Western Digital unveils SME storage

Western Digital has unveiled ShareSpace, a network storage system aimed at small and home offices, reports AMEinfo.

The release of ShareSpace marks the company's move into the SME storage sector of the market.

ShareSpace is a four-bay storage system with a Gigabit Ethernet interface, up to 4TB of storage and a built-in Mac/PC iTunes server.

Epson Malaysia will introduce its first range of office printers aimed at SMEs, states Thestar.

“We expect the new range of office printers to be one of our key revenue contributors. We may not see this happening in the next six months but it'll happen in the coming years,” says MD Michiya Hirasaki,

He said SMEs represent a huge market, with the majority of companies in Malaysia falling into that group.

Nortel is banking on its channel partners' expertise to make a splash in the SME market after releasing a unified communications offering, says Channelweb.

The Business Communications Manager (BCM) 450 is designed for use by up to 300 users and Nortel hopes it could prove lucrative for value-added resellers already trained on previous BCM products.

Amanda Giddins, Nortel's EMEA distribution leader, claimed her company's channel strategy could help it emerge as a leading vendor in the SME space.