Brian Fonseca

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday unveiled its new T10000 enterprise tape drive. Sun is guiding the product and other technology gained through its Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) acquisition toward an interconnected systems approach featuring data management and security capabilities. Introduced at StorageTeks Forum 2005 customer conference in Washington, D.C., the new T10000 box features a […]

Informatica Corp. this week will introduce its PowerCenter 8 upgrade, code-named Zeus, designed to help IT managers increase productivity through optimization and better federation. PowerCenter 8 implements simplified data accessibility and delivery capabilities at the enterprise level, which, in turn, will simplify management and ease time-consuming coding responsibilities, said Sohaib Abbasi, president and CEO of […]

XOsoft Inc. this week is rolling out software tailored to help enterprise customers reduce complexity and the possibility of downtime surrounding migrations and maintenance of Microsoft Corp.s Exchange Server. XOsofts InMotion automates single or multiple Exchange Server upgrades, configuration consistency, and migration duties. Available now, the product will support Microsoft SQL Server databases next year […]

Decru, a Network Appliance company, will announce this week its new Decru DataFort appliances and enhanced encryption-key-management capabilities to bolster storage security. Due to be introduced at Storage Networking World, the Decru DataFort FC1020 is a 10-port appliance that can deliver 10G bps of encryption and compression throughput for Fibre Channel tape environments, said Decru […]

In a move designed to beef up its enterprise content management Documentum business and archival strategy, EMC announced it will acquire Captiva Software for approximately $275 million net of Captivas cash balance, or $22.25 per share in cash. A longtime partner of EMC, Captiva offers input management software, which enables the conversion of paper-based documents […]

From staging elaborate presidential inaugurations to ensuring that all the appropriate lighting onstage for the dedication of a World War II Memorial ceremony goes according to plan, Hargrove Inc. understands that coordination and reliance on systems are crucial to achieve success. Hargrove plies its trade by working behind the scenes to set up and run […]

IBM has joined a host of storage, hardware and IT systems vendors to form an open-source community designed to promote a unified storage management software infrastructure for end-users by accelerating the deployment and implementation of key standards. The group hopes to have something available to customers by mid-2006. Called “Aperi,” derived from the Latin word […]

Taking steps to guard itself against the growing popularity of cheaper open-source databases, as well as making lower-end application developers and students more familiar with its technology, Oracle Corp. on Monday announced the beta release of its new Oracle Database 10g Express Edition. Slated for general release before the end of this year, the diminutive […]

A host of storage vendors, including industry leader EMC Corp., this week plans to introduce offerings that give enterprises battling rising costs and shrinking capacity more options for continuous data protection. At Storage Networking World in Orlando, Fla., EMC will announce its new CDP software, RecoverPoint. The Hopkinton, Mass., company will also introduce a new […]

Princeton Softech Inc. is unveiling its new Optim technology, which is designed to bring the various tasks of enterprise-wide data management within a single centralized offering. A combination of new and existing Princeton Softech tools and services, Optim integrates the archiving, management and privatization of structured data across payroll, ERP (enterprise resource planning), CRM (customer […]

In a move designed to beef up its ECM (enterprise content management) Documentum business and storage portfolio-wide archival strategy, EMC has announced it will acquire Captiva Software for approximately $275 million net of Captivas cash balance, or $22.25 per share in cash. Founded in 1989, the San Diego-based longtime partner of EMC Corp., Captiva Software […]

Compellent this week will announce the availability of its new Remote Instant Replay and Data Progression tools, which are designed to help midmarket customers avoid costly remote replication disruptions and improve disaster recovery reliability. Remote Instant Replay allows organizations to track customizable point-in-time snapshot intervals, which can be tested at any point for verification, said […]