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Vancouver, Wash.-based Micro Sharp Technology Inc. Wednesday sealed a deal with Astaro to market Astaro’s firewall software product as part of the Netule line of products. Netule is a robust, thin server appliance solution, and the deal will allow Micro Sharp to develop an integrated Netule turn key hardware/software solution based on Astaro’s technology. Micro […]

Auspex Systems, Inc. , a provider of Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions, today announced that its new NS3010 enterprise file server has received validation for use in Oracle database environments under the Oracle Storage Compatibility Program. “Organizations around the world rely on Oracle to provide database solutions for very large or highly distributed mission-critical operations, […]

Xdrive Technologies, a leading provider of Internet Information Management software and services, today announced an agreement with Microsoft, to include the Xdrive Online Storage Service as a Web Service accessible via Microsoft Windows XP. According to the company, the Xdrive service can be accessed via the Windows XP Web Publishing Wizard. By choosing this option, […]

Enterprise Storage MTI Technology Corp. today announced the opening of an updated Customer Response Center, which it says offers a wide range of services to support MTI customers’ storage resources According to the company, the Center is staffed by experts who provide a convenient single point of contact for all storage support requirements. In addition […]

ApplianceWare(TM), Inc., a network attached storage (NAS) software firm, this week announced the launch of its AW 3.3 NAS Software. According to the company, the product’s newest features include back-up agent, hardware RAID with Hot Spare support and NIC load-balancing capabilities. “We are excited about AW 3.3 because it provides the best performance and value […]

StorageTek(R) (Storage Technology Corp.) today announced it has achieved a second Jiro Enabled Certification, this time for the StorageTek Horizon Dynamic Library Controller 1.0. The company said Jiro technology simplifies the integration of StorageTek’s tape and library products with other Jiro technology-enabled devices and applications in open storage area networks (SANs). “Jiro technology facilitates interoperable […]

The Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) Tuesday rolled out its new service platform for managed services delivered via home networks. The non-profit industry group officially announced widespread availability of OSGi Service Platform Release 2. The initial OSGi version was released in 2000. OSGi aims at delivering a common architecture for service providers, network operators, developers […]

In another sign of increasingly tight competition to win over cash-crunched corporate IT customers, International Business Machines has eased up on financing terms for Information Technology buys. The options IBM is now offering include a 5.1 percent financing rate, plus a three-month deferral on the first payment towards hardware, software or other major purchases of […]

By Ryan Naraine Online/offline direct marketing firm Alloy, Inc. , best-known for selling to teenaged girls, is going equal opportunity in its marketing approach by acquiring Dan’s Competition, Inc. for about $38.6 million. The New York-based Alloy said it would issue approximately 2.1 million shares of stock and pay $11 million in cash to acquire […]

MSN, First USA Promote Visa Card Redmond, Wash.-based Web portal MSN will promote a co-branded card with Bank One Corp.’s First USA, through a deal announced Tuesday. The card is the first to bear MSN’s name and butterfly logo, as well as the trademark of Microsoft Corp., which owns MSN. The MSN Titanium Visa credit […]

Cingular Wireless, which already has launched next-generation GPRS service in Seattle, Tuesday said it was adding access to enterprise e-mail to the service. Dubbed Xpress Mail, the company has been rolling out the service to a handful of customers and is expected to be fully deployed later this fall. It employs mobile software developed by […]

BroadVision Inc. , a provider of enterprise self-service applications, today announced that its ASP partner Frontera Corp. recently went live with a BroadVision-powered, e-business solution for custom nutrition program provider, Custom Nutrition Services (CNS). Using BroadVision’s suite of applications Frontera has created the first BroadVision-powered e-commerce system allowing CNS to provide private label and custom […]