VERITAS Software Corporation announced that it has been rated the number one storage software vendor, ahead of EMC, IBM Tivoli and Computer Associates, in a recent survey of IT professionals by Byte and Switch, an online storage networking magazine.

Intel Corporation introduced the Intel® Celeron® processor at 2.20 and 2.10 GHz. Intel Celeron processors provide consumers with a great way to get on the Internet.

The increased deployment of corporate PCs enabled with Gigabit Ethernet connections and the growing use of high-bandwidth multimedia applications and networked storage are creating the need for 10-Gigabit connections in enterprise data centers. To address this issue, Intel Corporation is introducing a suite of five optical components that speed the development of cost-effective 10-Gigabit per second (Gbps) Ethernet and 10Gbps FibreChannel optical transceivers.

IBM reaffirms its commitment to the Serial ATA storage interface by showcasing prototype drives, using the new interface, at Comdex Fall 2002. The Serial ATA Work Group, Nexsan Technologies and Promise Technology will feature IBM’s Serial ATA-enhanced desktop hard disk drives (HDD) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. IBM is expected to formally introduce Serial ATA into its 3.5-inch HDD products in 2003.