In search of the next 'hot box'

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Silicon Valley is focusing much interest in BlueArc Corp.'s "hot box" which retrieves data files at almost 10 times as fast as competitors in an answer to the problem of keeping up with high speed data networks. The company claims that perhaps 100 more customers can access the box than other storage appliances. The box with the Silicon Server design can manage up to 200 trillion bytes of data. Company founder Enrico Pesatori has shipped a few samples of the box and it will be sold for about $100,000, competitive with Network Appliance's model.

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing, Memories & Storage Devices, Computer storage devices, Dedicated Computers, Management, Computer peripherals industry, Servers (Computers), Pesatori, Enrico, BlueArc Corp.

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At Comdex, wireless is center of hopes

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Computer makers see wireless Internet connectivity for their products as adding new impetus to sales. This will take the form of high speed connections for laptops, hand-held devices, PDA's, pen-based products. Telecom equipment and service providers are adding with Internet capability to cellular devices. This Comdex event has been colored by uncertainty over the election outcome, the Nasdaq composite index dropping below 3000, and the decline of the dot-coms.

Analog & Hybrid Computers, Radiotelephone communications, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Mobile Radio Services, Services information, Statistical Data Included, Microcomputers, Services, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Forecasts and trends, Wireless communications services, 2000 AD, Market trend/market analysis, Comdex

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Several makers plan handhelds that use Linux

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Several companies that make handheld devices are turning to Linux for operating systems as opposed to Microsoft's Windows. Concerns like Olivetti SpA, G.Mate Inc., and Agenda Computing Inc. are prepared to release their versions of personal digital assistants that have the Linux operating system.

Italy, Computer and Office Equipment, Office & Computing Machines, Usage, Office equipment, Office equipment and supplies industry, Office equipment industry, Personal digital assistants, Personal digital assistant, Olivetti S.p.A., Linux 6.0 (Operating system), Agenda Computing

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