Chris Preimesberger

Sun Microsystems and open-source database maker Greenplum, July 26 introduced a data warehouse appliance built from open-source software and general purpose systems that the companies claim is much faster and cheaper than comparable proprietary systems, a Sun executive told eWEEK. Called simply the Data Warehouse Appliance, the new product is powered by Greenplums own distribution […]

Intel finally has its long-awaited dual-core Itanium 2 chip on the market, and, as with everything else in the controversial processors history, the launch was accompanied by equal parts enthusiasm and doubt. Intel officials celebrated the release of the Itanium 2 9000 Series—code-named Montecito—at an event here July 18, touting a technology they say offers […]

Hewlett-Packard, determined to assert itself in a rapidly escalating scramble against IBM and EMC for small and midsize businesses, announced on July 24 a bevy of new storage products and services expressly aimed at that market. HP boosted its frontline StorageWorks server portfolio with new, improved firmware for its entry-level and midrange disk array offerings. […]

IBM on July 21 began selling a retooled version of its high-performance Tivoli enterprise data protection software to home and small-business customers via online distributors. The company said its the first time a Tivoli product has been made available to a mass market. IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., said that its real-time data backup software, IBM […]

Seagate Technology strengthened its No. 1 sales position in the worldwide hard disk drive market in the first quarter of this year even before the company recorded its acquisition of No. 4-ranked Maxtor, market researcher iSuppli reported July 20. The company also improved its standing despite stronger-than-expected overall demand and competition throughout the industry, an […]

It was a busy week for new product releases in the enterprise data storage business, with several major vendors introducing new packages or enhancements to existing ones. NetApp Integrates Shadow Tape Backup with Other Vendors Products Network Appliance announced July 19 it is integrating its NearStore VTL Shadow Tape backup product with Veritas NetBackup and […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel finally has its dual-core Itanium 2 chip out on the market. The question now becomes whether “Montecito” is the technology that will invigorate the architecture, or if it will become another in a long line of expensive Itanium processors that yield relatively disappointing results. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker launched the Itanium […]

Due to the sheer volume of digital video content being created each day by the broadcast and television networks and independent production facilities, all play-to-air content that has been ingested into digital systems is being stored in in-house servers. But while the content is increasingly being distributed online, virtually none of it is being stored […]

Everyone has a favorite wide-screen movie memory. Maybe it is Darth Vader breathing loudly through his words in “Star Wars”; Yoda offering sage advice to Luke Skywalker in “The Empire Strikes Back”; or Rhett Butler carrying Scarlett O’Hara up the stairs in “Gone with the Wind.” These images might be etched forever in our minds, […]

Sun Microsystems next steps into the world of x86 servers simultaneously include ventures into the most competitive area of the market and another space essentially abandoned by rivals. The Santa Clara, Calif., systems maker on July 11 rolled out the latest of its Opteron-based Galaxy servers, including a blade server and another system that can […]