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Week Ending Dec. 19: Will Terror Threat Distract the Channel?
Will the stock rally fizzle during the last two weeks of 2003? That’s a pretty shallow question, considering our nation went on a heightened terror alert on Dec. 21. But there’s no denying terrorism’s influence on world markets and even channel stocks. Many pending IT contracts were placed on indefinite hold after the Sept. 11…
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FirewireDirect Ships New 2Gbps Fibre Channel RAID Box
FirewireDirect.com Inc. recently announced a 2Gbps Fibre Channel RAID solution. Its new Vanguard Ultra Elite Fibre System will support any platform with Fibre storage support and can deliver 200 MBps dual loop fibre throughputs in a 3U rackmount system. The product is available now. The system comes with 512 megabytes of high-speed cache and a…
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Sun Pulls Plug on Cobalt Server Line
In late 2000, Ed Zander (then president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems Inc. and now recently tapped as CEO and president of Motorola) said of Sun’s Cobalt server line: “We think the demand for these high-volume, turnkey devices will explode in the next couple of years. Cobalt is our bet for the future.”…
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China’s Wi-Fi Security Stance Ruffling Feathers
The staunch proprietary position on what China calls its Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI)–implemented on Dec. 1 as part of the nation’s GB 15629.11-2003 Wi-Fi standard–caught the wireless-LAN industry off-guard. The ruling means that any Wi-Fi chip or system imported into China or manufactured there for domestic use must employ the WAPI encryption scheme,…
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The National Anti-Spam Registry, or a Pretender?
One interesting e-mail that recently found its way into my inbox was from an organization calling itself the “National Anti Spam Registry.” The site is filled with American flags and the Statue of Liberty and references to the recently-signed and about to go into effect federal CAN-SPAM act. As I wrote in my recent analysis…
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Citrix Acquires Maker of GoToMyPC in $225M Deal
Citrix Systems on Thursday announced its acquisition of Expertcity, Inc., the Santa Barbara company that makes GoToMyPC and GoToAssist, in a cash-stock transaction valued at approximately $225 million. The deal expands Citrix portfolio of offerings to the desktop in what Citrix officials are touting as a move that will allow the company to offer end-to-end…
