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DataDirect Reports 53% Growth in 2006
Privately held DataDirect Networks, the fifth-largest independent network storage provider, according to Gartner Dataquest, filed a financial report that showed 53 percent growth in 2006, a company spokesperson said Feb. 5. DataDirect Networks grew in “unprecented” fashion in 2006, delivering 45 percent CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) since 2003, the spokesperson said. As a result,…
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HP Bolsters Storage Virtualization, Security Offerings
HP introduced several new hardware and software products Feb. 5 intended to augment virtualization capabilities and improve security in its overall storage lineup. Announced at the HP Asia Pacific StorageWorks Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the offerings include enhancements to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array, the first embedded switch from Cisco for…
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Cavalcade of New Security Products Expected at RSA
Officials in charge of coordinating the upcoming RSA Conference 2007, being held in San Francisco’s Moscone Center from Feb. 5-10, said that this year’s security industry trade show will be larger than ever before. If the sheer volume of new products planned for introduction at the annual confab are an indicator of the event’s overall…
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LPI Releases Top-Level Linux Certification
After years in the making—and after some people had given up on ever seeing it—the distribution-neutral Linux Professional Institute and its affiliate, LPI-Japan, have finally jointly launched the LPIC-3 certification program. The LPIC-3 represents the highest level of distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry and is targeted at Linux professionals providing IT services at the…
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Survey: Microsoft’s Corporate Reputation Ranks Supreme
Jumping seven places from its rank the year prior, Microsoft came in first place in national corporate reputation according to a survey released by Harris Interactive on Feb. 1. Falling behind Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson ranked second in corporate reputation, and 3M ranked number three. “Sixty-nine percent of respondents rated the reputation of corporate America…
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New Homes for Old PCs
Starting very soon, the One Laptop Per Child project will begin limited deployments of the “$100 laptop” to children in several developing nations. This will be the first step in what is hoped will be a full deployment to about seven countries by the end of 2007. As I’ve written in the past, I’m a…
