Chris Preimesberger

Dataram, a New Jersey-based memory and data storage-making company with a history that dates back to 1967, launched a new storage optimization appliance Feb. 28 for midrange-size Fibre Channel SANs.Dataram’s solid-state XcelaSAN Model 100 with High Availability, the latest in a line of other similar appliances, is designed for optimizing 24/7-type mission-critical applications. The plug-and-play […]

It’s obvious that NAND flash-loaded tablet PCs, including the new Apple iPad 2 that was introduced March 2, are causing serious concern in the market for makers of conventional netbook PCs.With the iPad, Samsung Galaxy and a plethora of other Google Android touch-based devices ramping up their sales with genuine momentum, the Asuses, Acers, Lenovos, […]

Intel said Feb. 28 that its $7.68 billion acquisition of data-security specialist McAfee, announced in August 2010, is now complete, clearing the way for McAfee security features to be integrated directly into Intel processors. As is common to global companies, Intel had to clear federal (Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission) and international […]

Intel, which has become noticeably more productive on the solid-state processor front in the last 18 months, on Feb. 28 added to its product line an entirely new SSD series aimed at high-performance users and high-end game enthusiasts.The new 510 series features fast 6G bps SATA (Serial ATA) throughput and is designed to work optimally […]

Got a bit of sweet news this afternoon through the Twitter transom — that DealMaker Media has included The Station in its favorite 20 IT bloggers list. Yes, here’s living Internet proof for your own edification. First off, we’d like to say thank you to the DealMakers. They put on interesting and newsy events and […]

If you’re a video or animation editor who often works in high-definition projects — and there are more and more of those happening these days — having a lot of storage around to keep all those mammoth digital files handy is a huge advantage. After all, a typical HD movie can soak up an average […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Would there be iPhones, iPads and iPods on the market today if Sun Microsystems had been able to close a deal to buy out Apple in the mid-1990s? No, says former Sun CEO Scott McNealy. “If we had bought Apple, there wouldn’t have been iPods or iPads … I’d have screwed that up,” […]

IT departments that have been forced to juggle virtual servers in separate VMware, Citrix Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V deployments now have an option that dispenses with most of that extra work. Provisioning and automation software maker Racemi came out Feb. 23 with a virtual server that can migrate automatically to differing virtual machines, thus enabling […]

That NAND flash sure is a popular piece of action, what with all those iPads, smartphones, Flip video cameras and 1,001 other connected pieces gobbling it all up like no one’s business. Did you see the story we had the other day about the upsurge in NAND flash production expected for this year and next? […]

Following a vote of approval by Compellent Technologies shareholders on Feb. 22, Dell completed its $940 million cash acquisition ($27.75 per share) of the fast-growing maker of virtualized enterprise storage systems.The acquisition originally was announced Dec. 13, 2010. It came three months after Dell lost a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard for 3PAR, a 10-day scuffle […]

There seems to be a trend in early 2011 regarding quarterly earnings reports from tech companies-a trend in which they report solid revenue and/or profits increases but then submit weak forecasts that spoil the good news for investors.Hewlett-Packard is the latest to join the parade. NetApp, Seagate and Symantec also reported similar mixed-message Q1 earnings […]

Being an early mover on a particular technology or service doesn’t always mean that a company will jump out in front of the crowd and stay there, but in the case of Amazon’s online storage business, it certainly did.Amazon debuted its Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), its first publicly available Web service, in March 2006 […]