NetFlash: Users find dual roles for management tools

Opinion
Apr 12, 20052 mins

* Users find dual roles for management tools * Storage Networking World busting out all over * Gartner Mobile & Wireless Summit: Uncertainty reigns. Plan accordingly * Carrier life after Chapter 11 * Today on Layer 8

If you can use the management software you have to do something new, why would you buy something else? This week we spoke with network managers and analysts who see a product intended for one purpose that could be used for another. Users find dual roles for management tools http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-reuse.html?net

If you can use the management software you have to do something new, why would you buy something else? This week we spoke with network managers and analysts who see a product intended for one purpose that could be used for another.

Users find dual roles for management tools

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-reuse.html?net

Storage Networking World busting out all over

Network World’s Deni Connor is on the scene at Storage Networking World in Phoenix, where back-up software and services are making their presence felt. Microsoft is expected to announce a beta program for its back-up software, but lesser-known vendors are making waves as well. Arsenal Digital has a service that will do a “bare metal” restore of your servers, and ADIC updated its virtual tape library.

Microsoft to beta back-up software

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Arsenal Digital unleashes server-restore service

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ADIC rolls out mid-range disk-based backup

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Gartner Mobile & Wireless Summit: Uncertainty reigns. Plan accordingly

You’re expecting, or hoping, that wireless and mobile computing for the enterprise will get simpler to figure out. You’re dreaming. That’s the word from day one of the annual Gartner Mobile & Wireless Summit.

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Carrier life after Chapter 11

Nearly six months after announcing its shift to more squarely focus on enterprise business customers, international service provider Global Crossing is still waiting for all the clouds to clear. Global Crossing emerged from bankruptcy 16 months ago with a new majority owner, Singapore Technologies Telemedia, and a new lease on life. Although analysts say the revamped company has made progress, challenges remain.

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Today on Layer 8, where we’re burned at the flop:

Google execs cut their salary to $1; what’s playing on the presidential iPod; men spending more on video games than music; and the start of our latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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