Jeff Burt

Cheaper backup With storage needs going up and IT spending going down, businesses are looking for low-cost ways to back up data. Bundled offering OnStream Data B.V. last week began shipping ADR2.60ide, a digital tape drive that offers the performance of SCSI products but at a lower price. The Austin, Texas, companys new product comes […]

Important data can be lost forever if problems in backup systems arent caught soon enough. Bocada Inc. says it has the answer. BackupReport is a complete backup reporting, analysis and billing product that works with applications from a wide range of storage management vendors. The products Reliability and Diagnostics module will identify backup failures and […]

With application integration a front-line IT initiative—particularly when it comes to business-to-business ventures—some vendors are creating software that secures and stabilizes hybrid applications. Quovadx Inc., with customers in health care, entertainment and the public sector, is developing an integrated system-monitoring device called QDX Enterprise Monitor. Expected on the market in the first quarter of next […]

Its not exactly drive-through service, but its getting closer. TeleGea Inc. has unveiled a platform that enables telecommunications service providers to offer self-serve options to customers. The Emporium Enterprise platform reduces the complexity and time spent buying and managing telecom services. An Extensible Markup Language-based system, it integrates with a service providers back- office systems […]

DevX Inc., which serves as an information and services warehouse for corporate IT developers, recently opened two new Web sites aimed at helping programmers as they migrate to working with Web services and Microsoft Corp.s .Net platform. On Monday, the Palo Alto, Calif., company opened the .Net Zone, at www.devx.com/dotnet. The site features step-by-step tutorials, […]

Microsoft Corp. has made it easier for developers to gain entrance into its online developer community and access to various programming tools. The Redmond, Wash., software giant on Monday announced two new subscription levels for its Microsoft Developer Network, or MSDN. The new levels—which bring the total number to five—are the Professional and Enterprise levels. […]

NEC Computers Inc. this week said it is bringing its fault-tolerant Intel-based server to North America. The Express5800/320La server is the first product in the Boxboro, Mass., companys Express5800/ft series that it will sell in the United States. The company already has been selling it in Japan. The series is based on Intel Corp.s Pentium […]

IBM today announced new e-commerce software designed to give businesses greater flexibility in how they use Big Blues WebSphere product line. A key part of the announcement centered around the release of WebSphere Enterprise Edition. Using the tools in the new release, businesses can plug IBMs Advanced Editions more powerful modules into the low-end WebSphere […]

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it will lay off 2,300 workers and close two facilities in Austin, Texas. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company has been stung in recent months by defections by OEMs and the downturn of the economy, but an AMD spokesman today said the layoffs and closings have more to do […]

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it will lay off 2,300 workers and close two facilities in Austin, Texas. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company has been stung in recent months by defections by OEMs and the downturn of the economy, but an AMD spokesman today said the layoffs and closings have more to do […]

Macromedia Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a deal that will make it easier for OEMs to package Macromedia Flash Player into their Windows CE devices. The deal will center around discounted fees for OEMs who want to port Flash Player onto their devices. Peter Goldie, general manager for San Francisco-based Macromedia, said that Flash […]

WAN managers trying to peer into the performance of Packet-over-SONET links have had little visibility. NetScout Systems Inc., of Westford, Mass., plans to change that with its latest probe, which gathers real-time utilization and performance data on Packet-over-Synchronous Optical Networks. nGenius Probe 9300 monitors OC-3 and OC-12 Packet-over-SONET links and the IP applications that traverse […]