Chris Preimesberger

Suddenly, tape in old-fashioned cassettes-technology that is, um, 55 years old-has become the new turf in the latest war between two very progressive IT giants. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun Microsystems made a special trip to New York Sept. 13 to introduce a spate of new products, including new device-level tape encryption with key management for […]

Business intelligence provider Business Objects revealed Sept. 12 that it will acquire privately held Armstrong Laing—a provider of profitability management and activity-based costing solutions—for about $56 million in an all-cash transaction. Armstrong Laing, based in Atlanta, is also known as ALG Software. Its BI offerings will help fill out the current Business Objects catalog. The […]

IBM introduced what it called the data security markets “first comprehensive tape encryption solution” Sept. 12 with its new Encryption Key Manager, which stores and encrypts data—and the keys that open the data—on high-density tape cassettes. The Encryption Key Manager enables users to encrypt data on the tapes, whether they are using IBM mainframes or […]

EMC continues to enjoy a substantial lead in both market share and total revenue in the worldwide storage software market, but third-place IBM is increasing its year-over-year revenue growth at a surprising rate, according to a quarterly report released Sept. 11 by IDC. EMC, based in Hopkinton, Mass., owned 26 percent of the world storage […]

An independent survey of about 200 IT decision makers reported a wide gap between what data storage customers require and what storage vendors are prepared to offer them. The survey, released Sept. 11 and commissioned by data security management software maker Bocada of Bellevue, Wash., interviewed executives at enterprises employing more than 500 people. The […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.-IBM, that oh-so-straight-laced bastion of research, development and commercial success, is kicking back a little to celebrate an anniversary this month and reflect upon how far technology has come since the days of refrigerator-sized computers, Elvis and “I Like Ike.” September 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the world’s first […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.—It wasnt exactly like watching Chris Berman, Chris Mortensen and Mel Kiper Jr.s hair helmet on ESPN during NFL Draft Day, waiting to see which lucky college players will be drafted in the first round. But, to a slightly lesser degree, it had its own feeling of anticipation and excitement. Were talking about […]

To learn more about the recently reported migration of computers in 12,500 high schools in the southern Indian state of Kerela from Windows to GNU/Linux, prompted largely by the recent visit to India of free software guru Richard M. Stallman, DesktopLinux.com contacted Stallman for further details. Knowing that Stallman was still in the midst of […]

Data storage device maker Iomega introduced on Sept. 7 a high-capacity external drive preformatted for Apples Power Mac and new Mac Pro computers and featuring twin 7,200-rpm SATA hard drives. The UltraMax 640GB Desktop Hard Drive is designed to provide Mac users with secure, high-capacity storage that complements the new Apple Mac Pro and Power […]

PowerFile, which makes optical drive archive appliances for digital storage, introduced on Sept. 5 its Active Archive Appliance, which uses an “active” mode method for keeping frequently accessed data such as documents, images and media files always accessible on the network. The approach, designed for both small and midsize business and enterprise users, stands in […]