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Xdrive Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of the new Xdrive WorkGroup(TM) service for small and medium business organizations. Xdrive WorkGroup is a multi-user version of the company’s consumer online storage service Xdrive Plus. The company said Xdrive WorkGroup allows an organization to create and administer a secure community of online storage accounts, enabling a […]

Crossroads Systems Inc. today announced that VERITAS Software Corporation has qualified its new line of multi-protocol routers, the Crossroads 8000, as interoperable with VERITAS NetBackup(tm). “Testing and compatibility between Crossroads and VERITAS Software ensures full interoperability in a heterogeneous environment,” said Neal Ater, senior vice president of data protection products, VERITAS Software. “The Crossroads 8000 […]

XIOtech Corporation, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology and and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a research and engineering company, today announced their latest Professional Services offering: SAN Design. According to the companies, SAN Design provides businesses with a blueprint to ensure their IT infrastructure will support their business requirements and storage needs. It is a […]

NuView, Inc. today announced immediate availability of StorageX a storage management solution for Microsoft Windows environments. NuView said StorageX works with Microsoft’s Distributed File System (Dfs) technology to provide means for viewing, accessing, and managing files that are distributed throughout a WAN. Dfs is a network sever component that Microsoft includes with its Windows 2000 […]

The House passed the Internet Non-Discrimination Act [HR 1552] on Oct. 16 by a unanimous voice vote. This bill extends the current Internet tax moratorium, for access and sales, another two years. The current ban, which was enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998, expired on October 21. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald […]

In a move to cement its relationship with its 175,000 registered developers, Palm Inc. Tuesday unveiled new developer programs. Specifically, the company now is offering a two-level developer program, a certification exam and online training for developers. The revised Palm OS Developer Program now offers what the company calls an “Advantage” level of membership. Those […]

Maxtor Corporation today announced the availability of the MaxAttach(TM) NAS 6000. Maxtor said the MaxAttach offers capacities up to 5.7 terabytes (TB) and high data availability features. The company said the Windows powered MaxAttach NAS 6000 features broad interoperability and allows file sharing among Windows, UNIX/Linux, Macintosh and NetWare environments. According to Maxtor, the MaxAttach […]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and training provider Infinity I/O this week launched what they said is the first vendor-independent storage networking professional certification program. The launch of the Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (FC-SAN) Certification program coincided with the opening of Storage Networking World(R)in Orlando, FL. “The market needs trained professionals. The FC-SAN […]

Spectra Logic, a manufacturer of AIT tape libraries, today announced the immediate availability of its TAOS (Tape Appliance Operating System) library solutions for IP storage environments. Spectra Logic said the TAOS-enabled Spectra 64000 and 12000 library models are the first native Gigabit Ethernet tape libraries available on the market. The Spectra 2000 model, a workgroup-level […]

Exabyte Corporation , a manufacturer of tape drives and tape libraries, today announced that it has signed with IBM to provide proof-of-concept testing and installation services in Storage Area Networks (SAN) environments. The companies said Proof-of-concept testing allows Exabyte and IBM Global Services to jointly set up a SAN environment in the IBM SAN laboratory […]

LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc. today announced the availability of end-to-end, professional data migration services for enterprises with heterogeneous server and storage systems. LSI Logic Storage Systems’ data migration services, which will be provided by the company’s Professional Services Group, feature the company’s ContinuStor(TM) Director, an independent replication and virtualization device. According to the company, […]

IBM today announced availability of the Mylex SANArray FFx-2, a two gigabit (2Gb) per second end-to-end Fibre Channel RAID controller. The SANArray FFx-2 is the follow-on generation to the 1Gb SANArray FFx, the most widely-used external RAID controller in the server and storage subsystem OEM market. “We designed the SANArray FFx-2 to support heterogeneous SAN […]