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EMC issued the first major refresh of its content management platform, unifying the various software components to share a common architecture. The release is the first since it acquired content management software provider Documentum for $1.7 billion. The Content management applications in Documentum 5.3 now share the same code base, security model, repository, object model […]

The European Union gave Symantec’s $13.5 billion offer to acquire Veritas Software its blessing, saying that the merger would not hinder competition in Europe. The finding eliminates the last major stumbling block for the purchase, which is slated to be completed in the second quarter 2005. “The commission’s examination of the deal showed that the […]

Back-up storage provider Yosemite Technologies has decided to focus on the enterprise space, unveiling a software application and throwing its hat into a competitive ring led by Veritas . Yosemite Backup Advanced is the first in a family of storage solutions the San Jose, Calif., concern will be crafting to serve the backup needs of […]

EMC’s slew of software purchases over the last few years has enabled the company to broaden its scope. This has led to new programs like Making Storage Simple (MSS), unveiled earlier this week to serve small- to medium-sized businesses. While EMC isn’t exactly reinventing itself as a systems vendor, the company is increasingly looking like […]

Cisco has revised its storage virtualization tools, adding new hardware and software in an effort to keep ahead of rivals Brocade and McData. During the kickoff of CeBit 2005 in Germany Thursday, the company unveiled the MDS 9000 Storage Services Module (SSM) and the MDS 9000 SAN-OS 2.1, built to improve the way the Cisco […]

EMC hopes to win over customers in the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market with its new “Making Storage Simple” strategy, which combines new solutions, channels and partnerships for businesses in the $1 million to $1 billion range. The idea for the program came after the company’s research found that SMB customers are toiling in […]

Storage experts say Bank of America’s admission that it lost data tapes containing the personal information of 1.2 million government employees suggests that the data on the tapes was not encrypted. Data encryption renders files unreadable without the encryption key, greatly reducing security risk in the event of theft or misplacement of tape cartridges that […]

EMC has unveiled new search tools for its Centera fixed content system to help customers pinpoint information within their file systems. Centera is designed for content that must not be altered or deleted, which comes in handy at a time when compliance regulations require files to be stored unchanged for specific lengths of time. Centera […]

Looking to become the first large systems vendor to bridge the gap between storage and servers, HP introduced the next generation of its storage resource management software, a suite that integrates with the company’s server management tools. Storage Essentials is a set of software plug-ins designed to alleviate the pain points associated with bridging islands […]

IBM is prepping new disk, tape and storage software technologies to help small and medium-sized business customers better manage information on a storage network. Under the information lifecycle management (ILM) banner for managing data from its creation until its disposal, Big Blue is making the Linear Tape Open (LTO) Generation 3 format ubiquitous across its […]

EMC is taking iSCSI support to its mid-range Clariion storage devices to give customers more choice and a lower-cost alternative to Fibre Channel products. The new Clariion models AX100i, CX300i and CX500i, are basically the same as Fibre Channel boxes from the line, right down to the pricing, said Tom Joyce, senior director of platforms […]

HP has developed new disaster recovery software for its mid-range arrays to fill data protection gaps for medium-sized businesses. The new packages — Metrocluster, Continentalclusters and StorageWorks Cluster Extension EVA (enterprise virtual array) — are middleware layers that tie application services on HP arrays to clustered operating systems and applications, stretching cluster availability across a […]