Brian Fonseca

Guarding itself against the growing popularity of open-source databases, Oracle last week announced the beta release of its free Oracle 10g Express Edition database. The diminutive Oracle Database XE will be available by years end, said Oracle officials. The free low-end software runs on servers featuring a single processor, along with 4GB of disk memory […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is guiding tape drive technology from its Storage Technology Corp. acquisition toward an interconnected systems approach featuring data management and security capabilities. Sun last week unveiled its T10000 enterprise tape drive at StorageTeks annual Forum customer conference. The new box features a significant upgrade over StorageTeks T9940B drive with a throughput rate […]

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 […]