Astaro Endpoint Security–Coming Soon

USB drives are the most popular way to transfer data. Keeping endpoints safe and preventing data loss on PCs and mobile devices is a challenging task. Astaro Endpoint Security solves this by controlling the usage of USB ports, DVD drives, and other peripheral devices. Managed by a central Astaro Security Gateway, security agents can be easily enrolled to all endpoints on your local network or even at remote locations. Comprehensive reporting tools allow you to analyze device usage and even track their location.

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StarTech.com announces the ultimate USB device with the Combination 4 Bay SATA Drive Dock and Toaster!

Backup your Data and Fulfill your Need for Warm Breakfast Pastries with the SATDOCKTOAST4 from StarTech.com

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(PR) Acer Announces Iconia Touchbook Dual-Screen Tablet

Acer today announced that its much anticipated dual screen tablet, the Iconia-6120 Dual-Screen Touchbook is now available for pre-sale in North America. Providing a powerful, immersive touch experience like no other, it is the world's first and only tablet to offer two touch-enabled 14-inch high-definition widescreen LED backlit LCDs.

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Logitech Announces Wireless Mouse M325

Press Release: The new Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 is here, combining our world's best selling shape with new micro-precise technology that is specifically designed to improve your online navigation experience with a better mix of precision, comfort and control.

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Buffalo Ships the Revolutionary CloudStor Device

Looking for an easy solution to accessing your files located at home or at your office? A new product from Buffalo Technologies a leader in storage appliances that are both useful and affordable. Available in 1 and 2TB capacities this NAS storage device adds some cloud services to it for no extra cost.

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Seagate 320GB GoFlex Slim Drive with FreeAgent Software

Looking for a super small fast USB 3.0, 7200 RPM hard drive to add to your mobile kit bag? Seagate is finally releasing it’s 9mm 2.5 inch GoFlex external HDD. This drive is probably thinner than your cell phone. It has a 3 year warranty and is priced at $99.99. It only weighs 0.356 pounds and measuring 4.91 x 30.7 x 0.354 inches. It requires a special USB cable that is included. It can transfer files at upwards of 40MB/sec when attached to a USB 3.0 system. To put the size into perspective this drive is thinner than a pencil. It is supposed to be shipping now and we do see it SKU’d up now.

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Windows 7 Pro Upgrade for Students: Why Do It?

Microsoft is offering inexpensive upgrades for college students to upgrade their Windows Vista to Windows 7 Pro for just $29.95. A post by Kristina Libby on April,1 (no this isn’t an April Fool’s Joke), on the Windows Experience Blog, talks about the reasons why you might want to upgrade. The site to click through to requires that you are a college student with a valid university ID.

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(PR) New Patriot LX PRO Series Obliterates Current SDHC Class10 Performance Classification

I have been real happy with my Patriot SDHC 16GB Class 10 card but these new NAND flash cards from Patriot Memory take you to the next level. The Pro Series of the LX line have increased the the transfer speeds to 20MB/s, twice that of a typical Class 10 SDHC card. The high-speed transfer speeds ensure photographs and video are written to the memory card instantly to the Patriot LX PRO Series

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We had an exciting visit from our Mimio Rep yesterday!

I think that we needed this little refresh of the Mimio Products because I didn’t realize just how much their software and hardware integration had progressed from product that we had in-house for demo purposes. Today we will be putting in an order for a new demo kit, once you see what these products do you won’t be able to resist getting one for organization.

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PR:Amazon launches digital music locker

Are you ready to store all of your purchased music in the cloud? Amazon is thinks that you are and is planning on making available a new service letting you store your music on the Web and be able to access it for playback from any Web-Connected PC, Mac or Android device no matter where you are. The key point here is of course you need web access for your device.

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Intel 320 Series SSD with 25 nm NAND Flash Slated for 28 March

Intel's 320 series solid-state drives (SSDs) are on track for a March 28 launch. The silicon giant is on a bit of a spree with its SSD product launches over the past few weeks. Intel 320 series, also referred to as "Postville Refresh", succeeds the company's X25-V and X25-M series, consisting of SATA 3 Gb/s SSDs in the 2.5-inch form-factor. The drives achieve sequential read speeds of 250 MB/s, and write speeds of 170 MB/s; Up to 39,500 IOPS random 4 KB reads, and up to 23,000 IOPS random 4 KB writes.

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Samsung Unveils SyncMaster Monitor with Ultra Wide Band Wireless Technology

Samsung flexed its market arm today by releasing one of the first monitors to feature Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology. UWB is a method of wirelessly connecting the monitor to the PC/Laptop. The power cord stays, but hey, the lesser the cables the better, right? Samsung is bundling a UWB dongle that plugs into the PC/notebook's display connector, and relays video wirelessly to the display.

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Film recreation of Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin's historic spaceflight to be shown off next month -- Engadget

There is a lot of rich history that evolved during the race to space. The Soviet’s of course won that race but we were the first to the moon. An Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, who is currently on the space station, has directed a video recording commemorating the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s flight into space on April 12th. This movie will be made available on YouTube for free

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Intel Announces Next in Solid-State Drive Line Up: Intel SSD 510 Series

I am a little late getting this on my blog but here is a press release from Intel From2 weeks ago announcing their new SSD 510 Series drives

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How Serious is the RSA Breach?

In an open letter to RSA Customers, Arthur W. Coviello, Jr, executive chairman of RSA discussed the recent attack classified as an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat). Their investigation revealed the attack resulted in certain information being extracted from their system.

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Aruba Unveils Next Generation Network Access Products

Press Release:

Introducing MOVE: Next-Generation Network Access Products from Aruba

The onslaught of Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices brings new challenges to IT departments looking to speed service delivery while lowering costs and risk. Access networks are critical to meeting these challenges and the recent growth of enterprise mobility has changed requirements for how these networks are built and operated.

To address these needs, Aruba announced the Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE), a mobility-centric access network that gives IT departments unprecedented visibility and control over mobile users, devices and applications.

As part of the MOVE architecture, Aruba introduced a series of products that enable users to securely access the mobile enterprise network, regardless of their location. Together, they eliminate the cost and complexity of managing separate wired and wireless networks as well as access policies. For your customers, this means fewer physical network connections and less equipment in the wiring closet - rightsizing the enterprise access infrastructure.

The MOVE architecture is encompassed in several new products and releases, including:

• Mobile Device Access Control (MDAC) for Apple iOS Devices
  • ArubaOS 6.1 for Aruba Mobility Controllers
    • Device fingerprinting for mobile device identification and access control
    • With Aruba Amigopod and the AirWave Management Suite, enables the deployment of a complete MDAC solution.
• Aruba AP-134/135 3x3:3 802.11n Access Points
  • High security 802.11n MIMO
  • Nearly Gigabit/sec capacity per AP
• Aruba S3500 Series Mobility Access Switches
  • Unified security across wireless and wired Simplified wiring closet with controller-based configuration
  • Brings wireless polices to the wired network
• Aruba VIA Client for Mac OS X
  • Zero touch deployment and maintenance
  • Integrated with campus and branch access network
• Aruba Instant Wi-Fi for Small Offices
  • Virtual controller technology, enterprise-grade Wi-Fi for small offices

Seamless upgrade path to a controller based Aruba solution

Are you interested in the MyWay EHR Solution?

Allscripts has provided videos that will provide more information that is pertinent to you practice. View these videos at your convenience. There is a good mix of practice types to choose from. It is probably a good idea to look at each one to see if there are some features that are highlighted that would be of use to you. For more information don’t hesitate contacting us at sales@paconnect.com to schedule your free office survey. We look forward to hearing from you.

View on-demand.

See the solution in action by viewing a recorded demonstration at your convenience.

Dr. Peter Foreman discusses how his practice, Delmar Family Medicine, is impacted by Allscripts MyWay.

Dr. Peter Foreman discusses how his pratice, Delmar Family Medicine, is impacted by Allscripts MyWay.

Nicole Sheffield, Solo Pediatrician at Sheffield Pediatrics talks about her experience with Allscripts MyWay (integrated EHR and Practice Management System).

Nicole Sheffield, Solo Pediatrician at Sheffield Pediatrics talks about her experience with Allscripts MyWay

Dr. and Debra Hoffen discuss how their practice, Florida Neuro Health, benefits from Allscripts MyWay.

Dr. and Debra Hoffen discuss how their practice, Florida Neuro Health, benefits from Allscripts MyWay.

Computer Connections is now a MyWay/Allscripts Certified Sales Partner

Computer Connections has long been known for providing Best of Breed Products to its clients. With all of the government initiatives providing a path for our physician clients to upgrade their office computer system infrastructure through monetary incentives we wanted to have a product that would meet all of the requirements that the government needs from you to obtain these incentives. So we did our research, spoke with our vendor and manufacturing partners and decided to align ourselves with Allscripts. We feel this product brings the best solution to a 1-5 physician office and will allow your office to take advantage of the years of experience that Allscripts has in eprescribing, practice management and the most important for the incentives available now, electronic medical record management.

Take advantage of this unparalleled opportunity.

The HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act provides financial incentives to physicians and other healthcare stakeholders to adopt Electronic Health Records. It presents an unparalleled opportunity for the healthcare industry to modernize itself for greater efficiency, quality and cost containment.

A core requirement of the Act is to demonstrate “Meaningful Use.” This means that understanding the criteria and process is critical, as is selecting the right technology partner.  Allscripts – with our products, services and educational efforts – is that partner.

Computer Connections is a great source for you to find out more about this opportunity. We can provide the whole solution from start to finish. Be sure to contact us to obtain your FREE office survey to help you begin the process of determining what you will need to do to best take advantage of this opportunity.

Seagate has released its 3TB Barracuda XT Hard Drive-Breaks the 2.1TB Limit without additional Hardware

Barracuda XT high-performance desktop drives deliver 3TB capacities with a massive 64MB cache and the fastest SATA interface–SATA 6Gb/s.

Key Features and Benefits

• 3TB of capacity easily configurable with Seagate® DiscWizard™ software to overcome legacy capacity limits of 2.1TB with no additional hardware required.
• Massive capacity meets the demands of today's storage-craving applications, such as high-performance game systems and video production systems.
• SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers targeted for high-performance desktop, gaming and entry-level server systems.
• 7200-RPM drive complements the massive capacity, delivering a powerful combination of storage and high-end desktop performance.
• 64MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks.

Best-Fit Applications

• High-performance PC gaming systems
• High-definition video editing and production systems and workstations
• Home and small business servers
• Desktop RAID
• Performance-demanding external storage devices

Can’t wait to see what comes out next. Seagate and others are saying that this drive is release but I don’t see in distribution yet. I’m sure it will be there soon. This is great because we should start seeing a drop in 2TB drives as these come out and are available.

Resources:

• Barracuda® XT Product Overview
• Barracuda® XT Data Sheet
• Break the 2.1TB Barrier with Barracuda® XT Drives and DiscWizard™ Software
• Barracuda® XT DiscWizard
• Beyond 2TB on the Desktop

I have only found it SKU’d at one of our vendors and they are not expecting their first shipment until April 4th. Price should be some where around $300.

Samsung’s 9 Series Notebook Looks Really Interesting

PRESS RELEASE: Yes, I’m locked into the Microsoft World of PC’s so when I look at hardware I naturally am not looking into the Apple world of hardware for my mobile and desktop computing needs. Samsung has announced its Series 9 notebooks at this January’s CES show and I must say it looks really nice. It is very thin with artistic curves. This 13.3 inch notebook weighs in at just 2.89 pounds and is only .64 inches thick. It claims a 6.5 hour battery life with 4GB RAM, a 128GB SSD and a 1.5 watt subwoofer.It is also supporting USB 3.0 and has built-in WiMax 4G.

The 13.3-inch 9 Series offers mobile professionals and power users a sophisticated laptop equally suited for work and entertainment. Thanks to a stunning design, Samsung’s hallmark SuperBright Plus display and Intel performance processing power, the notebook ushers in a new era in mobile computing.

Key Specs:
• CPU: Second Generation Intel® CoreTM i5 Processor 2537M (1.40 GHz, 3MB; turbo up to 2.3 GHz)
• Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 bit) / Windows® 7 Professional (64 bit)
• Memory: 4GB DDR3
• Storage (max): 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD)
• Screen: 13.3-inch HD LED-backlit SuperBright Plus display (400 nit)
• Resolution: 1366x768
• Graphics: Intel HD GT2 Integrated Graphics
• Speakers: 3 watt (1.5W x 2) stereo speakers and 1.5 watt sub-woofer
• Battery: Lithium Polymer; up to 6.5 hours
• Wireless: 802.11b/g/n; WiMaxi
• Weight: 2.89 lbs.

These units were supposed to be available in February 2011 but I think that since they are based on the Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPU the recall of the supporting chipset by Intel may have caused a set back on the delivery schedule. We are starting to see some movement on deliveries from other manufacturers with their Sandy Bridge products so hopefully this notebook will be showing up shortly. Starting at around $1,599 you may want to put in your order soon!