Michael Martin

Despite a general slowdown in technology spending, the Canadian storage market remains strong, with a projected average annual growth rate of more than 40 per cent in terabytes sold through 2007, said Alan Freedman, an analyst with IDC Canada in Toronto.

San Jose, Calif.-based startup Kashya is rolling out a data replication appliance this month that allows customers to run any-to-any data storage, while maintaining data consistency across large distances.

The CRTC recently ordered Bell Canada and Telus Communications (Quebec) Inc. to file proposed tariffs for inter-exchange dark fibre access in a bid to promote competition in the private network market.

Despite a general slowdown in technology spending, the Canadian storage market remains strong.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Vendors used the HP World trade show, held in Atlanta earlier this month, to showcase their upcoming Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology.

Nortel Networks recently rolled out a pair of application switches, a hardware-based firewall and enhancements to its Alteon operating system and SSL VPN software, geared primarily towards mid-size businesses.

A pair of recent studies on the Canadian wireless LAN market reveal that Canadian enterprises are eager to break free of their wireline bonds.