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South African media and entertainment group Johnnic Communications Thursday launched a R100-million (US$11.9 million) education business, Johnnic Learning, aimed at providing lifelong learning by harnessing the group’s existing strengths in the content, technology and distribution fields. At the same time, M-Cell, the Johnnic telecommunications arm, announced the MTN Schools Connectivity Project, which will see R21-million […]

Finisar Corporation , a gigabit fiber optic solutions provider for high-speed data and telecommunication networks, this week announced an agreement to support Intel Corporation’s InfiniBand Test Developer’s Kit (TDK). Finisar protocol analyzers will be coupled with Intel’s Test Development Kit. The TDK runs turn-key suites and supports development and debug of customized tests. Finisar said […]

Intranets.com, a Boston provider of internal corporate communications platforms, has promoted Rick Faulk to CEO and Tim Peacock to president and COO. Faulk and Peacock were vice president of marketing and vice president of development, respectively. They replace Steve Crummey, who left to lead e-StudioLive, a Chelmsford, Mass., maker of Webcasting systems. Crummey will continue […]

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is prepared to spend S$5 million (US$2.9 million) in the next year on upgrading the skill sets of 3,500 infocomm professionals under its Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Program (CITREP). The funds set aside for the next year will also support an expanded scope of skills areas covered by […]

ASP aggregator Jamcracker today announced a new channel program designed to give partner companies the capability to offer their customers a comprehensive set of Web services on a single platform. According to the company, the Jamcracker Strategic Alliances Program was developed in response to demand from large business services providers (BSPs) — including software and […]

Dot Hill Systems Corp., a supplier of carrier-class data storage and storage area network (SAN) solutions, and Sistina Software, a storage software that company, yesterday announced a partnership at LinuxWorld Expo. Dot Hill and Sistina said they have worked together in the development of Device Memory Export Protocol (DMEP), which works in conjunction with Sistina’s […]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) this week announced that in conjunction with Infinity I/O it will launch a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (FC-SAN) certification program in late October in the U.S. and Europe to test IT professionals’ expertise in Fibre Channel-based SANs. The SNIA FC-SAN Certification Program is the first module of the […]

SteelEye(TM) Technology Inc., a provider of clustering software for Linux, Windows and Solaris environments, today announced the general availability of the latest release of its LifeKeeper(R) for Linux 4.0 product. According to SteelEye, new features in LifeKeeper include: — Scalability to 32-node clusters, with support for Intel-based IA-32 and IA-64 servers; — Compatibility with most […]

Seagate and StorageTek this week announced they have extended their current relationship to continue delivering solutions for both mid-range systems and future enterprise-class offerings. As part of the ongoing relationship, StorageTek will integrate Seagate’s second-generation Cheetah X15 36LP disc drive into its mid-range disc product family. In addition, StorageTek and Seagate are currently working together […]

Altera Corporation this week announced that Altera’s system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions are being integrated into BlueArc Corporation’s SiliconServer architecture. Altera said the SiliconServer architecture approach to storage technology overcomes the limitations of traditional server architectures by implementing speed critical data-paths using programmable logic-accelerated hardware rather than software. BlueArc is currently shipping the first product based on […]

Canoga Perkins, a supplier of fiber optic extension equipment and WDM systems, this week announced what it claims is the first NEBS Level 3 approved Fibre Channel product to make long distance SAN networking easy and reliable. Canoga Perkins said its 9125 Fibre Channel Xtender is SAN product that is NEBS Level 3 certified and […]

Financial news provider Dow Jones Newswires will standardize its North American sales and customer support operations on salesforce.com’s online customer relationship management (CRM) service. Dow Jones Newswires, published by Dow Jones & Company, delivers electronic, real-time news for global market professionals and therefore must provide timely and accurate response to customer inquiries. “At Dow Jones […]