EMC has acquired privately held, venture-funded start-up nLayers, said EMC Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Tucci at the company’s analyst event in New York on Wednesday. InSight appliance, NLayers’ flagship product, is designed to help users better understand and map relationships among applications, servers and devices. EMC is integrating the company’s technology into its resource-management offerings, Tucci said. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The acquisition is EMC’s latest in a multiyear shopping spree, as it continues to try to expand from a storage hardware provider into a one-stop shop for storing, managing, accessing and securing data throughout the enterprise, for what EMC calls ILM (information lifecycle management). EMC has identified IBM as its main competitor in this area.Tucci also said Wednesday that he expects the company’s resource-management business, along with four other business units, to grow into billion-dollar businesses in the next few years. “We expect our core storage business will continue to sustain double-digit growth over the next several years, and we believe we will—and it is our goal—to grow five business areas to the billion-dollar level over the same several-year period,” Tucci said.Those five businesses are resource management, content management, storage virtualization, information security and its virtualization software subsidiary, VMware. Tucci also hinted of hardware upgrades coming soon to the company’s Clariion AX storage system line, at both the high and low end of the line, and of more lower-end appliance additions to its Celerra network-attached storage line. “We will continue to hit this appliance market hard, and the biggest thrust will be downmarket,” Tucci said.On the software side, Tucci talked about a new tool coming in the second half of this year that will allow users to manage the company’s data protection software through one central console. EMC will also offer similar capability for its archiving software, Tucci said.-Shelley Solheim, IDG News ServiceCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature 10 most popular IT certifications for 2023 Certifications are a great way to show employers you have the right IT skills and specializations for the job. These 10 certs are the ones IT pros are most likely to pursue, according to data from Dice. By Sarah K. White May 26, 2023 8 mins Certifications Careers interview Stepping up to the challenge of a global conglomerate CIO role Dr. Amrut Urkude became CIO of Reliance Polyester after his company was acquired by Reliance Industries. He discusses challenges IT leaders face while transitioning from a small company to a large multinational enterprise, and how to overcome them. By Yashvendra Singh May 26, 2023 7 mins Digital Transformation Careers brandpost With the new financial year looming, now is a good time to review your Microsoft 365 licenses By Veronica Lew May 25, 2023 5 mins Lenovo news Alteryx works in generative AI for speedy analytics results OpenAI integration and AI wizardry for report generation are aimed at making Alteryx’s analytics products more accessible. By Jon Gold May 25, 2023 3 mins Analytics Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe