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The Sentriant product line from Extreme Networks seeks to prevent
non-compliant endpoints from getting on your network in the first place;
and then, when they are allowed on, to prevent them from being able to
distribute any potential nasties to other peer machines over the LAN.
The product's NAC capabilities are represented by the Sentriant
Access Guard (AG) appliance, which received a boost this past week
in that it now supports clustered and distributed appliance deployments
such that a single master server can control and configure multiple
enforcement servers, with failover support added to cluster
configurations. Sentriant AG can scan a computer attempting to access
the network in one of three possible ways: Agent-less (selected Windows
OSs only), Agent-based (Windows and Mac OS X), and Web-based (via
an Internet Explorer ActiveX control). Bad guys can be locked out of
the network proper via both inline and indirect (DHCP proxy, 802.1x)
methods. Review our Sentriant product briefing for further details
on both of the current Sentriant product offerings.
Other noteworthy entries in this week's collection of highlighted
Enterprise IT Planet Product Guide
briefings include new 750 GB drive-equipped Isilon nodes, and a
performance enhanced Security Knowledge Manager (SKM) from
videoNEXT.
Sentriant / Sentriant AG Extreme Networks, Inc.
Separate products offer NAC for endpoint machines (Windows/Mac) and protection against network-based threat propagations. New AG release supports distributed and load-balanced cluster deployments.
SKM (Security Knowledge Manager) videoNEXT.
Provides management, storage, and alerting functions for IP-connected surveillance gear (cameras, sensors, controls, etc.). New release supports media delivery through HTTP and RTSP.
ID Series A10 Networks, Inc.
Identity and access management appliances provides virtual directory management of multiple data stores and centralized authentication. New models (IDaccess) provide a subset of the original IDsentrie's features.
Featured Networking Products:
PowerLink Pro Astrocom Corp.
WAN failover and ISP load balancing appliances that provide both outbound and inbound traffic management.
Featured Storage Products:
Isilon IQ Isilon Systems, Inc.
Clustered NAS storage platform now scales to 1.6 PB in a single file system with throughput up to 10 GB/sec.
Historis Logical Information Machines (LIM), Inc.
DB is optimized specifically for the storage and retrieval of time series data. 64-bit version now available with unlimited capacity and increased performance.
StorCenter Iomega Corp.
Line of network hard drives and NAS storage gear in desktop and rackmount flavors for SMBs. New Network Hard Drives are served in 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB flavors.
Online Resource:
EIT Green Blog Enterprise IT Planet.
Admittedly, our highlighted Online Resources have had a decidedly green tint
to them over the past few months. But we couldn't resist this small amount of
self-praise in regards to our very own environment-friendly, Enterprise IT Planet
development.
If you haven't been there yet, take a few moments now to have a good look at our
Enterprise IT Planet Green Blog,
a regularly updated snapshot into the most recent green sightings and reports
throughout the Tech universe. Championed by our own Pedro Hernandez,
and driven by information culled from multiple sources, the Green Blog is a freshly
updated look at the latest energy saving, carbon reducing, and pollution fighting
developments across the IT industry (and then some); ranging from mainframe and
desktop PC improvements to Linux and Vista tweaks. A collection of recent selections
proves the scope:
You can have a look at all the past entries by scrolling through them individually
or a month at a time (check the navigation controls on the right side of each page).
And new entries are added often; so be sure to stop in regularly to get the latest
Green buzz. Finally, while you're there, don't hesitate to drop in your own two cents;
as each article allows for the inclusion of your own user generated comments!
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Rethinking the Datacenter
Putting the Green into IT
Managing the Modern Network
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