutions for data centers (Gartner, 2015 CIO Survey and Forrester, Sizing the cloud security market ).

High visibility, easy to install

The high brightness (335 LUX) and the energy efficiency of LED lamps Minkels are very useful when applied in walkways free corridors or corridors of the next generation, according Minkels. Especially when using racks and corridors black, these LED tubes provide a desired level of visibility required to create a security advantage. In addition, LED tubes offer optimal working conditions in accordance with standard EN12464-1 standard.

Minkels LED lamps Installation is an easy task to using magnetic systems . They also allow for easy expansion of pipes by using extension cables, which are covered with plugs to create an integrated look-and-feel. The 62471 IEC official: 06 certification guarantees that the product meets the highest safety requirements for eye protection

Availability

Minkels LED lamps will be available immediately through. Minkels distribution channel including its network of partners.

Host.net, a multinational provider of cloud, managed services infrastructure and network, aa announced the appointment of Nick Russo as new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, Mr. Russo will be responsible for executing the technical vision of the company, identifying emerging technology trends, research and development, the creation of relevant policies and develop new IT solutions.

Nick Russo will also communicate the business technology strategy for partners, management, investors and employees. Mr. Russo brings with him 20 years of IT experience in the managed services provider domain, as well as LAN and WAN architecture.

"Host.net is an outstanding company and I am delighted to join the team," said Nick Russo, CTO for Host.net . "It is an exciting time in the company's history and I am looking forward to playing a key role in our efforts to meet and exceed the demands of our customers."

Before joining Host.net, Mr. Russo was the Chief Technologist at Apogee IT services . Its role was to provide a clear direction for the roadmap of the company's technology, the industry research, mentoring and team development, refinement of the Company of current technologies and the high level of troubleshooting. strong networking experience Mr. Russo includes network design, architecture, planning and deployment.

"We are delighted to welcome Nick to Host.net team. He brings a unique blend of strategic, technical and commercial experience to the Company," said Jason Katz, CEO Host.net of "Nick is a proven leader with an impressive number of implementation and management of networks and advanced telecommunication technologies. we look forward to bringing that experience to Host.net. In addition to his technical expertise, Nick brings a deep understanding of customer needs and strategic direction. "

in recent years, the industry pioneer Calxeda has been a driving force for low-power processors and servers computer-based fabric. The concept of a server fabric ARM-based giants was difficult industry, but now seems Calxeda bite the dust. The company sent home almost all its 130 employees and has begun a restructuring process.

The family EnergyCore ECX-00 would be a good fit for the game based on a cloud hosting, media streaming, and the flow directed towards clouds private.

"Unfortunately, the wear industry pioneer load has exceeded our ability to continue to operate as we anticipated, and so Calxeda began a restructuring process," company says on its website . "During this process, we remain committed to the success of our customers with ECX-00 projects are now underway."

pretest by DreamHost

"Calxeda is proud of what we accomplished, partners who worked with us, investors who we have supported, and the visionary customers who have encouraged us and inspired us along the way, " the company added . "We will inform you that we conclude our restructuring process. In the meantime, we want to personally thank you for your interest and enthusiastic support. It has been an incredible journey."

Recently the product range of second generation Calxeda, family EnergyCore ECX-00 was pre-tested by DreamHost . The hosting provider was impressed by the tests-results of the new base.

Sophos, a global provider of network security products, based in Oxford, UK, has acquired Cyberoam Technologies, a network security company India that provides customers worldwide with solutions such as Unified Threat Management (UTM) and next-generation firewall.

by combining unified threat management (UTM) Cyberoam firewall and security of next generation networks with existing expertise Sophos network security solutions UTM and wireless security, Sophos will be able to broaden and deepen its product portfolio in the network security.

Founded in 1999 and based in Ahmedabad, India , Cyberoam has more than 65,000 customers, more than 550 employees, and a focus strong channel with a network of 5,500 partners, with particular strength in India, Middle East and Africa.

high performance Cyberoam UTM and Next Generation Firewall appliances , built on an architecture based on Intel similar to UTM Sophos deliver advanced technologies that will complement and broaden the overall portfolio of the security of networks Sophos. Some of these technologies include iView reporting engine, application control, network policies based on users, sophisticated firewall capabilities of new generation and protection against advanced threats.

More than 350 employees in R & D

Sophos combines security technology in endpoint, mobile, the encryption and data protection, email, web, server and network - all focused on small and middle market companies, and delivered entirely through the channel. Together Sophos and Cyberoam has more than 2,0 employees, with more than 0 focused on network security, including more than 350 in R & D

" Cyberoam has built a solid reputation as an innovator aggressive and agile on the network security market, and as Sophos, has a "channel first" approach and reputation for service and first-rate support " said Kris Hagerman, Chief Managing Director of Sophos . "This acquisition expands and accelerates our roadmap of network security to increase our presence in UTM protection against advanced threats, wireless firewall and the next generation. - Some of the most dynamic markets in all of IT "

Light Chaser animation Studios, a startup animation computer graphics company based in Beijing, China, has deployed a new network based on high performance fabric Brocade (NASDAQ: CIO) to support its animation production activities

Light Chaser new storage and network links IT resources at the center of Light Chaser data with artists workstations. Light Chaser main office in an Ethernet fabric provides wire-speed performance with low latency required for the production of 3D animation.

Light Chaser was founded last year by Gary Wang , the founder and former CEO of website popular video-sharing of the country, Tudou.com . His goal is to produce world-class animation and capitalize on opportunities in the film of the rapidly growing market of China, which rose 28 percent last year.

00 terabytes of NAS

"As a startup, we were able to deploy the latest and most advanced technologies to support studio operations, "said Ye Yuan, Chief technology light Chaser Animation Studios ." This includes 00 network storage terabytes (NAS), a 400-server render farm and 0 animation workstations. Link these together to create a set that works effectively gives us maximum performance, however, required a homogeneous network can handle our demanding workload, as each frame in a digital output file is now a few gigabytes. "

Brocade solution is a unified Ethernet fabric built around the Brocade VDX family of Ethernet switches. These switches with technology Brocade VCS Fabric, which allowed Chaser light to create a seamless network to its data center and studio of artist that is virtually self-management.

VDX 6710 switches

in the data center, Brocade VDX 6710 switches were deployed as top-of-rack (TOR) switches to provide Gigabit wire-speed Ethernet (GbE) for servers 400 multiprocessor, multi-core that provide the computing power for video rendering Light Chaser.

the VDX 6710 switches have inter-switch capabilities based on hardware circuits, allowing them to be linked on their 10 GbE ports in a cluster that acts as a single, highly resilient virtual device. This approach would provide a latency of only 0 nanosecond port to port, allowing rapid intercommunication between servers in the render farm.

A Brocade VDX 6720 Switch is also part of the switching of Light Chaser cluster of data centers, providing 10GbE lanes servers to switches and NAS network connection in the network multiple 10 GbE connections. It also supports dual 10 GbE links, via fiber optic connections to another Brocade VDX 6720 switch that is bundled with many Brocade VDX 6710 switches on the website of Studio Light Chaser. The latter provides a wire speed GbE connectivity for desktop animation artists.

Nasuni, an enterprise storage provider worldwide as a service, has raised $ 10 million in new funding venture capital. previous investors Flybridge Capital Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners, as well as a strategic investor, all participated in the extension of the C Nasuni round. The new funding brings the total raised by Nasuni to $ 53 million.

The Enterprise storage service Nasuni provides distributed worldwide organizations with a unified storage infrastructure that allows all end users quick access to a global file sharing, no matter where they are. The solution also provides IT with simple, centralized management of storage and automatic data protection. Nasuni is privately held and based in Natick, Massachusetts.

"In other words, we wanted a greater share of Nasuni" said Paul Flanagan, managing director of Sigma Partners . "With their breakthrough technology and approach to enterprise storage delivery as a service, Nasuni revolutionizes the way data storage is deployed. obviously, we are delighted to now and we were super impressed with its growth. the opportunity here Nasuni is huge and is perfectly positioned to take full advantage of iT moving to the cloud. "

UniFS Global File System

patented UniFS Global File System Nasuni makes data available worldwide, managed and protected, without reproducing physical copies and unpretentious as it is only one primary data source. These virtualization data file would significantly reduce the cost and burden of storage and management of end user file data. The solutions give IT a quick and easy way to the enterprise storage across a number of locations worldwide.

"We started constantly move the likes of EMC and NetApp in the global accounts," said Andres Rodriguez, CEO of Nasuni . "We do this because the Nasuni Service releases data limitations and high cost of traditional storage silos. with this new funding, we will expand our reach, and accelerate innovation and market adoption. "

IP Infusion, Inc., a network provider (RPS) solutions defined and improved software for Ethernet IP services, has announced the availability of VirNOS, a virtual network platform based on the network functions Virtualization (NFV). The solution would enable network operators to reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs, speed time to market for new services, increase agility, and deploy new services faster network.

networking services base Many, including switching, routing, load balancing and VPN , can now be done by the software is running directly on x86-64 or running servers as virtual machines, instead of requiring expensive network equipment.

software platform based on IP Infusion NFV VirNOS virtualizes network functions to give network operators a flexible and cost-effective approach to deploy and manage their networking services.

main features of VirNOS software platform based on NFV include:

• supports the switching flow via OpenFlow for easy deployment of innovative routing and switching protocols
• Uses Intel dpdk to provide the programming framework that scales and allows a more rapid development of high-speed packet data networking applications
• support IPv4 and IPv6 dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, ISIS, Unicast)
• Exploits basic mature code ZebOS-XP - IP Infusion industry proven platform
• Ideal for virtual machines, high security networks and mobile networks based on next generation IP

"with the new platform VirNOS Infusion IP NFV capabilities, network operators can offer new services more easily networks and services at scale up and down to support their changing business needs, "said Kiyo Oishi, president and CEO of IP Infusion . "We are in partnership with several manufacturers of network equipment to pack our NFV technology in their software offerings that will generate network services more innovative and help their customers to offer new revenue models and growth opportunities."

IP Infusion is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and is a subsidiary owned and operated independently of ACCESS CO., LTD.

The American Association IX (OIX), an American non-profit association formed based sector to promote better terms of trade center interconnect data and Internet, announces that it now accepts Internet exchange (OIX-1) data center (OIX-2) certification requests for any Internet exchange point or center data worldwide.

The declaration extends the application process Oix certification standards North America on the broader global market from interest and requests for more more by members Open-IX and interconnection and data center professionals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific and other regions around the world.

by volunteers

"Since its creation, Open-IX has seen continued momentum for its standards and certification program, growing rapidly among centers IXPs and data in the US, "said Martin Hannigan, Co-founder and treasurer of the Open-IX Association . "Today we announce another step not only for Open-IX but also the global community of Internet and Open-IX. interest and demand for certification of OIX in other countries meeting is crucial for the growth of our community standards based on the consensus that support the future health and strength of the Internet as a whole. "

Open-IX is a non-profit association * organized and run by volunteers from the Internet community aimed at increasing the reliability, resilience and competitiveness of the massive scale interconnection all. Thanks to the broad participation of interconnections and professional data centers, the Association produced two standards and 21 certified data centers and two scholarships since its inception there about a year.

To request OIX certification, email info@open-ix.org.