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Bluetooth is well on the way to reaching critical mass in terms of market acceptance, according to a new study released Wednesday. Specifically, Cahners In-Stat Group predicted that 13 million Bluetooth chipsets will ship during 2001 despite a shaky economy and world events. That represents twice the shipments of 802.11b chipsets, according to the market […]

MTI Technology Corp. announced that IT leaders from every province in China will gather at the Third Information Harbor Forum in Shanghai December 9th and 10th. MTI is the event’s principal sponsor at what it calls the largest government technical symposium in China. Peter Doob, MTI’s vice president, RAID liaison, plans to deliver a 40-minute […]

Auspex Systems, Inc. announced today that its new NS3000 series of Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers has been certified for interoperability with Legato Systems, Inc.’s NetWorker(R) 6.1.1 backup and recovery software. “This certification continues a long-standing relationship we have had with Legato to ensure interoperability between the latest products from both companies,” said Jeff D. […]

Dot Hill Systems Corp., a provider of storage area network (SAN) solutions, and Blanchard Systems, Inc., a computer systems integration company and value-added reseller working exclusively within the graphic arts industry, announced today that they have partnered to offer complete SAN solutions to the pre-press market. According to the companies, after extensive testing, Dot Hill’s […]

Bottomline Technologies , a Portsmouth, N.H., provider of Web billing, payment and electronic banking software, has landed a three-year, $4.2 million contract extension with Lloyds TSB Bank. United-Kingdom-based Lloyds TSB will use Bottomline to outsource its business check and credit processing service for its 5,000 business customers. The contract will involve the processing 250 business […]

Cyveillance, a privately-held Arlington, Va.-based company that provides Internet intelligence, and digital trust services firm VeriSign, Inc. have formed a new partnership where four Cyveillance brand management solutions will be integrated into VeriSign’s new suite of digital brand management services. The solutions, available through VeriSign’s worldwide sales force and the VeriSign digital brand partnership program, […]

Cisco Systems, Inc. announced that the Cisco ONS 15540 Extended Services Platform is now interoperable with the Compaq SANworks Data Replication Manager (DRM) System, a software-based disaster recovery solution for storage area networks (SANs) in local and extended domains. Compaq confirmed laboratory interoperability after completing integration testing that it said included numerous storage recovery and […]

Wireless local area networks (WLANs) have grown faster than expected even in a difficult economy, according to a report released Tuesday by Cahners In-Stat Group. Overall, the WLAN market will grow from 3.3 million units shipped in 2000 to 23.6 million units expected to ship in 2005, the report says. From the point of view […]

Storage Technology Corp. (Storagetek(R)) has completed initial integration and testing activities between its open system tape libraries and Mcdata Corporation’s

US Data Authority, Inc. , a network infrastructure company focusing on connectivity, online data storage and voice communications, announced the planned availability of its IP-based storage offerings by end of first quarter 2002. According to US Data, it successfully completed testing of its IP Disk Storage capacity on-demand services at its collocation center facility in […]

Seattle-based Z-Firm LLC Wednesday unveiled ShipRush for QuickBooks, a plug-in for the QuickBooks financial software which allows users to ship UPS with a single click. No copying or rekeying of address information is needed. Additionally, the plug-in allows users to include enclosure codes on the UPS label to automate the mail room, insert the tracking […]

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies Inc. Wednesday unveiled a new reseller program which offers incentives to value added resellers who host seminars, maintain demonstration capability and certify their staff in up to three product and sales knowledge areas, including Firewall/VPN, Sales Professional and Server Security. There are two levels, Professional Partner and Expert Partner, which return rebates […]