New and Noteworthy: Xsan delayed until 2005; "Halo Effect" a popular term for 2004; more

Xsan delayed until 2005 As reported by Macworld UK, Apple's Xsan storage management software will ship next month. The company had intended to ship the software in autumn this year. "Apple announced its plans for the product at the National Association of Broadcaster's show on April 18. Xsan is a Storage Area Network file system for enterprise-level deployments, with a particularly focus on video and storage. The 64-bit cluster software is designed to work in tandem with Xserve and Xserve RAID. Its users will be able to consolidate storage resources, and the Mac OS X-based system can support up to 64 video professionals simultaneously accessing a single storage volume. It will cost $999." More.

"Halo Effect" a popular term for 2004 Investor's Business Daily has an article entitled " Popular terms set tone for 2004." In it, the paper describes the phrase "Halo effect" as having two distinct definitions: 1. The successful conversion of the sinful (Windows users) into born-again Mac supporters thanks to the purchase of Apple's popular iPod digital music player. 2. Sleepless nights and thumb cramping associated with excessive online alien hunting. More.

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