Chris Preimesberger

EMC—the world leader in several data storage hardware and software markets—keeps coming up with overall quarterly financial numbers that any business would be happy to report. But the company just cant seem to satisfy everybody. On July 24, EMC reported record second-quarter revenue and double-digit revenue growth in its systems, software and services businesses. The […]

An explosion beneath a manhole cover on Mission Street in downtown San Francisco July 24 knocked out power, darkened traffic signal lights, and cut service to about 51,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in San Francisco and the surrounding area-including a major IT co-location center only a few blocks away. The blast and outage occurred […]

Server virtualization software provider XenSource bolstered both its front-line product and overall company credibility July 23 by signing an OEM agreement to embed Symantecs storage and data security software in its enterprise platform. As a result, Veritas Storage Foundation—Symantecs highly regarded enterprise storage management software—will be integrated into XenEnterprise by this fall, a XenSource spokesperson […]

Hewlett-Packard is buying Opsware, a software vendor best known as a provider of data center automation products, for $1.6 billion, the two companies announced July 23. The purchase of Opsware and its line of products will allow HP to integrate that technology into its own burgeoning line of BTO (business technology optimization) software. Combining the […]

SAN provider Compellent Technologies July 15 introduced a new storage area network the company claims is the industry’s only platform to extend block-level automated tiered storage to file management. Compellent’s Storage Center SAN Version 3.6 with NAS (network-attached storage) features Compellent Data Progression, in which data is automatically classified and moved to the appropriate tier […]

Data storage conglomerate EMC, which has bought 34 companies in the last five-and-a-half years, is adding XML development company X-Hive to its ever-expanding technology lineup. EMC, of Hopkinton, Mass., announced the sale July 19. Terms were not disclosed. X-Hive, a privately-held company with 25 employees in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, brings XML tools to the Documentum […]

Data backup and recovery vendor Quantum is offering a compact, inexpensive new table-top storage unit that officials claim is the first removable disk product to feature deduplication. The GoVault Data Protection Solution, released July 9 and intended for small businesses and branch offices, is a Windows-based storage package, a company spokesperson said. It includes a […]

Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos told DesktopLinux.com that his Ottawa-based Linux desktop and server company has acquired privately owned open-source e-mail and calendaring provider Scalix under terms that were undisclosed. Xandros took over the San Mateo, Calif., company the week of July 9, Typaldos said. Scalix President and CEO Glenn Winokur will stay through the transition […]

Data protection provider Arsenal Digital on July 16 introduced enhanced capabilities for its ViaRemote virtual server subscription service that include native support for virtualization packages from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and EMC VMware. ViaRemote enables enterprises with existing virtualized storage systems to deploy additional capabilities, such as consolidated backup operations, faster restores and file- and block-level […]

Google fired a direct volley at its chief adversaries in the enterprise search market, Microsoft and IBM, with the July 17 launch of its Google Custom Search Business Edition service. The Custom Search Business Edition is a hosted, fee-based site search service aimed at small and medium-size businesses—but available for any Web site—that adds Google-type […]