Monthly Archives: September 2003
Storage Digest: Kashya Appliance Provides Inexpensive Data Replication
HardwareInfineon Samples 4Gbps Fibre Channel OpticsBidding for early status in the nascent market for 4Gbps Fibre Channel optics, Infineon Technologies AG last week announced...
Vixel SOCs IT to Storage
Vixel Corp.s InSpeed SOC technology makes storage hardware faster and more reliable—to the delight of OEMs.Although IT managers cant purchase the SOC (Switch on...
StoreAge Builds on Virtualization
Storage administrators wanting virtualization now have another choice among the remaining independent vendors—StoreAge Networking Technologies Ltd.—as larger firms continue to stall in delivering the...
EMC Visual-Izes Management
EMC has launched two products geared toward storage management for midrange customers.EMCs Visual SAN is a SAN management platform that allows IT managers to...
Grid Raises Pricing Questions
As Oracle Corp. talks up the flexible computing infrastructure afforded by the grid capabilities of its Oracle 10g database and application server, users are...
Conway: Oracles Old News
Craig Conway, president and CEO of PeopleSoft Inc., had his hands full this summer closing a deal to purchase J.D. Edwards & Co. and...
Db2, 9i Top Market Surveys
IBMs DB2 for Z/OS and Oracles Oracle9i databases took the top spots in Gartners recent MarketScope research note.Gartner evaluated six databases from four vendors...
Oracle Gets Help on Storage
To strengthen the crucial link between storage and databases in grid computing, Network Appliance Inc. and Oracle Corp. are joining forces to beef up...
Ode to Joy
Ah, the City by the Bay! Spence was there, yet again, this time for the SunNetwork show and seeking a fix of McNealy one-liners....
Emptoris Spends to Cut Costs
Emptoris Inc. is bolstering its sourcing automation software with new procurement capabilities gained in its acquisition of Zeborg Inc.Terms of the acquisition, announced last...