D-Link wins Maximum award for Xtreme N Wireless Router DIR-655
January 23, 2008
Maximum PC, one of the nation’s most popular magazines serving the computer industry and consumer electronics in general, has selected D-Link’s fastest home network router as the “best of the best” product in its category for 2007.
The Maximum PC editors stated in the latest issue that the D-Link® Xtreme N™ Wireless Router DIR-655 passed its rigorous lab tests with flying colors, and pointed to its “combination of killer performance, unique skills and an all-inclusive feature set” to put the product on the honoree pedestal.
Maximum PC editors added that the DIR-655, based on the latest draft 802.11n wireless technology for optimal speed and range, displays “unparalleled tweakability, customizable quality-of-service (QoS) settings, best-in-class range and throughput, and a built-in Gigabit Ethernet switch – no other router comes close.”
They also echoed what most industry experts are now saying: “It’s been a long wait, but (draft) 802.11n wireless routers are finally worth buying… .”
In addition to the draft 802.11n technology, editors were impressed with the router’s built-in intelligence. While many competing routers put network traffic into a single data stream, the DIR-655’s QoS capabilities use multiple data streams to prevent throughput delays by prioritizing certain applications such as video streaming, online gaming or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls. The product also provides state-of-the-art security with support for advanced WPA™ or WPA2™ encryption.
Dell says goodbye to Global Warming with new Bladesserver
January 21, 2008
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Dell today set a new standard for data center energy efficiency and flexibility with the PowerEdgeTM M-Series blade solution. The PowerEdge M-Series was designed from the ground up using Dell Energy Smart technologies, resulting in 30 industry patents, to help customers simplify information technology and better address mounting environmental challenges in their data centers. The new M1000e blade enclosure is now available worldwide for ordering with a starting price of $5,999, along with blades starting at $1,849. For more information, visit www.dell.com/poweredge.
The PowerEdge M-Series consumes up to 19 percent less power and achieves up to 25 percent better performance per watt than the HP BladeSystem c-Class1. Compared to the IBM BladeCenter H, the M-Series consumes 12 percent less energy and achieves up to 28 percent better performance per watt1. Built on Dell’s Energy Smart technologies, the PowerEdge M-Series enables businesses to save on power and cooling costs while increasing server capacity. The M-Series also provides lead-free configurations, delivering a “green IT” solution that further helps customers minimize their environmental impact.
“Blade offerings have been long on promises and short on helping customers address the growing costs and complexity in their data centers,” said Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Dell Business Product Group. “The PowerEdge M-Series delivers on those promises with unmatched energy efficiency, flexibility, performance and manageability. It enables customers to achieve the compute performance they need while lowering their overall power consumption and reducing data center complexity and server sprawl.”
The PowerEdge M1000e, a 10U-sized enclosure, supports 16 blade servers. It is optimized for Dell’s PowerEdge M600 and M605 blade servers and supports up to two quad-core Intel® Xeon® and quad-core AMD OpteronTM processors, respectively. The M600 and M605 blade servers are 60 percent more dense than standard 1U servers, helping customers to better address data center space constraints.
Additionally, Dell’s PowerEdge M1000e delivers the industry’s most advanced connectivity options designed to provide flexible, low total cost of ownership choices for almost any size data center, including:
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Adaptec Wins 2008 “Best Entry-Level SAN” for Snapserver 720i
January 16, 2008
Adaptec Wins 2008 Technology of the Year Award From InfoWorld
Snap Server 720i iSCSI Appliance Named “Best Entry-Level SAN”
MILPITAS, CA, Jan 16, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) — Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT), a global leader in storage solutions, today announced that its Snap Server 720i SATA-based iSCSI storage appliance has won the “Best Entry-Level SAN” category as part of the InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year Awards. InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT decision makers, recognized 45 products across nine general categories in its 2008 Technology of the Year honors.
InfoWorld’s 2008 Technology of the Year award winners represent the cream of the 2007 storage crop. Chosen by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers, they include the best file system, best SAN solution, best iSCSI SAN, best entry-level SAN, best unified storage solution, best backup solution for SMBs, and best portable drive with encryption.
According to the InfoWorld reviewer, “The Adaptec Snap Server 720i combines great scalability, reassuring high-availability features, and excellent management tools, all at a very affordable price and with a three-year warranty on hardware. Few arrays in its class can even come close to that.”
Don Chouinard, director of product management and marketing for the Storage Solutions Group at Adaptec, said: “The Snap Server 720i has been designed to provide cost-effective, high performance, highly reliable RAID storage for mission critical application servers or backup servers. Winning this award category confirms the status of the Snap Server 720i as the best overall SAN available for mid-size companies.”
“InfoWorld tests upwards of 200 IT products every year, and we see many, many good ones,” said Doug Dineley, InfoWorld’s Test Center Executive Editor. “Our Technology of the Year award winners represent the best products in the most important product categories.”
Apple Announces Time Capsule - Wireless Backup for all Your Macs
January 16, 2008
MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO—January 15, 2008—Apple® today introduced Time Capsule, a backup appliance that automatically and wirelessly backs up everything on one or more Macs running Leopard™, the latest release of Apple’s Mac OS® X operating system including the amazing Time Machine™ automatic backup software. Time Capsule combines an 802.11n base station with a server grade hard disk in one small package. Simply plug it in, then easily set up automatic wireless backup for every Mac® in your house to a single Time Capsule with just a few clicks. Time Capsule offers the benefits of a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station, and comes in two models: a 500 gigabyte model for just $299 and a 1 terabyte model for just $499.
“Bring Time Capsule home, plug it in, click a few buttons on your Macs and voila—all the Macs in your house are being backed up automatically, every hour of every day,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With Time Capsule and Time Machine, all your irreplaceable photos, movies and documents are automatically protected and incredibly easy to retrieve if they are ever lost.”
Built to work seamlessly with Time Machine, Time Capsule lets users wirelessly back up all of the data on their Macs, find lost files and even restore all of their software. In the event a file is lost, users can wirelessly search back through time to find deleted files, applications, photos and other digital media and then instantly restore the file. If it’s ever necessary, Leopard can also easily restore an entire system from the Time Machine backup on Time Capsule.
In addition to being the best way to back up a Mac, Time Capsule is also a full-featured Wi-Fi base station with the latest 802.11n technology. Delivering up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g, 802.11n* is built in to Apple’s iMac® desktop and the entire Mac notebook line up, including MacBook®, MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Air. Time Capsule features a sleek design with a built-in power supply and connections to print wirelessly to a USB printer. With Time Capsule, it’s very easy for users to create a secure, wireless network for up to 50 users and set security restrictions such as Internet access limits for children’s computers.
At $299 for a 500GB model and $499 for a 1TB model and a fully integrated 802.11n AirPort Extreme® Base Station, Time Capsule can serve as a backup solution for multiple computers as well as the backbone for a high-speed, 802.11n wireless network, making it effortless and affordable for everyone at home, school or work to protect their digital files.
Additional Time Capsule features include:
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- dual-band antennas for 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequencies;
- three Gigabit LAN ports;
- one Gigabit Ethernet WAN port;
- one USB 2.0 port;
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA-2), 128-bit WEP encryption; and
- a built-in NAT firewall supporting NAT-PMP for features like Back to My Mac.
Pricing & Availability
Time Capsule will be available in February through the Apple Store®, at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $299 (US) for a 500GB hard drive and $499 (US) for a 1TB hard drive.
DIVX AND D-LINK PARTNER TO BRING DIVX CONNECTED™ TO US RETAIL
January 9, 2008
D-Link® DSM-330 DivX Connected™ HD Media Player Brings a High-Quality Media Experience From the PC and Internet Directly to TV
DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX) and D-Link Systems, Inc., the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today announced the scheduled U.S. release of the D-Link® DSM-330 DivX Connected™ HD Media Player in the first half of 2008. As the world’s first DivX Connected consumer electronics device, the DSM-330 initially launched in November 2007 in the UK, France and Germany.The D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media Player is a member of the D-Link MediaLounge® family, and enables users to manage digital media with their remote control, and access high definition DivX® videos, music, photos and a variety of Internet services from the PC directly to their living room television. The DivX Connected platform has drawn rave reviews from the technology press and video community for its elegant interface, ease-of-use and high-quality multimedia functionality.
“As more and more people embrace the DivX platform, we recognized the growing demand for a media player that supports all the capabilities that DivX Connected has to offer,” said Daniel Kelley, Director of Marketing, D-Link Systems, Inc. “We believe it is an ideal solution for anyone who wants to enjoy digital content and entertainment from the PC and the Internet in the comfort of the living room.”
“We are very excited to work with D-Link to bring the first official DivX Connected device to US consumers,” said Jerome “Gej” Vashisht-Rota, Co-founder, Vice President & Group Business Manager, Media Experience, at DivX, Inc. “Thanks to D-Link, we are now able to deliver an open, high-quality DivX Connected experience to U.S. consumers at an affordable price. The DSM-330 truly provides a great media experience and elegantly brings the power of the Internet to the living room.”
“The explosion of digital technologies in the home is playing a crucial role in consumers’ day-to-day activities,” said Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, at Parks Associates. “Companies that enable easier deployment of high-quality media in any location throughout the home, regardless of where the content is physically stored, are playing a critical role in these new experiences for consumers.”
