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BMC Software Inc. has been a leading supplier of systems management software since the mid-1980s. This month, BMC announced a new initiative, called Business Service Management, in which the companys products tie the performance of IT resources to the business purpose for which the systems are used. President and CEO Robert Beauchamp (pictured), a 15-year […]

Corporate IT is at a network operating system crossroads. Its decision time for Windows users, who need to make hard choices about which road will lead to where they want to go. With the shipment of Windows Server 2003 last week, Microsofts direction in its server line is clear: The Windows 2000 Server base and […]

When IBM does something right, it can be scary. The once-bumbling Big Blue is showing it knows how to do acquisitions. Sure, the last chapter of the IBM-Rational saga hasnt been written, but so far, as Darryl K. Taft reports, IBM is approaching things in a, well, very rational way, putting IBMs massive research capabilities […]

Connected this week will launch DataProtector 7.0 to help enterprises back up desktop computers. The product is an upgrade to Connected Total Lifecycle Management 6.2 and focuses on scalability, security and management, said company officials. The software can handle 20,000 users on a server—twice the capacity of 6.2. A new feature, EmailOptimizer, analyzes Outlook .pst […]

New software from switch vendor McData Corp. will give enterprise users network-based storage management regardless of which platform is used. The new modules, due this summer, will come from a combination of internal development, licensing, and one or more corporate acquisitions, said officials last week at the Broomfield, Colo., company. The resulting software will comply […]

Leaders of the storage industry are collaborating on new projects to help customers figure out what technology to buy and how to use it. The work, led by the Storage Networking Industry Association, includes an interoperability logo program; a portal for sharing technical information; new membership levels for users; and a plan to evolve the […]

Quantum Corp. this week will announce an expansion of its disk-based backup appliance family with more capacity and management features, officials said. The new DX100 is designed primarily for high-speed cache-to-tape libraries. With the Milpitas, Calif., companys background in tape systems, “we get a lot more credibility going in there to talk about backup and […]

Microsoft is offering to car and on-board automotive system builders its latest Windows Automotive release, as of today. This is the one built on top of Windows CE 4.2 (a k a “McKendric”), which just went to manufacturing last week, and features Bluetooth support, among other new features.

Intersil Gives 11g a Nitro Speed Boost Intersil recently unveiled Nitro, a free software fix enabling networks comprised mainly of 802.11g devices to triple the speed of data flow. The problem Nitro seeks to resolve is one that was known during the earliest stages of 802.11gs rollout: if 802.11b and 802.11g equipment are used side-by-side […]

XM Satellite Radio announced that it will make a version of its receiver available to PC users. The XM PC receiver will be sold by retailers for $69.95, according to the company, and will be sold exclusively from PC Connection, an online retailer. The bundle ships with the receiver, an external box which connects to […]

EMC Corp. and Microsoft Corp. announced an expanded partnership Monday, resulting in new low-end storage hardware, a software licensing agreement, and new technical support options, officials of both companies said. Along with a presentation scheduled later today by EMC CEO and President Joe Tucci and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the news is the first from […]