Recent Articles
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EMC Keeps Laying Down SMB Track
EMC’s recent acquisition of tiny Allocity Inc., the developer of an always-available e-mail storage solution, went virtually unnoticed by the storage world, but it may be indicative of a continuing trend at the company to expand its reach and better penetrate the small-business world. The acquisition, which closed Oct. 22, gives EMC full access to…
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ZyLab: Blast from the Past
Document management pioneer ZyLab is looking to make a comeback in the channel. The company, which launched in 1983 in Chicago with a PC-based full-text retrieval software product, has since branched into Europe and Asia. The expanding company also built a dealer network. In North America, that effort diminished somewhat over time, but the company…
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Keeping Customers Updated
For many resellers, especially those that provide hardware with little value-add, staying close to customers can be a problem. While it’s true that you’ll probably keep those who like your prices or your delivery times, it’s not always a sure bet. After all, there’s always the chance that some company will offer a better price…
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Microsoft Settles with Novell, CCIA Trade Group
In a surprise move, Microsoft Corp. announced on Monday that it is paying $536 million to end an antitrust battle with Novell Inc. and that it has resolved some long-standing disagreements with trade group Computer & Communications Industry Association. Because of these agreements, Novell and the CCIA have agreed to pull out of the legal…
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Compatibility Issues Slow ‘Project Janus’
As Sun Microsystems Inc. prepares to deliver Solaris 10 by year’s end, one of its key features—”Project Janus”—may be postponed and added next year to a product update due to incompatibility issues with Linux applications. Project Janus is designed to let Linux applications run on Solaris unmodified. But many Linux binaries have dependencies for native…
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Intel, Clearwire Team on WiMax
Aiming to promote the adoption of the broadband wireless technology known as WiMax, Intel Corp. has teamed with Clearwire Corp.—a company best known for its founder and CEO, Craig McCaw. Clearwire plans to deploy WiMax networks using Intel silicon, company officials said late last month. Intel, for its part, is investing a significant amount of…
