Stories by: Bryan Betts

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    Thin clients now as flexible as PCs, claims Igel 30/01/2009 06:33:00

    Igel Technology has introduced a family of thin clients, called Universal Desktop, which it claims is the first to have single standard system images across the range.
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    Mobile Web use hits an upward curve at last 24/12/2008 02:50:00

    Data traffic to mobile phones jumped 463 percent in November compared to the same month last year, according to the latest State of the Mobile Web report from Opera Software.
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    Fans and skeptics argue on Fibre Channel over Ethernet 03/11/2008 12:41:00

    This year's Storage Networking World Europe show focused attention on Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). However, while SAN vendors promoted FCoE as a way to extend Fibre Channel's reach and longevity, skeptics described it as unnecessary -- and perhaps even a Cisco-powered Trojan horse intended to wipe out rival networking supplier Brocade Communications.
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    10G Ethernet: can copper cut the mustard? 02/09/2008 10:37:00

    If 10Gigabit Ethernet has a problem, it's multiple personalities. 10G over fibre is well established as a network backbone technology, but in past generations it's been Ethernet over copper - and especially telephone-style twisted pair cabling - that has brought the big upsurge in usage and sales.
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    Network Instruments data recorder holds 288T bytes 20/08/2008 05:11:00

    Network Instruments has developed what it claims is the largest network data recorder available. The GigaStor SAS has a capacity of up to 288 terabytes, and was originally developed for a U.S. military customer which needed to store a month's worth of the traffic on its network, said Douglas Smith, the company's president and co-founder.
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    One size fits all for WAN acceleration, claims Expand 15/08/2008 08:24:00

    Replacing different-capacity WAN accelerators with a standard-sized but software-limited box can cut costs and reduce upgrade woes, Expand Networks has claimed.
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    Quickoffice Premier 5.0 20/06/2008 14:30:00

    Quickoffice Premier 5.0 is an MS Office compatible productivity suite for smartphones.
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    WAN accelerator breaks the Gig barrier 21/05/2008 07:09:57

    Silver Peak has launched what it claimed is the biggest WAN accelerator ever - a box able to optimize, de-duplicate, compress and encrypt 1Gbit/s of WAN traffic.
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    Ocarina claims online de-dupe breakthrough 08/04/2008 09:45:46

    De-duplication has become popular for backup data, but not for primary storage. Now, US start-up company Ocarina Networks wants to change that, with a data reduction technology which it claims can shrink live production data too - even if the file formats are already compressed.
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    Hitachi Data Systems fights 'rogue data' with new tool 06/03/2008 10:26:08

    Hitachi Data Systems has announced tools to search unstructured data stored across a range of enterprise applications, including Microsoft SharePoint.
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    Encryption could make you more vulnerable, warn experts 08/02/2008 19:51:37

    The use of data encryption could make organizations vulnerable to new risks and threats, a panel of security experts warned today.
 
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