Chris Preimesberger

EAST PALO ALTO, Calif.—IBM on June 22 released two new free software security tools for Java software developers—one that improves protection of data moving through Java-based network applications and another that automatically embeds data encryption at its origin point. IBM has made the tools available for free download via AlphaWorks, its developer-oriented Web site that […]

The white hats and the black hats are taking sides in the streets of storages Dodge City, loading their six-shooters for a possible clash over industry standards. With data storage and so-called ILM (information lifecycle management) becoming hotter than the weather this summer, industry leaders are jockeying for position and political clout, much like the […]

Corporate e-mail storage vendor LiveOffice of Torrance, Calif. said June 21 that it has added fully integrated, Web-based mailbox management and business continuity features to its flagship product, AdvisorMail, which is aimed at the financial services market. The new functions in AdvisorMail 5.0 provide continuous user access to fresh and archived message data, even if […]

STANFORD, Calif.—Sun Microsystems may not have made a profit for nearly five years, but the struggling IT infrastructure giant isnt shying away from giving some dollars back to the ol alma mater now and then—especially when it fits a long-term agenda item of its own. Stanford University President John Hennessy and a couple of Stanford […]

Quantum revealed June 20 that it has increased the capacities of several of its disk-based backup appliances, added new functionality to them and yet decreased their pricing, in an ambitious ploy to get the attention of the SMB market. The announcement was made on the opening day of the Storage World conference in Long Beach, […]

After a two-year absence, Sun Microsystems is getting ready to rejoin a blade server space that is becoming a key battleground for top-tier OEMs. IBM and Hewlett-Packard—which on June 14 unveiled a new blade server architecture—are continuing their two-horse race at the top of the market, while Dell later this month will launch the latest […]

Rackable Systems, a maker of high-density storage servers with basic software features for large-scale data centers, introduced on June 19 several new additions to its family of rack-mount products. The Milpitas, Calif., company, which sold Google its first 10,000 servers in 1999, builds servers that can be connected to produce storage capacity as high as […]

Data storage giant EMC revealed on June 19 that it has purchased ProActivity Software Solutions, its third acquisition in six weeks. ProActivity, based in Newton, Mass., is a privately held provider of content management software for BPM (business process management). ProActivity provides tools to monitor, analyze and optimize business processes that treat business processes as […]

An IT analyst reported a significant drop in the number of Fortune 1000 companies that plan to spend more budget dollars on SANs in 2006, TheInfoPro reported June 15 in its twice-yearly Storage Networking and Management study. Storage consolidation and productivity—and not increased spending—are emerging as trends for the survey participants, said Robert Stevenson, managing […]

Enterprise and mobile software maker Sybase, needing to round out its data integration software product set, announced June 14 that it has acquired Hamburg, Germany-based Solonde, a privately held provider of leading-edge products for data integration and interface management needs. A Sybase spokeswoman said it was an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount that closed […]