[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Global Christian relief, development and advocacy organization World Vision International has succeeded in cutting its data center network operating costs by 40 percent following the implementation of an Ethernet fabric-based network infrastructure from Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) to support increased server virtualization. The deployment of Brocade® VDX® switches at a new hosted data center has enabled the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to reduce its network cost of ownership through streamlined administration, space savings and lower power consumption, while providing a
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]On the 15st, LS Cable & System (President & CEO: Ja-Eun Koo) announced that the company had won a project to supply 230kV level extra high voltage underground cables and connectors worth $12.7 million (approx. KRW 14.5 billion) to SMECO (Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.) located in the state of Maryland (U.S.A.). The cables and connectors will be used for implementing a new power transmission and distribution network being built to handle the increased power demand in the southern part of the state. It is noteworthy that this project is to establish an extra h
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SMART Modular Technologies, Inc., a leading independent designer, manufacturer and supplier of value added subsystems including memory modules, flash memory cards and other solid state storage products, today announced that the company has expanded its operations in Asia with the opening of a new research and development (R&D) facility in Taiwan. “SMART‘s Center for Advanced Memory Product Design in Asia leverages the high-tech and knowledgeable New Taipei City workforce to develop cutting-edge solutions for our customers worldwide,” said Alan Marten, Senior Vice Presiden
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Expanding on the strong interest surrounding its 84-inch ULTRA High Definition TV, LG Electronics (LG) today announced the addition of 55- and 65-inch ULTRA HD TV models in markets around the world, enabling even more consumers to enjoy the benefits of 4K technology. Initially introduced in South Korea last month, the two LA9700 series ULTRA HD TVs were rolled out in the United States this week and will be followed by introductions in overseas markets such as the U.K., Russia and Australia. “When we first unveiled our 84-inch ULTRA HD TV at CES last year, the reception we
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Sterling Trader, the Chicago-headquartered broker-neutral, independent service bureau, announced that Sterling Trader will offer the SMARTS Broker SaaS surveillance solution to buy-side customers to monitor trading activity for a variety of malicious trading behaviors—including layering, spoofing and insider trading—as well as to detect suspicious activity across trading venues and prevent market abuse. “Speed to market and SMARTS Broker‘s cross-market functionality was very important in our decision to partner with
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that the company will offer DNSstuff, its online collection of DNS management tools for email, network, domain, and IP address lookup, for free. The free DNSstuff collection joins the comprehensive set of SolarWinds free solutions that address pain points in network, systems, SIEM, virtualization, storage, alerting, and more. “For years, SolarWinds has developed dozens of free tools as a meaningful way to give back to IT pros by addressing their specific IT manage
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced that its VCS® Fabric technology was selected as the winner at this year's Computerworld Hong Kong Awards in the Ethernet Fabric Platform category of the overall Networking awards. All winners were determined by Computerworld Hong Kong readers through voting based on their experience with best-in-class vendors for product quality, service excellence and leading innovation. Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks were placed second and third respectively. “We are honored to be regarded as the leader in Ethernet fabrics by Computerworld Hong
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GuestLogix Inc. (TSX:GXI), the leading global provider of onboard retail and payment technology solutions to airlines and the passenger travel industry, today announced an agreement to deploy its onboard retail technology platform including POS handheld devices to accept China UnionPay bank cards onboard China Southern Airlines. GuestLogix‘ solution will be deployed to enable the purchase of inflight seat upgrades using a secure, convenient solution onboard China Southern aircraft. This win marks the global introduction to China UnionPay card acceptance in an inflight env