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Early-stage telecommunications companies that have not received any institutional funding are invited to submit business plans for the First Annual Virginia Telecom Business Plan Challenge. Entries are due by Nov. 1, with five finalists to be selected by Nov. 27. Guidelines and applications are available at www.akingump.com. No entry fee is required. The winning entry, […]

Yahoo! Inc.’s business communications division, Yahoo! Broadcast Services, has unveiled the Yahoo! Training Management Studio. The new service is designed to meet the growing need for rapid online training and initial offerings will include the skills deemed to be most in demand, such as customer relationship management (CRM) and customer education. “With increasing competitiveness, it […]

LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., a supplier of innovative storage solutions for the open enterprise, today announced that the company has joined BMC Software’s Application-Centric Storage Management(TM) (ACSM(TM)) Consortium in order to jointly develop integrated storage solutions, align marketing opportunities, and strengthen key competencies via training and certification. According to the companies, ACSM helps customers […]

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced the latest release of BrightStor Storage Resource Manager (SRM), the company’s enterprise-wide storage resource management solution. CA said BrightStor SRM is designed for ease of deployment and administration. Release 6.2 optimizes the performance and integrity of customers’ critical messaging/collaboration applications by providing extended support for and integration with […]

Punch Networks Corp. today announced that its product, Punch WebGroups, is now available at IBM Web site’s Small Business Center. According to the company, Punch WebGroups allows users to instantly create a secure place on the Web for group file storage and sharing, without the need for special software or involvement from technical professionals. It […]

Vicom Systems, Inc., a storage virtualization vendor and QLogic Corp., a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure provider, today announced their intention to jointly deploy turnkey storage virtualization products for enterprise storage environments. As part of the strategic relationship, Vicom and QLogic plan to: — Cross-certify the Vicom Storage Virtualization Engine (SVE) with QLogic SANbox(TM) switches […]

Seattle-based Punch Networks Corp. made its Punch WebGroups file storage and sharing technology available through IBM Corp.’s Small Business Center. Punch’s technology allows users to instantly create a secure place on the Web for group file storage and sharing without the need for special software or involvement from technical professionals. It offers secure, always-available Web […]

Storage Access Technologies Inc. today announced that Ian Sutcliffe has been elected to the Board of Directors and appointed Chairman and CEO of the Company. Mr. Sutcliffe, a management consultant was previously President of Mediconsult.com Ltd. from July 1996 to April 2001, when it was sold to Andrx Corporation’s Internet division, Cybear. Prior to Mediconsult.com, […]

Tricord Systems, Inc. , developer of the Illumina(TM) clustering software and Lunar Flare(TM) NAS clustered server appliance, today announced the hiring of Keith Thorndyke to fill the role of chief operating officer. As COO, Thorndyke will be responsible for all operating groups within the company and will drive the implementation of corporate strategy. “Keith has […]

Greenland Corporation today announced the acquisition of a minority interest in Zzyzx Peripherals, Inc. (pronounced “Zee-Zix”), a privately held data storage solutions company based in San Diego, California. Zzyzx designs, manufactures and deploys network data storage systems, workstations and peripheral devices for large enterprise customers nationwide, including Conoco, Texas Instruments, Motorola, MIT and the Department […]

DataDirect Networks Inc. today announced it has completed a $9.9 million round of funding on Monday, money the company says will help it expand. According to the company, its flagship product is a metal box, about the size of a microwave, that’s able to store up to 100 tetrabytes of computer data. The average data […]

Application infrastruture software provider Abridean today announced that USA.net, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based messaging service provider will use AbrideanProvisor to provision and manage its Microsoft Exchange 2000 offering. The AbrideanProvisor platform is designed to help service providers automate and simplify the provisioning and management of hosted enterprise applications. Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Abridean also announced the […]