Clint Boulton

NEW YORK — Imagine you’re a CIO for a small or medium-sized business and you need to handle data created in storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS). In the past, you’d have to get different devices to handle SAN and NAS. You’d also need systems administrators who know how to configure the different […]

EMC had a busy day on Monday, announcing its move into data classification, closing its acquisition of RSA — and buying another security company in the process. It’s all part of the storage giant’s move into the broader IT market (see Storage, IT Converge), which the company dubs “information management.” EMC next month will begin […]

NEW YORK — Dell on Tuesday renewed its five-year-old partnership with storage giant EMC, an arrangement that will keep the companies close through 2011. EMC CEO Joseph Tucci joined Dell CEO Kevin Rollins on stage at a Dell technology event here, where the two gushed about the close relationship between Dell and EMC, which began […]

Storage networking leader Brocade Communications Systems will unveil a major refresh to its SilkWorm storage area network (SAN) and Tapestry file services product lines at an analyst event in New York Tuesday. The company, which is in the midst of acquiring long-time rival McData Corp., is intent on fortifying its market share against rival Cisco […]

A year after their merger officially closed, Sun Microsystems continues to combine operations with StorageTek, announcing on Tuesday that storage services are now all under one umbrella. The systems vendor said it has added the TekCare best practices and service models from StorageTek to its own SunSpectrum service offering, dubbing the combined offering Sun StorageTek […]

IBM hopes that speed will be the thing that separates its storage products from rivals like EMC and Hitachi Data Systems. The systems vendor on Tuesday upgraded the processing speed of its high-end storage arrays, introduced a new network-attached storage (NAS) line and enhanced its midrange storage systems. The IBM System Storage DS8100 Turbo and […]

Sun Microsystems on Thursday unveiled new modular storage systems aimed at service providers and organizations that need to store data forged by business-critical applications. Modular storage machines are typically smaller than large arrays, but additional drives and controllers can be added by companies that need to expand their storage capacity. Customers may buy in small […]

Brocade on Tuesday agreed to buy rival McData for $713 million in stock, a deal that will enable the storage gear maker to better compete with Cisco Systems in the market for storage equipment. Brocade and McData make storage area network (SAN) switches, routers and software to help quickly and efficiently route data across storage […]

Say what you want about the challenges of integrating acquisitions, but you can build some interesting things across product lines if you put the nuts and bolts in the right places. Just ask EMC. The information systems vendor on Monday said it is offering a combination of content management software from its Documentum acquisition and […]

Packeteer, a company that makes appliances that quickly and safely shuttle data over a network, released a new version of its software that improves file backup and data synchronization. iShared Mobiliti 6.0 secures remote access for mobile and remote desktop users, eliminating the need for mobile users to be wired to corporate file servers so […]

Marlborough, MASS. — HP will introduce a new family of devices in September designed to make networked storage easy to manage for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMB). HP executives at a StorageWorks event Monday declined to provide specifics typically associated with storage array launches, including the formal product name, pricing or other metrics, such as […]

Storage system startup Pillar Data Systems next week plans to introduce a new software suite to fortify its Axiom server. Pillar’s AxiomOne is a storage management suite designed to help customers get the most out of their data on the Axiom 500 machine. The Axiom 500, which the Larry Ellison-funded startup launched last year to […]