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Verizon expanded its cloud offering in in Hong Kong, Melbourne and Singapore. The enhancements offer customers improvements in memory, storage and network uptime, as well as enhanced flexibility and control. Verizon Cloud customers can now request a specific amount of computing, memory and storage capacity, in addition to the existing preset virtual machine configurations. “Cloud has become the default delivery …

Dell has announced the launch of its flagship ProSupport Plus support service for its complete range of commercial client solutions in India, which includes PCs, notebooks, workstations andtablets. Through the introduction to SupportAssist, technology Dell is the first and only company in the industry to offer proactive and predictive automated support for issue prevention and resolution for end-user systems, the company …

Eight-core processor and PCI Express Gen 3 technology offer up to 2X performance boost and turn raw data into real insight NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, announced today the NI PXIe-8880 controller, which is based on the Intel® Xeon® processor, and the NI PXIe-1085 chassis, which is …

VMware, announced a new release of VMware Horizon® 6 featuring advanced capabilities for application publishing, 3D application support through high-performance virtual desktops, enhanced Chromebook support, software-defined data center optimizations including network virtualization benefits from VMware NSX™, and new features for U.S federal government customers, as stated in a press release.  VMware Horizon 6 is the industry’s most comprehensive desktop and application …

Veritas (the planned spinout of Symantec’s Information Management business) announced that it will be working with Google Cloud Platform to bring key information management use cases to life for customers.The new offering is designed to provide businesses quick backup data retrieval, limitless storage capacity and simplified access to information at an extremely low cost, the press release said. Veritas NetBackup 7.7 (in beta) will …

Dell, announced a new endpoint security suite that enables businesses of all sizes to secure their workforce, protect data and meet compliance requirements. The Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite (DDP | ESS) delivers threat protection, authentication and data encryption with a single management console in an integrated, easy-to-deploy solution. DDP | ESS is compatible with Dell and non-Dell systems, making …

Brocade announced its intent to acquire Connectem, a privately-held company in the LTE virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) market, in an all-cash transaction. Connectem provides highly-differentiated vEPC solutions with unique architectural attributes that leverage cloud computing, network virtualization, and software networking technologies to deliver higher scale and efficiency on x86-based servers. Connectem software focuses on mapping mobile workloads to cloud …

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation launched Live Insight for Telecom, a predictive analytics solution that provides telecom service providers with real-time insight into network, service and application-level performance. The granular and scalable solution enables service providers to predict network activity based on real-time and historical data in parallel to improve service delivery. Operators can create unique carrier-hosted, analytics-based services to elevate …

Brocadeexpanded its longstanding OEM relationship with EMC Corporation by adding Brocade VCS™ Ethernet fabric solutions to EMC’s Connectrix® family of network switches, creating the industry’s first network switch designed for IP storage. “Legacy IP network designs were never intended for today’s new IP applications, such as cloud, mobile, social and big data,” said Edgar Dias, Regional Director – India, Brocade. “Through our extended partnership with …

Fortinet announced the launch of FortiSandbox 2.0, delivering enhanced features to their FortiSandbox Advanced Threat Detection Appliances and FortiSandbox Cloud solutions. Integrated with FortiGate, FortiSandbox Cloud offers the ability to quarantine compromised users and end points with one-click, delivering additional mitigation against zero-day and advanced threats. When used together with FortiMail, previously unknown email threats are proactively and automatically blocked, …