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NEC Solutions Announces 4GB Storage Arrays

NEC Solutions, Inc. announced two new storage disk arrays -- the S2500 midrange array and the S1500 entry-level model. According to the company, NEC's S2500 and S1500 provide high-speed performance, increased availability, and simplified operation. The S2500 and S1500 deliver tiered storage through their support of a mixture of high-speed FC disks and low-cost, high-volume SATA disks within a single cabinet. With combined FC/SATA functionality, critical data can be stored in the FC disks and archived data can exist on the SATA disks. NEC also offers redundancy of its main components, its proprietary Phoenix technology, which identifies failing drives to reduce downtime, and RAID-6 support as a standard on its SATA disks to enable continuous operation (even if two hard drives experience a failure).

The S2500 and S1500 provide cache memory up to 8GB and 4GB respectively. NEC offers up to 32.7 terabytes (TB) storage capacity on the S2500 model, and 17.6 TB for the S1500. This performance and scalability is delivered in a compact three-U rack. For more information, visit: http://www.necsam.com.

Monarch Empro Available in a Four-Way Tower

Monarch Computer announced the addition of a four-way processor tower to their Empro Server line. According to the company, the Monarch Empro 4-Way Custom Tower Server now offers rack-server power that can fit under a desk. The Monarch Empro Tower Server is based around several key components. Four of AMD's Opteron 800 series processors, available in single and dual-core varieties, are mounted on to either a Tyan or Supermicro motherboard. These boards have the capacity to hold 16 registered, ECC DDR modules, which allows for a total capacity of 64 gigabytes of memory. This is housed in Cooler Master's Stacker RC-810 case, which features eleven 5.25-inch drives bays that allows users to mount a variety of drives inside, including hard-drive enclosures to hold up to eight hard drives.

For more information, visit: http://www.monarchcomputer.com.

SAINT Introduces SAINTexploit

SAINT Corporation announced the launch of the SAINTexploit penetration testing tool. According to the company, SAINTexploit allows administrators to evaluate the security -- or vulnerability -- of a network by running controlled exploits on targeted machines. This automated product examines potentially vulnerable services discovered by SAINT, exposes points where an attacker could penetrate the network, and exploits the vulnerability to prove its existence. The file browsing and command execution capabilities resulting from a successful exploit provide evidence of a network vulnerability. SAINTexploit demonstrates the path an attacker could use to breach a network, quantifies risk to the system, and allows administrators to manage resources more efficiently to better defend information assets. Armed with evidence of system weaknesses, companies are more equipped to fix vulnerabilities and secure their network. SAINTexploit's features include seamless integration with the SAINT graphical user interface, a multi-platform exploit library with continuous updates, and the ease of use to manage penetration testing in-house. SAINTexploit offers additional tools to test client vulnerabilities such as Web browser and media players. The launch of SAINTexploit corresponds with the release of the SAINT Scanner 6.0 vulnerability assessment tool. SAINT 6.0 features vulnerability tests, a Web-based interface, and full integration with SAINTexploit.

For more information, visit: http://www.saintcorporation.com.

Asigra Unveils Backup Lifecycle Management

Asigra announced backup lifecycle management, an extension to Asigra's Televaulting for Enterprises 6.0 that integrates full data lifecycle management functionality into the Televaulting backup platform to control storage costs by moving backup and archival data to a cost-effective storage medium. According to the company, Asigra Backup Lifecycle Management is an ILM-aware solution encompassing three Asigra software components: Asigra Televaulting DS-System, which manages the data center storage of Asigra's backup solution; Asigra BLM Archiver, which manages the archiving of single or multiple DS-Systems and associated DS-Clients; and Asigra Televaulting Web Portal, which functions for both the DS-System and BLM Archiver to manage account creation and usage and restore requests to the BLM Archiver.

Asigra Backup Lifecycle Management for Televaulting Version 6.0 is currently available with a price of $2,500 per terabyte of data stored in the BLM Archive. For more information, visit: http://www.asigra.com.

Deux Sortes Announces CryptoTools 3.0

Deux Sortes announced the release of version 3.0 of CryptoTools, a multi-language suite of encryption components and libraries. According to the company, CryptoTools enables developers to add security to their programs and Web applications through encryption. Furthermore, it supports almost all current popular programming languages and major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Unix. Components, files, and sample programs for all languages are distributed in one single package.

CryptoTools can encrypt binary data, text, and files, using industry-standard encryption algorithms, such as DES and TripleDES (3 DES), as well as Base64 encoding and MD5 hashing. CryptoTools can encrypt all kinds of files using any of the four algorithms. The components can be incorporated into a program written in C (win32), C++, ActiveX/COM, C#, Visual Basic.Net, Delphi, Java (multi-platform), and many other popular languages. Unique to CryptoTools is that all libraries and languages are completely compatible with one another, which means you can encrypt in Java on Linux on one side and decrypt on the other side using Visual Basic.Net on Windows. Moreover, the suite is compatible with third-party encryption tools.

CryptoTools 3.0 is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Unix platforms and costs $149.99 for a single license. Additional pricing information on CryptoTools 3.0, technical documentation with code samples, and a free, fully functional evaluation copy is available at: http://www.cryptotools.com.

agámi Systems Announces High-Speed NAS Systems

agámi Systems Inc. announced the availability of its new family of high-speed NAS systems, the AIS 6000. According to the company, the AIS 6000 series, which includes the AIS6112 and AIS6119, delivers aggregate read throughput performance of more than 1000 megabytes (MB) per second from a single 5U chassis. Additionally, the AIS6112 system is optimized for a total raw capacity of 12 terabytes (TB) and the AIS6119 system is configured for 19.2TB.

The AIS6000 series achieves more than 1 gigabyte (GB)/sec from a single 5U, 48 drive server. With an intuitive system management interface, the AIS6000 is available in 12TB and 19TB configurations and ships with 12GB of memory and 2GB of NVRAM.

For more information about agámi and its products, visit: http://www.agami.com.

Utimaco Debuts SecurE-Mail Gateway 5.0

Utimaco Safeware released SecurE-Mail Gateway 5.0, the latest version of its enterprise email security product. According to the company, SecurE-Mail Gateway 5.0 includes role-based administration that allows security staff to implement company-specific guidelines for monitoring and managing corporate email systems. Utimaco's SecurE-Mail Gateway provides secure email communication by attaching signatures to email and automatically checking their validity, yet is transparent for its users.

Via SecurE-Mail Gateway 5.0's new role-based administration, security staff can keep all areas of administrative responsibility separate and distinct from each other. The feature ensures that areas of responsibility of IT security staff and network administrators never overlap; it also allows security staff to establish an auditor role to oversee security policies. Another primary component of SecurE-Mail Gateway is the integrated key server for S/MIME and OpenPGP email, offering centralized administration and distribution for public keys used by an enterprise's communications partners. With the SecurE-Mail Gateway, certificates and keys can automatically be separated from emails and then imported. The technology enables certificates to be administered effectively even when email traffic levels are very high.

For more information about the SecurE-Mail Gateway, visit: http://www.utimaco.us/products/securemail/.

Supermicro Releases Next-Generation Xeon Servers and Storage

Supermicro announced a new Intel Xeon (Dempsey and Woodcrest) server line, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) servers with SES2 support, low-power Sossaman solutions, and several optimized chassis in rackmount and tower form factors. According to the company, Supermicro is rolling out a complete line of SAS-optimized server solutions with SES2 enclosure management and fully functional RAID capability including RAID 5 and RAID 10.

Starting with the new X7 series server solutions, which support the new Intel Dempsey and the Woodcrest CPU with 1333MHz of FSB, these new processors are designed to improve server responsiveness, speed, and multi-processing by allowing software to execute information four threads per processor simultaneously. Supermicro is also releasing low-power dual-core based products, including the X6DLP-4G2 and X6DLP-EG2 serverboards. These dual-processor platforms support dual-core Xeon Processors LV, utilizing 31 watts per processor enabling the system to run efficiently with minimal cooling while generating less heat and lower fan noise.

For more information, visit: http://www.supermicro.com.

Computer Lab International Unveils Linux Thin Client

Computer Lab International, Inc. introduced the MT1500t, a new member to the established MT1500 series of thin clients. According to the company, the MT1500t uses the stable and secure Mandrake Linux embedded operating system to provide the user with adaptability and ease of use. The MT1500t has multiple terminal emulations to access mainframe, midrange, Unix, Linux, and other legacy applications, as well as Firefox browser to access Web-based applications, with Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The X Window system for graphical Unix applications is also on board, as are Citrix ICA and RDP protocols to access Windows applications.

For more information, visit: http://www.computerlab.com.

SafeDesk Solutions Releases SafeDesk Enterprise 3.0

SafeDesk Enterprise 3.0 provides support for customers who want the benefits of Linux but still need full Microsoft application compatibility. According to the company, SafeDesk Enterprise 3.0 requires no special Linux knowledge and includes the ability to extend the life of existing hardware/software by utilizing a server-based computing environment to power local clients. Other features include terminal services functionality for network booting without the burden of multiple layers of licensing; you can serve out the desktop image of your choice or serve a virtual Microsoft Windows session, and more.

For more information about SafeDesk Enterprise 3.0, visit: http://www.safedesk.com.

Seagate and SECUDE Announce Notebook PC Security Solution

Seagate Technology and SECUDE IT Security GmbH announced a solution combining "the highest level of protection against unauthorized access to information stored on lost or stolen notebook PCs with a software infrastructure that gives organizations an easy way to manage notebook security". According to the companies, the solution features the Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE notebook hard drive, a 5400-RPM model, which uses hardware-based Full Disc Encryption (FDE) to provide the highest levels of data security, and SECUDE's TiDoCoMi access management technology. TiDoCoMi provides the management capabilities that organizations need to cost-effectively protect encryption keys and passwords while enabling all known single and multifactor authentication techniques. The TiDoCoMi access management software from SECUDE in conjunction with the Momentus 5400 FDE drive from Seagate delivers a solution designed to provide robust notebook security for customers ranging from individual users to large enterprise.

For more information, visit: http://www.secude.com or http://www.seagate.com.