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Maxtor yesterday announced it is discontinuing the manufacturing and sales of its MaxAttach branded network attached storage (NAS) products. The company will work with current NAS customers for an orderly wind down of the business, and it will continue to support end-users with installed MaxAttach products under existing contracts. “Since we entered the network attached […]

Trafficmac to Handle Outsourced Operations for MSN.co.uk New York-based Trafficmac has been tapped by MSN.co.uk to handle the portal’s ad trafficking, reporting, campaign management and automated workflow needs. “Trafficmac supplements our own resources because of its expertise in ad operations and application integration in the ad serving arena,” said Chris Ward, sales director at MSN.co.uk. […]

Trend Micro’s new ScanMail antivirus software for Linux users running Lotus Domino will address up to 87 percent of the virus attacks that enter corporate networks through e-mail. ScanMail utilizes a multi-threaded memory scanning architecture that will enable faster performance and greater scalability across the enterprise with minimal overhead on the Domino server. It encompasses […]

A Wireless Broadband Hub, covering an area of 180,000 square meters or about the size of 28 international soccer fields, has been launched at the Suntec City, making it Singapore’s largest public wireless ‘hotzone’ to date. This means that areas within the Suntec City compound such as the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center […]

As storage-system makers begin to adopt alternative interconnect technologies, switched-PCI is providing a means of expanding and improving the overall performance of their systems, according to data from PLX Technology, storage system makers, and industry analysts. A growing number of storage systems are implementing architectures that provide higher data speeds, data availability and system scalability. […]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) will host the fifth annual Common Internet File System (CIFS) Conference and Plugfest August 19-23, at the Network Meeting Center in Santa Clara, California. The event brings together leading software, applications and networking engineers, product and technical marketing experts, and managers engaged in the development of CIFS-enabled products to […]

Wireless carrier Nextel Communications Inc. is acquiring mobile radio systems operator NeoWorld Communications Inc. for a reported $263-$273 million. The deal gives Nextel licenses in the 900 megahertz spectrum in the top 12 U.S. markets. Nextel has already made a cash payment of $43 million and plans to pay off the balance in either cash, […]

Everyone is talking about XML integration, but accounting ASP Intacct Corp. is doing something about it. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based service provider yesterday announced the release of Intacct XML2, which is designed to provide Intacct partners and clients with enhanced flexibility for integrating custom and third-party applications with its online accounting software. Intacct XML2 adds […]

Infinity I/O, the company responsible for developing the Storage Networking Industry Association FC-SAN certification program, yesterday announced the October availability of the Fibre Channel SAN Certified Specialist (Level 3) examination. The exam will be available at Prometric test centers worldwide by mid-October, 2002. “The FC-SAN Specialist Certification is a significant step in formalizing standards that […]

Annual worldwide spending on data storage hardware, software and services by Small- and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) will undergo phenomenal growth over the next 4 years, more than quadrupling to $18.5 by 2006, according to a new report from Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc., an industry leading authority on SMB Information Technology (IT) research and […]

Last week’s Chapter 11 filing by Interliant opened up a vacancy in our Top 30 Enablers list that was quickly filled by one of a number of worthy contenders. ASPnews Top 20 Archive »  July 2002 Top 20 »  June 2002 Top 20  »  May 2002 Top 20  »  April 2002 Top 20  »  March 2002 Top 20  »  February 2002 Top […]

3ware today announced it has begun shipping its latest family of RAID controller cards based on Serial ATA specifications — the Escalade 8500 series. The Escalade 8500 series is available in four, eight and twelve-port configurations, offering storage VARs and systems builders the first complete family of enterprise class Serial ATA RAID controllers. The new […]