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McDATA(R) Corporation today announced that its Galaxy-class 6000 Series Directors are upgradeable to 10 gigabit per second (Gbps). “McDATA was the clear choice when it came to building our storage network. Their Galaxy-class 6000 Series Directors are the right fit for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee,” said Bob Venable, manager of enterprise systems at BlueCross BlueShield […]

Merant , the Hillsboro, Ore.-based enterprise change management (ECM) firm, today announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Macromedia Inc., under which it will bundle Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 or Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 with Merant PVCS Content Manager 2.0. Merant says this integration reinforces its commitment to providing customers with a dynamic content management […]

Legato Systems, Inc. today announced the availability of Legato NetWorker(R) 4.2 for Novell NetWare, which it said delivers key management capabilities for protecting NetWare storage assets and support for Novell’s new platform release, NetWare 6. “Legato shares Novell’s commitment to pioneer products that meet the highest standards for data storage management,” said Carleton Watkins, director […]

InterSAN(TM), a applications-based Storage Area Management (SAM) software vendor , today announced the appointment of Karen Dutch as vice president of marketing, and Dennis Morrison as CFO and vice president of operations. According to the company, expansion of the InterSAN management team will support the company’s rapid growth, which is fueled by partnerships with industry […]

Overland Data Inc. , a mid-range tape automation solutions vendor, today introduced the newest member of its non-stop Neo(TM) series tape library — the LXN4000. According to the company, the LXN4000 supplys up to 24 TB of capacity, enterprise performance, and an advanced feature set. The company said it is the ideal solution for both […]

Citing “continued challenging economic conditions,” Internet consultant Viant has fired 116 workers, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The job cuts will be completed by year’s end and will affect all six offices. In addition to its Boston headquarters, Viant has a presence in Atlanta, Chicago, London, Los Angeles and New […]

StorageTek(R) (Storage Technology Corp.) and JNI(R) Corporation today announced that StorageTek has certified JNI’s 2 Gb Ready(TM) FibreStar(R) PCI and SBus Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) for use in StorageTek’s tape automation and virtual backup/restore solutions. Two families of JNI HBAs have been qualified by StorageTek: The 2 Gb Ready FCE-6460 PCI and 2 […]

OTG Software Inc. (Nasdaq: OTGS) today announced that Rising Edge Technologies, a storage appliance vendor, has added OTG’s email and video archival solutions to its archive appliance servers. “OTG’s clear understanding and technological expertise in the storage industry made it an easy choice for us to offer their solutions with our servers,” said Jerry Curl, […]

WorldStreet Corporation, a provider of relationship-based communications infrastructure for the financial services industry, today announced it has implemented storage solutions from Network Appliance, Inc. According to the companies, WorldStreet now utilizes Network Appliance(TM) Center-to-Edge(TM) architecture with NetApp(R) filers in its recently announced WorldStreet Net(TM) Version 3.0. WorldStreet said WorldStreet Net(TM) is an infrastructure solution for […]

TrueArc, Inc., a provider of intelligent classification, storage and retrieval of electronic communications solutions, and PinkRoccade Public, a provider of infrastructure management and applications services in the Netherlands, today announced a partnership to provide TrueArc’s ForeMost. Enterprise records management solutions to the Government and Commercial organizations of the Netherlands. “We are extremely pleased to have […]

NetOctave, a developer of silicon-based SSL and IPsec network security solutions, today announced a new product family for the IP Storage market. According to the company, the NSP4000-Storage Product Family will provide integrated, wire-speed security processing for OEM manufacturers of storage-related network equipment. NetOctave said the first product in the new product family, the NSP4200, […]

By @NY Staff firstRain, Inc., a maker of “portlets” that help people manage Web-based internal and external information, went searching in the venture capital desert for $8 million and hit an $11 million oasis. The investment may say less about the current negative sentiment regarding Web-based ventures and more about the marquee tech names that […]