Brian Fonseca

IBM presented the first jewel of its re-architected information integration portfolio on Thursday, announcing the availability of its new data transformation-based offering IBM WebSphere DataStage TX v.8. The release marks the first component to spring from the currently in beta “Project Hawk” technology absorbed by Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM as part of its Ascential Software Corp. […]

EMC Corp. is pushing its storage capabilities into uncharted security and resource management territory to help customers centralize management of converging data center technology and secure data within the enterprise. Last week, the Hopkinton, Mass., company announced here its security strategy, which includes cross-product integration, in-house development and partnerships where necessary, said EMC CEO and […]

Targeting the mushrooming scalability and availability demands within enterprise mid-range storage environments that are growing in complexity, EMC rolled out new Clariion models and disk library products on Monday. The new products feature EMC Corp.s UltraPoint technology configurations, virtual LUN software enhancements and new mobility-based DC power support capabilities. The new Clariion CX series of […]

Stellent Inc. is adding Web site lifecycle management capabilities to its Stellent Universal Content Management platform, hoping to make it easier for customers to better manage the process of creating and moving multiple Web sites from the development stage to production environments. Introduced last week, Stellent Site Studio 7.5 features improved indexed content controls and […]

IBM is reshaping its NAS delivery with a new set of simplified network-attached storage products and tools targeting small and midsize business customers. This week, IBM will unveil the TotalStorage N3700, an entry-level NAS offering. Due at the end of August, the N3700 is the debut product resulting from IBMs integration and OEM alliance with […]

In XM Satellite Radio Inc.s rise from relative obscurity to a household name serving 4.4 million subscribers in less than four years of broadcasting, the companys one constant has been change. Trying to change the way people listen to radio was a tall order, but an even bigger challenge was preparing for the growth of […]

Moving to build a stronger European presence and inject new mobile middleware into its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary, Sybase on Friday has agreed to purchase Extended Systems in an all-cash deal for approximately $71.3 million or $4.46 per share. Sybase Inc. will fold the full product set of Boise, Idaho-based Extended Systems Inc. into its iAnywhere […]

NEW YORK—IBMs emphasis on crafting a new systems strategy emphasizing new avenues of collaboration and creating a virtualization “building block” approach will lean heavily upon its IBM TotalStorage portfolio and storage partnerships to help cement that message in the minds of customers. In conjunction with IBMs unveiling on Tuesday of its new Virtualization Engine 2.0, […]

EMC Corp. on Monday introduced its speediest Symmetrix DMX disk array, the DMX-3, which supports lower-cost Fibre Channel disk drives, allows for a tiered storage system from a single box and scales up to 1 petabyte, or 1,024 terabytes, of storage capacity. When it ships in early September, the DMX-3 will support as many 960 […]

Leaving behind a career spanning more than 30 years of service at IBM, Janet Perna is retiring next month as general manager of data management solutions for the IBM Software Group. Perna will hand over her duties, which include responsibility for overseeing IBMs DB2 Universal Database and Information Management product portfolio, to Ambuj Goyal, general […]

Acopia Networks Inc. is adding the ability to build high-performance file server clusters and distributed storage grids to its ARX family of file switches, an addition that is designed to help customers better scale, manage and deploy network file virtualization across their environments. Due to ship next week, Version 2.0 of Acopias Adaptive Resource Switch […]

EMC Corp. is expected to announce improvements to its high-end Symmetrix DMX disk arrays, providing customers with doubled cache, increased capacity and the ability to combine Fibre Channel and Serial ATA drives in the same box, sources said. Revamping its DMX line for the first time in nearly two years, the new DMX models, internally […]