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Covalent Technologies has launched versions of its Secure Sockets Layer and Fast Start installation software for Windows Web servers. Covalent SSL and Fast Start, previously available only on the Apache Web server platform, are now available for Windows NT and 2000 servers. Covalent SSL provides 128-bit encryption for the Apache Web server. The Covalent Fast Start server uses a graphical installation program to easily install features such as SSL, PHP, Perl, Apache JServ and Jakarta Tomcat. Both products are available for trial download from the company's Web site. Covalent SSL costs $500; Covalent Fast Start Server is $1,000.

Covalent: www.covalent.net

For a limited time, AS/400 server users can trade in an installed AS/400e Model 600, S10 or 170 and receive up to a $2,000 credit toward a new IBM iSeries 400 Model 270 replacement machine, IBM said last week. To qualify for the credit, customers must make the purchase no later than June 29, 2001.

IBM: www.ibm.com

American Megatrends will enter the network-attached storage market this week with the introduction of two appliances, the StorTrends 1108-N and 1312-N. The NAS appliances are 1.75 and 3.5 inches high and have up to 12 hot-swappable drive bays, redundant power supplies and an Intel StrongARM processor. American Megatrends also offers the MegaRAID Cluster Kit 1600, which includes two RAID controllers and the cables and hardware necessary for clustering two StorTrends 1312-C appliances. The firm declined to provide pricing.

American Megatrends: www.ami.com