Chris Preimesberger

NetApp joined a growing group of large storage system makers in purchasing next-generation technology Jan. 3 when it announced it will acquire Onaro, a privately owned storage management company headquartered in Boston. Financial terms were not made available. In recent days, IBM acquired Israel-based storage provider XIV and Dell bought EqualLogic in major storage sector […]

Not only did IBM land an up-and-coming storage technology company with its acquisition of Israel-based XIV on Jan. 2, but it also acquired one of the leading storage system architects in the world. Big Blue acquired the privately held storage technology company [pronounced X-I-V] based in Tel Aviv for a reported $300 million, although IBM […]

A year and 16 days after the institution of the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on Dec. 1, 2006, about two-thirds of U.S. businesses remain unprepared to meet strict court requirements for the discovery and handling of electronic evidence, according to a data storage researcher. The new regulations, ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court […]

It sounds kind of strange, but The Station has been doing so much reporting lately that we’re not getting enough writing done. We are so loaded with notes, taped interviews, emails, and information on disks and in personal brain memory that an information explosion is about to take place. On Monday, The Station caught the […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Dec. 14 introduced a new, thumbnail-sized solid state storage drive that it says will serve as a key component for next-generation mobile, digital entertainment and embedded applications in numerous portable electronic devices. The Z-P140 PATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment) Solid State Drive, shown for the first time to a small group of journalists […]

External disk storage maker Iomega on Dec. 12 announced that it will acquire ExcelStor Great Wall Technology, an $800 million hard drive manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China, through exchange of stock. No cash will change hands, Iomega President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Kampfer told eWEEK. Iomega will issue approximately 84 million shares of common […]

What is it with IBM? Why is Big Blue so seemingly insecure when it comes to the data storage markets? IDC came out with its quarterly world market report on storage software earlier today, and the usual suspects EMC, Symantec and IBM are 1-2-3 in world market share. No big news there; that’s been the […]

Network Appliance continues to improve its position behind longtime market leaders EMC, Symantec and IBM in the world storage software market, according to a Dec. 10 report from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker. NetApp, whose strategy is to convince enterprises that it is not simply a “good little file server maker but a full […]

Storage has gone from being a critical but overlooked tool to something that can offer companies significant competitive advantage, mainly thanks to technological advances that can be truly called disruptive. When we say disruptive we mean something that totally changes an industry; think “Hello, iPod; bye-bye Walkman.” Here are a few technologies that have emerged […]

The Station, as one might imagine, gets an awful lot of email each day. Most people get their share of email, true, but when you’re a journalist on a hot site like eWEEK, believe me, you get a ton. During hot business-day periods an email per minute or two pops into the basket. No kidding. […]