Chris Preimesberger

EMC, a longtime incumbent of the data center, is making inroads into the offices of users.The storage giant Nov. 17 said it is now providing-via the latest version of its Avamar deduplication and NetWorker backup software-enterprise-quality data backup for desktop and laptop computers.The client runs scheduled backups that include deduplication, so that only new documents […]

Cloud storage software provider ParaScale on Nov. 16 released a new, downloadable version of its product that it describes as an open private cloud storage platform for Linux servers.PCS (ParaScale Cloud Storage Software) R2.0, which becomes available on Nov. 30, can be utilized on commodity hardware running Linux-either Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS or CentOS-and […]

IBM is quickly establishing a new cloud computing identity. On Nov. 16, it revealed what it calls “the largest private cloud computing environment for business analytics in the world” and pronounced it ready for prime time.What IBM has done, and what no one else has yet attempted, is this: Over decades, through its hundreds of […]

In an effort to define and clarify different levels of services from a growing list of providers, systems integrator Appirio on Nov. 16 launched what it describes as the first “interactive ecosystem map” of the burgeoning cloud computing market.This online map, which can be viewed here, is intended to help enterprise IT managers understand the […]

High-performance computing software provider Platform Computing Nov. 10 launched Platform ISF, a new software package that enterprises can use to build and maintain private clouds.Platform ISF, developed for the HPC (high-performance computing) market but being made available for all enterprise systems, was launched as a beta product in June. It is “a technology-agnostic platform that […]

Online backup provider Carbonite and hard disk drive maker Seagate Nov. 12 announced a partnership to provide Carbonite’s subscription-based service for both local and online backup.Customers who purchase Seagate FreeAgent Desk or Go model external hard drives will receive an option to back up their desktop or laptop system plus the attached external hard drive […]

Spectra Logic, which makes high-end, robotic tape storage systems for television stations, high-performance computing systems and other data-intensive environments, Nov. 11 unveiled a new flagship system: the T-Finity Library.T-Finity has multiple redundant robots and can scale to more than 45 petabytes in a single library and to more than 180 petabytes in a single, unified […]

Cloud services provider LiveOffice announced Nov. 11 that it has begun offering archiving support for a number of Web-based e-mail services, including Microsoft Exchange Online, Google Apps, Cisco’s new WebEx Mail and Intermedia, along with several others.LiveOffice is using its homegrown SAAS (software-as-a-service) CloudMerge platform to integrate these e-mail services with its archiving. Archiving systems […]

IBM on Nov. 10 released a couple of fancy new enhancements to its XIV enterprise storage system: asynchronous mirroring and instant space reclamation.Mirroring had been promised back in July; instant space reclamation hadn’t.Snapshot-based asynchronous mirroring enables the copying of data between sites at virtually unlimited distances.“Having the asynchronous mirroring opens up new remote disaster recovery […]

Oracle now has a date with the European Commission to argue its case before antitrust regulators in its quest to acquire Sun Microsystems.The EC and Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes scheduled the hearing for Nov. 25 at the EC offices in Brussels, a source with knowledge of the transaction revealed Nov. 10 to eWEEK.On Nov. 9, […]

On-demand file server content provider Egnyte has introduced new BlackBerry and Android device interfaces that enable small business users to have secure access and file sharing and backup for all their business files via their BlackBerry or Android-powered smartphones. Egnyte’s on-demand file server enables both Mac and PC business users to have online file storage, […]

Symantec on Nov. 9 came out with new updates to its backup, restoration and archiving software–including a new rapid search function–for use with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, which a lot of IT managers are already starting to look at for their next purchase cycle. Symantec said the rapid search function is much more accurate in […]