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A group of 16 companies has agreed on a theoretical architecture for storage management applications that use the Common Information Model, officials of the Storage Networking Industry Association said Wednesday. CIM, designed by the Distributed Management Task Forces Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative, is an object-oriented encoding specification using XML and HTTP for controlling […]

IBM and Dell Computer Corp. on Tuesday separately announced entry-level/midrange storage solutions. Officials of IBMs Storage Systems Group announced upgrades to its network-attached storage products, including the previously announced Director 3.1 software, and new prepackaged offerings for digital media and life sciences fields. New hardware and software options affect several NAS (network-attached storage) products from […]

Pitchman Gets A Product Line Dude, youve got … A line of clothing and accessories? Dell, which inexplicably found a hit spokesman in a conniving teenager named Steven, is rolling out a line of products based on his trademark tag line, “Dude, youre getting a Dell.” The line of Dude Gear that was unveiled last […]

Five years ago, finding a telecom visionary wasnt very hard. Guys like Mike Armstrong, Bernie Ebbers and Joe Nacchio were wowing Wall Street and racking up huge personal fortunes. They were labeled visionaries — leaders with keen insight into what the future of telecom would bring. Perhaps more importantly, they had the power and financial […]

Major computer makers are continuing their push to pack more performance into smaller servers, with Dell Computer Corp. last week announcing its first rack-mounted server to feature dual Intel Xeon processors with hyperthreading. The hyperthreading technology featured in the new Xeon from Intel Corp., code-named Prestonia, enables operating systems to view one processor as if […]

Elton apparently has left the building. Nortel Networks wont be offering an encore of last years invitation-only Elton John concert to mark the 2002 edition of Supercomm in Atlanta. But attendees of the annual telecom main event can expect some joyful noise from suppliers, especially those hawking passive optical networking and video technologies. On the […]

High-end IP storage networking hasnt succeeded yet, so Cisco Systems Inc. is trying for success in the midrange and workgroup niches and last week unveiled the SN 5428 router. Adoption in the high-end market, where Ciscos earlier SN 5420 plays, “has been minimal if at all,” and “theres still quite a bit of work to […]

The latest FBI/computer security institute survey has a bit of good news for a change. According to the 503 security practitioners who responded, 90 percent of enterprises are using anti-virus software to protect their networks. At the same time, however, far too many companies continue to suffer from expensive security breaches. Eighty percent said they […]

New technologies—one near-term, one long-term—will separately help Advanced Digital Information Corp. and IBM bring users modern software intelligence and high capacity on traditional tape storage. On the tape intelligence front, ADIC, of Redmond, Wash., recently acquired the intellectual property and staff of virtual tape startup V-Stor LLC for an undisclosed price. The technology being developed […]

While company officials, in Armonk, N.Y., declined to discuss details of the layoff plans, sources said 10,000 to 20,000 employees could be cut over the next quarter. IBMs hard-hit semiconductor manufacturing facilities—specifically plants in Essex Junction, Vt., and East Fishkill and Endicott, N.Y.—are expected to be among sites affected. In his first public meeting as […]

If we understand the testimony of Microsoft executives, the companys Windows code and business practices are on active duty, helping defend the United States in its war on terror. Appearing in U.S. District Court to fight the nine dissenting states proposed tougher antitrust remedies, Jim Allchin, Microsofts group vice president for platforms, testified that requirements […]

StorageNetworks inc., which was once at the top of the storage service provider heap, later this month or in June will roll out the first application in its push to productize its internal storage management software. Peter Bell, CEO of the Waltham, Mass., company, said last week StorageManager 5.0 will be followed over the next […]