Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Moving experience needn’t be a drag.
- Unipart Logistics is switching to virtual storage
- … part.(Unipart Logistics is switching to virtual storage to…
- Web 2.0 Journal: Storage Analyst Farley Questions Sun’s Strategy
- RIM CEO: Patent reform still needed
- Pre Market Alert.
- LeCroy Corporation Adopts Share Repurchase Plan; Board Authorizes…

Moving experience needn’t be a drag.
Free with registration – Post Crescent – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 25, 2006
I just want to know it’s done it’s insured and all I have to do is put stuff away. ” Homeowners and businesses can do some of the light work themselves and save some big bucks say two Appleton-based movers. “The first thing you want to do is look at your budget” said Jean Long Manteufel owner of Jerry Long’s A-1 Moving &.

Unipart Logistics is switching to virtual storage
Computing – May 25, 2006
The company supplies products to 74 countries from 20 worldwide warehouselocations and specialises in delivering integrated logistics and businessservices to a large range of customers including Jaguar Boots and Homebase. A complex supply chain operation meant the firm ran business applicationsacross a large and disparate server environment. As increasing information volumes began to impinge on customer servicedelivery Unipart decided to consolidate its server environment onto aninfrastructure which would improve data management and availability. Driving this need was an extension to 2013 of the global contract with Jaguarfor supplying motor parts… The company supplies products to 74 countries from 20 worldwide warehouselocations and specialises in delivering integrated logistics and businessservices to a large range of customers including Jaguar Boots and Homebase. A complex supply chain operation meant the firm ran business applicationsacross a large and disparate server environment. As increasing information volumes began to impinge on customer servicedelivery Unipart decided to consolidate its server environment onto aninfrastructure which would improve data management and availability. Driving this need was an extension to 2013 of the global contract with Jaguarfor supplying motor parts. Unipart handles more than 17000 orders a day for thecar company and most of the information was held on individual servers.

… part.(Unipart Logistics is switching to virtual storage to…
Free with registration – Computing – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 25, 2006
(25-MAY-06) Computing. Lisa Kelly reports Unipart Logistics is moving towards a virtual storage en… (Unipart Logistics is switching to virtual storage to increase efficiency) Byline: Lisa Kelly Looking the part In a drive to increase efficiency Unipart Logistics is switching to virtual storage. Lisa Kelly reports Unipart Logistics is moving towards a virtual storage environment to maximise its server investment and gain fast access to business critical data. The company supplies products to 74 countries from 20 worldwide warehouse locations and specialises in delivering integrated logistics and business services to a large range of customers including Jaguar Boots and Homebase. A complex supply chain operation meant the firm ran business applications across a large and disparate server environment. As increasing information volumes began to impinge on customer service delivery Unipart decided to consolidate its server environment onto an infrastructure.

Web 2.0 Journal: Storage Analyst Farley Questions Sun’s Strategy
sys-con.com – May 25, 2006
Farley acknowledges Yen’s technical brilliance and success in heading the company’s scalable chip divison yet still believes Sun needs to go outside the company to get its storage strategy right. Farley was interviewed by SYS-CON West Coast Bureau Chief Roger Strukhoff; the full interview will be available soon at Farley’s website.

RIM CEO: Patent reform still needed
ITworld.com – May 25, 2006
government is moving in the right direction with its efforts to reform its patent process by making it tougher for companies claiming infringement to get court injunctions said a top executive at Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. which settled its own patent fight in March.

Pre Market Alert.
Free with registration – M2 Presswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 25, 2006
PK) Rose 9% yesterday. After the close announced that they have signed an agreement with a leader in the Canadian ISO point of sale and ATM network to establish a co-brand prepaid card program for the Canadian marketplace. The initial agreement is for a commitment of ten thousand co-branded prepaid cards for the first year for the ISO point of sale merchant and their existing clients. Smart Card will benefit from ongoing royalties from the cards sold and commissions from transaction usage by active cards used by the merchant and their network. Additionally the company has committed to one thousand co-branded prepaid cards for the money remittance market and payroll industry in the United Sates for their existing distribution network. Smart Card CEO Massimo Barone stated “The mission of Smart Card Marketing is to take a stronghold in the North American market with card issuance and co-brand clients. The shareholder value strengthens with every cross border agreement that is reached and deployed successfully.

LeCroy Corporation Adopts Share Repurchase Plan; Board Authorizes…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 25, 2006
– LeCroy Corporation (NASDAQ: LCRY) a leading supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the adoption of a share repurchase plan authorizing the Company to purchase up to 2 million shares of its common stock. This amount represents over 15% of the Company’s shares outstanding. “The share repurchase program reflects our confidence in LeCroy’s growth prospects and our commitment to maximizing shareholder value” said LeCroy President and Chief.