Silver Peak WAN optimization available for test drive

WAN optimization vendor Silver Peak has recently launched a Virtual Marketplace where you can download all of their virtual WAN optimization appliances for free test drive for 30 days. Silver Peak virtual WAN optimization appliances range from 4 Mbps throughput model to a whopping 1 Gbps throughput model, all of which are available as [...]

Kaspersky to launch VMware vShield Endpoint security solution at CeBIT

This week at VMware Partner Exchange in Las Vegas IT security company Kaspersky Lab publicly announced their Anti-Virus solution for VMware vShield Endpoint security framework. Kaspersky will join Bitdefender and Trend Micro as pioneers in Cloud Security by offering Anti-Virus solution to support VMware vShield Endpoint 5. VMware vShield Endpoint offloads Anti-Virus scanning from [...]

VMware vExpert 2012 nominations are now open

VMware vExpert title nominations for year 2012 are now open! VMware vExpert title is VMware’s way to say thank you to individuals who have contributed something significant to VMware Community in past year, may it have been active blogging, public speaking, tools/scripts etc.

Yours truly was selected as VMware vExpert in 2011 and it [...]

Serious Cisco Nexus security vulnerability disclosed

Cisco has today issued a security advisory for Denial of Service vulnerability in NX-OS. With specially crafted IP packet it may be possible to trigger a Cisco Nexus 1000v, 5000 or 7000 switch to reboot. Nexus 2000, 3000, 4000 and UCS Fabric Interconnects are not affected by this bug.

Cisco explains details of issue [...]