Recent Articles
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Group Aims to End VAR Ignorance on RFID
Radio-frequency identification networks are the next big thing in retail, distribution, inventory tracking and nearly every other corporate operation that involves moving things from here to there and keeping track of them once they’ve arrived. RFID systems use smart tags that can be attached to cases, pallets or individual items, and they broadcast their data…
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Indra Networks Offers Hardware-Based Data Compression
In an effort to get the word out about its real-time data compression engine, tiny Indra Networks Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has begun actively promoting its StorCompress line of data compression technology. The company has recently introduced StorCompress 200, a disk-to-disk storage product that uses the industry-standard “deflate” algorithm for compression, but does so…
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RLX Gets First OEM Deal, More Funding
Three months after shedding its hardware business to focus on its server management software, RLX Technologies Inc. is announcing its first OEM partnership and another round of funding. RLX was a pioneer in the blade server space, rolling out the System 324 in 2001. However, since then, the space has become dominated by the major…
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Cisco Ships Updated Catalyst Switch
Cisco has quietly expanded the options available in its new mid-range fixed configuration Catalyst network switches. Cisco Systems Inc. last week shipped the new Catalyst 4948 10/100/1000 Ethernet 48-port switch. Aimed at server farms or clusters as well as Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer aggregation, the new unit takes up a single rack unit and…
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Browsers, Java Lead Spyware to IE
A malicious batch of adware and spyware has appeared that can use Firefox and other alternative browsers to infect Microsoft’s IE. According to a researcher at Vitalsecurity.org in the United Kingdom, if a user visits a site hosting the malicious code and agrees to install the applications despite security warnings, Internet Explorer will automatically run…
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Details Begin to Leak
Since it first revealed a month ago that it was pulling a U-turn by releasing a new version of Internet Explorer independent of Longhorn, Microsoft has been unwilling to share many particulars about its forthcoming browser. Will Internet Explorer 7.0 have tabs? Will it comply with the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) 2.0 standard? Exactly how…
