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Tripwire Enterprise for Unix, Linux, and Solaris Announced

Tripwire, Inc., an auditing software and services provider, recently unveiled Tripwire Enterprise 5.1 with expanded server platform support and additional network devices. According to the company, Tripwire Enterprise 5.1 addresses many networks, servers, and desktops including AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Solaris, and Windows versions. Also new in release 5.1 are additional compliance reporting capabilities and enhanced integration with other change and configuration management software.

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

Storix Releases System Backup Administrator 5.2

Storix announced the release of System Backup Administrator (SBA) Version 5.2, a Linux and AIX backup and disaster recovery software solution. According to the company, Storix SBA provides centralized management of system level and data backup for one system or the entire network and includes recovery capabilities. Storix SBA v5.2 also includes optional 128/192/256-bit Backup Data Encryption and backup/restore features for Microsoft Windows and MAC OS X systems.

Storix SBA provides an Installation/Recovery Interface, which allows users to recover an existing system or reconfigure the OS to operate on a different hardware configuration, while supporting LVM, software RAID, and various filesystem types. The Installation/Recovery Interface can also be used to migrate a healthy system to a new hardware configuration or to provision new systems.

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

Symantec Announces Symantec Critical System Protection 4.5

Symantec Corp. announced Symantec Critical System Protection 4.5, an intrusion prevention solution for desktops and servers on Windows, Unix, and Linux platforms. According to the company, Symantec Critical System Protection defends against day-zero attacks, maintains system compliance, and protects applications and the operating system on clients and servers by enforcing behavior-based security policies.

The company says that Symantec Critical System Protection safeguards applications and operating systems without the need for updates when deployed alongside Symantec Client Security or Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition. Buffer overflow and memory-based attack protection provide added defense against attacks, and a firewall monitors network traffic with the ability to block inbound and outbound connections by port, protocol, and IP address range.

The management console can be configured to deliver automatic notification alerts, and the product also provides out-of-the-box configurable security policies for applications and operating system functions.

For more information, visit: http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.

SoftLink Introduces B-Hub File Exchange Solution

SoftLink Ltd., a provider of enterprise file transfer technology, released B-Hub v1.1, a file exchange server designed for local and global file exchange needs of large enterprises. According to the company, B-Hub is a flexible, scalable, and secure file exchange server with unlimited file size, optimal security, guaranteed delivery, and support for the multi-platform corporate environment. B-Hub clients are available for enterprise platforms including Windows, Unix, Linux, and mainframes.

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

Third Brigade Releases Deep Security 3

Third Brigade Deep Security 3, a Host Intrusion Prevention (HIP) product targeted at government, healthcare, financial services, higher education, and other enterprises, was recently released. According to the company, Third Brigade Deep Security helps organizations maintain control over IT assets by defending against a range of Internet attacks while also ensuring compliance and business continuity.

Two main components, the Manager and Agent, comprise Third Brigade Deep Security. The company describes the Manager as "a role-based central management platform with a compact rule set that allows administrators to enforce security policies across Windows, Linux, and other hosts in large IT environments", while the Agent is a "small footprint software component that combines a stateful firewall and deep packet inspection". The stateful firewall reduces the attack surface of hosts by controlling network access to intended services.

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

Heroix Introduces Longitude

Heroix Corporation announced Longitude, an agentless, multiplatform operating system and application monitoring and reporting product. The company says that Longitude is unique because it requires little to no configuration and can be up and running in the production environment within minutes. In addition to Longitude's quick deployment and monitoring of Windows, Linux, and Unix platforms, the product also includes event displays, graphical dashboard views, and performance reports and graphs.

Pre-packaged monitoring solutions are provided for Windows XP, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Apache Web Server, Oracle, MS SQL, Exchange, and Windows Servers, and others.

Heroix Longitude costs $299 per monitored system for base OS monitoring, $599 per monitored system for base OS plus layered application monitoring (database, Web, messaging), and $2,995 per site license for J2EE Application Server monitoring. Support services and subscription pricing are also available.

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

GroundWork Monitor Architect for Nagios Unveiled

GroundWork Open Source Solutions, Inc., an open source IT management solutions provider, announced GroundWork Monitor Architect (Monarch), a free, open source configuration tool for the deployment of Nagios, a popular open source monitoring tool. The company also announced GroundWork Monitor, an IT management solution based on Nagios.

According to the company, Monarch is a Web-based configuration tool that simplifies set up and maintenance of Nagios and GroundWork Monitor by allowing sys admins to configure the system through a Web-based interface.

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

SGI Offers Lower-Priced Server and Storage Products

Silicon Graphics has released new lower-priced rackmounted servers and storage systems. According to the company, the new SGI Altix 330 leverages the same high-bandwidth SGI NUMAflex shared-memory architecture, NUMAlink interconnect (6.4 GB/s bi-directional), and high-availability data management capabilities as the Altix systems that power SGI's record-setting supercomputers. Entry priced under $7,000 (U.S. list), the SGI Altix 330 server fits into a compact 1U (1.75"), high-density chassis.

SGI Altix 330 systems can be equipped with one or two Intel Itanium 2 processors running at 1.3 GHz to 1.6 GHz, on-chip cache ranging from 3 MB to 6 MB, up to 16 GB of system memory. The Altix 330 has the capability of scaling up to 16 processors with NUMAlink and up to 128 GB of memory. The Altix 330 also offers users the flexibility of running Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux implementations.

SGI's InfiniteStorage S330 disk array is targeted to small- to medium-scale workgroup environments. According to the company, the S330 offers superior performance, data protection, and availability in an easily scalable package and is priced for a workgroup with an entry point of $12,599 -- less than half the price of previous SGI storage offerings. The S330 can sustain data transfer rates of up to 485MB/second for bandwidth-intensive applications and allows users to store and manage from 2.8 TB to 16 TB of data in direct-attached storage (DAS), NAS, and SAN configurations.

For more information visit: http://www.sgi.com.

Promise Technology Launches First Accelerated iSCSI to High-Speed SATA Storage Systems

Promise Technology, Inc. has announced six new 3 Gb per second (3Gb/s) Serial ATA (SATA) RAID storage systems for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the company, the Promise VTrak M-Class delivers resilient, advanced data protection features that proactively monitor drive status and dramatically reduce RAID rebuild time to help ensure uninterrupted data availability.

The Promise VTrak M-Class systems offer dual host ports and 8-, 12-, or 15 hot-swappable drive bays in a rackmount chassis, supporting up to 7.5 TB with 15 drives. The VTrak M-Class features Predictive Data Migration (PDM) PerfectRAID and multiple assignment of RAID levels to selected Logical Units (LUN) in a high-availability FC and IP Storage Area Network (SAN) solution. Additionally, it serves as a cluster-friendly platform. All models offer SATA II features, including 3Gb/s speed, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), staggered spin-up, and drive hot-swap support.

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

Texas Memory Systems Introduces 4-Gb, Half-A-Million I/O Per Second, Solid State Storage System

Texas Memory Systems has announced the availability of the RamSan-400 -- the industry's first solid state disk with 4-Gb Fibre Channel interfaces. According to the company, the RamSan-400 is currently the only storage device that can sustain 3 GB/second of random data transfers or 500,000 random I/Os per second, thus making it ideal for accelerating I/O-intensive databases, OLTP (online transaction processing), OLAP (online analytical processing), modeling, content streaming, and high volume data acquisition environments.

Capacities for the new 3U RamSan-400 currently range from 32 GB to 128 GB of RAM. Additionally, the RamSan-400 high-availability architecture includes redundant and hot-swappable power supplies, redundant batteries, a four-disk RAID with hot-swappable backup hard disk drives, and Texas Memory Systems' unique Active Backup feature.

The RamSan-400 is also covered under Texas Memory Systems' performance guarantee, which ensures that RamSan solid state disks will deliver faster performance than any competitive storage product and that software application performance will be accelerated to the satisfaction of customers. The RamSan-400 is immediately available.

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

Senforce Technologies Releases SWIS Security Solution

Senforce Technologies Inc. announced a security solution that protects systems across existing Wi-Fi standards and the forthcoming 802.11n standard. According to the company, the Senforce Wi-Fi Security (SWIS) product is the only solution that effectively safeguards and enforces security policies on desktops, notebooks, and tablet computers within any type of Wi-Fi network. When deployed, SWIS can:

Prevent connection to rogue access points, ad hoc connections, or "evil twin"/man-in-the-middle attacks.
Prevent or disable "at risk" networking behavior, such as network adapter bridging.
Control Wi-Fi usage by network location (in the office, on the road, at home).
Disable Wi-Fi connectivity when using a wired LAN.
Secure users working at public access Wi-Fi hotspots by enforcing security measures, such as VPN.
Automate the creation and enforcement of security policies, monitoring compliance via a central management console.

Senforce Wi-Fi Security (SWIS) is available now, at $45 per seat.

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