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HP Networking is the new network powerhouse – giving Cisco, Juniper all a run for their margins!

hagestadwt — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:10:50 +0000

Here is the latest from Gartner regarding the re-born HP Networking – it is all good for everyone, such as CIO’s, CEO’s CFO’s, IT Directors and IT Managers who are faced with the fateful decision of making a network hardware purchase – read more taken directly from the Gartner report – which can be read in its entirety below;

http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/hpprocurve/article2/article2.html

The new HP Networking Product Portfolio will include 4 classes of products -

A, E, V & S -

•Industry and customers at inflection point. The days of sacrificing business innovation due to the limitations and expense of the network are over. Now, clients can harness the power of convergence, along with an advanced network fabric from edge to core, to fuel competitive advantage today and into the future

•Networking is fundamental to the Converged Infrastructure

•Current networking paradigm lacks choice and is based on legacy, proprietary technology that is too complex, rigid and extremely costly. This has throttled innovation in client IT environments and inhibited business change.

•Starting today, HP is challenging the status quo with new networking technology that delivers:

•Twice the performance

•Half the energy consumption

•100% interoperability through open standards

•Multi-vendor, single pane of glass management

•Up to 65% lower total cost of ownership

•And none of the vendor lock in

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•HP delivers innovation that raises the bar with best-in-class networking technology and then integrates it with the rest of the infrastructure to open up new opportunities for business growth and give clients a choice.

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•HP is the only company to offer a full portfolio of standards-based, integrated solutions and services developed specifically to solve the complexities of the extended enterprise.

Cisco’s Secure Borderless Network (SBN) and Cloud Computing……

hagestadwt — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:34:05 +0000

Has Cisco figured out the security in the cloud dilemma which plagues so many CIO’s? Perhaps with its Secure Borderless Network (SBN) Cisco may have started to allay concerns for IT organizations using the public cloud….read more at Cisco expands cloud-based security services http://bit.ly/cJUBsq

Cisco says new monster CRS-3 router paves way for more powerful Internet

hagestadwt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Wow! Is it possible that the new Cisco CRS-3 – Carrier Routing System architecture is the killer broadband core routing technology? Or perhaps this Cisco’s initial preparation for building their own organic broadband solution? Read more about this at: Cisco says new monster CRS-3 router paves way for more powerful Internet “Cisco says new monster CRS-3 router paves way for more powerful Internet” http://bit.ly/aB0L7w

US softens Internet export rules for Iran, Sudan and Cuba – Network World

hagestadwt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:33:25 +0000

This is curious – the US Treasury Department says it is now ok to export/sell internet software to countries previously on the denied countries list – http://bit.ly/aDPZfH

Overcoming irrelevancy of IT infrastructure within an organization

hagestadwt — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:01:45 +0000

The Hot Aisle is a fantastic technology site and a post from late January 2010 once again demonstrates this – in the article ‘The washroom attendant’s washroom attendants‘ Steve O’Donnel lays out a compelling treatise for what the business drivers are for IT within an organization – this graphic represents such a perfect start to this discussion -

Fortinet Branches Into Wireless With Enterprise WLAN

hagestadwt — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:21:00 +0000

WoW!

Security in a wireless environment – Fortinet intros their latest security product designed for comprehensive security of wireless access points – finally a company whose focus matches their product offering….Cisco are you reading and listening this?

Read more at: Fortinet Branches Into Wireless With Enterprise WLAN – Network Computing “Fortinet Branches Into Wireless With Enterprise WLAN ” http://bit.ly/bb6e1O

Cisco Nexus 5000′s Poor Results in Data Center Switching Test

hagestadwt — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:15:36 +0000

Yikes – the 800lb gorilla, Cisco, is having such dilemmas lately – the split with HP over support and now this Nexus 5000 Data center debacle – they are finding it hard to caTch a fish let alone a break……read more at -

Cisco Nexus 5000′s Poor Results in Data Center Switching Test | NetworkWorld.com Community “Cisco Nexus 5000′s Poor Results in Data Center Switching Test” http://bit.ly/aWzpFW

Exascale Computing!

hagestadwt — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:26:48 +0000

This is quite important! Exascale Computing – read all about it http://bit.ly/dxN6HY – http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/ Irving Wladawsky’s blog is superior when it comes to technology -

The Feds need Bruce Willis already -

hagestadwt — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:32:27 +0000

If this weren’t real I’d laugh – obviously the Feds need Bruce Willis or staff who know what they are doing…Cyberattack Drill Shows U.S. Unprepared — Government — InformationWeek http://bit.ly/cXfS5b

Innovation engine @ Hewlett-Packard keeps rolling -

hagestadwt — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000

HP Rebrands, Refreshes LeftHand Storage Lines – Hewlett Packard news from Channel Insider http://bit.ly/9znl9f – very innovative news from HP -