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IBM SAN Volume Controller to Support Rivals’ Wares
IBM is aiming to help customers bridge a major storage interoperability chasm by announcing Friday that its TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller v.1.2 will support and manage bitter rival EMC Corp.’s Symmetrix and CLARiiON hardware storage arrays, as well as Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Corp.’s Lightning disk-based offerings. Available April 30, TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller v.1.2…
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IBM Invests in Eclipse’s Future with Grants, Contests
Despite having spun out the Eclipse consortium into an independent Eclipse Foundation, IBM Corp. continues to invest substantially in the organization and its namesake technology, particularly in activities to attract young developers to the platform. IBM recently announced winners of a programming competition for students and shared information on grants the company provides to colleges…
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Channel News Briefs–Week of April 19
Friday,April 23 Nelnet Invests in infiNET LINCOLN, NE — Nelnet made a strategic investment in infiNET Integrated Solutions, an e-commerce services provider for higher education and healthcare organizations. Headquartered near Chicago, infiNET collaborates with colleges, universities, and healthcare organizations in the development of customer-centric electronic transactions, information sharing, and account and bill presentment. Nelnet is…
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Cisco Woos SMBs with Intelligent Networking Bundles
Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday reiterated its commitment to serving small and midsized businesses (SMBs) by bundling products, services, blueprints, special pricing and financing options specific to security, mobility, IP telephony and foundation networks. Cisco’s run rate for investing in the SMB space is $2 billion, and it defines the SMB market as serving between…
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CA’s Kumar Steps Down as Chairman, CEO
Computer Associates International Inc. announced that Chairman and CEO Sanjay Kumar has stepped down and resigned his position from the board. In a curious move, the company has created a new position for Kumar as chief software architect. Lewis Ranieri, lead independent director of the board, was elected chairman of the board for the Islandia,…
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Cisco Warns of Security Flaw in Routers
Just hours after security experts revealed a new attack capable of taking down any device receiving TCP requests, Cisco Systems Inc. said that a large portion of its routers and switches contain a serious software flaw that also could be used by attackers to knock those devices offline. Click here for an analysis of the…
