F5 Networks, the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN) and Infoblox, the leading provider of DNS, DHCP and IPAM (DDI) solutions, today announced a partnership agreement. F5 and Infoblox have partnered to develop a solution to simplify and speed deployment of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). F5 and Infoblox together deliver the market’s only fully integrated and complete DNSSEC solution including high-performance DNS and global server load balancing functions, all supporting signed DNSSEC data.

Force 10 Networks recently announced the availability of a new line-card for its ExaScale virtualized core switch/router platform, setting a new benchmark for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) port density, and giving the company overall industry leadership.

Force10 will "Beat Any Price" with a new Force10 chassis-based C-Series C300 switch against new product sales of Cisco’s 6500 Series chassis.

Further, authorized Force10 reseller partners who generate more than $1M USD in qualified C300 switch net sales to Force10 during the course of this promo will receive an additional 10% cash rebate!

 

Riverbed is pleased to announce a new technical certification offering for partners, the Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate (RCSA) program. The RCSA program is designed to help validate the skills and requirements of pre-sales engineers and technical professionals who work in the initial implementation of Riverbed products.

Validated by the industry's top analysts and proven by leading IT organizations, Network Rightsizing substantially reduces network costs while increasing mobility. The recent end-of-life (EOL) announcements of popular Cisco Ethernet switching platforms make Network Rightsizing economics even more compelling. Now is the time to help your customers save money.

Riverbed has launched the Steelhead 7050, a market-leading product offering that fills a niche at the top of the overall Steelhead family of appliances. This first ever Solid State Disc (SSD)-based WAN optimization appliance is capable of optimizing substantially more network traffic and has been designed especially for large data center deployments for disaster recovery throughput scale up and enterprise application scale out environments.

Riverbed Technology announces the end-of-availability of the Riverbed Professional Services SKUs SVC-PSD-00300 and SVC-PSD-00303. These SKUs will no longer be available for sale effective May 2nd, 2010. Customers and partners may continue to order these SKUs from Riverbed through May 2nd, 2010. Last orders of these services must be delivered and signed off by May 31st, 2010.