The Register - HardwareBiting the hand that feeds ITDell offers 'Windows Vista Bonus' to frightened customers- June 30, 2008 The 'bonus' is XP instead of Vista Dell is actively promoting a Microsoft licensing loophole to channel partners eager to keep selling PCs installed with Windows XP, after Microsoft's official cut off.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/06/30/dell_xp_channel/ Overland snatches Adaptec's Snap Server biz- June 30, 2008 Free at last with a virtual fire sale Adaptec has finally got out of the loss-making Snap Server business and, by buying it, Overland Storage has gained a valuable addition to its ULTAMUS primary storage product line.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/30/overland_buys_adaptec_snap... Sun picks away at NetApp's patent claims- June 27, 2008 Botched settlement results in more blogs of fury The war-of-words between Sun Microsystems and NetApp over patent infringement claims wages on, while legal means to settle the matter have failed.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/27/sun_versus_netapp_take_fou... IBM woos Microsoft with iDataPlex oddity- June 27, 2008 When will you get a turn Never one to miss out on a marketing opportunity, IBM has already started tweaking the new iDataPlex system to reach more customers before the box has even started shipping.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/27/ibm_idataplex_microsoft/ Witness the future of Brocade- June 27, 2008 A FANless acronym fiesta At a presentation to analysts this week Brocade talked about a growing Fibre Channel market, an expanded HBA product line, new fabric core capabilities such as encryption, replication and deduplication, and FCOE and services. There was no mention of FANs (File Area Networks) but file virtualization was discussed.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/27/brocade_tech_day_vision_20... The gold standard in data storage- June 27, 2008 The disc that lasts for 200 years A lot of things can happen in 200 years, but one thing data storage disc manufacturer Delkin Devices guarantees wont occur is data loss. Thats because the firms launched a Blu-ray Disc reputedly capable of retaining content for two centuries.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/27/delkin_200_year_bluray_dis... Dell ready to judge and repair your storage shop- June 26, 2008 'You could use some more DR over here, Jim' You may not be a Fortune 100 company, but you deserve tiered storage too, right Right!!http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/dell_strorage_services/ Brocade releases second wave of HBAs- June 26, 2008 Sees itself at the center of everything Meeting the deadlines set with its original Host Bus Adapter (HBA) roadmap, Brocade today is rolling out a second-generation of devices with more respectable performance.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/brocade_815_825_415_425_hb... Amazon thinks Cloud will conquer Man by 2010- June 26, 2008 Like a mainframe but closer to angels Structure 08 Amazon CTO Werner Vogels believes that cloud computing will be commonplace within two years.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/amazon_trumpets_web_servic... CentOS updates Red Hat Enterprise clone- June 26, 2008 Flattering release Love Red Hat Enterprise Linux and want the latest edition, but can't stand the company and refuse to give it a single red cent You're in luck.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/centos_update/ |