Chris Preimesberger

Data warehousing provider teradata, which has operated as part of ATM-making giant NCR since 1995, is splitting off into its own corporate entity in a transaction the company expects to take six to nine months to complete. The tax-free spinoff, announced Jan. 8, will produce two publicly traded companies: Teradata and NCR, which will retain […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Outside of Apples introduction of the iPhone earlier this week, there really werent that many breakthrough-type products at the Macworld Conference and Expo, which ended Jan. 12. But one of the few was a new data storage software system exclusively for Mac OS X produced by a small and relatively unknown software developer and […]

The calm discussion between Apple and Cisco Systems over the product name iPhone that started in 2001 may turn into an unpleasant legal tussle if its not settled out of court, because the two companies remain staunch that they each have the right to use it. Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Jan. 9 introduced what […]

In what could be a preview of the future of laptop computers, a group of top hardware companies have banded together to tout the benefits of hybrid hard drive technology to computer makers and users. And it wont hurt their own bottom lines if the new computers become hot commodities. The Hybrid Storage Alliance, introduced […]

Enterprise storage management software provider OSIsoft is updating its PI System, the companys flagship real-time data historian platform. The enhanced platform, called High Availability PI System and announced Jan. 2, provides improved data protection through fault-tolerant software that delivers interface failover, buffering, server replication and software development services, according to an OSIsoft spokesperson in San […]

Shared-asset data storage infrastructure provider Brocade announced Jan. 8 that is has acquired privately held Silverback Systems, a provider of network acceleration technologies, headquartered in Campbell, Calif. The price of the acquisition was not revealed. “The purchase price is not material, and therefore we are not disclosing the amount at this time,” a Brocade spokesperson […]

Data warehousing provider Teradata, which has operated as part of ATM-making giant NCR since 1995, announced Jan. 8 that it will split off into its own corporate entity, in a transaction the company expects to take six to nine months to complete. The tax-free spinoff, which sent NCRs shares up as high as 7 percent […]

In what could be a preview of the future of laptop computers, a group of influential IT hardware companies have banded together to communicate the benefits of hybrid hard-drive technology to computer makers and users. And it certainly wont hurt their bottom lines if the new computers become hot commodities. The Hybrid Storage Alliance, to […]

Mobile storage provider Toshiba Storage Device Division launched Jan. 4 a new line of 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drives in 100GB, 120GB and 160GB capacities with automated backup capability. Toshibas new HDDs feature automatic power-on and save capabilities for backup of photo, video, music and data files and are aimed at users in […]

Solid state drive and memory-card maker SanDisk on Jan. 4 introduced a 32GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive that can be used as a drop-in replacement for a standard spinning-disk hard drive. Initially aimed at OEMs for enterprise users as the first step toward mass consumer adoption, the SanDisk SSD primarily offers high durability to keep […]

Data storage analyst and consultant Coughlin Associates will reveal a survey report Jan. 6 at the Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas that predicts an eightfold increase in new digital storage capacity and the doubling of storage-related revenues over the next six years. The Atascadero, Calif.-based firms 130-plus-page, fourth annual report on data storage and […]

Digital tape storage maker Tandberg Data finalized its $28 million acquisition of Exabyte Jan. 3 and announced that it has integrated its former competitors VXA-2, VXA-172 and VXA-320 products into its tape drive and tape automation portfolio. Due to the Aug. 30, 2006, acquisition of essentially all of Exabytes intellectual property, Oslo, Norway-based Tandberg also […]