Chris Preimesberger

Enterprise storage resource management maker Aptare, taking a cue from the antivirus sector, on Feb. 2 unveiled some new enhancements for its unified storage management product suite.Instead of manually configuring changes in the storage capacity and planning-information-gathering system, users now can simply subscribe to an automatic download of updated rules as they become available.The StorageConsole […]

Here’s a timely offer for all those snowed-in folks across the U.S. — and you all know who you are. Minnesota-based Kroll Ontrack, through its Ontrack Data Recovery services, as of Feb. 3 is offering free data recovery evaluations for laptop and desktop computers and USB drives affected by the massive winter storm. You’ve no […]

An SAP spokesman told eWEEK Feb. 3 that the enterprise application maker will begin filing motions in federal district court in an effort to lower the $1.3 billion fine a jury ordered Nov. 23, 2010, in the Oracle copyright violation case.SAP also said that, failing a reduction in the fine through the motions, it may […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.-It was interesting timing that cloud services and managed hosting provider NaviSite turned on a major new asset-the West Coast node of its own cloud system-one day after Time Warner Cable agreed to acquire the company for $230 million.A trend appears to be starting, one that involves telecoms and cable providers going into […]

As accountants get rolling on recapping the 2010 tax year and looking for deductions for their customers, fast and easy access to data storage becomes a major factor in getting all that work done. What if an important document or database is accidentally deleted or moved from storage, whatever the size of the system? With […]

Hewlett-Packard filed a regulatory report Feb. 1 with the Security and Exchange Commission detailing the compensation package it has arranged for its new CEO, former SAP executive Leo Apotheker-a package that rivals that of superstar athletes and movie stars. Apotheker, who started his new job in November 2010 following a sexual harassment and cover-up scandal […]

Time Warner Cable said Feb. 1 that it plans to go into the data center operations business by buying NaviSite for $230 million.The deal is designed to enable Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable television operator (behind Comcast) in the United States, to diversify into data center service provisioning that will include various cloud services, […]

Guidance Software has released a new version of its forensics tool for medical and law-enforcement investigators collecting crime- and accident-site evidence that can be deployed and stored on an Apple iPad, iPhone 4 or iPod Touch. The company’s EnCase Neutrino software now enables digital investigators to perform their forensic analysis and e-discovery duties on the […]

Time Warner, one of the world’s largest communications companies, won’t have to hire outside firms to handle its in-house legal discovery duties anymore. As of Feb. 1, that job now goes to e-discovery automation software specialist Clearwell Systems.Time Warner’s new package will enable the conglomerate to accelerate its early-case assessment and nonlinear review processes, which […]

Quest Software on Feb. 1 announced that it has added three new data protection features to its vRanger Pro product for VMware deployments.In fact, the company claims that its new, updated vRanger data protection suite is the first such product designed expressly for VMware vSphere environments.The new features for vRanger include integrated backup and replication, […]

The Associated Press reported Jan. 31 that Oracle has agreed to pay the U.S. government $46 million to settle a lawsuit it inherited from Sun Microsystems over alleged kickbacks to win government contracts.The Department of Justice had charged that Sun, which Oracle bought in January 2010, and other IT companies paid kickbacks to New York-based […]

Mozy, one of the first independent cloud storage services to break into both the consumer and business markets six years ago before it was bought by EMC, announced Jan. 31 that it is ditching its unlimited capacity service and revising its pricing structure for home users.Mozy, which has been charging $4.95 per month for unlimited […]