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StorageNetworks, Inc. , a provider of data storage management software and services, and Exodus Communications, Inc., a provider of managed hosting services, today announced that they have reaffirmed their cooperative business relationship and resolved all outstanding financial matters between the companies. According to the companies, Exodus has agreed to assume all material contracts between Exodus […]

SteelEye(TM) Technology Inc., a provider of clustering software for Windows, Linux, and Solaris environments, today announced the immediate availability of its new SteelEye Disaster Recovery Solution(TM) with packaged support for SAP R/3, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft IIS, Netscape and other environments. SteelEye said its new Disaster Recovery Solution provides WAN-optimized data mirroring and […]

Auspex Systems, Inc. today introduced a new Network Attached Storage (NAS) server called the Auspex brat. The company said all components in the brat come installed in a 52″ high x 28″ wide cabinet that occupies roughly half the space of a typical Auspex server. It includes 500 GB of storage, expandable in 500 GB […]

Retailers in the United States sold more than 300,000 copies of the professional and home editions of Windows XP during the three-day period following its official launch, according to NPD Intelect. Initial retail unit sales of Windows XP during Oct. 25 to 27, 2001 surpassed those recorded for Windows Millenium Edition (Me) in the three-day […]

AT&T Broadband, the dominant U.S. cable television company, said last week it would increase 2002 cable service rates by an average of 5.5 percent to offset its increased operating costs and the higher fees it pays for programming. Declining profitability, along with a morose economic outlook and increased programming fees, forced AT&T Broadband to re-think […]

IBM today unveiled three new hard disk drives. The new drives include the Deskstar 120GXP, a low-power 3.5-inch desktop, 7200RPM hard drive with a 120 gigabyte (GB) capacity, the Travelstar 5400 RPM 60H with 60 GB of capacity and the new Travelstar 4200 RPM 40GN at 40GB. “We are fortifying the new generation of Travelstar […]

amerivault corporation this week announced an expanded partnership with Compaq Global Services to extend online backup services to Compaq’s corporate customers. “Backing up data for easy restore is not just a matter of protection against disaster, it is an integral part of business process-facilitating daily operations and increasing productivity and reliability,” said Bud Stoddard, President […]

Short-range Bluetooth supposedly has been on the brink of breakthrough for quite a while, two studies released Wendesday say it now really, really is close to widespread adoption. A study by Frost & Sullivan says that, while security, interoperability and interference problems still remain, the Bluetooth 1.1 specification is solid enough to make the technology […]

Centra , a Lexington, Mass., provider of software and services for distance learning and business collaboration, has established a new sales office in Germany. To date, Centra has been working closely with a local distribution partner, Tertia Edusoft, a provider of media applications for corporate training in Germany. In the last year, Centra and Tertia […]

Nearly one year after it was set up by parent companies NeuStar and Melbourne IT, Sterling, Va.-based NeuLevel – the exclusive registry operator for the .biz top level Internet domain – has today formally activated more than 160,000 pre-registered .biz domain names from more than 150 countries, and has also started taking registrations for additional […]

Intacct, a Los Gatos, Calif-based accounting ASP, yesterday announced a strategic partnership with payroll services giant ADP. The partnership marks the first integration of ADP’s Major Accounts payroll solutions with an online accounting system, Intacct reports. As part of the Intacct-ADP partnership, Intacct will integrate its online General Ledger application with ADP’s Major Accounts payroll […]

Adding database backup to its e-business suite, Progress Software , a Bedford, Mass., e-business applications maker, has bought PeerDirect, of Toronto, for an undisclosed sum. All PeerDirect employees have accepted jobs with one of Progress’ three business units — Progress Company, NuSphere, Sonic Software. The workers will continue to enhance PeerDirect’s technology, including adding support […]