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Although the need for reliable data backup has never been greater, the depressed IT spending climate has caused problems for Quantum Corp., a $1 billion maker of storage systems and software. After naming industry veteran and former Microsoft Corp. President Richard Belluzzo its CEO in August, Quantum sold its network-attached-storage unit and outsourced the bulk […]

OEMs Face Suit Over Patents Intergraph, which last spring settled a patent infringement case involving Intels Pentium chips, is following that up with a suit against the OEMs that used those chips in their systems. Intergraph alleges that Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway violated patents surrounding the Clipper technology it developed for its workstations. Absent from […]

Cameron Sturdevant It was the best of times for Mozilla and other open-source applications and the worst of times for InfiniBand, personal privacy and dial-up (thank goodness). This according to eWeek Labs analysts, who looked back on the year that was as it pertains to the year that will be. What to watch in 2003? […]

Yahoo Inc. will acquire search technology specialist Inktomi Corp. for $235 million, officials of both companies said Monday. “[The deal] will help us achieve our goal of providing users with the most comprehensive, relevant and highest quality search solutions on the Web,” said Terry Semel, Yahoo chairman and CEO, in a statement. “The addition of […]

Enterprise Storage IBM Plans Open-Source Storage Strategy IBM will release an open-source version of its forthcoming “Storage Tank” technology. Big Blue is working with an undisclosed open-source group on the software and will release the code when the product is generally available in 2003. Storage Tank is a technology designed to get more use out […]

Enterprise Storage Egenera Server Cuts into NAS Blade server startup Egenera Inc. has added NAS support for its Linux-based BladeFrame server—now able to support both SAN and NAS connectivity in the same chassis. This move shows the steady convergence of NAS and SAN, a trend thats allowing enterprises to build more flexible and adaptable storage […]

Veritas Software Corp. Thursday announced acquisitions of two software companies, for a combined $599 million, as it prepares for a late 2003 launch of a new suite designed to administer applications, servers and storage, all through one console. Veritas acquired Precise Software Solutions Ltd., of Westwood, Mass., and of Israel, for $537 million. Precise makes […]

Enterprise Storage Your Storage Area Networking Needs Interoperability is the greatest challenge in building SANs, a roundtable of U.S. IT executives has concluded, and theres a demand for vendors that can easily provide interoperability among Unix, NT and mainframes. Most SANs are recent, and implementation has been driven by cost savings. Half of the roundtable […]

Enterprise Storage IBM Lab Stacks Storage Bricks IBM researchers are prototyping a new storage system that packs hard-drive modules into a dense, Rubiks Cube-like structure. Big Blues Collective Intelligent Bricks project builds 3D stacks out of the eight-inch modules, each containing 12 hard drives and six network connections. By the first quarter of 2003, IBM […]

Linux administrators at small businesses and at remote offices of larger companies have a new, free backup option, Arkeia Light 5.0, announced Arkeia Corp. on Tuesday. Arkeia Light 5.0 is for single Linux servers connected with SCSI into one tape drive. It supports two client computers, on Linux, BSD, or Windows. Apple OS X support […]

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Quantum Corp. last week announced a new road map for its tape products, which will give users an easier upgrade path, faster performance and simpler SAN integration. The plans affect mainly the second generation of Quantums SDLT (super digital linear tape) products, which Quantum will ship in May, a company spokesman said. Thats several months […]