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Cisco Eyes Airespace in Wi-Fi LAN Switch Realm
Rumors were flying among several industry sources last week that Cisco Systems Inc. is in serious talks to acquire wireless LAN switch startup Airespace Inc. The networking giant may pay at least $400 million for Airespace, and a document detailing the terms of the deal is under consideration by the Department of Justice, sources said.…
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StorageTek Hones ILM Strategy with Cisco Deal
StorageTek, a company that is pushing its ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) agenda more strongly than ever these days, has just struck a deal with Cisco Systems to resell its intelligent directors and fabric switches. The agreement adds Cisco to StorageTek’s growing list of partners, including Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and McData Corp. Under the terms…
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Microsoft to Serve Up Monthly Virus Zapper
Continuing its recent spate of security moves, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it plans to release a virus detection and removal tool on Jan. 11. The antivirus fighter will be updated on the second Tuesday of every month as part of the company’s scheduled software patching cycle. Meanwhile, exactly three weeks after acquiring anti-spyware startup…
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Take My Software. Please.
Almost five years ago, JDS Uniphase Corp., a go-go growth company that made super-high-tech optical components, signed a deal with Oracle Corp. to outsource its enterprise resource planning software, using an application service provider model that was supposed to be the next next thing in corporate information technology. It was a marriage made in hype…
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Mandrakesoft Makes Its Business Linux Move
On Tuesday, popular French Linux vendor Mandrakesoft renewed its efforts to enter the business Linux space with the announcement that it will be releasing two new enterprise Linux distributions: Corporate Server and Corporate Desktop. “These products have received specific development and testing efforts to make them as fit as possible for use in a business…
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FalconStor Ups Storage Server Ante with Windows Support
FalconStor Software Inc. has upgraded its software-based iSCSI storage server, imbuing it with new capabilities that allow it to be used not only as a storage controller but also as an archiving, backup and restore system. The product, which typically is incorporated into systems by FalconStor’s OEM and reseller partners, aims to eliminate downtime and…
