Clint Boulton

In keeping with its goal to automate data center environments as part of its utility computing strategy, VERITAS Software Monday announced it has added rapid server recovery capabilities to its disaster recovery software. By automating the multiple, manual-intensive tasks required to restore a failed system, Bare Metal Restore technology helps companies bring their computer systems […]

Analysis: VERITAS Software elbowed its way into further contention in the utility computing space when the storage company moved to acquire application virtualization concern Ejascent for $59 million this past week. Analysts say the purchase could help it compete with larger utility computing rivals IBM , HP , and EMC . Although the space has […]

VERITAS Software today moved to acquire application virtualization concern Ejascent for $59 million in cash to bolster its utility computing strategy to better compete with IBM, HP, and EMC. Application virtualization software, such as Ejasent’s core UpScale product, allows IT employees to move an application from one server to another without disrupting or terminating the […]

USB flash drives, those tiny storage devices no bigger than a pack of gum, are steadily gaining momentum as a fast, reliable, and convenient tool for taking files such as digital audio and video clips from one computing device to another. But experts say USB flash drives face an uphill battle for widespread acceptance, as […]

In the wake of its bid to acquire virtualization software maker VMWare, EMC is insisting that the move is not an attempt to insert itself into the race for utility computing market share against rivals such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard . Some analysts, while praising EMC’s strategy, find this claim hard to believe. After all, […]

In a partnership between two competitors seemingly moving toward the utility computing front, Veritas Software (Quote, Chart) Tuesday unveiled software that bundles its application performance management (APM) software with EMC storage arrays to improve database performance on EMC (Quote, Chart) platforms. Veritas Storage Extension links the Mountain View, Calif., company’s Indepth APM software with EMC […]

Storage systems giant EMC Monday inked an agreement to acquire privately-held VMware for $635 million in cash. The assets of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company should help EMC’s strategy to help customers lower costs and streamline operations by deploying virtualization technologies, which create one pool of storage and computing resources across a fragmented IT infrastructure. […]

Fujitsu Computer Products of America (FCPA) today announced its latest hard drive interface that runs at 3 gigabytes per second (Gbps). The division of Japan’s Fujitsu that makes data storage drives and computer peripherals reports the new technology is currently being tested by Hewlett Packard . Small form factor Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives are […]

Third-quarter sales of disk storage systems were down slightly to $4.8 billion compared to last year, but price cuts bode well for the market, according to research firm IDC. Figures point to relatively soft demand, with IDC showing a modest 36 percent growth year-over-year to 197 petabytes shipped in Q3, when revenues slipped 0.3 percent. […]

In an aggressive bid to capture customers from rival storage systems maker EMC , IBM has launched a new migration program and a Linux-based appliance to replace EMC storage servers with IBM storage servers. IBM and EMC compete alongside Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) in the market for enterprise-class storage boxes that house and maintain the […]

IXOS Software’s board of directors Tuesday blessed a $250 million acquisition bid from larger enterprise content management (ECM) player Open Text as the ECM space continues to consolidate. The deal could make Open Text, which also bought a 75 percent interest in Germany’s Gauss Interprise, the largest power in the ECM space. Open Text’s strength […]

The excitement over the burgeoning information lifecycle management (ILM) trend in the storage industry is having a trickle-down effect for smaller companies. OuterBay Monday teamed with Hopkinton, Mass.-based storage giant EMC for a business and technology agreement in which EMC will bundle the Campbell, Calif.-based company’s Application Data Management (ADM) software suite into the ILM […]