Chris Preimesberger

Data backup and recovery vendor Quantum is offering a compact, inexpensive new table-top storage unit that officials claim is the first removable disk product to feature deduplication. The GoVault Data Protection Solution, released July 9 and intended for small businesses and branch offices, is a Windows-based storage package, a company spokesperson said. It includes a […]

Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos told DesktopLinux.com that his Ottawa-based Linux desktop and server company has acquired privately owned open-source e-mail and calendaring provider Scalix under terms that were undisclosed. Xandros took over the San Mateo, Calif., company the week of July 9, Typaldos said. Scalix President and CEO Glenn Winokur will stay through the transition […]

Data protection provider Arsenal Digital on July 16 introduced enhanced capabilities for its ViaRemote virtual server subscription service that include native support for virtualization packages from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and EMC VMware. ViaRemote enables enterprises with existing virtualized storage systems to deploy additional capabilities, such as consolidated backup operations, faster restores and file- and block-level […]

Google fired a direct volley at its chief adversaries in the enterprise search market, Microsoft and IBM, with the July 17 launch of its Google Custom Search Business Edition service. The Custom Search Business Edition is a hosted, fee-based site search service aimed at small and medium-size businesses—but available for any Web site—that adds Google-type […]

Data storage system vendor EMC announced July 16 that it has refreshed its entire lineup of arrays, keeping all its storage hardware and software systems on track to get “bigger, faster and better,” a company spokesperson said. The upgrades add “new functionality and improved performance” in its high-end Symmetrix DMX series, the midrange Celerra, Centerra, […]

A court hearing about whether data residing temporarily in a computers random access memory is considered eligible for e-discovery in litigation, initially scheduled for July 16, was postponed to Aug. 16 due to a scheduling conflict. Currently, under Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, data described as “electronically stored information” can be […]

Walter Bender, the One Laptop Per Child programs director of software, told DesktopLinux.com on July 13 that he invites Dell Computer founder and CEO Michael Dell to help figure out how to better use 125 million computers that are discarded annually because they are archaic. Bender was responding to statements by Dell, who said earlier […]

A court date of July 16 has been set for the first appellate hearing in a lawsuit that may have a long-term bearing on whether data residing temporarily in a computers RAM—and not as files in regular disk-drive storage—is deemed eligible for e-discovery in litigation. Currently, under Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil […]

MEPIS on July 9 announced the “Spartacus” release of antiX, a community-built, ultralight derivative of the MEPIS Linux distribution. AntiX (pronounced “Antics”) is the personal project of MEPIS community member “anticapitalista,” who engineered it as a free version of MEPIS aimed at old 32-bit PC hardware. AntiX runs a 2.6.15 kernel and offers a choice […]

Three IT giants — Cisco Systems, EMC and Microsoft — have formed an alliance to create a new common IT architecture for sharing and protecting sensitive government or business information, representatives from all three companies told eWEEK July 9. The alliance was born of a shared project with the Department of Defense, during which the […]

NEW YORK—In an ongoing effort to reinvent and reinvigorate itself, Dell is launching a new set of desktops, laptops and services specifically aimed at the smallest of small businesses. The new PC product line—called Vostro—debuted at an event for analysts and customers at the Reuters Building in Times Square July 10. These PCs, along with […]

Data storage system maker CommVault launched on July 9 the first major revamp of its front-line storage management software product suite since it was introduced four years ago, featuring deduplication, enterprise search and faster I/O performance. A company spokesperson described the new Simpana 7.0 software suite, which replaces the Oceanport, N.J. companys original QiNetix data […]