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Stratus Unveils Low-End Fault-Tolerant Server
Stratus Technologies Inc. is bringing its fault-tolerant server platform down into the volume systems space, giving users an alternative to clusters and Stratus access to an area of the industry that it didn’t have before. The ftServer W Series 2300 system has many of the features of the higher-end 3300, but at about $10,000, it…
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HP Aims Blade, Virtualization Tools at Utility Computing
Hewlett-Packard Co. is bringing greater manageability and virtualization capabilities to its blade server offerings as it pushes forward its utility computing initiatives. Modularity is a key component of HP’s Adaptive Enterprise strategy, and “blades are a very modular aspect of the shift toward utility computing,” Ann Livermore, executive vice president of the company’s Technology Solutions…
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VMware Takes Virtual Machines Mobile
VMware Inc., known for its virtual machine technology for servers and workstations, is turning its attention to the client space. The Palo Alto, Calif., company on Monday is rolling out software designed to enable PC administrators to distribute secure computing environments—a virtual machine—to the extended enterprise, such as mobile and contract workers. Using VMware ACE…
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3Com Launches New Wireless Networking Gear for SMBs
3Com Corp. Monday unveiled several new wireless networking products for small business customers who need certain enterprise-level features but can’t afford enterprise-level prices. “The way we position ourselves is to deliver enterprise-class products to SMB,” said Neil Kaufman, senior director of the small business product line at 3Com, in Santa Clara, Calif. Rolling out throughout…
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Microsoft Targets Continuity with Data Protection Server
CHICAGO—Microsoft Corp. officials said the company will expand its storage portfolio and vision deep into the lucrative disk-based backup and recovery arena next year. The software maker on Monday took the wraps off its Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS) at the Storage Decisions 2004 conference here. Data Protection Server is currently in limited beta release…
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Resellers Eye Cisco’s SAN Extension Foray
If you are a reseller specializing in storage, you’ve probably bumped into customers who—quite literally—want to get more mileage out of their storage area networks. Indeed, customers would like to interconnect SAN islands, but Fibre Channel’s range is limited to about six miles. That’s a problem for organizations that want to mirror their data off-site…
