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RSS hubFiler storage top of the class
News Varey said the school acts as a hub for users throughout the community, and that the 140GB plus of capacity will benefit 3,000-3,500 users in total. Deanery High School has chosen industrial-strength Filer storage... [06 Sep 1999]
Sun slams UK ecommerce Bill
News In an official statement, Microsoft's UK chairman, David Svendsen, described it as a "golden opportunity" for the UK to become an ecommerce hub in Europe. Leading IT company, Sun Microsystems, has broken ranks with the... [27 Jul 1999]
Air traffic control system fails to take-off
News SAirGroup airline - which uses Zurich as its hub - called the computer glitch an embarrassment, claiming it has already caused the cancellation of 16 flights and made many more run at least two hours late. [30 Jun 1999]
Intel chief urges businesses to embrace the Net - or else
News He said airlines typically operate on a 'hub and spoke' model, where the spokes are routes out of main centres. However, at the moment, the US is the only Internet hub, meaning if data is being sent... [23 Jun 1999]
ITN chief backs move to ATM
News There is no single point of failure apart from the single lead from the hub to the PC," he said. The head of IT at ITN has explained his decision to install an ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) network to handle the news... [22 Jun 1999]
Kraft intranet gives staff food for thought
News The KJS Information Site will act as a central information hub for staff at KJS's three Cheltenham sites. Food producer, Kraft Jacobs Suchard (KJS), has launched an intranet for 1,000 employees in Cheltenham, UK. [02 Jun 1999]
Networking giants leave users in Y2K lurch
News Also on the list are EtherCall Ethernet-to-ATM switches and several types of the Access Node, Access Stack Node and Access Node Hub routers. 3Com, Cabletron, Cisco and Nortel Networks are among the big name networking... [29 Apr 1999]
Hong Kong builds own Silicon Valley
News The proposal to invest HK$13bn (£1.04bn) to create a hub of high-tech companies were announced in financial secretary Donald Tsang's budget this week. Hong Kong has announced plans to develop its own Silicon Valley. [05 Mar 1999]
Silicon Valley moves to Singapore
News Increasing competition from cheap labour elsewhere in the region has also eroded Singapore's attractiveness as a manufacturing hub, forcing the city-state to seek new ways of remaining competitive. Tan said: "The present... [21 Sep 1998]
ICL targets utilities with asset management purchase
News ICL says the purchase of the Udb database and hub integration product means utilities will be able to reduce the costs of operations through tighter integration of asset management. ICL is set to expand the range of... [24 Aug 1998]
Excite add Internet telephony to portal site
News Evan Rudowski, director of European operations for Excite, said: "Part of our goal is to provide a range of communication products to the user so Excite will be used as a hub for the Internet rather than just a search... [13 Aug 1998]
In brief: StorageTek launches network products
News The first release will be the Access Hub - a multiloop 32-port device for connecting multiple high-capacity storage units. StorageTek aims to address the problems associated with backing up data by releasing an updated... [27 Jul 1998]
C&WC targets the SoHo market
News As part of the package 3Com is supplying its OfficeConnect ISDN LAN modem, which combines a hub with four Ethernet ports, two voice/fax analogue ports, an ISDN connection and an IP router for Internet access. [02 Jul 1998]
