Microsoft`s Tech-Ed conference for developers and partners at Sun City this week provided an opportunity to showcase new products from diverse areas in IT.
Kalliba, a memory and storage brand in the Axiz distribution stable, introduced the Kalliba USB MP3 Plus Player. Its small form factor puts it between a small cellphone and a memory stick in size, but it weighs no more than a box of matches. This device, which comes with earphones, can be worn around the neck, records digital voice and plays MP3 WMA formats.
The USB connector that comes with it allows for data transfer between PCs and Macs. The test unit given to ITWeb is the 64MB variety, but capacity can range to 128MB or 256MB. Total playback of up to 10 hours is possible. It includes the usual media player functions, including auto-off and built-in equaliser.
Surf in peace
In a time of unmanageable spam and unprecedented vulnerabilities, SurfControl featured what it punts as a "total filtering solution", blocking undesired content via e-mail, the Web, instant messaging, peer-to-peer connectivity and mobile phones.
About 30% of UK workers have admitted to sending sexist, racist, pornographic or discriminatory e-mail at work, the company says, in making a case for its solution. Networks Unlimited represents SurfControl locally.
Beyond Zip
Iomega, the company best known for its Zip drives, used Tech-Ed to launch its network-attached storage (NAS) range. Coming in the 200, 300, 400 and 800 ranges, the devices support multiple clients, including Unix, Mac, NetWare, Linux and Windows.
Capacities range from 320GB to 480GB and 720GB, the machines are Pentium 4-powered, come standard with Ultra-160 SCSI and support dual Gigabit Ethernet.
The products have a three-year warranty, and the P445m comes with one-year on-site service.
Office mobility
Vodacom`s Office Anywhere solution allows mobile workers to access business solutions such as e-mail via their GPRS- or WAP-enabled cellphone or personal digital assistant connected to a cellphone. All that is needed is Exchange 5.5 or higher, Microsoft Mobile Information Server with MS Outlook Mobile Access, and corporate Internet.
Other solutions rounding out Tech-Ed`s showcase were storage solutions from Dell`s partnership with EMC, ImplementIT`s agency for RDP software from Transcom, database management products from Quest Software, distributed via Blue Turtle, and a range of UUNet solutions.
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