New Products And Technology In 2005
 
  On January 2nd 2005, Sun filled its home page with a few areas of interest.  Sun plans to hold a moderated online chat session on January 11th 2005, to discuss Jini Technology for Dynamic Networking.  Java also had its usually Java quiz available too.  The quiz was dated December 2004 by Ed Ort.  As far as hardware goes, Sun gave up some of its home page space to the UltraSPARC IV Processor.  This processor uses multithreading technology for enterprise level needs.  This processor is Compatible with existing UltraSPARC III-based systems.  see www.sun.com/  
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  On the networking side of things, Cisco was making statements of their own.  Cisco Systems gave a generous portion of their center home page space to send a public service announcement.  "Help the tsunami survivors  recover and rebuild" with a link to donate.  Cisco news also talked about the a new installation of their IP solution into the headquarters of a major Brazilian financial institution. This installation included Ciscos UnityTM unified communications, a Cisco CallManager IP telephony system and a Cisco interactive voice recording (IVR) system.  Cisco used the lower right side of their page to highlight hardware with an image.  This link took you to a page devoted to data storage products.  Cisco reccomended offloading unused yet occasionally desired data to SAN or Storage Area Networking devices.  see www.cisco.com/  
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  Speaking of storage, We cant forget Seagate.  This storage giant had a home page that gave the feeling that an information portal gives.  That up to date feeling.  Their latest news talked about CTO Mark Kryder and VARBusiness.  They quoted the following from Mr. Kryder: "I am honored that VARBusiness has decided to include me as a top Technology Innovator for 2004," said Kryder. "However, this recognition belongs to the Seagate R&D team who have enabled Seagate's recent technical accomplishments. I'm very proud of this team of dedicated people that have helped make Seagate the number one disc drive manufacturer in the world and who have recently enabled Seagate to introduce 12 new disc drive products.". One of Seagates tope stories was about the jump from 1 year warranties to 5 year warranties in desktops.  This was also reflected in a rotating banner that talked about warranties and the storage application model or SAM.  This useful tool helps determine what type of drive you may need depending on your needs.  The meter goes from consumer electronics and laptops to mission critical needs.  The tool suggested FC, SAS, and SCSI interfaces as you moved closer to mission critical needs.  What about 400gb external solutions, well Seagate is talking about those too.  see www.seagate.com  
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2005 will bring an abundance of advances in technology.  The world as a whole is becoming connected in this digital information age.
 
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