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• SoftBank Telecom Deploys DataCore Virtual Storage, VMware and Xsigo I/O for Disaster Recovery; Company Builds an Infiniband-Based, Wide-Area Virtual Infrastructure

  - 2008-05-29

  DataCore Storage Virtualization and Disaster Recovery Software Made It Cost-Effective and Possible to Test, Construct, Operate and Manage Its Large Scale Disaster Recovery System

  Tags: disaster recovery, Softbank Corp., telecommunications, VMware Inc.

• SOFTBANK TELECOM and Xsigo Systems Demonstrate Automated Solution for Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery

  - 2008-05-01

  Xsigo Systems, Inc., the technology leader in data center I/O virtualization, and SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. (hereinafter called 'SOFTBANK TELECOM'), the fixed-line telecommunications segment of SOFTBANK group and one of Japan's largest telecommunication firms, today announced that the companies have demonstrated an automated disaster recovery solution that allows...

  Tags: Softbank Corp., telecommunications, virtual machine

• SOFTBANK TELECOM Scales Infrastructure at Switch and Data's Palo Alto Site to Accommodate Doubling its Traffic Volume with North American ISPs

  - 2008-04-15

  TAMPA, Fla. -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, announced today that SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp, the Japanese telecom- and Internet-services provider, has upgraded its main U.S. point of presence POP, located at Switch and Data's Palo Alto site, to accommodate a doubling...

  Tags: Internet, Internet Service Provider, Softbank Corp., telecommunications

• Japan decides to award new licenses to Willcom and KDDI.(JAPAN)

  - 2008-01-01

  Japan's telecom regulator plans to award licenses for high-speed wireless Internet to Carlyle-controlled handyphone firm Willcom Inc. and a consortium backed by cellphone giant KDDI Corp., according to the Nikkei business daily. The two companies have been battling it out with mobile operators NTT DoCoMo Inc....

  Tags: INTERNET, Japan, KDDI Corp., NETWORKING, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Verizon Business and SoftBank Telecom Enter Strategic Alliance.

  - 2007-06-25

  TOKYO, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- TOKYO, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

  Tags: Softbank Corp., strategic alliance, telecommunications, Verizon Communications Inc.

• Interwise Partners with SoftBank Telecom to Launch Enterprise-Class Conferencing and Collaboration in Japan

  - 2007-01-22

  Interwise Chosen as Best-in Class for Capturing Demand for IP Conferencing Among Japanese Businesses

  Tags: collaboration, Interwise, Softbank Corp., telecommunications

• SOFTBANK joins forces with Motorola to launch 2.5GHz WiMAX mobility trial in Japan; Expertise gained from trial will enhance Motorola's MOTOwi4 portfolio of wireless broadband solutions.

  - 2006-07-24

  M2 PRESSWIRE-24 July 2006-MOTOROLA: SOFTBANK joins forces with Motorola to launch 2.5GHz WiMAX mobility trial in Japan; Expertise gained from trial will enhance Motorola's MOTOwi4 portfolio of wireless broadband solutionsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24072006 TOKYO, Japan-- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced...

  Tags: broadband, Japan, mobility, Motorola Inc., Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Softbank to offer Internet 'hot spots' for Yahoo! BB customers

  - 2005-08-30

  TOKYO AFP — Japanese Internet group Softbank, which provides Japan's Yahoo broadband service, will offer subscribers a wireless Internet service in "hot spots" such as train stations from October, the company said. Softbank is to integrate its own wireless local area network with that of its subsidiary Japan Telecom,...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, broadband, INTERNET, Japan, LANs, NETWORKING, Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Yahoo! Inc.

• Softbank acquires Japanese Cable & Wireless unit

  - 2005-02-17

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-17 February 2005-Softbank acquires Japanese Cable & Wireless unitC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Japanese broadband and telecomms provider, Softbank, has acquired almost all of Cable & Wireless UK's stake in its Japanese unit - Cable & Wireless IDC (C&W IDC) - in a move designed to strengthen its telecomms...

  Tags: Cable and Wireless Plc., International Data Corp., Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• LEAD: Softbank to buy C&W IDC to strengthen telecom business

  - 2004-11-01

  TOKYO, Oct. 26 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO) Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it has decided to purchase Cable & Wireless IDC Inc. from its British parent Cable & Wireless PLC in a bid to expand its telecom business. The provider...

  Tags: broadband, International Data Corp., NETWORKING, Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, yen