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Veritas Software Corp. this week will license much of its storage management software to storage vendors to use as components of their own products, saving customers from integrating it themselves. By embedding the Veritas software, third-party switch, disk array and HBA (host bus adapter) manufacturers can build in new functions and achieve higher levels of […]

Unwilling to let Walter Hewletts lawsuit derail its plans, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday announced 1,000 managers who will assume leadership roles if the companys buyout of Compaq Computer Corp. goes through. The appointments, disclosed to employees of both companies in an internal memos Friday, comes as HP awaits a Delaware judges ruling in the lawsuit […]

Quantum Corp. on Monday announced its first enterprise-scale network-attached storage product, which is based on Linux, thereby marking the companys plans to compete with software titan Microsoft Corp. Quantums new product, the Guardian 14000, scales to 1.4 terabytes in a 3U case, or 20 terabytes linked in a rack, officials said. It can connect to […]

Dont envy Scott Charney. He has what has to be one of the most difficult positions in the security industry: chief security strategist at Microsoft Corp. The Redmond, Wash., company and its ubiquitous software are the targets of choice for crackers and Internet delinquents of every stripe, and Microsoft has recently kicked off a very […]

In its ongoing quest to be known as an independent software vendor, high-end storage hardware leader EMC Corp. on Monday announced Centera, a system of inexpensive disks for low-transaction data, as the first of its many object-based products to come. Centera uses technology from FilePool NV, a Belgium startup EMC acquired last year, to give […]

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Hewlett-Packard Co. on Friday will remove outspoken critic Walter Hewlett from the companys board of directors today at its annual shareholder meeting, marking the first time in HPs 64 years that a relative of the companys co-founders have not served on the board. Fridays shareholder meeting caps a blistering week that saw Hewlett put HPs […]

Thin is in for servers, and IBM this week joined the growing ranks of computer makers to announce it will introduce a “blade”-style system in the third quarter of this year. Blade servers are much smaller than todays commonly used rack-mounted servers, and enable enterprise customers to greatly expand their computing power per rack. For […]

Upgrading is a way of life in the world of high tech. But a company next month will unveil an automated tape library that scales to 13 petabytes. The massive system—designed to ensure the customers will never have to upgrade again—will be announced early next month by StorageTek, officially called Storage Technology Corp., at the […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Thursday appointed Hector de J. Ruiz as its CEO, handing over the reins from William “Jerry” Sanders III, whos held the position since helping co-found the chip maker in 1969. Sanders, 65, will continue to serve as the companys chairman through 2003. AMD, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., first disclosed the […]

Internet and technology-related jobs would be among the most attractive to college students entering the job market–if they could find them, that is–according to a new survey by careers Web site Monster.com. According to the online poll conducted by Monsters MonsterTRAK service, 32 percent of students said they believe Internet and technology-related jobs will offer […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today confirmed that Microsoft Corp. will co-develop a Windows operating system to run on the chipmakers upcoming 64-bit processors for workstations and servers, which will be sold under the brand name Opteron. The agreement, long sought by AMD, provides the chipmaker a much-needed boost at a most opportune time. AMD plans […]