Netgear unveils network storage server

Netgear has unveiled a product line of its network attached storage (NAS) server, the Netgear Stora, reports CNET News.

According to Drew Meyer, director of marketing for Netgear's NAS Unit, the Stora is "most definitely a platform for everyone".

The new NAS server is a two-bay storage device that can accommodate two Internet SATA hard drive of any capacity, making it capable of offering up to 2TB of storage in RAID1 configuration.

Avaya has updated its IP Office phone system designed to reduce the complexity acting as a break on small-to-medium enterprises (SME) which are adopting unified communications technology, states Computing.co.uk.

Avaya IP Office Release 5 is available in six role-based formats tailored to meet the needs of different groups of workers, including teleworkers, mobile workers and customer service agents, said the vendor.

Multiple hardware options have also been consolidated down to one offering, which supports 384 users compared with a 272 ceiling in the past. Two 64-user conferencing bridges are now likewise included rather than just one.

Landlocked Rwanda is weeks away from completing a link to a new fibre-optic network promising high-speed Internet for East Africa, officials say, according to BBC News.

Engineers expect the capital, Kigali, to be connected to newly-arrived undersea cables in Kenya by November. A national fibre-optic ring is due to go online early in 2010.

The new link is the key part of a plan to transform Rwanda from an impoverished, agricultural society into a hi-tech economic innovator. Most of Rwanda's nine million inhabitants still make a living from small-scale farming, and much of the country remains without basic services - including a reliable electricity supply.