You’ve heard the question: What’s better, NAS or SAN? Few people understand that like apples and oranges, NAS and SAN cannot be compared because the purposes they serve are completely different.

Recently, several customers have expressed concern about a circulating e-greeting card that behaves much like a computer virus. MessageLabs, an anti-virus research company, revealed that these self-promoting spam/ad/virus combination e-cards are being sent by Cool-Downloads.com, which is registered in Panama.

According to CNET News, the Alpha chip will be completely phased out by 2004. Although the Alpha chip was once considered an example of state-of-the-art technology, its life cycle is near completion. Compaq decided it was too costly to develop future Alpha processor designs and also thought the chip was “running out of steam.” Today, Alpha replacement parts are increasingly difficult to find, which makes repairs slow and extremely complicated. In the near future, it will be impossible to repair Alpha CPUs.

Opix AG, designer, optimizer and seller of highly-functional database software for networks, has announced its release the Enterprise Edition of the Opix Media City digital asset management system in October 2002.

Hybinette to Exhibit in Supercomputer 2002 Tradeshow

CHICAGO -- R.R. Donnelley, Chicago, won a five-year contract with Yellow Book, Uniondale, N.Y., part of the international directories business of Yell Group. Under the agreement, R.R. Donnelley will produce about 240 titles each year, totaling more than 30 million copies annually.

HOUSTON -- Recent shipments of Russian crude oil have had little impact on the US market, but Russia could become a big supplier to the US, a well-known energy consultant said.

The federal government released for comment a new set of guidelines for securing computer systems and networks.