Data Center

Thu, July 30, 2009 - Now that EMC has purchased deduplication technology leader Data Domain, its reseller agreements with the likes of FalconStor Software Inc. and Quantum Corp. for the same type of single-instancing technology could be in jeopardy. Quantum resells both its tape libraries and dedupe software through EMC, sales that amount to less than 10% of its revenue.

Tue, July 21, 2009 - Earlier this month, EMC signed a US$2.1 billion agreement to acquire data deduplication specialist Data Domain, declaring victory over rival Network Appliance in a bidding war to acquire the company. The deal was remarkable because Joe Tucci, EMC's chairman, president and CEO, along with other senior EMC executives, had no opportunity to conduct the usual due diligence on Data Domain or even get to know its management team before bidding to buy the company.

Thu, June 25, 2009 - CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.

Tue, May 26, 2009 - Thomson Reuters is in the middle of a massive virtualization effort involving 20,000 physical machines growing at an alarming rate. The company is increasing storage utilization through virtualization and thin provisioning and using the capital expenditure saving from that to pay for its server virtualization project, which overall will reduce its power consumption as well.

Wed, April 08, 2009 - Enrique Salem, who this week took the reigns of Symantec Corp., spoke to a packed hall at Storage Networking World about his company's plans to focus on technologies like thin provisioning and data deduplication, which can help companies better utilize the assets they have in order to stave off purchasing more hardware. Computerworld Editor-in-Chief Scot Finnie and Storage Editor Lucas Mearian sat down with CEO Salem at SNW to ask him about his vision for Symantec, what IT security threats may lie ahead and how the recession is affecting the high tech industry.

Fri, March 27, 2009 - Avaya's freshly minted CEO Kevin Kennedy will deliver a keynote at VoiceCon Orlando next week, during which he is expected to announce a major addition to its unified communications platform architecture and the promise of cost savings.

Wed, March 25, 2009 - Now would be a really good time to negotiate a deal with Sun, Diana McKenzie says.

Wed, March 25, 2009 - Whether you prefer the term "utility computing" or "the cloud," the industry is headed in that direction, however slowly, and the transition will have a multifaceted impact on IT in some ways productive, others unpleasant. And it will strike to the heart of the very technology professionals who provide a significant chunk of what is today's enterprise IT.

Mon, March 09, 2009 - Today's datacenters are downright cramped, yet forced to continue absorbing more technologies and tapping into the latest trends, all while maximizing efficiency and reducing costs. The current recession makes now the time to glance back for a historical perspective to better understand how to not only survive in this different world but also to best prepare for the future. 

Thu, June 05, 2008 - What's the hardest part of a virtual environment to monitor today? Are enterprises wasting money on storage for VMs? What's next for virtualization management tools? Vizioncore president Chris Akerberg tackles these questions and more in a conversation with CIO.com.