Chris Preimesberger

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard apparently is setting the table for its presumed incorporation of scale-out virtualized storage maker 3PAR, which could happen as soon as today.Although its bidding war with Dell was not a done deal by midday Pacific time on Sept. 1, HP held the upper hand with a “superior” — according to the […]

On Day One of VMworld 2010, EMC’s RSA security arm on Aug. 30 introduced a new integrated security and compliance package designed expressly for multitenant cloud computing. RSA Solution for Cloud Security and Compliance is aimed at managing security, risk and regulatory compliance of cloud infrastructures–multitenant or otherwise–and to decrease customer uneasiness about deploying virtualized […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Quest Software, best known for its popular Oracle- and Microsoft-related software development tools, became the latest independent software vendor to bolster its position with new products in the burgeoning world of virtualization.The Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based company Aug. 31 at VMworld 2010 here launched its first storage management product, vFoglight Storage, which enables enterprises to […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Storage controller vendors and network adapter card makers may be a little more uncomfortable after upstart Xsigo Systems’ news was announced Aug. 31 during VMworld 2010 here at the Moscone Center.The 6-year-old I/O virtualization startup has taken the wraps off its most relevant innovation yet, a new version of its I/O Director […]

SAN FRANCISCO-There’s no question that virtual desktop deployments or planned deployments are ramping up in IT enterprises everywhere. Increased bandwidths and newer, more efficient infrastructures are improving performance, and people are tiring of the often-difficult-to-deal-with client-to-desktop licensing and operations model.VMware is making sure it is staying on top of that trend.The world’s largest virtualization software […]

SAN FRANCISCO-VMware pulled the wraps off a series of new products and services Aug. 31 at its VMworld 2010 expo and conference here at the Moscone Center, all with the purpose of helping VMware users gain better control of their cloud computing deployments.In fact, by using these new assets, enterprises with VMware environments can basically […]

SAN FRANCISCO — News items started flowing out of VMworld 2010 long before the press room was to open at 2 o’clock Aug. 30. One of the first was from desktop virtualization management provider Leostream, which introduced a new version of its Connection Broker. Leostream claims to provide the most widely deployed independent virtualization broker […]

Dell – which wants to get better at serving high-end storage customers was busy considering its options Aug. 30 in its prolonged bidding war with Hewlett-Packard over utility storage maker 3PAR. HP on Aug. 27 increased its offer to just under $2 billion, and 3PAR’s board later that evening accepted it. Thus, Dell, which apparently […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Open standards storage maker FalconStor, which provides the array software for a number of major systems makers, Aug. 30 demonstrated a new storage area network accelerator and a data protection package at VMworld 2010 specifically for VMware’s View control suite.The demonstrations are taking place in the FalconStor booth 1407 at VMworld 2010 in San […]

3PAR’s board of directors late Aug. 27 accepted the unsolicited proposal by Hewlett-Packard earlier in the day to acquire their company for $2 billion. The $30-per-share offer all but ended the four-day bidding war for the utility storage provider. 3PAR and HP shareholders still need to approve the acquisition, a voting process that could take […]

While the Dell versus Hewlett-Packard for 3PAR bidding war rages on uncontrollably (see below in this blog) in Round Rock, Texas, Fremont, Calif. and Palo Alto, HP is busy with another slightly important matter: Who will be its new leader, now that Mark Hurd is out? We may know something about this sooner rather than […]

To say that modestly profitable utility storage maker 3PAR is a company in the right place at the right time would be a massive understatement. The Dell versus Hewlett-Packard bidding war for the smallish Fremont, Calif.-based enterprise storage company took two huge steps only minutes apart Aug. 27 when 3PAR, by far the hottest property […]