Sara Driscoll

McAfee intends to integrate SafeBoot Technologys channel following its acquisition of the mobile security vendor. The $350 million transaction, announced Oct. 9, will give McAfee a stronger foothold in the data encryption market, McAfee President and CEO Dave DeWalt said in a statement. “With the acquisition of SafeBoot, McAfee becomes a leader in the fast-growing […]

ShoreTel is planning for aggressive growth in Europe, with hopes of mirroring its U.S. strategy in the region. The IP PBX provider is looking to more than triple growth in Europe, according to Mark Swendsen, managing director EMEA. “We want to be the equivalent size in the UK and Europe that we are in the […]

Warnings of integration challenges and technology conflicts have already begun, as analysts warn SAPs $6.78 billion acquisition of Business Objects will be hard to swallow. The deal, announced early Oct. 8, will combine SAPs business analytics with Business Objects BI (business intelligence) technology. It is SAPs largest to date. Judith Hurwitz, CEO at Hurwitz Associates, […]

IT executives are not ready to adopt a green technology strategy for their storage environments. This is according to a survey of 324 IT executives commissioned by storage software vendor BridgeHead Software. The report revealed that only 35 percent of respondents said their storage technology choices take into consideration environmental friendliness. However, a whopping 88 […]