AirMagnet has announced AirMedic™ USB, an easy-to-use and affordable spectrum analysis tool that brings Wi-Fi troubleshooting to entry-level users. The product uses the universal USB form factor to give users the flexibility of installing and using the application on a Microsoft Corp. Windows PC or Apple Inc. MacBook Pro, and delivers unique capabilities not found in competitive solutions.

Blue Coat Systems, the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the Blue Coat Assessment Service, a new cloud-based reporting and analytical service that enables Blue Coat channel partners to easily and remotely conduct an extensive analysis of an enterprise network using a Blue Coat PacketShaper appliance.

ARN has opened its 2010 Channel Choice Awards, and voting will run until 16 August 2010. So vote for your favourite distributor and vendor and the winners will be announced at the ARN IT Industry Awards on 16 September 2010.

Fortinet has announced the FortiGate®-60C and FortiWifi™-60C, new multi-threat security appliances designed for small branch offices of distributed enterprises, SOHOs and small businesses, and service providers delivering managed services in customer premise equipment (CPE) deployments. The FortiGate-60C appliances’ high performance can be attributed to Fortinet’s innovative System-on-a-Chip (SOC) architecture.

Distribution Central has launched its Virtual Suggestion Box and we're keen to hear from you, our partners. Send us your suggestions and feedback on how we can improve our systems, tools and services. The DC Virtual Suggestion box is located on the left hand side of our online quoting configurator - log in via Central-ID on any of our business unit website homepages.

Reporter 9.2 builds upon the ease of use and performance enhancements of the previous release with new features for role-based administration, auditing, and external API for custom dashboards or portals, and search word reporting - delivering visibility and reporting features you've asked for.

Blue Coat has announced their Data Loss Prevention appliance, to enable customers to quickly and easily deploy and maintain enterprise-class data loss prevention as a separate solution or as part of  a complete Secure Web Gateway strategy.  Blue Coat DLP also provides partners with value-add service opportunities.

Blue Coat has announced the release of the ProxyAV 1200. This product replaces the ProxyAV 810 A/B, providing greater performance for the same price.

November 30, 2010 is the End of Sale date for the ProxyAV 810.  This is the last day to purchase new product as well as 3-year support contracts.  After that date 2-year and 1-year support contracts will be available allowing product support services until the EOL date.  Blue Coat recommends existing customers consider last time purchases and aligning or extending Blue Coat maintenance options before the EOS date.  Customers are encouraged to migrate to the new ProxyAV 1200, which offers the latest in price/performance.

CRN magazine has announced the second annual CRN Fast50. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural list, it’s a way to recognise the hard work and entrepreneurial success of Australia’s best and brightest channel partners. The CRN Fast50 entries are open until 17 September 2010.

HP TippingPoint has announced the availability of vController and the S1200N IPS for the A7500 module. vController is the latest product in the HP TippingPoint Secure Virtualization Framework and will allow for real-time access and control of network traffic for redirection to the TippingPoint N-Platform IPS within the virtual environment. The HP TippingPoint S1200N IPS A7500 Module is the first network-embedded security blade featuring TippingPoint technology.