Clint Boulton

EMC is going grid. In its quest to become a more pervasive provider of information systems, EMC purchased grid software from Acxiom Corporation for $30 million as part of a technology and distribution partnership. Acxiom, of Little Rock, Ark., makes grid software that helps its customers improve the way they use computers and access information. […]

In a sign of IM’s growing importance to regulatory compliance, Symantec is acquiring IMlogic, the leader in instant messaging (IM) security software for businesses. Privately-held IMlogic’s products help enterprises control and secure IM networks at a time when compliance with regulatory and corporate governance policies is a must. The two companies already partner on Symantec’s […]

While Seagate officials fervently described how good its purchase of rival hard disk drive (HDD) maker Maxtor will be for the company, the bid left some analysts scratching their heads. Seagate executives stressed that the $1.9 billion acquisition of Maxtor would help Seagate achieve greater scale, reduce product costs and allow it to offer more […]

In one of the last blockbuster deals of 2005, Seagate has agreed to acquire long-time rival hard-disk drive maker Maxtor for $1.9 billion in stock. With the deal, Seagate expects to strengthen its position as the dominant hard-drive maker for computer systems. HDDs are critical for storing data and have taken on a bigger role […]

Dell will resell continuous data protection (CDP) software from partner Symantec to help customers fight data loss. Dell will offer Symantec Backup Exec 10d and the Symantec Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server Suite to give small- and medium-sized businesses disk-based backup and self-service user data recovery. The software suite also includes Veritas Storage Exec QuickStart, […]

The pulse of the storage software market is beating strong and steady, thanks to sales of replication and backup software used to satisfy compliance regulations and avert data loss from disasters. The market grew 10 percent year over year to $2.1 billion in the third quarter of 2005, according to research firm IDC. The backup […]

Looking to improve an area where it has been traditionally weak, EMC next week will unveil a host of new storage services. According to a company document obtained by internetnews.com, the Hopkinton, Mass., information systems vendor will announce data erasures, a government-geared service and 24-7 services for its ControlCenter, Documentum and Networker software. Originally designed […]

Disk-based storage did well in the third quarter this year, as the size of the worldwide disk storage systems market grew at a record rate of 13.3 percent to $5.7 billion. IDC said external storage sales grew a record 12.5 percent from the year-ago quarter to $3.9 billion, the best growth rate since the research […]

Looking to become known for more than just carting companies’ data tapes around the country, Iron Mountain has agreed to acquire backup specialist LiveVault for $50 million. LiveVault offers disk-based online server backup and recovery software as a service to shore up the data housed on PCs and servers in small and medium-sized companies. The […]

With data protection a growing concern for many corporations, Sepaton is adding greater power to its S2100-ES2 Virtual Tape Library (VTL) appliance. VTLs are disk-based systems that function the way tape systems do, but with greater performance and reliability. Sepaton’s combination of VTL software and hardware lets disks emulate tape by creating separate libraries for […]

EMC is beginning to show progress in its integration of Smarts, the management software specialist it purchased earlier this year for $260 million. The Hopkinton, Mass., vendor this month will start shipping Application Connectivity Monitor 2.0 (ACM), a piece of software that automatically pinpoints potentially damaging incidents on a network without intervention from administrators. By […]

IBM has unleashed new network-attached storage (NAS) systems to help businesses preserve data across distributed networks. The IBM System Storage N5200 and N5500, the latest fruits of IBM’s agreement to resell hardware and software from Network Appliance, were built to help small and medium-sized enterprises run disk-to-disk backup, data retention and archive chores using write-once, […]