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  • TP-LINK and Google Launch OnHub, a Router for a New Way to Wi-Fi

    TP-LINK and Google Launch OnHub, a Router for a New Way to Wi-Fi

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    TP-LINK has collaborated with Google to introduce OnHub, a new kind of router designed to keep up with the latest technology in the home, and help make Wi-Fi faster, more secure, and easy to use.

    OnHub addresses some of the most significant challenges associated with Wi-Fi today. It’s designed to be out in the open, where it works its best. It has fewer wires, a shell to keep cords tidy and lighting that is subtle and useful.

    OnHub’s innovative antenna design combined with smart software continually work to enhance users’ Wi-Fi connection. With its extensive router heritage, TP-LINK’s expertise was an integral contribution to OnHub’s design, in particular its unique circular antenna with 13 built-in, hidden antennas that reduce network interference and optimize network connectivity.

    “We count on Wi-Fi more than ever, and we need it to work well to do all the things we love to do online,” said Trond Wuellner, group product manager at Google. “By working with TP-LINK, we’ve brought together expertise across hardware and software to design OnHub, a new router that gives you a fast connection, makes Wi-Fi management simple, and gets better over time.”

    OnHub is managed by the Google On mobile app, making it easy to set up and manage Wi-Fi. During setup, OnHub selects the settings that will work best for the home, then automatically adjusts if things change so the network is always performing at its best.

    OnHub is designed to get better with time. The router automatically installs new features and the latest security updates. OnHub is also Bluetooth Smart, Weave, and 802.15.4 ready, so it can support a growing number of smart devices in the home.

    For a full list of OnHub features, visit on.google.com/hub/#specs.

    Price and Availability

    OnHub is available for online preorder today on Amazon and will be widely available at retailers in the U.S. and Canada in the coming weeks. MSRP for OnHub is $199.99.

  • Waitan Launches World’s First 1.8” microSATA SSD Ejector

    Waitan Launches World’s First 1.8” microSATA SSD Ejector

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    Waitan, a designer and manufacturer of military and industrial grade solid state drives, has announced its patent pending 1.8″ microSATA SSD ejector product. The ejector is said to be “the first and the only available in the market of the same kind.” It is designed to operator over -40 ~+85C ambient temperature with high resistance against shock and vibrations, which is “ideal for military and industrial computing applications where 1.8″ microSATA SSD or HDD is deployed.”

    The ejector has integrated standard 16 pin microSATA socket that provides robustness and reliability for standard 1.8″ microSATA drives to be inserted and ejected for up to thousands of times.

    Also, its integrated SMT type of SATA connectors provides easy-to-use mechanism that allow system manufacturers to solder the ejector on motherboard hassle-free.

    Over the past ten years, form factors and interfaces of SSDs have been evolved rapidly. Among them, 1.8″ microSATA is the smallest form factor yet still maintain metal housing from which benefits both compact size and EMC shielding. However, since 1.8″ microSATA does not have mounting hole on its metal housing not like 2.5″ SATA does, many system designers have to choose other small form factors such as half slim SATA or mSATA while suffering EMC issues. But Waitan is now able to supply its unique 1.8″ microSATA ejector to the market so that the system designers can now enjoy the full range benefits of deploying 1.8″ microSATA SSD or HDD drives as system or storage disks.

    Some of the major features of the Waitan 1.8″ microSATA ejector includes,

    – Dual propel pedals which provides even and smooth propelling force to eject microSATA drives
    – Ejecting stopper which prevents ejector from damage due to over push of ejecting handler
    – Fish-Spear-Headed fastener which provide easy installation to snap in and fasten the ejector on PCB – Ejecting handler provides easy-to-use mechanism to eject a1.8″ microSATA drives
    – Full length ejecting strip which provides balance of force applied to the microSATA socket and connector area. Hence it prevents both ejector and microSATA device from damage, and it also increases endurance of the ejector and the device.
    – Ejector guiding rail which provides straight line for steel ejector to move back and forth smoothly with even force applied during motion, which further protects ejector and device from damage and to increase endurance for both.

    For more info visit waitanssd.com.

  • Forrester Research Recognizes Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud as a Leader in Real-Time Interaction Management

    Forrester Research Recognizes Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud as a Leader in Real-Time Interaction Management

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    A recent study conducted by Forrester Research has recognized Teradata as a leader in Real-Time Interaction Management (RTIM).

    Forrester defines Real-Time Interaction Management as, “Enterprise marketing technology that delivers contextually relevant experiences, value and utility at the appropriate moment in the customer life-cycle via preferred customer touchpoints.”

    In the report, Forrester evaluated eleven RTIM vendors against 35 specifically defined criteria. Teradata received the highest scores among all vendors in the “Capabilities” category, and tied for highest score in the “Solution Strategy” category.

    Specifically, the report notes Teradata “builds on cross-channel campaign management strengths,” and that it “provides an enterprise-class decision engine for digital and offline execution.” The report also states that Teradata “references praise customer profiles and segmentation, analytics, business rules, and recommendation capabilities,” and states that Teradata “made investments to address digital experience delivery across the retail, travel, hospitality, financial services, and telecommunications sectors.”

    Marketers continually seek better ways to deliver more contextually relevant experiences for their customers. And analytics solutions have evolved significantly to where some RTIM solutions, such as Teradata Real-Time Interaction Manager, can leverage data across both digital and offline channels.

    “Telenor Denmark is developing an integrated, enterprise approach to planning, developing and managing customer communication across multiple channels, product lines, and business locations. Teradata Real-Time Interaction Manager is enabling us to leverage data in our network, billing and CRM systems to communicate with customers based on real-time events to deliver real-time personalized next-best offers,” said Petr Taborsky, senior director, Customer and Business Intelligence, Telenor Denmark.

    “Marketers want and need to deliver individualized messages in a meaningful context. And consumers expect informed, real-time dialogue with brands. Our real-time decisioning makes this possible. I believe that this new report recognizes the contributions Teradata is making as a leader in this important category,” said Bob Fair, Teradata Co-President and head of Teradata Marketing Applications.

  • Best Enterprise-Class NAS Drives on the Market

    Best Enterprise-Class NAS Drives on the Market

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    If you are looking for a full-featured enterprise-class network storage solution offering easy setup, high performance, full security and intuitive interface, here are the best Network Attached Storage (NAS) drives available on the market right now.

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    • The only 1U rack with eight hot-swappable 3.5-inch drives doubles your storage capacity in the same footprint
    • A powerful 2.3GHz dual-core Intel processor delivers incredible file transfer performance of up to 200MB/s
    • Included Wuala cloud service and apps for seamless, secure collaboration and anywhere access from your PC, Mac or mobile device
    • Centralized back up for PCs, plus Time Machine support for Mac computers
    • Built-in support for iSCSI enables maximum performance and compatibility for virtualized environments
    • Seagate Business Storage 8-bay Rackmount NAS 24TB includes 8 x 3TB Seagate Enterprise hard drives

    Available on Amazon for $4,299.99 (14% off).

     

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    • 6-bay Network Attached Storage with 5 levels of protection for all your photos, videos, and important files
    • Securely store and share files in ReadyCLOUD (your own private cloud) from your PC, Mac, mobile device, or tablet
    • Automatic backup and sync from multiple Windows PCs
    • Automatic RAID protection against disk failure
    • Peace of mind with proprietary snapshot technology for recovering past versions of a file or folder
    • Built-in anti-virus, encryption, and bitrot protection for unparalleled data integrity
    • High performance 2.1Ghz dual-core processor and 2GB on-board memory for swift data transfers
    • 24TB (6 x 4TB) of storage solution
    • Dual-core Intel 2.1GHz processor and 2GB on-board memory
    • 6-bays for 24TB maximum capacity (expandable to 44TB with optional EDA500 chassis)
    • Consolidate, backup and share files across Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android devices
    • Modern interface for easy cloud-based discovery and file management
    • Embedded and add-on applications for iTunes, DLNA, and streaming of music and movies to local or internet-connected devices, including smartphones and tablets
    • On-box data protection including XRAID automatic volume expansion, unlimited snapshots, encryption and real-time anti-virus
    • VM-ready with iSCSI support and vSphere/Hyper-V certification
    • Enterprise-class hard drive

    Available on Amazon for $4,108.06.

     

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    • 12-Inch Depth Allows for Ultra Dense Installation
    • A Compact Feature-Rich NAS for Business
    • Dual Core CPU with Floating-Point Unit
    • Dual LAN with Failover and Link Aggregation Support
    • cable up to 48TB of Space with Synology RX415
    • Running on Synology Disk Station Manager (DSM)

    Available on Amazon for $1,266.79.

     

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    Buffalo’s TeraStation 3400 is a robust four drive NAS solution ideal for small offices and professional users requiring cost-effective network storage to easily share and safeguard data with the reliability of RAID data protection. With a powerful dual-core ARM processor, TeraStation 3400 provides high performance operation during file transfers and everyday NAS functions. TeraStation 3400 runs many services simultaneously and the dynamic combination of the 1.33 GHz processor and 1 GB DDR3 RAM enables the ability to focus on concurrent tasks with minimal performance degradation. It is packed with business class features such as surveillance video management, Active Directory support, disk quota support, share level replication, server failover support, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, hot-swap hard drives, iSCSI targeting and USB 3.0 accessory support.

    Available on Amazon for $1,178.72 (26% off).

     

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    • High-performance NAS with advanced serving options
    • Four-bay enclosure
    • Dual USB 3.0 expansion ports
    • Dual Gigabit Ethernet
    • 2.0 GHz processor
    • 512 MB of system memory
    • PC/Mac compatible
    • RAID 0, 1, 5, 10; JBOD, spanning
    • Easy drive install and hot swap

    Available on Amazon for $1,125.00 (18% off).

     

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    • Seagate 4-Bay Network Attached Storage NAS 20TB includes 4 x 5TB HDD
    • Centralize your storage to allow, PC, Mac, computers and mobile devices in your business to access, collaborate and share files
    • Backup all your PC and Mac computers to a single, centralized location, including support for Time Machine software
    • Up to 100BM/s file transfer performance; secure, cost-effective alternative to cloud backup services
    • Includes Seagate NAS optimized drives for increased performance and reliability

    Available on Amazon for $1,104.51 (28% off).

     

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    • Comes with 8x4TB NAS Drive
    • Use the TS-853 Pro as a PC with exclusive QvPC Technology
    • Manage, share, and back up business data with Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR)
    • NAS and iSCSI-SAN unified storage solution for server virtualization
    • Supports VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft Hyper-V and advanced virtualization features
    • Enhanced data security with high-performance AES 256-bit encryption and anti-virus
    • Run multiple Windows/Linux-based virtual machines with the Virtualization Station
    • Expand the total raw storage capacity up to 96TB with the economical UX-800P QNAP expansion enclosure

    Available on Amazon for $2,579.00.

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  • Amazon Launches Cloud Drive SDK For Developers

    Amazon Launches Cloud Drive SDK For Developers

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    Amazon has recently made a few changes to its cloud service, giving it more robust capability.

    Earlier this year Amazon announced a Cloud Drive option that allowed users unlimited cloud storage and recently the company released an SDK for their cloud storage service that gives developers a chance to build Cloud Drive storage options into their applications.

    With this new update app developers can now easily integrate the storage service to their apps.

    The SDK is already available for both iOS and Android, so developers can get down to working on their apps without worrying about compatibility.

    This update is also beneficial to end-users as they can now easily use Amazon Cloud Drive through their favorite apps.

    Amazon says that developers can utilize the new SDK on existing apps, apps they’re developing or even add the integration to new apps.

    There are already a handful of Android apps that are already using the SDK and these include Presentations HD Basic, PlanMaker HD Basic, TextMaker HD Basic and A+ Gallery. These are just a few that were highlighted by Amazon but as we speak, more developers could already have integrated this service on their apps.

  • Box and IBM Join Hands to Boost Analytics and Cloud Storage  

    Box and IBM Join Hands to Boost Analytics and Cloud Storage  

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    Box and IBM have combined their cloud products as a way of boosting their appeal and scope. The partnership will bring together IBM security technologies and tools with Box’s cloud storage services, enabling the two companies to have a global reach offered by the IBM cloud.

    Aaron Levie, Box’s CEO said in a blog post that the partnership will help them target more public sector and enterprise customers, which he insists they cannot do alone. He further said: “We’re taking the best of Box’s technology and combining it with IBM’s impressive portfolio of leading security, analytics, content management and social capabilities to jointly create all-new offerings and outcomes for customers.”

    In this new partnership Box will have at their disposal IBM security technologies and enterprise-grade content management tools. The agreement also allows Box users to store data on the IBM Cloud.

    Meanwhile, IBM will be able to increase their Watson Analytics service scope by analyzing data and content stored in the Box platform.

    Both companies will provide consultancy to enterprises looking at using Box with their existing data and systems. They will also work together to create content management apps and integrate Box features into IBM’s MobileFirst for iOS apps.

    This is of course not the first time we are seeing Box entering into such partnerships as they already have a working relationship with Microsoft, a major IBM competitor in the cloud business.

  • Netgear Launches New Cloud-Based IT Service Platform

    Netgear Launches New Cloud-Based IT Service Platform

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    Netgear has launched Business Central – a secure, cloud-based IT service platform. The company says that this new platform will provide SMEs with a cost-effective way of establishing, providing and managing key IT networking services. The Business Central Wireless Manager, for example, will help firms and organizations, Systems Integrators (SIs), and  Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to centrally manage their entire wireless networks through the cloud.

    Business Central Wireless Manager will, for instance, help in delivering cost-effective Wi-Fi and at the same time it will enable single or multiple Netgear ProSAFE Wi-Fi access points (APs) that are centrally managed via a standard web browser.

    Administrators will therefore have the power to manage multiple APs on one site or across multiple sites. All management functions will also be completely hosted on the web so there won’t be need for hardware or physical upgrades.

    With the manager, administrators will also be able to configure wireless security settings, run bandwidth usage reports, control Wi-Fi access on the network and manage wireless SSIDs, all in a few clicks.

    The Business Central Wireless Manager is already available at reseller and partner channels. The final prices may vary depending on the specific reseller’s bundle. VAR have the advantage of a 90-day free trial.

  • Oracle Announces 24 New Cloud Services

    Oracle Announces 24 New Cloud Services

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    Oracle has recently announced that it will be offering 24 new cloud services. Some of the new services include mobile, integration, big data and SQL, and Exadata database.

    However, the biggest buzz was on the Archive Storage Cloud Service and according to Oracle’s CTO Larry Ellison, this service was specifically tailored to go head-to-head with Amazon Glacier, costing only one-tenth of Amazon’s offer.

    The company’s chairman also added that their platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service businesses were doing really well. This is the same message that was pushed some few days ago when Oracle announced their quarterly results. The move is seen as a push to soothe concerns about the 5% drop in overall revenue.

    Oracle had sold US$426 million worth of business in platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service in the last quarter. “That’s an industry record – no company has ever sold that much in just one quarter,” said Ellison.

    It will be interesting to see how the new cloud services will be received as it is clear that Oracle is keen on promoting itself as cloud and infrastructure provider.

     

  • Box partners with Microsoft to bring You Office Online document Creation and Editing

    Box partners with Microsoft to bring You Office Online document Creation and Editing

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    Good news to Box users, as they can now create and edit Microsoft Office documents using Office Online without having to leave the cloud storage service. This new merger is part of the plan to expand Microsoft Cloud Storage Partner Program.

    According to Box’s David Still, there are already more than a billion Excel, Word, and PowerPoint files in Box and users can now use the recently announced service to create and even edit Office files all inside Box. Any changes you make to an Office Online document/file will automatically be saved on the cloud, so you do not have to worry about having to re-upload the files again to Box.

    In the press release, Box’s CEO Aaron Levie says that the new model for enterprise productivity depends on creating seamless, device agnostic connections between the core applications that people use to get work done. With over a billion users, Levie admits that the merger with Office is a crucial move in their growth and also in the transformation of the way people work and do business.

    The new announcement combines Box’s robust storage and sharing features with Office’s productivity.

    This new feature is already available to Box business users with an Office 365 license and all Box users with a personal account.

     

  • Data Deposit Box goes Oversees with New Site Launch & Regional Partnership

    Data Deposit Box goes Oversees with New Site Launch & Regional Partnership

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    Data Deposit Box, a global provider of recovery tech and cloud backup recently announced partnership with Cloud Solutions and the launch of an Asia Pacific-based site.

    Entering the Asia Pacific market is a smart move on their side as this is one of the fastest growing markets in the world today. The Company has a new site in Singapore that will provide support for their International growth while answering growing demands of existing clients in the region. 

    Their partnership with Cloud Solutions is also a strategic move as Cloud Solutions is the first Asian company to focus 100% on delivering cloud technology to companies implementing computing and cloud storage. The company has also been delivering IT services to Asia for over 25 years, so they are well trusted in the region. 

    Tim Jewell, CEO & Founder of the Company says that while they have always had clients in Asia Pacific, the recent partnership and the launching of their services there allows them to aggressively pursue business in that region, signing up clients who want their data stored locally.