Alloy Networking & Communication News

Christmas Trading Hours

15 Novmeber 2011

Alloy Computer Products will be open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm except for the following days during the Christmas and New Year period:

Wednesday 28th December Closed
Thursday 29th December Closed
Friday 30th December Closed
Tuesday 3rd January Closed
Wednesday 4th January Closed
Thursday 5th January Closed
Friday 6th January Closed

For more information please contact us

Edge-Core's ECView Pro Network Management System 8.2.0.0 Released

15 November 2011

Edge-Core Networks has released version 8.2.0.0 of their ECView Pro network management suite. Built on the powerful ECView Pro Platform, the NMS provides a sophisticated plug-in architecture that ensures the transparent integration of all components and products, thus allowing network administrators to optimize the business and operational benefits of an enterprise network.

Daniel Konnoff, Technical Marketing Manager, commented: 'In an age where IT plays an increasingly critical role in business success, enterprise owners must carefully manage investments in network infrastructure to ensure maximum return on investment and minimize total cost of ownership. ECView Pro has been created with this in mind. It provides a single point to manage your entire enterprise network, together with unlimited and customizable reporting capability. Positioned for future growth, ECView Pro NMS is extendable to allow management of other enterprise functions such as traffic analysis, wireless provisioning, and security.'

Based on an all-new platform and client-server architecture compared to the previous generation ECView, this latest EC View Pro release includes:

  • WMI support
  • an enhanced action system
  • additional operating system support
  • a customizable dashboard
  • additional Edge-Core and SMC Networks device support
  • increased NMS productivity enhancements
  • automatic online update facility.

Download: Edgecore ECView Pro Technical Data sheet (pdf)

Ethernet Switches Product Range

Edgecore high-performance Fast Ethernet Layer 2/Layer 4 ECS3510-26T switch

30 September 2011

Edgecore has launched the high-performance Fast Ethernet Layer 2/Layer 4 ECS3510-26T switch featuring 24 10/100 and two Gigabit Ethernet combo (RJ-45/SFP) ports. Engineered for desktop Fast Ethernet connectivity, be it wiring closet installations in a single office or a campus wide network, the ECS3510-26T offers an impressive array of innovative features including support for Voice VLANs to enable access ports to carry IP traffic from IP phones, Q-in-Q support to allow service providers to carry traffic for multiple customers across their networks, and two Gigabit Ethernet combo ports for copper or fiber uplinks for high-speed connections to servers or backbones.

Alloy Now Offering Leasing Finance

30 March 2011

The Alloy/eFinITe Reseller Finance Program is a partnership designed to enable Resellers’s customers to access Alloy & 3rd party equipment with a minimum of fuss. The program looks to address the customer’s basic objections to equipment acquisition; price and feared obsolescence.

As an Alloy Reseller you can offer your customers competitive and flexible financing products for their entire IT&T acquisition. This can lead to increased sales and strengthened Reseller/Customer relationships. The Program allows Reseller customers to finance their equipment, under a flexible rental plan, within budget parameters, while having the ability to Technology Refresh at any time.

Alloy/eFinITe Reseller Finance Website

All Alloy GBIC/SFP/XFP/SFP+ Products Now Come With 5 Year Warranty

12 January 2011

Alloy has extended the standard warrranty on all GBIC/SFP/XFP/SFP+ products from 1 to 5 Year's.

For more information please contact us

FTTX and ETTx Switches by EdgeCore

23 December 2010

Edgecore has released a range of fast ethernet Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), with options in either Fibre (FTTx) or Ethernet (ETTx). Ideal for Ethernet To The Home (ETTH) or Fibre To The Home (FTTH) solutions.

FTTx - EC3805F

ETTx - EC3805


Christmas Trading Hours

7 December 2010

Alloy Computer Products will be open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm except for the following days;

Friday 24th DecemberClosed
Monday 27th December Closed - Public Holiday
Tuesday 28th DecemberClosed - Public Holiday
Wednesday 29th DecemberClosed
Friday 31st DecemberClosed
Monday 3rd JanuaryClosed

For more information please contact us

Eaton UPS Now Available From Alloy

19 November 2010

Alloy is now offering Eaton Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) products.

Eaton have long been a respected manufacturer of UPS's, and they offer a wide range of Standby, Line Interactive, and True Online devices. All Eaton UPS are distinguished by thorough component and build quality - as you would expect with equipment designed to protect critical network infrastructure such as Servers and IP-PBX.

Eaton offers a useful web based UPS Selector to determine the most suitable UPS for your equipment link - Eaton UPS Selector

Eaton UPS Product Range

Neterion Certified Native Drivers for Vmware ESX3.5

vmware Neterion® 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Certified on NetQueue-Enabled Vmware ESX 3.5.

With Neterion and ESX 3.5's new NetQueue support, I/O bottlenecks for virtual machines have been removed, and performance capabilities comparable to non-virtualized environments can now be achieved. Neterion 10Gigabit adapters can achieve 9.8Gbps.

Read more here

Alloy Distributing Xtramus Test and Analysis Equipment

Xtramus manufacture a wide range of Ethernet Test and Analysis equipment.
Designed for Manufacturing, Development and for Enterprise Ethernet Testing
and simulation applications.


Alloy's New Range of GSS Switches

28th September 2007

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - Alloy's new range of GSS Web Managed Switches offer 16, 24 or 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports with 4 paired mini-GBIC (SFP) fibre ports.

Product details can be viewed here.

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