Obsolete technology: 40 big losers By the time you read this story, the Internet may be obsolete. Okay, maybe not. But you never know. We've compiled a list of 40 once-commonplace activities that are rapidly approaching extinction. Chelsio ships Unified Storage Router Chelsio Communications last week shipped its Unified Storage Router, a router that combines 10 Gigabit iSCSI and Fibre Channel. Airline takes off with HP Data Protector Kevin York, senior manager for Continental Airlines in hurricane-prone Houston, was looking for a data protection solution that he could use to backup his heterogeneous network. CCIE Storage Lab testing available beginning in August. Time to stop CCIE boot camps? Hold CCIEs to letter of the law, no passing on test information in boot camps, says Cisco Subnet blogger Larry Chaffin. Wanova emerges from stealth mode A desktop virtualization start-up called Wanova emerged from stealth mode Wednesday having secured $13 million in funding. Telecommuting on the rise, though not necessarily within IT departments Telecommuting is way up this year, in companies of all sizes. The next major leap forward -- and it's coming -- will be when virtual working expands beyond knowledge workers to the kinds of jobs that historically always required physical presence. Clickfree intros Transformer data back-up via iPhone, iPod Storage Application Corporation has announced the Clickfree Transformer for iPhone and iPod. NetApp goes native with Fibre Channel over Ethernet NetApp is using QLogics single-chip Fibre Channel Ethernet adapters in its storage arrays and virtualization appliances in order to offer customers a native Fibre Channel over Ethernet capability. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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