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IT Weekly Roundup, Nov. 19
From the business wires this week: HTTP compression solutions that enable faster Web browsing, server and workstation management software, and patch management programs.
Port80 Software made available twin
offerings this past week with two affordable HTTP compression solutions
for Windows Web servers.
httpZip 2.0 provides
HTTP compression for all versions of Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS).
ZipEnable 2.0, however,
focuses on fine management of the newest version of IIS—IIS 6.0—integrated in Microsoft Server 2003, and boasts several features,
such as browser compatibility checking, not available in Microsoft’s
native compression. httpZip 2.0 includes a free copy of ZipEnable
2.0 and is priced at $299.95 per physical server. ZipEnable 2.0
can be purchased separately for $79.95.
http://www.port80software.com
For data center managers who need to address changing power needs
comes the InfraStruXure 150kVA Power Distribution
Unit (PDU). The PDU solution, from maker American
Power Conversion, features pre-configured power whips via
Web-based configuration, two panel boards, and optional subfeed
breakers, all in a single rack. http://www.apc.com
Sybase PowerDesigner 11 from Sybase,
Inc. enables enterprises to better align business and IT
goals through a combination of standard modeling techniques, including
application modeling through Unified Modeling Language (UML), Business
Process Modeling, and traditional database modeling. The enterprise
modeling tool now supports the latest releases of RDBMS engines,
Web services, XML and J2EE 1.4. Pricing starts at $995 per developer
seat. http://www.sybase.com
Acronis, Inc. announced the launch of
its eighth generation of systems and storage management solutions
with Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 8.0
and Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation
8.0. With Enterprise Server’s centralized server storage
management, IT managers can restore critical systems within minutes
and implement change-management best practices for installing Windows
programs, patches and upgrades. Corporate Workstation allows network
managers to perform similar functions across all workstations in
a network. Enterprise Server 8.0 has an MSRP of $999 and Corporate
Workstation 8.0 goes for $79.99. http://www.acronis.com
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Agitator 2.0 automates unit
testing of code. |
Agitar Software released two new updated
products: Agitator 2.0 and Agitar
Management Dashboard 2.0. The new upgrades offer tighter
integration with the Eclipse Development Platform and expanded J2EE
support for Enterprise JavaBeans, Apache Struts framework, Servlets
and JDBC. http://www.agitar.com
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The Dell PowerEdge 1855 boasts
43% better density than 1U rack servers. |
Dell lowered customers’ entry point
for its blade servers with the new PowerEdge
1855. The dual-Intel Xeon EM64T blade server can hold up
to 16GB of DDR2 memory and two hard drives. Ten PowerEdge 1855s
can fit snug into a 7U chassis for $19,989. A single blade starts
at $1,699. Dell also announced a joint development project with
Microsoft, which will combine Dell’s OpenManage 4 server management
software with Microsoft’s Systems Management Server 2003.
The software patch and update deployment tool, called SMS
2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates, will be available in
January. http://www.dell.com
Wise Solutions announced the release
of its patch management solution Wise Package
Studio 5.5. The new version provides: automated patch assessment,
patch testing, Windows Installer 3.0 support, expanded transport
support and enhanced Web application installations. http://www.wise.com
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Wise Package Studio 5.5 automates
common installation tasks for Web applications and supports
IIS 6.0. |
UbiTrust Security Suite from UbiSecQ
comprises four security products designed to meet a variety of security
needs, including authentication and digital signature validation.
UbiTrust Mobile Signer enables mobile
subscribers to perform digital signatures on the go, based on wireless
PKI, with their cellular phones. A SMS-based, two-factor authentication
solution, UbiTrust Mobile Token protects
corporate users against identity fraud. UbiTrust
Form Signer helps solution and service providers integrate
Web form signing into their Internet services and supports several
certification validation schemes, like CRL, CRLDP and OCSP. A related
product, UbiTrust Secure Server is a centralized
encrypting and key management solution that performs such services
as RFC-compliant time stamping. http://www.ubisecq.com