Once upon a time, storage service providers were heralded as the next ASPs. (That was back when ASPs were cool.) Now, so-called SSPs are nearly extinct, just like ASPs. StorageNetworks was one of the last standing, and its final collapse this week marks the end of an era. StorageNetworks kaput http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0731stornet.html?net
Once upon a time, storage service providers were heralded as the next ASPs. (That was back when ASPs were cool.) Now so-called SSPs are nearly extinct, just like ASPs. StorageNetworks was one of the last standing, and its final collapse this week marks the end of an era.
StorageNetworks kaput
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0731stornet.html?net
Researchers see trouble ahead for WLAN performance
Wireless LANs, it seems, may have a problem with the lowest common denominator. Researchers are saying that access points conforming to the IEEE 802.11b standard may end up slowing down all the wireless devices communicating with them – if just one device for some reason is communicating at a slow speed.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0731reseaseet.html?net
Fujitsu may beat IBM with fastest Linux supercomputer
IBM has a challenger in the race to deliver the world’s fastest Linux-based supercomputer. A day after the U.S. company said it had received an order for what stands to be the fastest such machine, Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd. has announced an order for a faster machine that it expects to put into service at about the same time.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0731fujitmayb.html?net
Senator calls for reports on government data searches
Civil liberties groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology are throwing their support behind a piece of legislation that would require U.S. agencies to report to Congress about the personal information they collect.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0731senatcalls.html?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Cisco IOS scare stirs questions
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0728cisco.html?net
2. DNS is busting out all over
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0728dns.html?net
3. Patch management burdens customers
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0728specialfocus.html?net
4. Cisco patches Aironet wireless vulnerabilities
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0729ciscopatch.html?net
5. New EMC storage arrays promise replication gains
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0728emcscoop.html?net
