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Heretical Seanodes Shares Storage With No External Hardware
Shared storage needs NAS and SAN hardware doesn't it? Not if you listen to Jacques Baldinger, CEO of Seanodes, a radical storage start-up based in Paris.
Intel Moves On Energy Savings And Wireless Power
A look at some of the technology Intel currently has in active R&D shows ways to save energy within the data centre or PC and new ways to recharge laptop batteries while on the road. Intel says many of these developing technologies are years away from being rolled out in final form.
Ethernet Switches Hit By Recession
The Ethernet switch market, which had been holding up well during the economic downturn over the past couple of years, saw its numbers drop in the fourth quarter as the recession really hit, according to a report from Infonetics Research.
Motorola Ups Its WLAN Management Game
Motorola has updated its wireless LAN management offering, promising the new version can save customers money.
“iTunes Of IP” Eases Address Management
Managing IP addresses on an enterprise network could be easier thanks to a new module, which network appliance maker Infoblox says is the iTunes of networking.
Radware to Buy Nortel’s Alteon App Delivery Division
Application delivery specialist Radware is to buy Nortel's Alteon division. Now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Nortel originally bought Alteon for $7.8 billion in 2000.
UN Says New IT Infrastructure Key To Recovery
Investment in next-generation networks and other IT infrastructure will have benefits for the whole economy, according to a UN report
Green Ethernet Standard to Unleash Marketing Blitz
A standard for energy-efficient Ethernet, due in 2010, will unleash a barrage of green marketing, promising savings for IT managers
UK Bluetooth firm buys US GPS outfit
CSR has agreed to buy the leading GPS vendor SiRF, in a bid to merge another technology into its chips - and cash in on a projected boom in GPS handsets.
Cleaning Conficker: Keeping Your Network Safe from Windows Worm
Much has been written about the Conficker worm, also called "Downadup," in recent days. eWEEK has pulled together some general advice for protecting your systems from infection and remediating them should the worm slither by your defenses.
Autonomy to Acquire Web Content Management Provider Interwoven for...
The two companies' areas of expertise appear to dovetail well. Autonomy's "meaning-based" legal search capabilities should work well with Interwoven's Web content management platform.
Firefox Plug-in Lets Users Import Google Notebook to Zoho
Messaging and collaboration SAAS company Zoho updates its Firefox plug-in for Zoho Notebook to make it easy to import a Google Notebook to Zoho's cloud computing environment. The move is a shrewd one on the part of Zoho, which is looking to find favor with peeved Google users put off by Google Notebook's newly halted application development. Any content added to the new Zoho plug-in will be automatically synchronized with the online version of Zoho Notebook.
DiVitas Offers a Solid Unified Communications Option
DiVitas Networks' newest mobile UC platform moves beyond the usual fixed mobile convergence features to include secured instant messaging, presence and visual voicemail. Such features made up for a disappointing set-up experience.
ContentWatch Security Appliance Offers Filtering, Anti-malware
ContentWatch's CP 300 security appliance offers very good content filtering, traffic shaping and anti-malware capabilities, as well as excellent reporting. It also integrates with directory services such as LDAP to let businesses enforce Internet usage policy per person.
MetaGeek Wi-Spy DBx Offers Cheap, Easy WLAN Analysis
With the proliferation of WLANs in businesses and homes, the need to plan and police wireless networks is growing. The MetaGeek Wi-Spy DBx USB device and accompanying Chanalyzer 3.1 software simplify sophisticated spectrum study for the masses.
Novell Adds Application Virtualization to Portfolio
Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization does a good job of virtualising software on Microsoft Windows desktop PCs. It is also a worthy competitor to Symantec Altiris SVS, Microsoft Application Virtualization and VMware ThinApp 4.
How to Ensure a Successful VoIP System Implementation
Some enterprise VoIP systems are all but unusable from the time they are implemented because nobody took the time to properly profile the existing network. Before implementing a VoIP system, take into account these five critical steps to ensure success.