McData bags IBM for SAN kit, BT sells Merlot, Sonicwall switch

IBM SIGNED TO REBRAND McData's Eclipse SAN Router and Intrepid 10000 Backbone Director in its Totalstorage product line. They will be re-badged as SAN256M Director and SAN16M-R SAN Router respectively and targeted at enterprise data centres.

BT sells Merlot
BT will sell a voice and data broadband access over standard phone line service from US supplier Merlot through a deal with European distributor Dacon. Resellers in the health, public sector and hospitality sectors can expect to be targeted to ship the VrooomService from Merlot.

Switch from Sonicwall Latest 24-port PRO 1260 secure LAN switch announced targeting small business networks. Claims can be easily configured as 24 virtual firewalls across internal, external or wireless networks.

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