News
IT Weekly Roundup, October 29
From the business wires this week: Active Directory tools, storage solutions and more.
From
NetPro comes three products for
Active Directory management.
ChangeManager for
Active Directory enforces change policies, and
SecurityManager
for Active Directory provides real-time notification of Active
Directory vulnerabilities and best practices for maintaining a secure
directory environment. Both are slated for shipment in Q1 2005.
DirectoryTroubleshooter
4.0 helps resolve Active Directory problems with reporting
on health and security, real-time domain controller (DC) diagnostics,
and boasts more than 100 different tests and utilities for enterprise-wide
Active Directory troubleshooting.
http://www.netpro.com
ADvantage Elements v.2.5.1, a free upgrade
for the Active Directory (AD) task-specific tools, includes major
updates to ADreporter and ADsearch. The solution from Javelina
Software also offers the abilities to report on computer
accounts in AD, search and replace on computer properties and attributes,
import a specific list of objects instead of reporting on an entire
OU or domain, and has new mail configuration options. The upgrade
is available for free to licensed users who’ve purchased ADvantage
Elements within the last year, or $995 per admin copy. http://www.javelinasoftware.com
BakBone Software released its updated
backup and recovery solution for small- and medium-sized businesses,
NetVault 7.3, with enhanced support for
file systems and selected applications running in Microsoft Server
2003, such as MS Exchange and MS SQL, and RedHat Enterprise Linux
clustered environments. Prices for Intel-based systems start at
$1,195. http://www.bakbone.com
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The Gateway 823 LTO3 can store
up to 6.4TB of data. |
Gateway introduced the Gateway
823 LTO3 Autoloader, a 2U tape storage system based on the
new LTO3 standard. Featuring a single LTO3 Ultrium tape drive that
can hold up to eight high-capacity LTO3 tapes, mid-enterprise businesses
can store 6.4TB of compressed, mission-critical data, with a data
transfer rate of 66MB/sec., at an MSRP of $6,499. http://www.gateway.com
DataFRAME 420 from MPC
Computers, based on IP SAN technology, targets mid-market
customers by offering less expensive Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI or more
costly but high-performing Fibre Channel connectivity. Starting
with 16 hot-swap 250 GB SATA drives, 4TB of storage per 3U enclosure,
and the ability to add enclosures, the storage solution provides
the potential to expand. DataFRAME 420 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
and 50 and lists for $19,999. http://www.mpccorp.com
Seagate added the NL35
SATA disc drive to its enterprise-ready drive lineup as a
cost-effective alternative to its NL35 Fibre Channel model to serve
nearline and secondary storage applications in Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS)-based infrastructures. The storage device comes in 250GB and
400GB capacities, SATA-II 1.0 interface, 16MB cache, Native Command
Queuing (NCQ) and error recovery. http://www.seagate.com
Chelsio Communications released its T110
10GbE iSCSI Protocol Engine. The 10-Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI
host bus adapter for server and networking OEMs is a turnkey hardware
and software solution that provides TCP Offload Engine, iSCSI initiator
and data rates of up to 10Gbps, targeting storage system vendors
that build enterprise-grade iSCSI storage solutions. http://www.chelsio.com
Sun announced the launch of its Sun
StorEdge 6130 array, aimed at offering medium-sized businesses
a complete storage solution that can deploy multiple storage classes,
including Serial ATA and Fibre Channel. The array offers advanced
data protection and an application-oriented management utility that
enables storage pooling, performance tracking and automated diagnostics.
http://sun.com
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CryptoStor SAN VPN provides
secure AES256 data encryption. |
The CryptoStor SAN VPN appliance from
NeoScale Systems is designed to meet the
security demands of enterprise-level real-time storage applications
running across public metropolitan area networks (MANs). The device
secures SAN traffic with Fibre Channel throughput at 1 or 2 Gbps
with minimal latency overhead and is compatible with optical MAN
technologies. Pricing starts at $40,000 per appliance. http://www.neoscale.com
Alacris released Alacris
idNexus 2.1 for Microsoft Windows Server
2003 with extended lifecycle management support for digital
certificate- and smart card-based identity assurance solutions in
enterprise Windows environments. Other new features include smart
card printing, centralized enrollment, and integration support for
more third-party systems. http://www.alacris.com
SupportSoft unveiled its “X-Celerated
Enterprise” vision for enterprise IT infrastructure management
with three new product suites: SupportSoft Endpoint
Automation Suite aids in eliminating problems through detection
and repair of known fault conditions in real time as well as software
compliance and enhanced patch distribution; SupportSoft
Self-Service Suite enables end-users to find personalized
answers to common technical problems; and SupportSoft
Intelligence Assistance Suite provides support staff with
a host of tools for speeding resolution of end-user problems. http://www.supportsoft.com
Infortrend announced its EonStor RAID
subsystems will now be available with Serial ATA (SATA-II), based
on its fourth-generation RAID engine. The EonStor
A16F-G2221 supports dual-host Fibre to SATA-II and the EonStor
A16U-G2421 is a dual-host U320 SCSI to SATA-II, single-controller
RAID subsystem with two dual-stacked VHDCI connectors on the rear.
Both come with IBM PowerPC 750FX processors with both L1 and 512KB
of L2 internal cache, capacities of up to 64TB per logical unit
number (LUN) or logical drive (LD) and broad RAID-level support.
http://www.infortrend.com
Management 360, just released by Wily
Technology, is an enterprise-level comprehensive collaborative
application management solution designed to implement mission-critical
Web applications. The solution comprises software, services, support,
training and best practices as well as a dedicated Wily support
engineer assigned to each customer. http://www.wilytech.com