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SGI Keeps Storage Down to Earth
With his users generating data at incredible rates, Alan Powers, high-end-computing lead for NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division, had to find a way to efficiently and inexpensively store data while keeping it accessible to users. About six years ago, Powers tested Silicon Graphics Inc.’s DMF (Data Migration Facility) solution, which blends tape- and hard-drive-based storage using…
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Fedora Core 2 Shows 2.6 Kernel’s Stuff
When Red Hat inc. turned its general-purpose Linux distribution from a retail product to the community-supported Fedora project, the company set out to define the project by the aggressiveness of its development course. It’s no surprise, then, that Fedora Core 2 will be among the first Linux distributions built around the new 2.6 kernel. (Red…
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Maximizer’s Gains Bolster Sales Forces
Maximizer Software Inc.’s latest version of its namesake CRM application capably addresses past versions’ shortcomings in reporting and integration with Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook. Although Maximizer 8.0, which shipped last month, is a mature product, the addition of reporting and group calendaring in this edition makes it a much better customer relationship management tool for small…
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Shape Up Your Data!
Increased regulatory oversight that mandates better corporate control of data at the heart of enterprises is forcing some CIOs and IT managers to take a hard look at the consequences of leaving in place systems with inadequate data retention and disaster recovery capabilities. To help ease that burden, vendors such as IBM and Permabit Inc.…
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Blocking Rogue Access Points in Real Time With AirMagnet
AirMagnet Inc. on Monday released a new version of its WLAN security solution, which now is capable of detecting, tracing and blocking rogue access points in real time to help protect the integrity of corporate wireless networks. AirMagnet Distributed 4.0 comprises a set of remote sensors throughout the customer’s network, along with a central server.…
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Sun Opens Its Java Network Stack—To Some
As executive vice president for software at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Jonathan Schwartz isn’t exactly a neophyte when it comes to dealing with the press. But he wasn’t prepared for the press reception he got in Beijing recently when a Chinese deputy minister, flanked by a phalanx of some 100 reporters, heartily thanked him for the…
