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Network Appliance Inc. is giving users a storage-over-IP connectivity kit, new software updates, and an upgrade to its disk-based backup appliance, officials of the Sunnyvale, Calif. company announced yesterday. To use the new iSCSI option in the 800- and 900-series of NetApps Filer line, users must download a free software upgrade, and install $1,500 Intel […]

Trustbusters Take Case to Europe Having been rebuffed in U.S. courts, the Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed a complaint with the European Commission claiming that Microsoft has violated European Union antitrust laws with Windows XP. The CCIA alleges that Microsoft uses its dominance in PC operating systems, browsers and office applications to unfairly […]

Two of the largest disaster recovery companies, Iron Mountain Inc. and Schlumberger Ltd., are enhancing their services in response to storage management trends and the threat of terrorism. Iron Mountain will announce this week its new PC Electronic Vaulting service, which backs up desktop and laptop computers left out of normal network and server backup […]

Symmetrix DMX, the sixth-generation, high-end storage array unveiled by EMC Corp. earlier this month, is expected to reassert the companys high-performance leadership. But most users of Symmetrix 5.5 or rival products wont rush to upgrade, saying that for now, speed isnt a big problem. The series has five models: the DMX800, the industrys first modular […]

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There is no reason for any individual to have a computer at home. Corporations will never embrace open-source software such as Linux. Unix is snake oil. The history of the IT industry is littered with such discredited axioms. It may be time to add another to the list: Enterprises will never entrust offshore providers with […]

Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced availability of its external FireWire/USB 2.0 combo hard drives, with a 7,200-RPM Western Digital Caviar hard drive inside and with available capacities of 120 and 200 Gbytes. The hard drives are compatible with any computer with an available FireWire or USB 2.0 port and are backwards compatible with existing […]

Wireless company TTPCom will challenge Nokias N-Gage in the suddenly expanding market for mobile game players that also serve as mobile phones. The new TTPCom Bngo game player uses a tri-band GSM wireless protocol to connect to other mobiles, and an ARM7 microprocessor, which runs the TTPCom wireless graphics engine. Unlike the N-Gage, which uses […]

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21% of top IT executives left business posts to become CIOs 49%: the amount of their time CIOs spend on business issues 55%: the amount of their time CIOs wish they could spend on business issues 22% of CIOs cite “cost and budget pressures” as their top frustration Its been another tough year for CIOs. […]

TRUE FALSE We use e-mail to authorize purchase orders and other financial documents Our network supports many remote and mobile workers Employees carry highly confidential information on laptops Certain processes (e.g., approving salary increases) would ideally be restricted to specific workstations We frequently send confidential information to third parties via e-mail Note: This quiz requires […]

New high-end and midrange tape products are coming, with a focus on security and reliability. Spectra Logic Corp., with financial customers as one target audience, is now shipping WORM (write-once, read-many) technology in AIT devices. Meanwhile, Imation Corp. has improved its capacity and signal-to-noise ratio in LTO units. The developments follow recent overall format upgrades […]