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June 8, 2007  1:46 PM

IDC figures confirm declines in high end storage system spending



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Data storage management

IDC today published a new report indicating that while worldwide external disk storage systems revenues grew $229 million in Q107 – a 5.9% growth rate from a year ago to $4.3 billion - what drove the increase was external storage systems priced at under $50,000. ...

June 8, 2007  9:15 AM

The Channel Challenges of the moment: Slowing storage buys, collaboration ennui



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Channel, Data storage management, Microsoft, Network and application security, News, SMB, Virtualization

It's looking like there may be tight times ahead in the high-end storage market, if recent figures bear out. Despite previous bullish predictions for the continued growth of the storage market, a recent Citigroup report indicates that


June 7, 2007  11:11 AM

SOA in enterprises is catching on, but companies should understand the benefits



Posted by: YuvalShavit
IBM, Systems and systems management

Almost half of companies that have not yet started implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) plan to within three years, according to a survey by TechTarget sister...


June 1, 2007  12:20 PM

Endpoint security: As easy as flipping a switch?



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Network and application security, Networking technology, Servers and desktop hardware

Most efforts to improve endpoint security focus on corporate policy...


May 31, 2007  12:21 PM

Super spammer Soloway canned



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Email -- Exchange, Outlook, Network and application security, Networking technology, News, SMB

The Associated Press is reporting this morning that Robert Alan Soloway, infamous spammer, was arrested yesterday by authorities in Seattle.


May 29, 2007  9:51 PM

Network Appliance pushes SMB product into Canadian channel



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Channel partner programs, Data storage management, SMB

StoreVault, a Network Appliance Inc. division that provides storage systems to small and medium size businesses, has inked a deal with Tech Data Corporation to distribute the StoreVault...

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May 24, 2007  12:01 PM

StillSecure’s new network security partner program



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Channel, Channel partner programs, Network and application security, Networking technology, Open-source, Supplier relationship management, Virtualization

Value-added resellers looking to expand their portfolios in the area of network security have a new opportunity. In his blog, The Converging Network, Mitchell...


May 22, 2007  7:55 PM

Interop reporter’s notebook: Cisco pushes forward, while being flanked by competitors



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Cisco, Collaboration software, Microsoft, Networking technology, News

In the long term it’s often developments from small companies that end up being the most interesting to debut at major industry trade shows like Interop

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May 21, 2007  7:18 PM

EMC’s new products target backup and recovery market



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Application development, Data center disaster recovery planning, Data storage management, Microsoft, Servers and desktop hardware, SMB, Virtualization

EMC Corporation has a whole new set of hardware and software to sell to customers including the introduction of the EMC Disk Library 6000 series, which was unveiled today at EMC World in Orlando, Fla.  For large data centers, the DL...


May 14, 2007  2:41 PM

Security vendors ally to build open-source NAC client



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Application development, Network and application security, Networking technology, News, Open-source

Six vendors are joining forces to develop an open source client for 802.1x authentication process. Called a supplicant, the lightweight application is designed to reside on non-PC devices such as PDAs, MP3 players, storage devices and other...