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As midsize businesses show increasing interest in SANs, storage area network developers are more eager to help them take the plunge. Adaptec Inc. this week at the Intel Developer Forum, in San Jose, Calif., will show its first IP-enabled storage arrays, with native IP connections and Serial ATA drives, said Tim Connolly, director of external […]

Cometa Networks plans to install 250 Wi-Fi hot spots in the Seattle metropolitan area, giving the city the nations highest density of public Wi-Fi access. The hot spots will be rolled out in McDonalds; Barnes & Noble bookstores; Tullys Coffee; several buildings owned by Seattles Equity Office, including the Bank of America Tower; and two […]

What will Microsofts role be in the it industry of 2010? Thats far off, but on the way to that time, Microsoft will release its “Longhorn” version of Windows. That milestone will go a long way toward determining the largest software companys stature in the IT pantheon for the rest of this decade and beyond. […]

CHICAGO (AP)—The fledgling competition to develop “smarter” cell phones for Web-hungry consumers is getting a powerful new tag-team entry: Motorola Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The nations largest cell-phone and software manufacturers plan to announce an alliance Monday under which Microsoft software will power a series of new Motorola smart phones and wireless devices. The products, […]

Hardware RLX Makes Moves in Storage Area Networking Blade-server pioneer RLX Technologies Inc. will look to update its image next week when it introduces a number of servers and management applications, as well as an expansion into server and storage-networking products. In addition to new management software, RLX will also for the first time offer […]

Hardware StorageTek Introduces New Midrange Subsystem Storage Technology Corp. this week announced the D240 subsystem at the Storage Decisions conference in Chicago, Aimed at the midtier enterprise customer, the product is positioned as the next logical step in the companys information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy, which aims to help customers put different types of stored […]

The results of this months research are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. (To download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in, click here.) Is E-Business Finally Living Up To Its Hype? 42% of Companies Revenues Have Significantly Increased Due to E-Business 59% of Companies Report Significant Cost Savings Due to E-Business 60% of Cios Say […]

Your IT skills are a global commodity. And they are vastly cheaper in other parts of the world. As programming and other top jobs move abroad, the gaps they leave behind affect everyone—especially Uncle Sam and national security. These articles bring you the tools and advice to evaluate the changing landscape of human resources and […]

Virus Internet virus writers marked the two-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks in their own inimitable style, releasing Internet contagions that prey on peoples sentimentality and fears. Two Internet infections have surfaced in the past week — “Neroma” and “Vote.K” — that carry September 11 references, computer experts said. Meanwhile, British security firm Sophos […]

Microsoft has been wavering as to its Windows XP service-pack plans. But now it appears that the Redmond software maker is, indeed, going to issue a service pack prior XP Service Pack 2, which is expected around the third quarter of next year. As reported on Steven Binks Windows site, among others, Microsoft notified testers […]

Where are the weak spots in your organizations security perimeter? Is there a black market in your companys access key-cards? Is your backup data center a power failure away from going dark? If your company needs answers to such pressing questions, you could do worse than to call on Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) for […]

Traditional video-security systems are known as closed-circuit television (CCTV) for a good reason: These workhorses of perimeter security typically use dedicated coaxial cable to carry images in analog waves. They cant hook into companies digital communications networks easily. Managers like Scott Morrill increasingly want to watch what happens on the factory floor, and use digital […]