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Archive for September, 2008


Ipswitch Announces Upcoming WhatsUp Gold v12.3 Live Webinars

Ipswitch has announced that they will be hosting 3 live webinars in early October to go over their new plug-in modules including their new NetFlow Monitor. This is a great opportunity current and potentially users to see what is new with the upcoming launch of WhatsUp Gold Version 12.3.

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Discover the Power of WhatsUp Gold Version 12.3!
(Available October 1, 2008)

WhatsUp Gold is extending its award winning functionality with a brand new plug-in to the core architecture; WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor (traffic flow identification and reporting based on Cisco’s NetFlow technology). And – coming soon – WhatsUp Gold WhatsConnected (Layer 2/Layer 3 discovery and network mapping).

Get an overview and a technical tour by our WhatsUp Gold product experts. Three LIVE webinars to choose from:

WhatsUp Gold v.12.3 & Plug-In Modules:

WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor:

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McAfee, Inc. Agrees to Acquire Secure Computing

Pending Acquisition Expected to Create One of the Largest Network Security Vendors, Offering the Most Complete Network Security Solution to Businesses of All Sizes

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement to acquire Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR) for $5.75 per common share in cash, without interest, representing an equity value for Secure Computing’s common stock of approximately $413 million in the aggregate. In addition, Secure Computing’s outstanding shares of preferred stock will also be redeemed for cash as part of the proposed transaction, which would represent approximately, calculated as of today’s date, an additional $84 million. In total, net of cash held by Secure, the proposed transaction would be valued at approximately $465 million.

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Coming Soon – WhatsUp Gold v12.3!

WhatsUp Gold version 12.3 is right around the corner! This new release extends WhatsUp Gold’s award winning functionality with a brand new plug-in to the core architecture: WhatsUp Gold NetFlow Monitor (for traffic flow identification and reporting based on Cisco’s NetFlow technology).

Please take a look at the Did You Know? Section (below) of this post for important information about changes to WhatsUp Gold licensing in v12.3 and to find out how many devices you are monitoring with WhatsUp Gold.

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Barracuda Networks Launches Barracuda Link Balancer

New Product Line Routes and Manages Traffic Across Multiple Internet Connections

Barracuda Networks Inc. today launched the Barracuda Link Balancer, an affordable and powerful solution for routing and managing traffic across multiple Internet connections.  Available in three models, the Barracuda Link Balancer optimizes the use of multiple Internet links, such as T1s, T3s, DSL and cable connections from one or multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs).  Capable of automatic failover in the event of link failure, the Barracuda Link Balancer ensures that customer networks are always connected to the Internet.
  
“Fast and reliable Internet connectivity is central to the majority of mission-critical business applications,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks.  “The Barracuda Link Balancer enables organizations to simply ‘add-on’ additional Internet connections for both speed and redundancy without other changes to their network environment.”

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XRoads Networks: Competitive Advantages

The following is a list of advantages that the EdgeXOS platform delivers over its competitors in the market, specifically in the areas of WAN Load Balancing, QoS & Rate Shaping, and Site2Site VPN Optimization.
 
Designed for scalability… The Edge appliances typically have up to twice the performance of similarly priced solutions. These performance statistics are based on the route processing capability, the amount of system memory, and the report storage capabilities of the appliance.

WAN Load Balancing Solutions:

Multi-link connectivity is XRoads Networks’ core technology. These unique innovations in system design and architecture enable the Edge platform to deliver key advantages:

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Latest Release of PRTG Network Monitor, Version 7.0.8

Paessler announced earlier this month the latest update to their popular PRTG Network Monitoring program.

It includes a long list of new and improved features, with some outstanding new items:

  • PRTG API – With this all new first “incarnation” of the API PRTG now allows access to it’s monitoring results from other applications.
  • iPhone User Interface – Accoes your monitoring data quickly and easily from everywhere, at anytime using your Apple iPhone.
  • Improved Map Editor
  • “Prope Only” installer
  • And many more …

To see a detailed version history go to: http://www.paessler.com/support/kb/prtg7/prtg7history?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=PN08-09-09

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Paessler Releases White Paper on “Virtualization And Network Monitoring”

Server virtualization is the latest major technology trend in data centers. It provides many opportunities but is not entirely risk-free. Network monitoring can help plan the virtualization of a data center while also minimizing risks for already virtualized environments.

Dirk Paessler, CEO of Paessler AG and an expert in network monitoring has quite a bit of experience in virtualizing data centers, seeing as Paessler AG works with virtualized environments itselfs. His whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview about the opportunities and risks of virtualization and the role network monitoring plays in this context. A great help for administrators and IT executives.

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The Browser War is Back: Choosing the Best Web Browser for PRTG Network Monitor

Those of you who use Paessler’s PRTG might be interested in this article as it discusses (due to the introduction of Google’s new Chrome web browser) which web browser works the best with PRTG.

The original article can be found at:

http://www.paessler.com/blog/2008/09/05/prtg-7/the-browser-war-is-back-choosing-the-best-web-browser-for-prtg-network-monitor/?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=PN08-09-09

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The Browser War is Back: Choosing the Best Web Browser for PRTG Network Monitor

Since Google have launched their new browser “Chrome” a few days ago development in the world of Web browsers is becoming quite interesting. The new contender Chrome has already created a lot of buzz and includes a number of innovative features that will raise the innovation pressure for the other players.

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Barracuda Spam Firewall Rejects Invalid Non-Delivery Report Messages

Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, recently announced a new feature in the Barracuda Spam Firewall that can differentiate legitimate Non-Delivery Report (NDR) messages – also known as bounce messages – from invalid NDR messages resulting from spoofing attacks. Using [tag]Invalid Bounce Suppression[/tag], the [tag]Barracuda Spam Firewall[/tag] prevents “backscatter” messages from reaching innocent email senders.

“Backscatter is an unfortunate side effect of the continued prevalence of email spoofing by spam campaigns that is now plaguing corporate email servers,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks.  “It is also a frustrating, and sometimes confusing, problem for email users who are the innocent victims.”

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Launch of GFI MailArchiver 6 – Stub-free email archiving is industry-first

The latest version of GFI MailArchiver will be released on September 2. The main feature in version 6 is integration with Microsoft’s Outlook email client. GFI is the first email archiving vendor to offer Outlook integration without the use of stub files. The use of stub files is not recommended by Microsoft due to their impact on Exchange (for more information visit Microsoft has a negative stance against stubbing and the Microsoft white paper).

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