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Paralan Announces ST1000 Hand-Held SCSI Cable Tester

Paralan Corporation recently announced the Model ST1000 Hand-Held SCSI Cable Tester, the second in a series of SCSI test instruments. The single piece price of the ST1000 SCSI Cable Tester is $399. For more information, visit: http://www.paralan.com.

Argosy TelCrest Releases Enterprise Password Safe

Argosy TelCrest recently released Enterprise Password Safe. According to the company, this product aims to solve the issues of multiple unconnected password safes by providing a Web interface into a shared password store offering user and group access control, as well as full access and modification audit logs. A demonstration and more information is available at: http://www.argosytelcrest.co.uk/Passwordsafe.html.

Codehost Introduces BrightQ 1.6.4

Codehost Inc. recently announced availability of the 1.6.4 version of the BrightQ printing suite. According to the company, the latest release of this printer driver package for Unix and Linux includes additional feature functionality and support for Solaris 8 and FreeBSD (version 4.6 and above). The BrightQ printing suite provides a printing interface driving multi-function devices and high-end workgroup printers. BrightQ gives users access to all available printer-finishing features for a number of versions of Unix and distributions of Linux. Additionally, all of BrightQ's advanced features can now be accessed through the command-line interface. For more information, visit: http://www.codehost.com.

Aspen Systems Releases Two New Glacier Systems

Aspen Systems, Inc. recently released two new Glacier systems based on the Intel Itanium 2 processor and targeted at high-performance computing (HPC). According to the company, the first of the new Intel Itanium 2 solutions is the Aspen Systems Glacier Dual Itanium 2 system, including the new Itanium 2 processor with 1.4 GHz of power and 1.5 MB L3 cache optimized for HPC solutions. This Aspen Systems Glacier Dual Itanium 2 system is based on the newly released Intel Server Platform SR870BH2 server platform and is available in a 2U rack-optimized form factor. The second new solution is based on the new Low Voltage Intel Itanium 2 processor, and is available in a 2U and 4U rack-optimized form factor. The new Low Voltage Intel Itanium 2 processor-based solution with 1.0 GHz core clock frequency and 1.5 MB L3 cache is also based on the Intel Server Platform SR870BH2. For more information, visit: http://www.aspsys.com.

MKS Announces MKS Toolkit 8.6

MKS Inc. recently announced the release of version 8.6 of its MKS Toolkit product line. According to the company, the MKS Toolkit products provide scripting and porting tools to automate tasks and aid in migrating Unix applications to Windows. New features in MKS Toolkit 8.6 include MKS KornShell performance improvements, the addition of BASH, an enhanced Unix to Windows connectivity suite, and support for newest Windows operating systems. For more information, visit: http://www.mkssoftware.com.

Elsop Unveils LinkScan 11.2

Electronic Software Publishing Corp. (Elsop) recently introduced LinkScan 11.2. According to the company, LinkScan delivers test automation and Web site management capabilities to content developers and corporate management. LinkScan also does HTML validation, creates two types of site maps, and it is professionally supported. Advanced customization features permit Webmasters and quality assurance engineers to create automated test suites. Compatible Unix systems include AIX, BSDI, FreeBSD, Digital Unix, HP/UX, IRIX, all major Linux distributions, and SunOS/Solaris. Free fully functional evaluation copies of LinkScan 11.2 and more information is available at: http://www.elsop.com.

CreekPath Systems Unveils CreekPath Suite 3.0

CreekPath Systems recently announced the release of the CreekPath 3.0 Storage Operations Management suite. According to the company, the CreekPath Suite 3.0 adds new capabilities in backup and recovery management, database management, decision support, as well as legacy component integration. For more information, visit: http://www.creekpath.com.

White Sands Technology Releases Proactive DBA 7.0

White Sands Technology, Inc. recently released ProActive DBATM 7.0. According to the company, version 7.0 introduces new features, including real-time performance monitoring, diagnostic capabilities, and network-based SQL query monitoring. ProActive DBA 7.0 features a Diagnostic Monitor system designed to assist database administrators in quickly locating and correcting database performance problems, a performance overview of all major server and operating system components, network-based SQL query capture, query analysis, and customizable reporting. Pricing begins at $1,795 per database server. For more information, visit: http://www.whitesands.com.

Xilinx Announces RocketPHY

Xilinx, Inc. announced the availability of its RocketPHY XFP design kit, featuring Xilinx's RocketPHY 10 Gbps physical layer transceivers. According to the company, the kit includes a host board designed to accommodate a 10 Gigabit small form-factor pluggable (XFP) optical transceiver, and enables an easy migration path from the 300-pin MSA optical transponder modules to the emerging XFP optical transceiver module specification. The RocketPHY XFP design kit allows telecom, datacom, and storage system OEMs to deploy low cost XFP modules into their existing systems without consuming internal design resources. It can also be used to evaluate third party XFP module vendors, or for interoperability testing between different XFP modules and the RocketPHY 10 Gbps physical layer transceiver.

The RocketPHY XFP board may be operated in a standalone configuration for demonstration and evaluation purposes, or connected via the industry standard 300-pin MSA connector to a user's system (line card) in place of a traditional 300-pin MSA optical module for in-system evaluation. The RocketPHY XFP kits are currently available with or without an XFP module. Each kit includes the RocketPHY XFP board with the XFP 30-pin connector, cage, heat sink, external loopback board, and CD-ROM with all applicable documentation, including data sheets, user guides, BOMs, schematics, and Gerber files of the board design. For more information, visit: http://www.xilinx.com.

rpmseek.com Unveils Search Engine for Debian

rpmseek.com recently announced their search engine (also called rpmseek.com), which now indexes Debian Linux software packages. According to the company, rpmseek.com is the largest search engine for Linux rpm packages and one of the largest Web directories for Linux software in general. It covers software for all popular rpm-based Linux distributions as well as numerous free software archives. The search facilities have now been expanded to additional package types. rpmseek.com now additionally indexes Debian packages of the Debian distribution as well as numerous software archives that provide other Debian packages. For more information, visit: http://www.rpmseek.com.

Indexsoft Releases MySQL Backups Manager

Indexsoft recently announced the release of its MySQL Backups Manager, a Web-based tool for backing up MySQL databases. According to the company, the main advantages of the software include the ability to set up software to back up a single database, a group of selected databases, or all databases. The program backs up (and restores) databases regardless of whether they are kept on a local computer or a remote server. Other features of the software include automatic deletion of old backup copies, command-line support, and full compatibility for Windows and Linux. There is no limit to how many databases can be backed up. A free demo version and more information is available at: http://www.indexsoft.com.

FalconStor Software and Network Engines Release VTL Appliance

FalconStor Software, Inc. and Network Engines, Inc. recently released the Virtual Tape Library Appliance (VTL Appliance) powered by IPStor. According to the companies, the VTL Appliance is designed to accelerate the backup and restoration of data with minimal operating cost, while consolidating the management and provisioning of backup resources. The VTL Appliance's ability to leverage storage devices to perform I/O load balancing, and transparent storage controller failover/failback, enables the VTL appliance to offer a high degree of performance, reliability, and availability. For more information, visit: http://www.falconstor.com.

Central Command Unveils Vexira Antivirus for Linux

Central Command announced the availability of Vexira Antivirus for Linux server with real-time virus protection of the Samba, Netatalk, and NFS network shares. According to the company, Vexira uses a multi-platform virus inspection technology to protect against more than 75,000 Windows, DOS, Linux, Macro, and Trojan horse applications in real-time using the open source Dazuko kernel module and Vexira Guard. Vexira Antivirus for Linux server starts at $349.95, and a free 30-day trial version is available. For more information, visit: http://www.centralcommand.com.

Cepoint Announces Opteron 64-bit Fault-tolerant 1U Resilient Enterprise Server

Cepoint Networks, LLC released its Model RS1007 1U Fault-Tolerant Enterprise Linux Server, and 2U (Model RS2007) AMD Opteron dual processor-based turnkey rack mount server systems for enterprise computing, telephony, and VoIP applications in Linux or Windows environments. According to the company, Cepoint's fail-resilient 64-bit 1U server is one of the few 1U 64-bit Opteron servers in the industry with redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fault-tolerant features suitable for clustering in enterprise computing environment. The systems complement the company's RAID storage, NAS, SAN, SCSI RAID servers, SATA RAID, and solutions for voice/audio data storage. Model RS1007 and RS2007 computers and chassis are crafted with cooling systems, dual hot-swappable (460 watts x 2 ) redundant power supplies, and hot-swap storage drives capacity up to 1TB for 1U version with single power supply or 500GB with redundant hot-swappable power supplies and 2.2TB for the 2U version. For more information, visit: http://www.cepoint.com.