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StockerYale has bought the specialty optical fiber (SOF) group of CIENA‘s in a cash and stock deal. The purchase price was not disclosed. The acquisition will help StockerYale meet its goal of becoming “a key supplier of specialty optical fibers to the major telecommunication manufacturers around the world,” said Mark W. Blodgett, chairman and CEO […]

IBM today announced that it has recorded 1 terabyte (TB) of data to a linear digital tape cartridge, storing nearly 10 times more data than any linear tape cartridge currently available. One terabyte is equal to 16 days of continuously running DVD movies, or 8,000 times more data than a human brain retains in a […]

Wind River Systems, Inc. today announced that its Tornado(R) for Intelligent Network Acceleration (TINA) for iSCSI Initiators platform was named the winner for best networked storage technology, at the Best of Interop Awards competition during NetWorld + Interop (N+I) 2002. The judges for this prestigious award — editors from leading technology magazines including Network Computing, […]

As part of the post merger restructuring of the company’s product lines, Hewlett Packard has revealed a roadmap detailing, among other things, how the storage element of the combined business will look going forward. Given that both the original HP and Compaq were prominent players in the storage field, the new HP has been able […]

LivePerson Inc. , a New York-based ASP that specializes in real-time communications and customer service, yesterday announced M.O.M. (Monitoring Online Movement), a marketing and sales service designed to enable retailers to monitor, identify, segment and act in real-time. The hosted application offers retailers the capability to personalize a customer’s experience with automated marketing campaigns, offer […]

Auspex Systems, Inc. announced today that the University of Toronto at Mississauga is using an Auspex network server to enable its 6,400 students to retrieve computer-based homework, papers, research and class assignments from any location on or off campus. Consolidating files on a single Network Attached Storage (NAS) system has eliminated the need for students […]

As part of continuing efforts to strengthen privacy protections for Web users, government officials and online industry leaders will hold a forum on the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) and its impact on Web sites and online privacy on May 14, 2002 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington, D.C. The event will […]

Pacific Internet has signed a strategic deal with NEC to deliver a new business grade broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) service over NEC’s NEXTEP network in Australia, the second-largest network on the east coast covering the main metropolitan areas in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Through this, Pacific Internet aims to improve network availability and reliability […]

Quantum Corp. today announced that its Super DLTtape(TM) products are exceeding the growing storage needs of industry leading businesses with greater tape drive performance, reliability, higher capacity media cartridges and a technology roadmap that extends several generations into the future. “Quantum brings a distinguished history of expertise to tape storage,” said Bob Abraham, president, Freeman […]

Seven months after signing a joint development pact, Akamai and IBM have unveiled a service to help large companies extend business applications to the Web. The offering — built from Akamai’s EdgeSuite for Java and IBM’s WebSphere software — promises to improve the speed and reliability of programs for customers, partners and suppliers. It is […]

By Erin Joyce Liberty Media Corp. is shifting into high gear with its interactive television strategy, acquiring control of OpenTV Corp. for $185 million in cash and stock. In addition, the company controlled by deal-making mogul John Malone formed a subsidiary to pursue broadband interactive television developments; it also entered into a deal to acquire […]

By Erin Joyce Internet research firms Jupiter Media Metrix and NetRatings have reached a $15 million settlement regarding a patent infringement lawsuit Jupiter had filed against its onetime acquirer. The Milpitas, Calif.-based NetRatings has also purchased another chunk of Jupiter, this time its European customer list, for $2 million. In addition to putting the on-again, […]