VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Gavin Struthers has been appointed as President, Asia-Pacific for Intel Security. He replaced Andrew Littleproud. Formerly Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Channel Operations, Intel Security, Struthers will now be responsible for business operations across Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Struthers said, “I am thrilled to be returning to the APAC region where I have had significant experience. The region is rife with opportunities. Intel Security is well positioned to be the enterprise security company that helps customers implement an integrated architecture and offers end-to-end solutions to businesses and consumers. My goal is to help Intel Security become our customer’s #1 security partner... See more 

HP has announced updates to its channel partner programs designed to help partners capture immediate opportunities and position them for future growth. The HP Partner Navigator Program is designed to help HP partners through HP’s upcoming separation into two companies, while additional programs, including the Partner One Alliance, is designed to help partners drive positive business outcomes for their customers. “As HP continues its path toward becoming two new Fortune 50 companies, we remain laser-focussed on maintaining the same commitment to the channel that our partners have come to trust,” said Neelam Dhawan, Vice-President & General Manager, Enterprise Group and Country Managing Director, HP India. “HP is helping partners maintain business continuity and, at the same time, capture market opportunity through a services-centric, outcomes-driven approach... See more 

Fortinet and Spirent Communications have announced the results of performance tests conducted on the FortiGate-3810D, the latest Fortinet firewall appliance designed for large enterprises, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and data center environments. Spirent’s test results validate the high performance and scalability delivered by the FortiGate-3810D. Testing with Spirent solutions showed that the FortiGate-3810D, which comes standard with six 100-Gigabit Ethernet ports, all-in-one compact 3U appliance form-factor, delivers a steady 292 Gbps Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) throughput and 317 Gbps User Datagram Protocol (UDP) throughput with zero packet loss at 512 bytes packet size. The appliance also achieves latency as low as 4.23 microseconds (µs) under 100% load, and tests confirmed there is no performance degradation between IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. Other test results unveil that the FortiGate-3810D supports more than 100 million concurrent sessions and a set-up rat