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October 6, 2003
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Veritas upgrades storage management for Windows
Adding to Microsoft's momentum in the data storage world, Veritas Software plans to expand the support of a storage resource application for Windows operating systems.
Veritas plans to announce on Monday that a comprehensive version of its StorageCentral 5.2 product will run on Windows Server 2003 and the new Windows Storage Server 2003.
StorageCentral lets companies set quotas on the amount of storage computer users can consume as well as block certain types of files from being stored on corporate machines. The software also can generate reports on storage usage.
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Plasma screens fall in price as production jumps
A massive rise in the production of plasma displays during the second quarter of this year holds out the promise of falling prices and greater availability, according to a market research company.
Isuppli, in its quarterly report on PDP systems, said that production of plasma screens jumped to 389,785 during the second quarter of this year – a rise of 30% on the previous quarter, and 122% up compared to the second quarter of 2002.
Analyst Riddhi Patel, at iSuppli, suggested that consumer interest in hanging a big plasma screen on your living room wall is picking up pace because of falling prices.
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Sharp builds high-resolution LCD for cell phones
Sharp, the world's largest maker of liquid crystal display televisions, said Monday it had developed a high-resolution LCD screen for mobile phones that allows users to view full-sized Web pages.
Osaka, Japan-based Sharp said its LCD panel had a screen measuring 2.6 inches diagonally and video graphics array (VGA) quality of 307,220 pixels, quadruple the resolution of existing cell phone screens with 76,800 pixels.
As a result, it will be possible to view screens with the same clarity as a personal computer monitor on a mobile phone, allowing users to look at spreadsheets, Web sites or text documents.
Until now, mobile phone Web pages have been simplified to meet the limits of QVGA (quarter VGA) screens, but Sharp expects the new technology to expand the uses of mobile phones.
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