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Barracuda Load Balancer Firmware Release 3.1

Barracuda Networks has announced that the Load Balancer now includes Layer 7 Content Routing and Global Server Load Balancing.  Details from their press release:

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Campbell, Calif., Feb. 4, 2010 – Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced new features for the Barracuda Load Balancer, including Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) and Layer 7 content routing.  Available on Barracuda Load Balancer models 440 and 640, GSLB utilizes a built-in geographical IP database that ensures traffic redirection to the next available data center in the event of outage or other performance hindering event at the primary data center.

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Simple Cost-Effective Web Acceleration with WEBaXcel

WEBaXcel Appliance

The new WEBaXcel Appliance is an advanced web acceleration product designed to optimize the performance of your web-based applications and downloads. The WEBaXcel accelerates web connectivity across one or more Internet links (two or more broadband links are recommended for best performance).

It will dramatically speed up web sessions and downloads and can work with either a single Internet connection, or up to three connections – although multiple connections are recommended.

Reliability

How crticial is Internet access to your business?  The WEBaXcel appliance ensures that all connectivity out to the Internet stays up and running 24/7 by automatically failing over to a secondary inexpensive broadband link.

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Network Instrument’s “Destination: Performance” Tour

Network Instruments has announced their “Destination Performance” tour. Here’s their announcement:


Destination: Performance

Network Instruments’ game-changing approach to network monitoring, troubleshooting, and analysis is so solid you’ve got to see it for yourself.

Avoid the roadside breakdowns that leave businesses and their clients stranded. From company-wide reports to deep packet analysis, we’ll show you the smooth road to an efficient network and a healthy business.

Join us for lunch and tips from the experts.

We’ll discuss:

  • Application performance monitoring
  • VoIP and UC analysis
  • Device and route monitoring
  • Back-in-time troubleshooting
  • Enterprise-wide reporting
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How to Double Your Internet Speed with ZeroOutages.com

XRoads Networks recently launched it’s ZeroOutages service, which combines your existing Internet connection with a secondary broadband link.

This new service promises to deliver:

More Bandwidth

ZO provides you with the ability to leverage multiple broadband connections for faster connectivity which enables greater productivity and reduced wait time for your end-users.

More Availability

ZO ensures that you have redundancy in the event of a network failure, thus providing significant cost savings by prevent an outage and the lost of productivity and sales which can occur when a outage happens.

More Responsiveness

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Just Released: Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 7

Ipswitch announced that “The competition never stood a chance” with their recent release of WS_FTP Server 7.

Try a free evaluation of WS_FTP Server 7 today!

According to Ipswitch:

WS_FTP Server 7 is a highly secure and easy-to-administer file transfer and data management server that delivers powerful administrative control and best-in-class security. WS_FTP Server 7 introduces dozens of new features and capabilities, including:  

  • - Anti-Hammering: Automatically block IP addresses that attempt consecutive failed logon attempts.
  • - FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography: Federal Information Processing Standards approved and validated security.
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Kemp To Host “Affordable Load Balancing Solutions for SMBs” Webinar on October 23

Server load balancing can offer substantial value to small-to-medium size businesses (SMBs) through dramatic increases in performance, high-availability and application-level security of the servers and applications running behind them.

Traditionally, load balancers came at a great cost, both at acquisition and through a high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), allowing only the larger enterprises to be able to take advantage of this technology. The advent of affordable server load balancers that specifically target the SMB market present new opportunities, enabling them to cost-effectively deliver this technology.

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KEMP Technologies now offers full support for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services

With the addition of Windows Terminal Services (WTS), KEMP delivers a solution that helps organizations best maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their networks, at an SMB-affordable price point.

With WTS enabled, users are able to maintain persistence as well as perform resource monitoring for Window servers running multiple services. The LoadMaster resource monitoring feature offers useful data on both memory and CPU, ensuring users experience the most efficient load balancing possible on each server.

KEMP is also now able to integrate seamlessly with MS Session Directory – providing a more reliable re-connect when a remote desktop connection to the server is disconnected.  

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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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Ipswitch Announces Two New Email Archival Solutions For Their IMail Server

With the release of two new archiving solutions, Ipswitch recognizes that archiving your emails is just plain smart.

How essential is email archiving?

Companies’ dependency on email has been a driving force behind the growth experienced in email archiving over the past few years. Messaging archival systems are ideally suited to preserving correspondence in support of all regulatory compliance and storage maintenance requirements. Your organization needs to be aware of what is required to comply with corporate regulations and legal requirements.

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