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The task of archiving high-end databases while minimizing downtime becomes more complex and uses expensive storage each time its done. However, niche firm OuterBay Technologies Inc. may have the solution. The San Jose, Calif., company late last year launched LiveArchive for Oracle Database, and plans new versions this summer and in 2003, CEO Rich Butterfield […]

As major hardware makers in the data storage industry continue their move into software, one smaller hardware company, Storage Technology Corp., is taking the lesson to heart. StorageTek, in Louisville, Colo., last week unveiled a data recovery service and new business continuity plans. The announcement makes available services that the company already offers in custom […]

Twenty years ago, the arrival of the IBM PC struck IT departments like a bomb. IT managers had no idea how deeply PCs would penetrate and then obliterate their big-iron world. PC sales soared as workers brought the radical devices into companies via the back door. Years passed before IT recovered. How powerful was the […]

Thinking of the future Industry experts envision a future where people can work from anywhere, using a variety of wired and wireless devices. Hewlett-Packard Co. this month rolled out two notebooks designed to fit into this scenario. Versatility The Palo Alto, Calif., companys Pavilion zt1000 notebook PC offers embedded 802.11b wireless connectivity, with optional integrated […]

Treo Launch Pushed Back Handspring announced last week that its long-awaited Treo device will have corporate e-mail service by midyear, but that the first version wont have always-on capabilities. Treo, which combines a personal digital assistant, cell phone and pager, will be available to U.S. customers next month via the companys Web site. It should […]

O the irony! The week that Apple introduces a new piece of desktop sculpture, IBM says goodbye to desktop manufacturing. For anyone who remembers the Apple vs. IBM desktop rivalries of the 80s, it was a pinch-me moment: This couldnt be real. And if that werent enough, during the same week, Gateways bonds were downgraded […]

Starting last year, Compaq Computer Corp. has been pushing, mostly through partnerships, to build a global, on-demand IP storage network. Last week, the Houston-based company took another step toward the network when it bought service provider technology from startup Storability Inc. The deal, made by Compaqs Global Services division, gives the company a copy of […]

In the true spirit of the open-source community, IP Metrics Software Inc. last week launched a version of its vendor-neutral, NIC-based load balancing software for Linux. The NIC Express for Linux 1.0 trunking software allows network operators to load balance network traffic across two or more network connections into Linux servers. It also allows network […]

Messaging often is the glue that keeps many enterprises up and running. Symon Communications Inc., of Sugar Land, Texas, has released Net-Brite 2.0, an electronic wallboard product that enables users to send messages to multiple areas with different timeouts. It also features an enhanced upgrade monitor, boot-up mode, text-to-speech capabilities, .wav file abilities, extra display […]

What are web services? The answer depends on whom you ask. To major vendors promoting the idea, Web services are self-describing applications that live online and that, using standards such as SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), Web Services Description Language, and Universal Description, Discovery and Integration, can be accessed and used by any client. To […]