The SAN switch will also feature backwards compatibility for the first time, due to the recent release of a Fabric standard, allowing full interoperability between storage network vendors' products. Gadzoox claims the switch, called Slingshot 4218...
Brocade, Compaq, Emulex, IBM, JNI and Qlogic have all joined up to develop multi-vendor SAN interoperability aimed to help IT departments to deploy SANs easier and more efficiently. The open SAN allows IBM's and Compaq's server platforms to be...
However, the number of schemes - as well as the variety of different biometric identifiers in use in these schemes - will make interoperability problematic, especially if machines have to be put in place to automate the identification of...
The study found that web services work - pioneered by IBM and Microsoft, but now advocated and standardized by many other companies - tops the list of technologies preferred for linking applications together.
Sprint has bolstered its lineup of small office net phone equipment, a move that promises to intensify competition in the hot market for selling voice over IP (VoIP) systems to companies with tiny budgets.
Most major manufacturers have SIP on their roadmaps for some point in the future but interoperability can't yet be taken for granted. Alcatel offers some interoperability but some phones may need a firmware upgrade to become fully SIP compliant.