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3Com Launches New Wireless Networking Gear for SMBs
3Com Corp. Monday unveiled several new wireless networking products for small business customers who need certain enterprise-level features but can’t afford enterprise-level prices. “The way we position ourselves is to deliver enterprise-class products to SMB,” said Neil Kaufman, senior director of the small business product line at 3Com, in Santa Clara, Calif. Rolling out throughout…
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Microsoft Targets Continuity with Data Protection Server
CHICAGO—Microsoft Corp. officials said the company will expand its storage portfolio and vision deep into the lucrative disk-based backup and recovery arena next year. The software maker on Monday took the wraps off its Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS) at the Storage Decisions 2004 conference here. Data Protection Server is currently in limited beta release…
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Resellers Eye Cisco’s SAN Extension Foray
If you are a reseller specializing in storage, you’ve probably bumped into customers who—quite literally—want to get more mileage out of their storage area networks. Indeed, customers would like to interconnect SAN islands, but Fibre Channel’s range is limited to about six miles. That’s a problem for organizations that want to mirror their data off-site…
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CA Said to Be Planning 1,000 Layoffs
Computer Associates International Inc. is planning to lay off at least 1,000 employees as it ramps up its offshore development, according to sources close to the Islandia, N.Y. company. The layoffs, which could represent as much as a 10 percent reduction of its 15,000 employee payroll, are expected to come in the first week of…
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Timing Looks Right for Storage Decisions
With storage managers finally ready to spend money, along with an announcement from Microsoft and new ratings for vendors’ products and services, next week’s Storage Decisions event in Chicago should kick off a strong year’s end for the industry. “I think the storage industry has started to move and shake in a positive and dramatic…
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Iomega Launches Wireless Network Storage
Iomega Corp.’s new NAS 100d network-attached storage servers add a feature that may leave the competition scrambling—wireless capabilities. Built-in 802.11g support allows it to connect wirelessly to an existing wireless network, so you can place it anywhere within your AP’s range. When plugged into an existing wired network, the NAS 100d server can also act…
