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As part of this week's MWC 2024 conference, Intel is announcing that it is adding support for its vPro security technologies to select 14th Generation Core series processors (Raptor Lake-R) and their latest Meteor Lake-based Core Ultra-H and U series mobile processors. As we've seen from more launches than we care to count of Intel's desktop and mobile platforms, they typically roll out their vPro platforms sometime after they've released their full stack of processors, including overclockable K series SKUs and lower-powered T series SKUs, and this year is no exception. Altogether, Intel is announcing vPro Essential and vPro Enterprise support for several 14th Gen Core series SKUs and Intel Core Ultra mobile SKUs. Intel's vPro security features is something we've covered previously – and...
GIGABYTE Server Releases Seven C612 Series Workstation and Server Motherboards
We had the big consumer Haswell-E CPU launch just over a week ago, and today marks the release of the Xeon counterparts. Johan’s large deep-dive into what makes Haswell-EP...
9 by Ian Cutress on 9/8/2014Intel Xeon E5 Version 3: Up to 18 Haswell EP Cores
Intel's new Xeon is here, and once again it has impressive specs. The 662 mm² die supports up to eighteen cores, contains two integrated memory controllers, and comes with...
85 by Johan De Gelas on 9/8/2014GIGABYTE Server GA-7PESH3 Motherboard Review
A dual processor system sounds awesome to the home user but in reality it is almost entirely a professional market. The prosumer has to use Xeons at JEDEC memory...
35 by Ian Cutress on 9/4/2014PROMISE FileCruiser: A Private Dropbox-like Solution for SMBs and SMEs
PROMISE Technology launched a private Dropbox-like cloud storage solution for enterprise file synchronization and sharing last week. Dubbed 'FileCruiser', this is a comprehensive solution targeting SMBs and SMEs (particularly...
8 by Ganesh T S on 8/28/2014Habey Releases MITX-6771, J1900 Thin Mini-ITX with Long Life Cycle Support
Habey’s main focus in the PC market is towards industrial computers, with Ganesh having reviewed the BIS-6590 and BIS-6922 fanless systems last year. Industrial oriented components by their nature...
7 by Ian Cutress on 8/23/2014FMS 2014: HGST Announces FlashMAX III PCIe SSDs
Continuing with our Flash Memory Summit coverage, HGST announced their FlashMAX III enterprise SSD, which is the first fruit of HGST's Virident acquistion and continues Virident's FlashMAX brand. The...
18 by Kristian Vättö on 8/18/2014ioSafe 1513+ Review: A Disaster-Resistant Synology DS1513+
The 3-2-1 data backup strategy involves keeping three copies of all essential data, spread over at least two different devices with at least one of them being off-site or...
43 by Ganesh T S on 8/13/2014Linksys and ZyXEL Update SMB Networking Switches and Gateways
Linksys and ZyXEL recently updated their product portfolio for SMB (small and medium business) networking gear. The updates came in the managed switches category for both companies. In addition...
6 by Ganesh T S on 7/31/2014Seagate Reboots Network Storage Offerings with Rangeley NAS Pro and ARMADA NAS Lineups
The fruits of Seagate's LaCie acquisition started to appear earlier this year with the Seagate Business Storage Rackmount Series. The NAS OS that was part of the unit was...
19 by Ganesh T S on 7/15/2014Netgear Launches ReadyRECOVER Appliances for Data Backup and Recovery
Netgear announced the launch of ReadyRECOVER appliances today to simplify data backup and recovery tasks for SMBs and enterprises. ReadyRECOVER appliances, at the hardware level, are the same as...
12 by Ganesh T S on 7/14/2014HGST Expands Ultrastar C10K Family with 1.8 TB 12 Gbps SAS HDD
HGST (a Western Digital company) today launched the Ultrastar C10K1800, a 10000 RPM hard drive in the 2.5" form factor targeting enterprise / data center applications. Earlier versions of...
20 by Ganesh T S on 7/9/2014HP Labs: the Science of Technology
Recently HP invited journalists from a variety of publications down to their Houston location for a tour of the Science Labs – facilities and labs dedicated to designing, testing...
15 by Jarred Walton on 7/1/2014Synology Refreshes RackStation Lineup with Entry-Level RS3614xs
Synology introduced two new variants in their RackStation lineup today, the RS3614xs and RS3614RPxs. These are the new 'entry-level' units for markets where ECC RAM is required. Both of...
9 by Ganesh T S on 6/17/2014Computex 2014: GIGABYTE Server Shows 46x Avoton C2750 Microserver in 2U
For the few server-oriented business units I visited during Computex, a number of them were showing new Avoton oriented rackmount microservers. At GIGABYTE's Server unit, I was shown...
11 by Ian Cutress on 6/12/2014Computex 2014: The ASUS Booth Tour
After two jam-packed press conferences this year, the ASUS booth was brimming with visitors all week every time I walked past. We were given the full tour of...
23 by Ian Cutress on 6/11/2014ZyXEL Updates UTM Firewalls for SMB Market
ZyXEL's Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems have been quite popular in the SMB market, thanks to their attractive pricing and excellent customer support (as evidenced in reviews on various...
0 by Ganesh T S on 6/11/2014Netgear and ZyXEL Introduce Enterprise WLAN Controllers and Access Points
The enterprise Wi-Fi market is a hotly contested one with expensive offerings from companies such as Aruba Networks and Ruckus Wireless being the preferred choice of many IT administrators...
8 by Ganesh T S on 5/28/2014GIGABYTE Server Launches New C2750 Mini-ITX and 2P ATX LGA2011
Despite the C2750 coming to market officially in Q3 2013, we have not seen many products that exploit the possibilities that the new 8-core Silvermont SoC provides. We reviewed...
13 by Ian Cutress on 5/21/2014TechEd NA 2014 - Services In The Cloud
On Monday Microsoft kicked off TechEd North America 2014 in Houston. TechEd is the technology conference geared towards IT Professionals and Enterprise developers, and focuses on the tools, software...
9 by Brett Howse on 5/13/2014ASRock Rack C2750D4I Review: A Storage Motherboard with Management
One of the purposes of Intel’s Avoton CPUs is cold storage. ASRock produced the C2750D4I for that need – a mini-ITX motherboard with a 25W eight core CPU, support...
85 by Ian Cutress on 4/29/2014