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IBM today announced general availability of TotalStorage IP Storage 200i, an open-architecture network storage appliance that the company says is capable of transporting data and information via standard Internet protocols (IP). IP Storage 200i uses “iSCSI” — the emerging standard for transmitting SCSI storage protocols over IP — which is designed to deliver many of […]

Digi-Data Corporation today announced it has begun delivery of its new Fibre Sabre 2300 Family of RAID Systems, which it says delivers data from disks at a sustained rate over 160 megabytes per second. The principal components of these new Fibre Channel RAID Systems are Digi-Data’s new Fibre Sabre 2300 RAID controller and Seagate Technology […]

Optical components maker Agere Systems is continuing to feel the pain of a sharp downturn in the semiconductor industry, a pain that is shared with its troubled parent Lucent Technologies. Apparently deciding that the 2,000 layoffs it made in April were not enough to stem the tide, Agere Friday said it would slash its workforce […]

Managing South Africa’s fifth largest gold mining group is a daunting task that calls upon a synthesized and tightly integrated information technology architecture. “Extracting information out of variant systems and compiling it into management reports is time-consuming, expensive and labour-intensive,” said Chris Lerm, strategic planning leader for African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). To solve the dilemma […]

Aptimus to Appeal Delisting Notice, Considering Sale Spokespeople from Aptimus said the company has requested a hearing before Nasdaq officials to appeal a notice regarding its potential delisting from the exchange. The company also announced that it has retained the investment banking firm Dain Rauscher Wessels to assist in its evaluation of strategic alternatives — […]

Communications software vendor Virata Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTA) said this week that it has released a reference platform for creating products that support 802.11b wireless networks. The reference design is aimed at manufacturers of wireless devices, access points and infrastructure products such as wireless-to-broadband routers. The company said the reference design is aimed at enabling developers to […]

In-home networking using existing in-wall powerlines moved ahead Thursday as chipset vendor Intellon Corp. said that three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have bought its HomePlug chipsets. HomePlug 1.0 is a standard for using powerlines to connect devices within the home. It has been plagued with technical difficulties such as interference caused by use of electrical […]

Adaptec, Inc. today announced a restructuring plan that includes a reduction in workforce of approximately 325 positions or 15 percent of its workforce with additional cuts being made in discretionary spending. “These actions were made necessary by the sluggish economy, which has continued beyond most industry estimates, and has now spread into Europe and Asia,” […]

Tricord Systems, Inc. today announced the general availability of its Lunar Flare(TM) NAS product, a clustered server appliance. Joan Wrabetz, President and CEO, Tricord Systems, said, “Lunar Flare NAS is designed to address a crucial issue for companies of all sizes – managing growth. By clustering server appliances together and managing them as one resource, […]

Following weeks of outraged criticism, Microsoft Corp. Thursday backed away from plans to include the Smart Tags feature in Windows XP’s Internet Explorer 6. The Smart Tags feature would allow IE 6 to turn any word on a Web site into a link at Microsoft’s discretion. That link, without the Web site author’s knowledge or […]

Ellacoya Networks, a Merrimack, N.H., telecommunications infrastructure firm, has elected Peter Bell, CEO of StorageNetworks , to its board of directors. “Peter is a pioneer in the data storage management services and software markets,” said Ron Sege, Ellacoya’s president and CEO. “His track-record, market instinct and service provider perspective bring a great deal of value.” […]

Intel Corporation Tuesday unveiled two wireless local area networking (WLAN) products. One of the new products connects Palm handhelds to 802.llb WLANs and the other is a wireless residential gateway. The Palm product is an add-on card that connects Palm m500 handhelds to WLANs and was developed by Intel’s Xircom subsidiary. The Xircom Wireless LAN […]