Stories by Brian Fonseca

Google needs to boost hosted apps: analysts

Google must provide stronger data models along with role-based access and records management archiving capabilities before most IT managers will take its Google Apps hosted application suite seriously, analysts said at a recent conference.

AdventNet adds HR modules to hosted Zoho suite

AdventNet Monday unveiled Zoho People, a new human resource management application that adds recruitment, benefits and skills management features to the company's hosted office productivity suite.

New Fujitsu drive

Fujitsu has upgraded its 2.5-inch SATA disk drive line with the addition of the new MHZ2 BT-series offering, which provides up to 500GB of storage capacity in a three-platter design.

Symantec unveils first hosted backup services

Symantec unveiled Symantec Online Backup and Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec, a set of encrypted services designed to provide hosted data storage and disaster recovery services for small and midsize businesses.

NetApp automates VMware backup

Network Appliance last week unveiled software that it said can ease backup and storage management tasks for corporate IT operations running VMware virtual servers.

Intel, Micron unveil high-speed NAND

Intel and Micron have unveiled high-speed NAND flash memory technology that they say offers data transfer speeds five times faster than conventional NAND technology.

Spec will let external SATA drives ditch power cables

The Serial ATA International Organization said Wednesday that a specification eliminating the need for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drives to use a separate power connection should be available to disk drive makers by the end of 2008.

SAP CRM goes Web 2.0

SAP has unveiled upgrades to its SAP CRM 2007 software that add support for Web 2.0 applications.

SAP unveils Web 2.0 look for its CRM tool

SAP, looking to reduce the complexity of its customer relationship management software, last week unveiled an upĀ­grade that adds support for Web 2.0-style user interfaces.

Dell to offer Solaris systems under pact with Sun

The top executives of Sun Microsystems and Dell joined forces at the recent Oracle OpenWorld user conference to unveil an agreement that lets Dell offer Sun's Solaris operating system on its PowerEdge servers.

Storage systems vulnerable to hackers, conference told

Corporate storage systems and networks are an attractive target for hackers looking to steal sensitive data or launch computer attacks, Alan Lustiger, security architect at TD Ameritrade, told an audience at Computerworld US's Storage Networking World user conference in Dallas earlier this month.

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