Iomega is to launch an assault on the optical storage market, having announced a new product which addresses the storage needs of PC users in the corporate environment. The ZipCD drive can store up to 650MB of data, and will be released by the...
Fujitsu has announced the launch of its Atapi internal magneto-optical drive for Silicon Graphics' NT workstation. Using removable media with a capacity of 640Mb, the drive is aimed particularly at graphic artists and digital-media end users in the...
Toshiba has taken the wraps of a hybrid optical storage drive that brings together DVD-ROM and CD-RW technologies. The SD-R1002 drive offers rewriteability and high-capacity storage in a single device.
At present the makers of optical systems can't build them fast enough to meet demand from the carriers. Corning has transformed itself from a sleepy manufacturer of ovenproof glassware into a leading player in the high-tech optical components...
Optical networking specialist JDS Uniphase is splashing out $425m to buy IBM's optical transceiver business to boost its data communications offering. Optical transceivers have both an optical transmitter and an optical receiver, allowing two-way...
Cisco said it will provide an ONS 15454 Sonet Multiservice platform optical transport system for voice, video and data to connect over 40 cities. Cisco Systems and Ciena have signed a multi-million dollar deal to supply US long distance carrier AT...