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How Cisco Multilayer Director Switch Operates With Other SAN Switches During SAN Migration

Cisco Systems IT has long been a proponent of Storage Area Networks SANs over the less efficient and more complex Direct-Attached Storage DAS-based networks. The majority of early Cisco SAN efforts used the McDATA Enterprise Director 6064 switch at the core and McDATA Sphereon 3032 switches at the edge. This...

Tags: mcdata corp., san, migration, cisco systems inc., cisco systems it, storage area networks (san), storage, hardware

Case studies 2007-12-19

HDS, McData tap new standard for cheaper storage

HDS, McData tap new standard for cheaper storageabout timebeen sick of the "standard" hard drives, time to innovate and move away from existing hard drive standardsForum LOGOUTCome on ZDNET, give us a way to LOGOUT of this forum from anywhere on yout site. Accessing a post just to log off...

Tags: logout, hds, mcdata corp., hard drive, storage

Discussion threads 2003-11-20

Web Content Management Powers Highly Successful Partner, Customer, and Employee Portals

McDATA is the expert provider of hardware, software, and services that enable partners and customers around the world. Prior to leaving EMC, McDATA focused exclusively on engineering and "OEMing" its products. On its own, the company began aggressively pursuing VARs and initiating a channel partner program. It recognized the need...

Tags: mcdata corp., web, web content management, partnership, portal, emc corp., documentum, business structures, storage, regulations, finance, hardware, government

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McDATA Corporation Achieves First-Year Savings of $1 Million, Avoids $5 Million in Costs With Oracle E-Business Suite

McDATA Corporation, a leader in open storage networking solutions, is rapidly growing with operations expanding into Europe, Asia, and the United States, and product families constantly evolving. After analyzing the total cost of ownership TCO for an upgrade of its existing system, McDATA realized that the cost of implementation would...

Tags: mcdata corp., oracle corp., oracle e-business suite, roi/tco, storage area networks (san), storage, operational accounting, enterprise software, finance, managerial accounting, hardware, software

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Fortune 500 Financial Services Company Saving Money, Ensuring Data Access With McDATA Storage Network

The Des Moines, Iowa IT Team of the Principal Financial Group The Principal was seeking a data infrastructure model that would consolidate several rapidly growing but distinct application environments into one infrastructure. The infrastructure would need to provide improved storage and management efficiencies, non-stop connectivity and enable uninterrupted scalability of...

Tags: mcdata corp., principal financial group, financial, network, financial service, data access, storage area networks (san), storage, storage management, financial planning, hardware, finance

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Winning in an Emerging Market: HP BladeSystem Featuring... McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem

This webcast gives an overview of the McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-class BladeSystem.

Tags: mcdata corp., hewlett-packard co., san, emerging market, storage area networks (san), storage management, marketing research, financial services, storage, digital media, hardware, marketing, consumer electronics, personal technology

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McDATA Moves to Oracle From SAP, Supports Growth With Faster Access to Business Intelligence

McDATA is the leading provider of storage networking solutions, helping customers build, globally connect, optimize and centrally manage data infrastructures across complex networking environments. The company wanted to resolve scalability and flexibility issues of existing SAP solution, which was scheduled for de-support and reduce custom coding to provide easy upgrade...

Tags: mcdata corp., storage networking, microsoft access, oracle corp., sap ag, supply chain, storage area networks (san), supply chain management (scm), pricing, storage, business intelligence, tools & techniques, enterprise software, databases, business operations, hardware, software, marketing, data management, management

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MySpace lands official presidential debate gig

News Corp.-owned MySpace is continuing its push to become the online destination for U.S. politics amongst the social networking generation. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: network, myspace, mydebates.org, social networking, networking, online communications, marketing, advertising & promotion, steve o\'hear

Blog posts 2008-08-06

News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...

Tags: apple iphone, linuxworld, larry dignan, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., cisco systems inc., cloud computing, help desk, data centers, corporate communications, it operations, storage, hardware, data management, marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-06

IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista

The Linux computing crowd smells blood and wants to make a run at Microsoft's Vista operating system. Coinciding with LinuxWorld, IBM, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat issued a joint statement promising "Microsoft free" desktops across the globe. I doubt it...

Tags: ubuntu, novell inc., red hat inc., microsoft windows vista, microsoft corp., ibm corp., linux, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), unix, operating systems, open source, software, microsoft windows, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?

(See Part 1: Buffering is not copying) Direct liability for creating playback copies The plaintiffs charged that Cablevision violated its reproduction right by creating copies for playback to customers. The question here is who made the copies. "If it is Cablevision, plaintiffs' theory of...

Tags: cablevision systems corp., vcr, netcom, consumer electronics, personal technology, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copying

This Cablevision decision looks like it may make its way to the Supreme Court on questions of the interpretation of the Copyright Act, so I'd like to take an in-depth look at the decision PDF. It's long so I'm dividing it into several posts. Technology First...

Tags: cablevision systems corp., buffer, dvr, memory, digital video, development tools, personal technology, home entertainment, semiconductors, hardware, components, software development, software/web development, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move

LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...

Tags: vulnerability, security company, exploit code, microsoft corp., security, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...

Tags: social media, dennis

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Security is everyone's domain

Guest editorial by George Stathakopoulos In the first half of 2008, Microsoft Corp. released its latest Security Intelligence Report. One of the most interesting statistics involved the results from Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT. Each second Tuesday of every month, the tool...

Tags: industry, domain, malware, microsoft corp., security, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new level

Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new levelMS is doing their dangdest to disrupt and destabilize the number 2competitor. Don't think it is working very well though. The AOL thing is also a stinker. Just leave the guy alone.85 percent of Shareholders back Yang . . . Did I hear...

Tags: schoolyard, microhoo, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

The LA earthquake

The LA earthquakeThe quake was downright puny5.4 is hardly even noteworthy. I couldn't believe all of the news coverage it garnered. Must have been a slow news day.RE: The LA earthquakenah. not just a slow news day. but it is an earthquake and in LA. if that hit east of...

Tags: katrina, earthquake

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to Portugal

Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to PortugalIt will be interesting to see...how this shakes out. The government will be the ones selling them to parents. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/30/business/EU-Portugal-Classmate-PC.php[B]The cost to parents would be calculated on a sliding scale, he said, with low-income families getting the laptop for free and the top...

Tags: productivity, microsoft windows, microsoft windows xp, operating systems, classmates, intel corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Network Neutrality & Google's Openness Before The FCC

Google clearly wants the FCC to make sure that other private companies' networks are open equally to all Internet services. Now, it will be interesting to see if that applies to networks in which Google is involved. On Friday, the Commission takes up the question of whether...

Tags: fcc, google inc., network, comcast corp., clearwire corp., network neutrality, internet, federal government, networking, government, tom steinert-threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...

Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), microsoft windows vista, microsoft corp., forrest

Discussion threads 2008-07-24