The threat of the US going to war with Iraq has kept a lid on any major movement in the American stock exchanges of late. But the war was joined by high oil prices, HP earnings failure and law suits this week to serve up an enticing thriller.
At its Partnerworld exhibition in New Orleans, IBM announced new versions of its disk and tape storage solutions. At the product announcement, IBM said these systems were being aimed at medium sized business and will include software support.
It's not just businesses that are looking to increase their storage. Consumers are increasingly looking for Gigabytes of storage. In an effort to answer the market, Maxtor has entered into an agreement with Dick Smith Electronics.
Network Appliance has released a range of new hardware and software solutions for the storage market. Amongst the new offerings were new versions of the NearStore and SnapVault systems.
Quantum has released a new tape library that will fit in between its existing devices. The new Quantum ATL M1800 provides users with a device that will run up to four DLT tapes or LTO drives.
SecureData has become a member of Brocade Communication's Elite Partner program. This will see the Australian company become an integrator for Brocade storage area networks.
Internet SCSI was ratified by the Internet Engineering Task Force on Friday. Ratification was quickly followed by product announcements from Adaptec and Network Appliance.
