Interface Masters Launches a 24 Port, 10 Gigabit Managed Switch for Datacenter, Enterprise and Central Office
by admin on Mar.04, 2010, under News
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Mar 03, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — RSA CONFERENCE — Interface Masters Technologies, an network management company leader and innovator in networking solutions, today announced its family of 10Gb Switches. Niagara 2924 is the first member of the family, a 24 Port, 10 GbE fully managed switch that is designed to integrate with Datacenter, Blade servers, Carrier Ethernet and Metro Ethernet devices, HPC clusters, enterprise storage systems, IT Security Appliances and Central Office applications. The system is built for optimal flexibility enabling multi-mode or single mode fiber media configuration and connectivity to 10G or 1GE networks via SFP+ or SFP connectors. Based on 10 Gigabit Marvell’s Prestera packet processor, the Niagara 2924 possesses a powerful and full-featured network management solution suite that can be managed remotely via the management or console port, enabling full control over line-rate switching, routing and filtering.
“The Niagara 2924 introduces the network management technology and Enterprise market a scalable 10GE switching platform based on Marvell’s technology that utilizes highly dynamic and full-featured switching architecture,” states Ben Askarinam, founder and CEO of Interface Masters Technologies. “We are pleased to address the growing market demand for line-rate 10GE performance with a powerful fully managed solution that will address a multitude of applications.”
The Niagara 2924 enables 10GE throughput to be realized in any datacenter deployment by leveraging the Marvell 10GE switches extensive feature set to significantly improve server efficiency, packet processing, power utilization, network performance monitoring and data transfer speeds. The Niagara 2924 provides features that are essential to enterprise, datacenter servers and appliances including:
– Wirespeed Layer 2 through Layer 4 Filtering Capabilities based on
Protocol, Source and Destination IP address, MAC address, Port number
and VLAN tags
– 10GE Throughput of 720Gbps bandwidth
– Support for 10 Gigabit SFP+ (small form-factor pluggable) optics
cabling, including 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-ER
– Support for 1 Gigabit SFP optics cabling, including 1GBASE-LX, 1GBASE-SX
– Advanced Management Capabilities including Syslog, TACACS+, RMON, secure
WEB and CLI management, SSH and HTTPS support
– Basic Layer 2 switching features including transparent and VLAN aware
bridging, IGMP, Spanning tree protocol, and link aggregation support
– Advanced Layer 2 switching features including support for MPLS and
advanced VLAN tunneling
– Quality of Service features including traffic prioritization queuing,
policing, shaping, advanced flow, access and priority control, and rate
limiting
– Routing Features including IPv4 NAT and IPv6 unicast and multicast,
virtual routing and router redundancy
– 1U rack mountable chassis supporting Dual Redundant Internal power
supplies for maximum reliability
Toyota’s Proposed Plant Shutdown to Be Scrutinized by Panel of California Leaders
by admin on Feb.24, 2010, under News
Blue Ribbon Commission holds public hearing, will issue findings next Wednesday on economic, social, environmental costs of automaker’s proposal to close award-winning NUMMI plant in Fremont
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ — A 10-member panel of California leaders convened by State Treasurer Bill Lockyer held a public hearing in San Francisco today to gather facts and take testimony from a broad range of experts on the expected impact of Toyota’s planned shutdown of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. – or NUMMI – auto plant in Fremont. The plant has consistently won top ratings from J.D. Powers and is widely regarded as a model for the auto industry.
A shutdown of NUMMI would be the largest mass layoff in the current recession, and the prospect of having to endure the loss of potentially tens of thousands more managed care nursing jobs in the plant itself and related industries has spurred broad concern throughout the state. The Blue Ribbon Commission has been charged with both collecting the facts on the impact of closing NUMMI and examining alternatives for keeping the plant in operation.
Lockyer explained, “Californians are deeply concerned about how the loss of this plant might affect their economy, their state and their lives, and it is the job of this Commission to help find the answers to those questions. It is a testament to the quality of leaders on this panel that they have been more than willing to take up this challenge. I have asked the panel, and they have agreed, to gather and assess the facts and to have a report on my desk by next Wednesday morning so that I can share it with the public at noon.”
Acclaimed actor Danny Glover, who serves on the Commission, echoed those sentiments when he said, “lvn jobs california – religious, civic, labor, and business – have come together on this Commission to determine for ourselves if the closing of Toyota’s California plant is necessary, to assess the severity of the impact that would follow such a closing, and, if possible, to explore strategies that might make it possible to avoid a shutdown. It is an honor to have been asked to serve my state in this serious and important matter.”
Some economic experts have projected that Toyota’s impending NUMMI shutdown could cost the state – already one of the hardest-hit by unemployment during this recession – as many as 50,000 more lvn jobs in los angeles. That figure includes the more than 5,000 now employed at the plant itself and an estimated 50,000 more in related industries up and down the state. In anticipation of the closure, some companies that supply the plant with parts and material have already announced layoff plans.
