Kerio Supports iPad With Kerio Connect 7
Kerio was among the first wave of enterprise information technology providers to unveil significant support for Apple's iPad platform. The company said its Kerio Messaging Server would be integrated with the iPad platform via its Kerio Connect 7, a messaging and collaboration server that would support access to e-mail, calendars and contacts on Apple's new tablet device. Kerio Connect will allow for synchronization of personal data, as well as searches for global address book, managing invitations and remote swipe, using Exchange ActiveSync. Kerio Connect also includes CalDAV support.
As with its iPhone platform, iPad provides native Exchange support out of the box--giving vendors such as Kerio an opportunity to leverage the technology with its own third-party products. Kerio Connect includes distributed domain clustering, and provides a "newly implemented" CardDAV protocol for synchronizing contacts with Apple's address book. The product supports Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and is also available as a virtual appliance on VMware and Parallels. Kerio Connect starts at US$450 for five users; additional users start at US$24.
Thales Gives Enterprise Key Management A Boost
Cryptography provider Thales said its new product, nShield Edge, will be able to give enterprisewide cryptography and security a boost by combining two technologies and form factors and delivering greater consistency in key management throughout a network.
The company said nShield Edge is "the world's first FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated USB-attached hardware security module (HSM)." That means the device, which is built to a form factor of 120 x 118 x 27 millimeters, combines the portability of smart cards with the higher-level of security of HSMs--providing an enterprise with the best of both ease-of-use and better protection.
Cryptography and smart cards are increasingly deployed in enterprise scenarios where compliance is a factor, and Thales is aligning nShield Edge with vertical markets including health care, financial, retail and government. The company said the device was built with a form factor that can bring the security technology to remote sites when individuals or workgroups travel for business, or move from one location to another, and even provides for remote authorisation. Pricing was not immediately available.
Lian Li Rolls Out New Mini Towers
Custom-system component provider Lian Li launched a series of ultrasmall PC chassis that it said provides deeper motherboard support than most pieces of hardware. The manufacturer said the PC-Q06 Mini Tower Series supports mini-ITX motherboards on top of the system while protecting components in the case itself. It's designed for IT professionals, overclockers and other power users, according to Lian Li.
Built with a form factor of 205 x 210 x 250 millimeters, the PC-Q06 chassis weighs in at less than 3 pounds (1.2 kg, Lian Li said) and, while supporting mini-ITX form factors, comes with an optional ATX or mini-ATX motherboard tray. The systems are also designed to support heavy graphics cards--a growing factor in the industry for makers of power, custom PCs. Other speeds and feeds: It provides two PCI brackets, supports one standard 5.25-inch drive, a standard 3.5-inch drive and a standard ATX PS/2 power supply unit, with two USB 3.0 and HDA audio ports on-board in the front. Lian Li offers the chassis in red, black or silver.
Netgear Launches Sub-US$500 ProSafe Firewall Product
Netgear, a maker of security, networking and storage products, launched its ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN firewall, also known as the SRX5308--a product it said is a business firewall that provides more than 1 Gbps performance for less than US$500--offering both speed and price advantages. The SRX5308 firewall supports up to 125 IPsec VPN tunnels and 50 SSL VPN tunnels simultaneously, Netgear said, adding that it provides "enhanced protection from network security threats."
Netgear said the SRX5308 provides "a hardware-accelerated data flow architecture that enables 1 Gbps LAN-to-WAN of stateful firewall throughput"--speed that would make it a high-performing solution for small or midsize businesses. In addition to performance and price, Netgear is pitching the product's ease-of-deployment. It said the SRX5308 ships with an "Auto Detect" that connects quickly to an ISP, a GUI-based control centre, an installation wizard and an IPsec VPN wizard.
Canonical Launches Ubuntu 10.04
Canonical, the company that oversees development of the Ubuntu Linux operating system and related technologies, launched version 10.04 of the OS--armed with new cloud integration and a new look and feel.
After months of alpha and beta testing, Ubuntu 10.04, formerly known as "Lucid Lynx," is integrated with access to Ubuntu One--Mozilla's cloud file storage service, as well as a beta version of Ubuntu One Music Store, which the company is lining up to eventually compete with online music stores from Apple, Amazon.com and others.
Ubuntu 10.04 also provides a look and feel that's more reminiscent of Apple's OS X interface and less reminiscent of Microsoft's Windows graphical user interface. Canonical said another aim with Ubuntu 10.04 was to speed up boot times and performance; through beta testing the company managed to deliver an OS that could provide sub-15-second boot time on industry-standard PCs running dual-core processors and 2 GB of memory with hard disk drives--much faster than systems running Windows with an HDD and about on par with high-performance systems build with Solid State Drives and running Windows.
Like all versions of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 10.04 is free for download and customisation.
Oki Data Delivers New Printers
Oki Data launched two new series of digital color printers for midsize or larger workgroups, building on what the CRN Test Centre has previously found to be a strong product line.
The new digital color printers include the C610 and C711 series. The C610 is more compact than earlier printer versions delivered by Oki Data Americas, with a form factor of 17.1 x 21.5 x 13.5 inches, and speeds of 32 ppm color and 34 ppm black, the company said. The C610 has a 75,000-page monthly duty cycle. The C610n (Network Standard) printer starts out the line at a list price of US$699, the company said.
The C711 Series is slightly larger, at a form factor of 17.1 x 21.5 x 15.3 inches, with speeds of 34 ppm color and 36 ppm in black. It's got a 100,000-page monthly duty cycle, Oki Data said. The C711n starts this line out with a list price of US$1,099.
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