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Notebook Vendors Not Hopeful Windows 7 Will Boost SSD Sales

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:01:00 +0100

Windows 7's support for SSDs will not do much to boost sales because the price gap with HDDs is still too high.
That's according to a report in Digitimes, which spoke to sources at notebook vendors.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 03/07/2009

Intel Advances Roadmap to Double SSD Capacity

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53:00 +0100

Intel is to implement the projected doubling of its SSD capacities earlier than expected - possibly as soon as next month.
The current X18-M and X25-M solid-state drives (SSDs) use a 50nm process and have 80GB and 160GB capacities with 2-bit multi-level cell (MLC) technology.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 03/07/2009

Green-House Launches New Line of SDDs

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0100

The Japanese firm Green-House has announced a new line of 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SDDs that use PATA IDE interface.
Both lines are available with capacities ranging from 16GB to 128GB.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 03/07/2009

China VoIP & Digital Telecom Virtualization Project Receives Governmental Funds

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:34:00 +0100

Jinan Yinquan Technology has announced that its data center virtualization technology project has received 500,000 yuan from Shandong Economic and Information Technology Committee.
Following the award, the wholly owned subsidiary of China VoIP & Digital Telecom said it is well positioned to take full advantage of the tremendous economic growth currently being experienced in China.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 03/07/2009

EMC Extends Data Domain Offer

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:00 +0100

EMC Corporation has extended its all-cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Data Domain common stock for USD $30 per share.
The move is to provide additional time to satisfy closing conditions, the offering period now expires at 12:00 midnight EDT on July 10, 2009.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 03/07/2009

Mvix Launches "Ultimate" 1080p Home Theater Media Player

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:39:00 +0100

Mvix has announces the worldwide launch of the Mvix Ultio, a hard-disk based media center capable of HD digital media playback with video output as high as 1080p.
The company claims the device supports the largest array of AV formats and codecs of any media player.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 03/07/2009

HD Streaming and Blu-ray "Can Co-exist" - For Now

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:23:00 +0100

There are already more digital delivery devices connected to HDTVs in US homes than Blu-ray players, thanks largely to the Xbox 360 and the likes of TiVo, Roku, AppleTV and Vudu.
Yet despite the numerical supremacy of players capable of streaming HD content, digital downloads are not expected to be a serious competitor to the Blu-ray format anytime soon.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 03/07/2009

SinglePipe Restructures Management Team

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:49:00 +0100

Jeff Carr has been appointed CEO of VoIP provider SinglePipe as part of a strategic restructuring to support a market and product expansion.
Matt Phillips, who had been CEO, shifts to vice chairman of corporate development for the Kentucky-based managed services provider, while Cynthia Carpenter has been named as president and COO.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 02/07/2009

Zer01 Launches Unlimited Voice and Data Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:41:00 +0100

Zer01 Mobile has announced the launch of its unlimited, prepaid, voice and data service that the company is selling to distributors in the US.
The Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (or MVNE) said its low-cost offering can support unlimited service via mobile VoIP technology running over AT&T Mobility's network.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 02/07/2009

VoIP Biggest Victim of IT Managers' Hesitance to Deploy Next-Generation Apps

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:34:00 +0100

VoIP is the most likely application type to have deployments delayed due to third-party network concerns, according to a survey of IT managers.
The report by Apparent Networks found that 73 per cent of respondents also said VoIP was the most common application to stress their networks.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 02/07/2009

GENBAND and BroadSoft Offer Legacy Switch Migration Solution

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:00 +0100

VoIP applications provider Broadsoft and IP infrastructure solutions developer GENBAND have announced a new set of solutions that enable carriers to upgrade their networks while supporting legacy features.
The two companies have integrated GENBAND's gateways with BroadSoft's suite of hosted telephony and multimedia applications.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 02/07/2009

Standard Smartphone Charger Gets Green Light in Europe

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:12:00 +0100

European smartphone users are to get a standardised charger following an agreement between handset manufacturers that control 90 per cent of the region's mobile market.
From next year, new phones will be sold with the charger but will eventually come without one - significantly lowering manufacturing and shipping costs.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/07/2009

Innocell Developing Double Capacity Palm Pre Battery

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:03:00 +0100

Battery life is a key issue for smartphones - and it's an area where the Palm Pre with its removable battery has some definite advantages over Apple's iPhone.
Not least that Innocell is developing a new battery for the Pre that has twice the capacity of the handset's original.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/07/2009

02 Secures Exclusive UK Rights to Palm Pre

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:53:00 +0100

O2 has beaten rival operator Orange to secure the exclusive rights to the Palm Pre when it is released in the UK.
Palm and O2 are expected to make the announcement next week almost a month after the launch of the handset in the US.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/07/2009

iPhone Fuelling Handset Navigation Uptake

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:41:00 +0100

The rapidly growing smartphone market is providing a much-needed boost for handset-based turn-by-turn navigation.
While PNDs and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn navigation users will increase to 26 million by the end of 2010, according to ABI Research.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/07/2009

MetaPlaces09: Location-Based Services Have To Earn Consumer Trust

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:45:00 +0100

INTERVIEW: Tony Jebara, chief scientist for New York start-up Sense Networks and a professor at Columbia University, tells smartphone.biz-news how location-based data is being used to predict consumer behavior and preferences.
Jebara, who is delivering a keynote presentation at this year's MetaPlaces09 conference, said the results can be used to highlight hot spots where different urban "tribes" gather - but can also give advertisers a better idea of where and when to advertise to certain groups of people.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 01/07/2009

Major US Broadcaster Networks Claim 53% Of Free Online TV

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:17:00 +0100

The major US broadcasters are evolving into multi-platform TV distribution networks in a "land-grab" attempt to replicate their traditional channels business online.
So much so that the online web-based TV services of the four major US TV networks – together with Hulu, the joint venture between NBC Universal, News Corporation and Disney - accounted for 53 per cent of an ad-supported US online TV market, according to a report from Screen Digest.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 30/06/2009

HD Models Taking Over PVR Market

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:02:00 +0100

The personal video recorder (PVR) market is continuing to grow, fueled by high-definition models.
Global PVR shipments exceeded 25 million in 2008, with HD PVRs making up nearly 75 per cent of the total, according to In-Stat.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 30/06/2009

Panasonic makes Tsuyuzaki new CTO

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:00 +0100

The executive who helped Panasonic develop its Blu-ray discs and 3D FullHD TV technologies has been named as the new chief technology officer of Panasonic Consumer Electronics North America.
Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, Panasonic’s Hollywood Laboratory managing director, is replacing Paul Liao who is leaving the company to be the new CEO of Cable Television Laboratories.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 30/06/2009

Service Transparency Vital Between Legacy Networks and LTE

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:43:00 +0100

INTERVIEW: Telecom carriers are beginning to deploy IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) technology in their networks instead of buying VoIP equipment.
VoIP.biz-news spoke to Mavenir Systems, a provider of converged voice and messaging solutions, about the opportunities and challenges faced in delivering next generation communications.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 30/06/2009

Varisys Boosts Storage Range

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:57:00 +0100

Varisys has added to its range of storage products with two new high performance boards intended for use in harsh environments.
The VTS2 also provides high-density storage in standard form factors. It is now available in a conduction-cooled assembly that provides VME users the ability to add mass storage into a rugged system.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 26/06/2009

Adaptec Introduces Greener More Efficient RAID Controllers

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:44:00 +0100

Adaptec has announced the availability of its Series 5Z Unified Serial (SATA/SAS) RAID controller family.
The company said these high-performance controllers integrate an industry first - a flash-based Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection module that provides data center managers with a single controller solution for data protection in the event of both power loss and drive failure.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 26/06/2009

WD Launches Dual-Drive Network Storage System

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:33:00 +0100

WD has unveiled its newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual- drive network storage system in capacities of up to 4 TB.
The company said the double protection of two Mirrored (RAID 1) drives and continuous backup software, makes the storage system extra-safe for users to back up and store the data and digital media.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 26/06/2009

SanDisk 32GB Flash Card Handles HD Video

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:25:00 +0100

SanDisk is offering a new Extreme SDHC card which it claims is the world's fastest 32GB card - with both the capacity and I/O speed to handle HD video clips.
with a sustained write speed - up to 30 megabits-per-second - the company said it is fast enough to capture a storehouse of up to 160 minutes of full HD (1920x1080) video at a 24Mb/s data transfer rate.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 26/06/2009

IT Execs Doubt Virtualization is Data Recovery Remedy

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:00 +0100

Separate backup data center locations are not being used by many companies to provide the complete data-recovery system, according to research.
Instead they are relying on failover to separate storage arrays and servers within the same physical building.

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Originally appeared on Storage.biz-news.com :: Latest Storage Business News on 26/06/2009

Vuzix First With Wrap-Around Specs for iPhone 3GS

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:08:00 +0100

Vuzix has announced the first wearable display glasses compatible with the new iPhone 3GS.
The iWear AV310 gives users the virtual equivalent of a 52”, 16:9 widescreen display as if viewed from a distance of nine feet.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 26/06/2009

Truphone Expands Services to 11 More Nokias

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:10:00 +0100

Truphone has extened its VoIP and call-through services to an additional 11 Nokia handsets.
The move is to capitalise on the improved the distribution channel now being offered by Nokia's Ovi Store.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 26/06/2009

HTC Forecasts 50% US Sales Growth

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:43:00 +0100

Hot on the heels of launching its third Android smartphone, HTC is forecasting its US handset sales to grow by at least 50 per cent this year.
With the arrival of the Hero, the Taiwanese phone maker is establishing itself as the leading manufacturer of the Linux-based devices.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/06/2009

Palm Targeting Smartphone Growth - Not Apple

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:34:00 +0100

Palm's new CEO Jon Rubinstein believes there is sufficient growth in the smartphone market to profitably sustain "three to five players".
He was speaking after announcing "strong and growing" sales of the company's new Pre handset - with download applications now numbering more than 1 million three weeks after it launched.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/06/2009

Truphone Expands Services to Range of Nokia Devices

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:18:00 +0100

Truphone has announced that its VoIP and call-through services now support an additional 11 Nokia handsets.
The mobile VoIP operator first offered its VoIP-only services on Nokia devices but went on to include the iPhone and Android platforms.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/06/2009

ZINNET Unveils Networkable HD Media Player

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:13:00 +0100

ZINNET has unveiled a new HD multi-media player and BitTorrent downloader with networking capabilities. Called the CinemaCube, it connects to an HDTV and plays media content from USB mass storage devices.
The device is also networkable, allowing users to enjoy media content stored on a remote PC on a living room TV.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 26/06/2009

Rising Demand Makes Toshiba Reconsider Blu-Ray Products

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:05:00 +0100

Ever since losing the high-def format war to Blu-ray, Toshiba has resolutely refused to join the enemy camp and start manufacturing Blu-ray products.
Until now that is. According to reports coming out of its annual shareholder meeting in Tokyo, Toshiba is considering making Blu-ray products.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 26/06/2009

Boxee Extends to all Windows Users, Adds Apps

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:55:00 +0100

Boxee is extending its media center access to Windows and will shortly change its "alpha" status to "beta".
The open source media site has also announced four major new app partnerships that will be available to everyone downloading its software.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/06/2009

I-MOVIX Announces New Deal with CANAL+ France

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:37:00 +0100

I-MOVIX has announced a new contract with CANAL+ France to use its ultra slow motion SprintCam solution for sports broadcasting.
The SprintCam Live V2.1 and SprintCam V3 HD offer broadcast integration and have the ability to work at 500 fps under restricted lighting conditions.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/06/2009

IPsmarx Releases "Cost Cutting" Wholesale Softswitch

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:40:00 +0100

IPsmarx Technology has released what it describes as a user-friendly all-in-one solution for managing billing routing, taxation, and complex routing tables.
The company claims the new VoIP Softswitch will allow carriers to reduce their operating costs by automating billing and customer management processes.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 25/06/2009

JAJAH Connects One Billionth Call, Promises "Genuine" UC

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:27:00 +0100

JAJAH has announced that it has just connected its one billionth call - a 29-year-old woman in San Francisco who was calling her mother in India.
Not bad going for a company that launched just three years ago as a web-based consumer VoIP service and which now has over 25 million users and partnerships with the likes of Intel, Microsoft and Yahoo!

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 25/06/2009

Nimbuzz Offers VoIP Calling Without 3G or WiFi

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:19:00 +0100

Nimbuzz is partnering with Voxbone to offer its VoIP calling service using local DID access numbers – without the need for 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity.
The arrangement means that users can make voice calls to contacts using most of the popular IM and VoIP services, including Gizmo5 and Skype, in over 50 countries.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 25/06/2009

OnRelay Releases Open Source Mobile PBX

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:48:00 +0100

OnRelay has released its mobile PBX solution following successful trials in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
The Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) provider said Unified MBX provides Unified Communications (UC) without the expense of proprietary telephony hardware or IP PBX licenses.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 25/06/2009

WiMAX MENA: Gulf Offers "Real Opportunity" For WiMAX

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:50:00 +0100

Richard Jones has just overseen the largest WiMAX deployment in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for a telecom startup in Saudi Arabia.
Yet the managing partner of Ventura Team said his biggest concern is whether WiMAX will make it as a technology.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/06/2009

WiMAX MENA: Roll-Out Strategy Key To WiMAX v LTE Debate

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:05:00 +0100

Arguing that WiMAX is a better wireless 4G system than Long Term Evolution (LTE) - or vice versa - is a waste of time.
That's the view of Dr Hans-Peter Petry, head of radio access and transport at Detecon International, who is adamant that it's pointless claiming either side in the 4G debate is superior to the other.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 24/06/2009

DTM Systems Achieves HP Virtualization Solutions Elite Partner Status for Advanced ...

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:41:00 +0100

DTM Systems Corporation has achieved HP Virtualization Solutions Elite Partner status for Advanced Virtualization Expertise.
To be selected as an HP Virtualization Elite Partner, companies must provide expert service and support and offer clients complete virtualization solutions - from capacity planning assessments to design, installation, configuration, data migration, training, and post-installation services.

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DataSlide Announces Oracle's Embedded Berkeley Database Partnership

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:21:00 +0100

DataSlide, the massively parallel green storage company, has announced their embedded architecture and Partnership Network agreement with Oracle.
Oracle's Berkeley Database embedded onto the DataSlide storage drive enables 3rd party developers the ability to implement next generation Business Intelligence right onto the storage system. This is a significant step for DataSlide as they move towards productizing Hard Rectangular Drives(TM) HRD(TM).

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Samsung Reveals the First 32 Gigabyte DDR3 Memory Module, for Low-Power Server Operations

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:14:00 +0100

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has developed the world’s first 32 Gigabyte (GB) DDR3 module – for use in server systems.
The new module operates at 1.35-volts, in support of the global trend to cut power usage in mass storage computing environments.

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Storage Cost Savings and Dynamic Provisioning

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:03:00 +0100

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today introduced unique capabilities across software and services to enable customers to reclaim underutilised storage capacity and increase the return on their assets.
This announcement highlights the company’s strategic Global Services capabilities to further extend the economic and optimisation benefits customers can achieve leveraging Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning technology.

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Storage Class Memories - Changing the Face of Storage and Computing

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:57:00 +0100

Vijay Karamcheti, CTO, Virident Systems to give Luncheon Address on the "Real World Challenges and Opportunities of Storage Class Memory in the Data Center" at 2009 NVM Conference.
Karamcheti, who is also Associate Professor of Computer Science at NYU has been invited to give a special luncheon keynote speech on the real world challenges of implementing Storage Class Memories now and for the future.

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iPhone 3GS Enters Smartphone Wars

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:03:00 +0100

Apple launched its new iPhone 3GS today with demand expected to be strong for the handset in the US and seven other initial launch countries.
However, with a smartphone market also offering new handsets from Palm, RIM and Nokia, to name but a few, the landscape has changed considerably since the original iPhone hit the market two years ago.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/06/2009

HiT Barcelona: Telecoms Industry Has To "Reinvent Itself"

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:24:00 +0100

Telefónica's Carlos Domingo provided an interesting glimpse of the corporate navel-gazing underway at one of the largest fixed-line and mobile telecommunications companies in the world.
The giant Spanish giant isn't renowned - amongst its customers, anyway - for being at the cutting edge of innovation.
But Domingo, Telefónica's director of internet & multimedia and director of its R&D center, showed that it is grasping the nettle of change required if the challenges facing itself and the industry generally are to be met.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/06/2009

Media5 SIP Softphone App Turns iPhone into IP-PBX Extension

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:52:00 +0100

Media5 has released a SIP client application that allows the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch to be used as a IP-PBX extension.
The company says the full-featured softphone enables the Apple devices to be used to access the same phone services and features as if they were in the office.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 17/06/2009

Google Voice Testing Number Portability

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:21:00 +0100

Google Voice is testing a number portability service that would allow users to have calls transferred from an existing number to any device chosen.
Currently, the service gives users a new number for all their phones, as well as voicemail and many enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 17/06/2009

New VoIP Call Recording Solution for SMBs

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:15:00 +0100

CTI Group and CommPartners Connect have announced they are offering a VoIP call recording service aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.
Called SmartRecord IP it is a hosted VoIP call recording application that gives network operators the ability to offer call recording directly from the switch, rather than as an afterthought.

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Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 17/06/2009