Identity Management
Manage Microsoft ILM 2007
MissionControl 2.2, NetPro’s management
product for Microsoft Identity
Lifecycle Manager (ILM), is now fully
compatible with ILM 2007. New capabilities
include trending views and details
on key data and statistics, 24 × 7 health
monitoring, change auditing, and backup
and restore. For more information, contact
NetPro at 602-346-3600 or visit
www.netpro.com.
—Barb Gibbens
Security
Fortify Branch Offices
Against Multiple Threats
Fortinet introduced FortiGate-60B and
FortiWifi-60B security appliances for
enterprise branch offices, retail outlets,
and small businesses. The appliances
have an application-specific integrated
circuit to accelerate performance, a frontaccessible
third-generation PC Card
slot, dual WAN interfaces, an integrated
analog modem, six internal interfaces,
and one demilitarized zone interface. The
FortiWifi-60B adds 802.11 a/b/g support.
Both appliances offer firewall, antivirus,
VPN, intrusion prevention system, antispam,
Web content filtering, and traffic
shaping functions and are updated by the
FortiGuard subscription service. For more
information, visit www.fortinet.com.
—Renee Munshi
Messaging
View Document Revisions
Securely via OWA
Messageware announced that the latest
version of its Outlook Web Access
(OWA) add-on, AttachView 8.5, supports
Microsoft Word’s Track Changes
feature. Users accessing documents
via OWA can view them as secure Web
pages that display Word revisions and
related information, such as revision
date. By converting attachments into HTML pages, AttachMate closes a
security loophole in OWA by preventing
attachments from being stored in
shared computers’ Temporary Internet
Files, where other users could access
them. For more information, contact
Messageware at 905-812-0638 or visit
messageware.com.
—Anne Grubb
Storage
Enhanced iSCSI
Connectivity
ATTO Technology is releasing firmware
version 4.0 for its iPBridge product line,
which provides a solution for adding iSCSI
connectivity to SCSI and Fibre Channel
storage. New features include an Express-Wizard that automatically configures
the bridge to operate as efficiently as
possible in the specified environment;
an ExpressFairness feature (only on
the iPBridge 2700) that optimizes data
transfers when many hosts are connected
to the iPBridge; and a redesigned
GUI for accessing the firmware, utilities,
manuals, and drivers on the product CDROMs.
For more information, contact
ATTO Technology at 716-691-1999 or
visit www.attotech.com.
—Lavon Peters
Product Spotlight
Server Virtualization
Virtualization Hypervisor
Embedded with Server
Hardware
VMware has announced ESX Server 3i,
the first hardware-integrated virtualization
hypervisor. According to VMware,
this new version of the ESX Server architecture
is designed to be integrated into
flash memory on server hardware, allowing
customers to run a functional hypervisor right out of the box.
Because ESX Server 3i will not incorporate or rely on a general-purpose OS,
VMware claims that it eliminates many of the common security and reliability
problems that arise with running virtual machines (VMs) on top of an OS.
Since it is contained in flash memory on the server, ESX Server 3i eliminates
installation steps and relies on a Common Information Model to monitor hardware
resources. An integrated command-line interface can be used for system
configuration, performing maintenance, and installing patches. According to
VMware, the automatic configuration features of ESX Server 3i can streamline
the setup of VMs and minimize management overhead.
Hardware manufacturers are scheduled to begin shipping server hardware
with integrated ESX Server 3i technology by the end of 2007 and throughout
2008. For more information, contact VMware at 877-486-9273 or visit www.vmware.com.
—Jeff James |
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