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Agilera, an Englewood, Colo.-based enterprise ASP, yesterday announced it has attained Premier status in IBM’s xSP Prime program. As a member of both the xSP Prime for Service Providers and the xSP Prime for Developers, Agilera said he has worked closely with IBM to complete testing of IBM WebSphere 4.0 Advanced Server Edition with J.D. […]

Overland Data, Inc. and Astrum Software, have announced they are working together to bring a new family of Overland-branded storage management software solutions to market. As part of their technology agreement, Overland will use Astrum technology in the development of its family of storage management solutions, including the Overland Storage Resource Manager and Overland Storage […]

Using an innovative nanotechnology, IBM scientists have demonstrated a data storage density of a trillion bits per square inch — 20 times higher than the densest magnetic storage available today. IBM achieved this remarkable density — enough to store 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp — in […]

Sophos, a corporate anti-virus protection provider, is warning computer users against the new Shakira Pics email worm (VBS/VBSWG-AQ) which is spreading like wild fire. “This is the second time the Colombian hip-shaker Shakira has inspired a virus writer,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. Shakira is the latest celebrity to be the subject […]

Worldwide Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) components revenue totaled $1.46 billion in 2001, a 13 percent increase from 2000 revenue of $1.3 billion, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. Gartner Dataquest analysts presented the findings today during the Gartner PlanetStorage 2002 conference at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las […]

Quantum Corp. today announced shipment of the SDLT 320. The new drive, based on the industry standard DLTtape technology, will be distributed through the Quantum channel and leading OEM suppliers. With 60 percent greater capacity than alternative mid-range tape drives and the highest performance available, the SDLT 320 provides customers with a substantial reduction in […]

Salespeople have customer relationship management (CRM) and sales force automation (SFA)applications to help them through the day, but what automated tools are available to help the weary public relations or communications professional? As of the today, they have Messagewave, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup company and Web-based service (of the same name) born of the single […]

In an effort to help customers consolidate their storage infrastructures, Dell today announced enhancements to its PowerVault NAS servers that enable simple integration with high-end Dell-EMC SANs. This comes after the “handshake” agreement announced last week between Dell and EMC which will see Dell manufacturing versions of EMC’s low end Clariion network storage systems. The […]

Exigen Group today announced that it has acquired Portera’s professional services automation (PSA) business. In a statement released today, Exigen Group said the addition of Portera’s ServicePort suite to its portfolio is part of the company’s strategy to develop business process utilities that are designed to enable firms across the services industry to lower their […]

Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA (SATA) are intended to replace the current parallel versions of SCSI and ATA. Serial technology overcomes the performance barriers forecasted for current parallel technologies. The serial technologies will meet the need for faster data throughput in servers and storage devices over the next decade as new Internet-based applications demand […]

Auspex Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of the Auspex NSc3000V, a high availability version of its NSc3000 Network Storage Controller for supplying file services to Storage Area Networks (SANs). The new HA platform leverages the Auspex controller’s unique ability to lower storage costs in a SAN environment while simultaneously ensuring a continuous data path […]

Storage giant EMC is turning to computer maker Dell to assemble and sell a new device aimed at low-end customers, Reuters reported. EMC CEO Joe Tucci told analysts in New York today he expects 10 percent of EMC’s revenue to flow through the deal, though he did not specify when, according to the wire service. […]