NetApp and Oracle have halted their legal battle over the open source storage technology found in the ZFS file system.
Tags : Oracle, Sun Microsystems, NetApp, ZFS, OpenSolaris
Oracle is reassuring its Sun StorageTek data tape customers of its long-term commitment to the technology.
Tags : Oracle, Sun Microsystems, tape storage, archiving, backup and recovery
Is Oracle seeking to do away with OpenSolaris?
Tags : open source, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Sun Oracle Merger Open Source Storage, open storage
There are some good reasons why Sun's open source ZFS file system is so popular.
Tags : open source, file systems, Sun Microsystems, ZFS, open storage
IBM, HDS, Sun and 3PAR are among the vendors with big product announcements this week.
Tags : data storage, IBM, SSD, deduplication, Sun Microsystems
HP gets kicked to the curb as Oracle picks the company it's acquiring for the next-generation Exadata servers.
Tags : database, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, mergers and acquisitions, Exadata
Sun and Oracle have been silent as their merger nears approval, but pundits have been anything but quiet.
Tags : open source, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, mergers and acquisitions, open storage
Vendors from EMC to Sun are standardizing on Intel and AMD chips. Will the movement toward commodity architectures affect performance?
Tags : EMC, Intel, Sun Microsystems, AMD, BlueArc
Sun Microsystems is partnering with BridgeHead to help hospitals store and manage data — a move that just might get the company some healthcare stimulus dollars.
Tags : data storage, Sun Microsystems, Health IT, stimulus bill, BridgeHead Software
Mergers, hostile takeovers, turf battles, high-profile defections... We look at what's behind the turmoil in the IT industry — and what it means for the future of storage.
Tags : Oracle, EMC, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, mergers and acquisitions
The latest version of Sun's open source ZFS file system includes automated management of SSDs. And OpenSolaris gets new networking and virtualization features.
Tags : open source, data storage, file systems, Sun Microsystems, Solid-State Drives
Sun's latest Open Storage offering includes cluster and dual controller options for high availability.
Tags : open source, data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems
An old data storage technology is providing Sun Microsystems with a surprising source of growth.
Tags : data storage, Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems, tape
Some analysts say the answer is yes — and perhaps sooner than you think.
Tags : data storage, EMC, Sun Microsystems, hard drives, Solid-State Drives
With commercial implementations and community projects on the rise, analysts nonetheless see barriers to widespread enterprise adoption of open source data storage technologies.
Tags : open source, data storage, EMC, Sun Microsystems, backup
Larry Ellison says Oracle will hang on to Sun's hardware business, including the data storage and tape lines.
Tags : data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems
While just a tiny part of a $13 billion company, Sun's Open Storage program exemplifies everything the company had hoped to achieve in its turnaround efforts.
Tags : open source, data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, open storage
Sun's Open Storage program was its strongest business in the March quarter — just in time for Oracle to figure out what to do with the program.
Tags : open source, data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, open storage
After a tough first quarter, EMC CEO Joe Tucci waxes about the outlook for IT spending and sizes up the company's new competitive threat from the merger of Oracle and Sun.
Tags : Oracle, EMC, Sun Microsystems
Oracle's sudden move into the data storage business has industry analysts wondering — and storage vendors on edge.
Tags : data storage, Oracle, EMC, Sun Microsystems, mergers and acquisitions
