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Fortune: Lenovo-IBM x86 Deal Falls Through

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Fortune: Lenovo-IBM x86 Deal Falls Through

So IBM will not sell off its x86 server business after all-- Fortune reports Lenovo-IBM negotiations have "broken down," at least according to anonymous sources familiar with the situation. 

News on the supposed deal emerged earlier last month from The Wall Street Journal and CRN. 

According to Fortune discussions screeched to a halt over "valuation concerns," meaning the two companies could not decide over the actual value of the x86 segment in question. Bloomberg values it at $2.5-4.5 billion, while others suggest IBM demands up to $6bn-- a price tag Lenovo "balked at." 

Lenovo admitted it was in "preliminary negotiations with a third party in connection with a potential acquisition" last week in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing. It refuses to comment directly on the news stories, as does IBM.  Read more...

If You Know What a Cage Nut Is, You’ll Need This

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If You Know What a Cage Nut Is, You’ll Need This

Everybody in the pro AV, broadcast, IT, home entertainment, security and other industries who are involved daily in installing equipment into19” rack mounting systems know exactly what we are talking about: NUTS. Cage nuts to be more precise.

If traditional cage nuts drive you nuts, then PAS (Pro Audio Stash) launches an innovative captive nut design – the Threaded Rack Rail Clip Nut—to relieve your frustration and stress.

The PAS Clip Nuts contain a threaded extrusion which slides over the square rack rails and clips closed. That saves a lot of time as well as the pain, bruises, stabbings … (and complete and utter frustration) that you may have suffered while attempting to grapple cage nuts into place. Read more...

Extron’s UTS 100 Series Under Table Shelf System

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Extron’s UTS 100 Series Under Table Shelf System

The Extron UTS 100 Series Under Table Shelf System is a self-supporting, half rack width shelf designed for use in environments where a traditional equipment rack or cabinet cannot be located beneath a table top or other furniture surface.

The compact, 1U modular shelf system mounts directly to the under-surface of the table top, without rack rails, and supports any combination of half, quarter, and eighth rack products. The UTS 100 Series•can be placed next to a table leg, in the center of the table, or within reach of the system user at Read more...

Cisco Upgrades Fabric Switches

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Cisco Upgrades Fabric Switches

Cisco boosts its storage area network (SAN) solutions by upgrading director-class and multiservice switches-- launching the MDS 9710 Multilayer Director and MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch. 

The MDS 9710 supports file or block services, including high-density fibre channel and FCoE, enabling SAN and LAN networking operations over the same platform. It offers up to 24Tbps of total switching capacity (up from 256Gbps of the earlier 9500 series) with fault-tolerant capabilities including fully redundant (N+1) fans, switching fabrics and power-supplies Read more...

Extreme Intros Open Fabric Edge

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Extreme Intros Open Fabric Edge

Extreme Networks launches Open Fabric Edge-- an expansion on the Open Fabric network architecture powered by ExtremXOS networking OS designed for more efficient enterprise campus network management. 

According to the company Open Fabric Edge enables UC, Physical Security (PhySec) systems, Audio-Video Bridging (AVB) and WLAN on a single converged network, with an open standards approach allowing increased scalability (1.40GbE), reliability, services and customisation. 

Open Fabric Edge supports programmable APIs, the OpenFlow protocol (supported by Read more...

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