The SMB Tech Report

Cisco Announces New Borderless Mobility Components, Cloud Security Services

Cisco has announced a series of new products and network and support services to support the transition to the mobile workplace. The latest announcements include the Aironet 3500 Series Access Points with ClearAir technology, which combats wireless network interference by detecting, classifying, locating, and mitigating conflicts. it also has announced advanced e-mail and Web security services to provide stronger cloud security for enterprise users. more

McAfee, Riverbed Partner to Create Combined WAN Optimization and Security Appliance

Security software vendor McAfee Inc. and IT performance optimization software provider Riverbed Technology have partnered to create a wide area network (WAN) optimization and security appliance for small-to-midsized businesses and remote offices. The appliance includes a virtual instance of the McAfee Firewall Enterprise software and Riverbed Steelhead appliance. more

Cisco Introduces Linksys E-Series Routers

Cisco has announced a new E-series Linksys Router family designed to make it easier to customize small and home office wireless networks. more

Aruba Publishes Rightsizing Guide to Help Users Squeeze Costs from LAN Infrastructure

WiFi network vendor Aruba Networks has published the Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide. This reference primer shows how 802.11 n WiFi can decrease costs of office networking while delivering improved services, based on real-world implementation experience. more

Aruba Among Leaders in Latest Gartner Magic Quadrant

Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks Inc. is positioned in the "Leaders" Quadrant of Gartner's 2009 "Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure" report. The Gartner Magic Quadrants position vendors in industry specific areas according to Gartner's assessment of their technology and market positions, the completeness of their vision, and their ability to execute. more

Brocade, McAfee Partner to Deliver Network Security Systems

Network vendor Brocade and McAfee Inc. have partnered to deliver a set of fully interoperable end-to-end network security products. As part of the partnership, Brocade will integrate critical security capabilities into its network products. more

Synology America Announces Two-Bay NAS Server

Synology America Corp. has announced a new scalable, 2-bay network attached storage (NAS) server, the DS710+, which scales easily to seven bays and provides a flexible, high performance storage and file management solution for small-to-medium size businesses. more

Brocade Announces New Technical Support Services

Network products developer Brocade has announced a comprehensive new technical support offering built from the best parts of two support portfolios. The new offering provides support for network hardware and software and includes residency support services for mission-critical networking environments. more

Cisco offers Three-Year, 0% Financing to U.S. Small-to-Medium Businesses

Cisco Capital SM, a division of Cisco Systems, has announced a three-year, 0% financing plan for U.S. small-to-medium businesses. The program covers purchases of all Cisco products and services from $1,000 to $250,000. more

Aruba Announces New Version of its Unified Wired/Wireless Network Management Software

Wireless LAN provider Aruba Networks has announced Airwave 7, a major upgrade to its office network management software. This version allows network managers to see their entire office network, including both wired and wireless and a variety of end-user devices, including handhelds. more

Cisco, Rochester Institute of Technology to Webcast Discussion of Future of Video on Wireless Networks

Experts from Cisco and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will discuss in a January 19 Webinar the rapid growth of video and other media-rich applications on wireless networks and how network managers can meet user demand for these high-bandwidth applications. RIT will discuss best practices in deploying video over its Cisco Unified Wireless Network to provide innovative learning applications to its students. more

Foz do Brasil, Brazilian Water and Sanitation Organization, Selects 3Com

Foz do Brasil, the private-owned state water and sanitation provider for several cities in São Paulo has chosen 3Com's H3C enterprise networking technology as its new backbone office network. Foz do Brasil provides urban water and waste treatment to approximately three million people in 19 cities. It conducted an extensive competitive review before selecting H3C. more

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command Deploys Aruba Secure Wireless LANs

The United States Air Force Special Operations Command has deployed hardened FIPS 140-2 compliant WiFi networks from Aruba and Telos to provide WiFi access to classified and unclassified networks to its operational units. The networks will support AFSOC personnel in the field on global missions that range from precision application of firepower to infiltration, aviation foreign internal defense, exfiltration, resupply, and refueling of operational units. more

Port of Thailand Chooses 3Com

The Port Authority of Thailand will install 3Com's high-performance H3C enterprise networking and TippingPoint security packages in a comprehensive upgrade of its logistics management and operations networking infrastructure. more