Clint Boulton

McDATA has asked EMC to write software for its switch platform to simplify management of complex storage area networks (SANs) . EMC’s virtualization and data migration applications will improve the ability of McDATA’s Intelligent Switch Platform to route information across diverse infrastructure in storage area network islands. The expansion of the companies’ partnership will help […]

Sony Electronics has sent Write Once, Read Many (WORM) technology crawling through its tape drives to answer growing customer demand for better record-keeping capabilities in storage devices. WORM is a technology that allows users to write data onto a disk just once. Data written in WORM-compatible disks is permanent and can be read any number […]

In an effort to help heterogeneous storage systems interoperate, IBM Tuesday unveiled the latest in its e-business on-demand strategy, storage management software that automates and centralizes disparate infrastructure resources. The IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center is designed to improve management of multiple storage systems by using software to stitch a cluster of storage systems together. The […]

Looking to improve the virtualization capabilities of its products, gear maker Topspin Communications said Monday that it has created a switch to pipe application, operating system, storage, and I/O resources to a server, on demand. Using the speedy InfiniBand interconnect, the company has crafted its Boot over InfiniBand product to allow blade servers from the […]

To bolster its network storage offerings, Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) Tuesday announced it will acquire storage gear maker 3ware for $150 million in cash and options to buy stock. 3ware crafts Serial ATA RAID storage solutions to pipe data backup, near-line storage, and network-attached storage (NAS) applications that require a lot of power. The […]

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) Wednesday unveiled the first 300 gigabyte hard disk drive for storing enterprise-level data, a move that increases the stakes for competitors in the server hardware sector. Hitachi GST Ultrastar Drive The Ultrastar 10K300 is also the first completely unified product the San Jose, Calif.-based company has put out since […]

Storage subsystem maker Dot Hill Systems acquired Chaparral Network Storage on Tuesday for roughly $72.4 million in an attempt to broaden its sphere of influence in the mid-range storage market. Under terms of the agreement, Dot Hill will pay $62 million in cash and assume $10.4 million in debt for the private company. Dot Hill […]

VMware has upgraded its virtualization server for mid-range customers, bumping the software’s memory to 3.6 gigabytes per server for large applications and adding Microsoft Windows integration for performance monitoring and event logging. GSX Server 3 allows IT administrators to consolidate Windows- and Linux-based servers in large departments of large enterprises by providing the ability to […]

Cisco has closed its purchase of Andiamo Systems, paying $750 million for the storage switch maker 18 months after it initially agreed to acquire it. The stock deal, first announced in 2002, launches the San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant into the market for intelligent switches — gear that routes data to storage networks. The lag […]

IBM is looking to lure compliance-conscious customers with its preservationist vision. The company Thursday unveiled a storage box equipped with software to meet and maintain government regulations regarding information retention. Companies that offer storage products have shown considerable interest in creating compliance software and services since regulators cracked down as a result of accounting scandals […]

Broadcom continued its push into storage this week, acquiring $18 million worth of patents from Cirrus Logic, a maker of analog, digital signal processing (DSP), and mixed-signal chipsets for consumer electronics. Broadcom, an Irvine, Calif.-based communications chipmaker, grabbed U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications concerning such magnetic and optical storage areas as read channel […]

EMC’s announcement Monday of upgrades and new products across its entire family of networked storage established a couple of things, according to analysts. First, it showed how the Hopkinton, Mass.-based storage systems vendor is unifying its product lines along its information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy for managing content from its birth until it is ready […]