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Microsoft Preps 13 Security Advisories
Microsoft’s February Patch Day will be a busy one for IT administrators. The software giant on Thursday announced plans to release 13 security advisories on Feb. 8, including “critical” fixes for Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger. Also expected is a cumulative patch to plug known vulnerabilities in the widely deployed Internet Explorer…
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New HP Software Boosts Business Continuity
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced three new additions to its HP StorageWorks Business Continuance Software portfolio that are designed to drastically improve replication and automatic failover capabilities of HP StorageWorks EVA (Enterprise Virtual Array) midrange arrays. Available this quarter, the HP Metrocluster, HP Continentalclusters and HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension EVA enable HP-UX and Microsoft Windows customers…
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IBM Moves into ASPs & Cisco Finds a DDoS Partner
IBM Taps ASP Pioneer IBM Corp. seeks to bring on board one of the pioneers of the application service provider space. The company recently announced an agreement to acquire Corio Inc. for $182 million in cash. Corio, launched in 1998, was among the first wave of ASPs. It weathered the tech meltdown and now hosts…
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Sun Stakes Future on Grid Computing
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. senior executives hope to put Sun in a dominant position as a low-cost grid computing system provider before IBM or Dell Inc. are tempted to engage in a price war for a comparable set of services. Sun’s objective, the senior executives said, is to provide grid computing power to corporations,…
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OCZ Moves Up DDR-2 Ladder With Boutique Modules
Boutique memory firm OCZ Technology has shifted its Enhanced Bandwidth technology higher up the DDR-2 stepladder. OCZ’s new PC2-5400 DDR-2 modules will be available in a matched pair of modules totaling 1 gigabyte and 2 gigabytes, respectively. The first modules, PC2-5400 EB, will run at speeds of up to 667-MHz using CL 4-2-2-8 timings. Although…
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HP Targets Mobile Workers with New Notebooks, iPaqs
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday launched a series of products, services and partnerships aimed at the mobile workforce. The announcements ranged from new hardware to various plans to improve wireless networking. “No other company spans the breadth of mobility like HP,” said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager of Mobile Computing at HP in…
