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Article | 22/10/2009 Zetta opens its storage cloud to all

A cloud storage provider that designed its system from the ground up to meet enterprise needs is ready to offer its service to the world.

Article | 17/10/2009 U.S. TV body approves mobile standard

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), which oversees TV standards for the U.S., said Friday it has approved a standard for mobile digital ...

Article | 15/10/2009 IBM hikes virtualized storage performance with SSDs

IBM will add support for SSDs to version 5.0 of its SAN Volume Controller and is promising a big boost in performance with or without flash storage.

Article | 9/10/2009 Networks have to get more dense, Qualcomm says

The wireless industry has reached the limits of what it can do to use radio spectrum more efficiently and needs to move on to making networks more den...

Article | 9/10/2009 CTIA backs standard data, power, audio jacks for phones

The board of the wireless industry group CTIA this week voted to support broad adoption of two interfaces for connecting peripherals to mobile phones:...

Article | 6/10/2009 Lotus Domino adds native iPhone support

The latest version of IBM's Lotus Domino, set to be announced Tuesday, will natively support the Apple iPhone, allowing users to automatically synchro...

Article | 2/10/2009 Nortel set to sell off GSM business

Nortel Networks is preparing to auction off its division that makes equipment for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks early next mo...

Article | 30/09/2009 Wi-Fi group launches full 11n certification

The Wi-Fi Alliance is launching a certification program based on the completed IEEE 802.11n standard on Wednesday and looking toward a future peer-to-...

Article | 30/09/2009 Akamai's new network aims for iPhone HDTV

Akamai Technologies is extending its content delivery network to the Apple iPhone as it introduces the Akamai HD Network, a system for streaming high-...

Article | 30/09/2009 Akamai's new network aims for iPhone HDTV

Akamai Technologies is extending its content delivery network to the Apple iPhone as it introduces the Akamai HD Network, a system for streaming high-...

Article | 29/09/2009 Alcatel claims new optical network speed

Alcatel-Lucent researchers said they have figured out how to multiply the speed of the fastest undersea cables by a factor of 10, an achievement that ...

Article | 25/09/2009 Flash reality sinks in at Diskcon

Solid-state storage earned a hot technology's badge of honor -- a backlash -- on Wednesday at the Diskcon conference in Santa Clara, California.

Article | 21/09/2009 Netbook flash storage gets a standard connector

A new SATA interface to be introduced Monday at the Intel Developer Forum will provide a standard for solid-state storage vendors to use when building...

Article | 17/09/2009 Alcatel integrating network layers for efficiency

Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday set a course for tighter integration of the two main components of long-haul service-provider networks, saying it will hel...

Article | 16/09/2009 BlackBerry users get iPass client

Global Internet access aggregator iPass on Monday finally introduced a software client for Research In Motion BlackBerry handsets, giving users of the...