Stories by Dan Neel

Dell offers NAS-to-SAN scalability

Dell Computer Corp. on Monday will officially announce that the company can now extend its NAS (network attached storage) products outward into SAN (storage area network) configurations.

UnitedLinux is born

A single Linux operating environment unifying the technology of Linux distributors Caldera International Inc., SuSE Linux AG, TurboLinux Inc., and Connectiva will arrive later this year, according to representatives for each company.

Linux distributors band together to topple Red Hat

An assortment of Linux distributors including Caldera International Inc., Turbolinux Inc., and SuSE Linux AG on Thursday intend to announce a group strategy to take on leading Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. in the open-source software market, according to sources familiar with the plans.

Intel ships RosettaNet tools

Intel this week helped small and midsize business customers, and itself at the same time, with the release of a new RosettaNet development toolkit.

Startup combines InfiniBand, system management

After spending six months in stealth mode, Vieo on Tuesday shed light on its Adaptive Application Infrastructure Management (AAIM) product designed to help companies get a better hold on system management within distributed computing environments.

IBM upgrades NAS

IBM on Tuesday issued upgrades to some of its existing NAS (network attached storage) products and rolled out four bundled NAS hardware and software solutions for midsize businesses.

Dell rolls out entry-level tape storage system

Dell Computer on Tuesday introduced a new PowerVault 122T tape storage system, providing an entry point for small to medium-size businesses looking to begin consolidating their storage backups onto tape.

EMC targets BMC

Storage giant EMC has been secretly courting enterprise software company BMC Software with intentions to merge the two companies into one, according to a source familiar with EMC's plans.

Intel wages chip war

As Intel Corp. this month marks the one-year anniversary of the debut of its first 64-bit Itanium processor, the chip maker is sharpening its aim on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s server install base, intent on toppling Sun's UltraSparc processor fortunes.

Cisco aims IP/Fibre Channel switch at mid-market

Fostering the proliferation of IP (Internet protocol) storage networks within enterprise workgroups and medium-size businesses, networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its SN-5428 Storage Router.

Solaris 9 to boost clustering

An upgrade to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s enterprise server clustering technology is set to arrive next week alongside the company's much-anticipated new Solaris 9 operating environment.

Nortel, Brocade tighten embrace

Optical networking company Nortel Networks and Fibre Channel switch vendor Brocade Communications Systems on Tuesday announced they have strengthened their existing partnership to team up on customer sales calls and product interoperability.

Intel accelerates Web services plans

Positioning itself for the role silicon will play in the evolution of Web services, Intel Corp. is busy perfecting SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration), SSL (Secure Socket Layer), and IPSEC (IP Security Protocol, acceleration boards based on the CompactPCI standard).

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