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McDATA Corporation(R today announced the appointment of John A. Kelley to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Kelley was most recently executive vice president, for Qwest Communications International. “I am pleased to welcome John Kelley to McDATA,” said Jack McDonnell, chairman and chief executive officer of McDATA. “John’s history of successful […]

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), a Storage Area Networks (SANs)infrastructure vendor, today announced that IBM Corporation has qualified Brocade SilkWorm(R) fabric switches as interoperable with IBM eServer iSeries systems. “Brocade is pleased to be the first storage networking switch qualified interoperable with IBM eServer iSeries products,” Jack Cuthbert, Brocade vice president of Worldwide […]

Quantum Corporation’s DLTtape(TM) Group today announced that Dell, Compaq and IBM are now shipping storage backup products using Quantum’s Super DLTtape(TM) technology. The Dell PowerVault(TM) 110T SDLT Tape Drive includes the first of Quantum’s Super DLTtape systems. Other systems OEMs shipping Super DLTtape products include Compaq and IBM. Tandberg Data is a second source supplier […]

Panasonic(R) and Lineo(R), Inc., today announced the availability of a Lineo Embedix(TM) embedded Linux(TM) operating system image for Panasonic’s OEM DVD-RAM drive. According to the companies, by using an Embedix image created with the Lineo Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK) 2.0, the Panasonic 4.7/9.4GB rewritable DVD drive becomes a removable mass storage solution for any […]

Tricord Systems, Inc. today announced that Comark, Inc. has joined the Tricord Advantage Partner Program as an authorized channel partner. As a result, Comark is licensed to resell Tricord’s Lunar Flare(TM) NAS server appliance, and future clustered appliance solutions based on Tricord’s unique Illumina(TM) software. According to the companies, Tricord products will be sold through […]

Internet users in Singapore have been visiting the Web sites of five local banks more often in the March-May time frame, resulting in a gradual increase in the reach of the e-banking sector in the city state, according to Internet measurement firm NetValue. In the three-month period, reach across Singapore-based banking sites of DBS Group […]

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Sun Microsystems have launched an ASP Center to enable infrastructure and service providers to pilot their offerings. Located at the NTU Innovation Center, the newly opened ASP Center operates on the basis of partnerships with industry players to provide an environment for ASP […]

Westwood, Mass.-based performance management provider Precise Software Solutions today announced that SAP America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of German software giant SAP AG , has selected Precise’s service level compliance monitoring for customers of its mySAP Hosted Solutions. “We chose Precise’s solutions because they lead the industry with solutions that monitor the end-user experience and […]

Managed hosting service provider, Exodus Communications (Nasdaq: EXDS) Monday says it named William M. “Bill” Austin as the company’s executive vice president, finance, and chief financial officer. Dick Stoltz, who has been the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s interim CFO since May 2001, says he’ll remain with Exodus as a senior advisor. “Bill is an experienced […]

A new study published by Freeman Reports projects major shifts in the compact tape marke. As the trend toward network storage accelerates, SAN and NAS implementations of tape are resulting in the centralization of traditional tape functions. In the future, tape’s new role — providing cost-effective mass storage in a shared environment — will be […]

Internet trust services giant VeriSign, Inc. is teaming with Bantu, Inc., which provides secure, business-grade instant messaging (IM) and presence technology, to integrate VeriSign’s certificate services and secure messaging technology with Bantu’s IM & presence platform. The partnership will create the first certificate-based IM solution for enterprises, communications providers and governments. Digital certificates are considered […]

Hosting automation provider Ensim Corp. announced today the first Exchange Appliance software that lets hosting providers fully automate the creation, provisioning and deployment of service plans based on the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. “With more than 60 customers worldwide, ServerXchange has proven that is reliable, secure and truly essential to the migration toward next-generation hosting […]