Channel Tech Center

Review: DataCove takes the Pain out of Email Archiving

DataCove fast tracks the abilty to meet SOX and HIPPA compliance for email archival requirements. The appliance offers comprehensive auditing, reporting and archiving of email traffic across an enterprise and works seamlessly with a multitude of email servers. Businesses will find after running a DataCove appliance for just a few days, that DataCove provides a simple and effective way for orgainizations to handle the thorny issues surrounding email archiving and compliance.

Panda Software Moves Security into the Cloud

Panda Cloud Office Protection combines the best features of desktop security with the flexibility of consolidated remote management into a single, easy to deploy package

Product Analysis: Adtran pushes performance to the edge

Adtran’s latest routers have the moxie to push Cisco from the must buy list.

First Look: Paragon Backup and Recovery 10 Suite

Imaging has become one of the preferred methods to backup PCs today. However, the technology lends itself well to many other capabilities. Paragon Software has recognized those capabilities and now highlights those abilities in the latest release of their imaging product.

Sony Ericson shows off their Xperia X10 at Interop 2009 NYC

At InterOp yesterday, Sony Erickson put on display for the world to see their newest Android based phone, the Xperia X10. Definitely in the “i-Phone killer” class the Xperia showcases a beautiful screen that displays 65k colors on a 4 inch TFT touch screen which gives a larger and crisper image then the i-phone.

Spec wise, [...]

CA Unites Management Frameworks

CA plans to release update versions of its application management tools for mainframes and distributed computing environments that for the first time will let solution providers in the channel integrate these offerings to create a holistic view of the enterprise.
CA is rolling out an umbrella offering called Cross Application Performance Management (CrossAPM) that integrates new [...]

Nimsoft Sees Through Clouds of Computing

Nimsoft has given solution providers in the channel a tool that may finally allow many of them to start making some money off of cloud computing.
IT organizations looking to embrace cloud computing require tools that allow them to monitor the ongoing performance of a cloud computing service. To fulfill that need, Nimsoft has expanded the [...]

Avnet Integrates Storage Cluster with IBM Server

In a move that may come as a shock to the entire channel, but a distributor is actually doing some real engineering.
Avnet has partnered with Scale Computing to integrate a storage cluster offering directly with an IBM System X server to create a new appliance offering.
Besides the fact that Avnet did the engineering work, the offering [...]

Case Study: American Hakko Products, Inc.

American Hakko Products, Inc. is a manufacturing and distribution of soldering, desoldering and rework systems company that has seen considerable growth in recent years. The increase in users on the network has also called for an increase in available bandwidth. However, the company noticed that excess amounts of corporate bandwidth were being used by staff to browse websites that were unrelated to business needs and the threat of web borne viruses became a concern. To address this growing problem, they decided to install a web monitoring system to have greater control over users’ Internet activities. After successfully deploying other products from GFI Software, they installed GFI WebMonitor.

Case Study: Widex installs eBusiness solution

Situation
Summary
Providing quality customer service is a vital component to the success of any business, but it is especially crucial when dealing with healthcare products that affect one’s quality of life. Hearing aid manufacturers work in an industry where the ability to design a quality product, and deliver that product quickly, is of the utmost importance.
In [...]

Case Study: Embedded Linux Enables Low Cost Deployment

By Larry Dorie, CEO of RHUB Communications
When RHUB Communications entered the hotly contested Web conferencing market in 2005, research indicated that there was a need for an on-premise solution that required little or no IT support. As such, RHUB gladly took on the challenge of meeting the market’s demand by entering the industry with an [...]

Case Study: Accounting Firm C&D LLP

C&D LLP, a California-based accounting firm, uses Ecessa’s PowerLink WAN link controllers to manage its growing WAN infrastructure demands. With the assistance of network solution provider CompuVision, C&D now has a WAN solution to manage various traffic types while delivering reliable connectivity and business continuity to its users despite an outage or emergency situation.
Recognizing the [...]

White Paper: Falcon Network Storage Server

Intelligent storage virtualization for organizations of all sizes and budgets

FalconStor® Network Storage Server (NSS) Virtual Appliance for VMware® Infrastructure

Industry Overview
VMware provides powerful server virtualization for small and medium business (SMB) and remote/branch office (ROBO) environments. In order to ensure high availability in these infrastructures, organizations need to leverage shared storage for disaster recovery (DR). Today’s [...]

Using Windows 7 Applocker

In this screencast video, we will look at how Windows 7 uses Applocker, a new security feature. This is a big enhancement over the older Software Restriction Policies that came with Windows Server 2003 and Vista.

Using Windows 7 Bitlocker

Do you worry that if your PC is stolen someone can copy all of your data? Then you should encrypt your hard drive and removable USB drives too. In this video, we will look at how Windows 7 has beefed up Bitlocker, its built-in encryption program.

Using Windows 7 networking controls

In this video screencast, we will look at the differences of XP, Vista and Windows 7 when it comes to their networking controls. We will give you a quick overview of where you can find things that you know has to be somewhere in the new interface and also highlight new networking features too.

Using Windows 7 Backup and Library features

This screencast video shows you the difference between XP and Windows 7 when it comes to making backups and using its Libraries features to access your files on your hard drive.