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Storage Wars Just about every storage vendor out there today says it has a major focus on the small and midsize business market for 2008. But when you talk to them it becomes pretty clear that for the last few years a lot of them are focused on the small part of the SMB market while others have been more focused on the midmarket. Midmarket Gearing Up for WAN Compression Midsize companies are starting to show an interest in WAN data compression. Broadcom Enters Enterprise 802.11n Market The chip maker introduces a silicon and software package it says consumes half the power of competing 802.11n chip sets. Building Software-as-a-Service Applications for Everybody Progress Software is leveraging software as a service as a revenue-sharing program for its midmarket customers. ProCurve Preps 10/100 Switches The move reveals a little secret: While the bulk of industry switch revenue is coming from Gigabit Ethernet, most switch ports shipping today are still 10/100 Ethernet. How to Set Up a SAN Lower costs and simpler technology are attracting smaller companies to SANs (storage area networks). Here are some things to think about if you are planning to go the SAN route. By Karen Schwartz