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Comcast Cable and Cox Communications late Monday announced they have separately agreed to each pay $160 million to Excite@Home over the next three months to ensure uninterrupted service for its high-speed Internet subscribers. The agreements come as AT&T Broadband technicians scramble migrate its stranded broadband users in the wake of last Friday’s decision by the […]

If it wasn’t for prevailing security concerns, Application Service Providers (ASPs), may be more popular according to recent research released today from BT Ignite, the broadband business of British Telecom (BT) Group. A survey, conducted by research company NOP World on behalf of BT Ignite and based on 600 interviews with UK-based businesses found that […]

Hewlett-Packard Company today announced a new set of storage software and services, including the including what it calls an instant recovery management solution. The business continuity offerings are the latest developments in HP’s Federated Storage Area Management (FSAM) strategy. “Business continuity is at the heart of an always-on Internet infrastructure. IT managers can now control […]

Platypus Technology today announced a multi-faceted channel strategy for its storage systems aimed at expanding the potential of solid-state across a wide variety of industries. The Platypus Partnership Program incorporates several categories including: Professional Services, Technology Alliances, Systems Integrators and Resellers. Rightsizing, Inc., Vector ESP, The Root Group, SUN’s SolutionsSite and CDW have been appointed […]

Dell and Avanade Inc., an integrator for Microsoft solutions in the enterprise, today announced a partnership to deliver consulting services for the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Datacenter Server operating system. Dell said the new relationship augments its portfolio of consulting services available for Microsoft enterprise server products. The company has named Avanade as a preferred consulting […]

Centerstone Software, a Westwood, Mass., application service provider (ASP), has raised $5.5 million in first-round financing for product development and sales and marketing. Boston-based Egan-Managed Capital was the lead backer. Corning Technology Ventures, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation and Trans National Group also participated. “The Centerstone management roster is graced with both strategic depth and tactical […]

By Erin Joyce Five years from now, when VHS-format video tapes have gone the way of 8-Track tapes and researchers can’t access encrypted material on DVDs for fair use of copyrighted work, public outcry will force a narrowing of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Meanwhile, nations such as Russia will step up their warnings for […]

Seagate today announced its Barracuda 36ES2, an 18.4 GB and 36.9 GB entry-level SCSI disc drive offered exclusively to channel resellers, distributors, system integrators, and VARs. Seagate said the Barracuda 36ES2 is ideally suited for use in entry-level workstations and server systems, or for upgrading existing SCSI products and systems. The Barracuda 36ES2 is slated […]

Arrow North American Computer Products (NACP), a division of Arrow Electronics, Inc., a distributor of electronic components and computer products to industrial and commercial customers worldwide, today announced an expansion of its enterprise storage solutions group. Formerly known as Consan, an Arrow operating unit for mass storage solutions, Arrow Enterprise Storage Solutions (ESS) said it […]

DataCore Software Corporation today disclosed that Hitachi Ltd. participated as a strategic investor in its recently announced round of financing. The Intel Communications Fund also provided a follow-on investment. “Virtualization is one of the key technologies for enriching storage solution infrastructure and DataCore is the leading technology provider in this arena. We are very pleased […]

Dot Hill Systems Corp. today announced enhancements to its SANpath(TM) storage networking software and SANscape(TM) storage management software for SANnet(R) storage systems and appliances. Both products now support IP (Internet Protocol) interfaces, iSCSI and the AIX operating system. Additionally, SANpath 3.2 and SANscape 2.4 now provide improved support for the SANnet RAID Blade(TM), Dot Hill’s […]

Veritas today announced version 3.5VERITAS of its NetBackup Professional(TM). The company said the new version offers expanded backup and recovery capabilities for corporate desktops and laptops, allowing IT administrators to easily implement enterprise-class data protection for thousands of desktop or laptop client computers from a single server. Additionally, administrators can now configure VERITAS NetBackup Professional […]