Karen Schwartz

Microsoft has tweaked its Windows Live OneCare self-updating PC care service to better meet the needs of small user group environments. Windows Live OneCare consists of a set of security and performance tools, all managed by a central console. Security features include anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall feature with automatic updates. Performance tools include backup and […]

With the introduction of new high-performance computing platforms aimed at companies with 100 to 999 employees, Hewlett-Packard is trying to bring supercomputers into the mainstream. The new HP Cluster Platform Workgroup System, announced Nov. 13 at the Supercomputing 2007 show in Reno, Nev., is an out-of-the-box system that comes complete with servers, interconnects, optional storage, […]

Overland Storage has added deduplication technology to its REO virtual tape library appliance, allowing the products core audience—SMBs and distributed organizations—to store months of data on a disk-based appliance. The REO 9500D deduplicating VTL appliance can be configured with up to 12 library partitions, 64 virtual tape drives and 3,000 virtual cartridges. Usable capacity stretches […]

With the introduction of a new suite of products aimed at the midmarket, Verio is continuing its transformation from a generalized Web and application hosting provider to one focusing squarely on companies with fewer than 1,000 users. The Centennial, Colo.-based company has introduced Verio Business Solutions, a suite of eight stand-alone products companies can buy […]

The wildfires raging through much of Southern California have forced companies in the area to fall back onto their business continuity plans. Those with solid plans seem to be weathering the disaster fairly well, while others may be more strongly impacted by the crisis. Overland Storage, of San Diego, has been greatly affected by the […]

As one of the largest insurers in the world, MetLife works hard to ensure that its 70 million customers get what they expect. For the New York-based companys IT department, that means juggling hundreds of projects and developing and maintaining hundreds of applications simultaneously with its cadre of 1,500 application developers. With that much activity, […]

Sun Microsystems today announced that it will merge its storage and systems groups into one group, to be called the Systems Group, much like competitors Hewlett-Packard and IBM already have done. John Fowler, executive vice president for systems, who will lead the new combined group, said that the goal is to create a group with […]

The final nail may be in the coffin for Internet phone company Vonage Holdings. Vonage suffered what some believe may be a fatal blow Sept. 25 when a jury awarded $69.5 million to Sprint Communications for patent infringement. The ruling was the second major defeat for Vonage in 2007. In March, Vonage lost a patent […]

ExaGrid has released the newest version of its flagship data deduplication-centric, disk-based backup product with faster backup and restore performance. Version 3, ExaGrid Systems first major release since September 2006, continues its focus on the disk-based backup market with its appliance approach combined with data deduplication. Whats new, however, is double the backup performance. With […]

EVault is giving its InfoStage online backup software more features and making it easier to use. InfoStage, the Emeryville, Calif., companys software-based answer to disk-to-disk backup, has been around for years, and EVault has slowly been adding more functionality to it. The last major upgrade, in April 2005, added features like load balancing and parallel […]