More Security Holes in Software, Fewer Patches [August 25, 2010] According to IBM's X-Force security research group, vulnerabilities are proliferating, and while companies are getting better about reporting those flaws, the number of unpatched problems continues to rise.
Chip Sales, Revenues Surge Ahead [August 20, 2010] With growth in mobile and servers, respectively, AMD and Intel saw expansion in two different areas key to their business.
HP Emerges Victor in 3PAR Bidding War [September 2, 2010] Dell drops out after HP offers a whopping $2.4 billion for the enterprise and cloud storage technology player.
VMworld: In the Cloud, It's Storage's Time to Shine [September 1, 2010] Your infrastructure might be going into the cloud... but it'll still need to be stored somewhere. A storage-centric look of VMworld's happenings.
Dell Matches HP With $1.8B Counteroffer for 3PAR [August 27, 2010] Sparring continues between the two computing giants in the courtship of storage heavyweight 3PAR, with Dell matching HP's latest offer in a bidding war that could top $2 billion.
Dell Sweetens Offer for 3PAR; Will HP Respond? [August 26, 2010] Dell did as expected and upped its takeover price for the storage vendor after HP bid up the price. Now the ball is in HP's court.
HP Tops Dell's Bid for 3PAR With $1.6 Billion Offer [August 23, 2010] Despite a deal inked between Dell and 3PAR last week, HP wants 3PAR's virtualized multitenant storage arrays enough that it is willing to pay a 33.3 percent premium over Dell.
New Intel Atom Chips Have NAS Appeal [August 17, 2010] Two new versions of the Atom processor are designed for network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
What Keeps SSD From Replacing Spinning Disks [July 23, 2010] Flash is faster, cooler and uses less power, but there's one little problem that keeps it from ever really replacing spinning disks.
Startup Offers Third-Party Google Apps Backup [July 15, 2010] A Cambridge, Mass.-based compay called Backupify is pitching IT admins on a cloud-based backup service for Google Apps, offering an additional safeguard to augment Google's own storage.
EMC Buys Greenplum in Data Warehousing Play [July 7, 2010] EMC broadens its IT software stack with the purchase of a developer of massively parallel processing database software for business intelligence and analytics.
EMC Updates Change Management Software [July 2, 2010] With the latest upgrade to its Ionix Storage Configuration Advisor, EMC has added new compliance features and support for mixed networks.
Solid Growth Seen for Health Care IT Sector [June 18, 2010] Key contributor to revenue growth will be the government's push to electronically store patients' medical records.
NEC Offers Midrange Data Deduplication [June 16, 2010] The new HydraStor HS3-210 bring a more affordable, relatively speaking, storage system to the midmarket.
Oracle Refreshes Content Management Suite [June 8, 2010] The latest version, Content Management Suite 11g, complements the rest of Oracle's Fusion middleware stack.
Do Unified Data Center Products Mean Lock-in? [June 2, 2010] Cisco, HP and Oracle are among the vendors pursuing unified storage, server and networking strategies. Will customers win or lose?
HP's SMB Drive Includes Storage, Networking [June 2, 2010] Hewlett-Packard debuts new products and a unified communications alliance with Microsoft as part of a renewed effort to win over more of the SMB market.
Startup Improves SSD Cloud Performance [June 1, 2010] Panzura's Application Cloud Controller will eliminate latency for SSD drives used in a cloud storage environment.
NetApp Profits Double Thanks to Cloud [May 26, 2010] The storage firm posts its highest full-year growth rate in a decade, with revenue of almost $4 billion, thanks to virtualization and cloud computing.
Seagate's 3TB Hard Drive Aimed at Future PCs [May 20, 2010] Unfortunately, your current PC won't be able to use it due to a limitation in your motherboard. What is it and what can be done about it?
Storage, Services Help Dell Beat the Street [May 20, 2010] The hardware player sees renewed interest among IT buyers -- particularly in storage, services and international sales.
EMC Offers Speedier Deduplication [May 11, 2010] The storage giant may believe the future is in the clouds, but for now it is focusing on faster data deduplication.
Oracle Says It's Sticking With Tape Storage [May 7, 2010] The latest Sun customers to need reassuring from Oracle are the StorageTek data tape customers, who are told of Oracle's long-term commitment to the technology.