Clint Boulton

IBM’s decision to free up design specifications for its blade server system has stimulated interest in the tech community. The company said more than 100 companies have embraced the BladeCenter spec to build various hardware products. Emulex, Ranch Networks and Tarari are some of the hardware vendors who have used the spec to design gear. […]

In a move to expand its position in the burgeoning business process management (BPM) space, Verity acquired software maker Dralasoft for $8 million in cash. The privately held software company from Westminster, Colo., makes Java-based BPM and business activity monitoring software, which Verity will use to flesh out its own portfolio of BPM products. Dralasoft […]

While vendors slugged it out over new customers over the last couple of months, two giants in their respective markets were hatching a plan to ambush the software market with a blockbuster merger. Symantec’s bid to acquire Veritas Software for $13.5 billion Thursday reverberated through an industry beset by consolidation, as the software market has […]

UPDATED: Symantec agreed to acquire Veritas Software for $13.5 billion in stock, a deal that would create one of the largest brands in the security and back-up software market. Symantec is a leading security software provider. The Cupertino, Calif., concern has been looking for ways to grow and diversify its portfolio at a time when […]

As previously reported, Oracle has triggered a strategy to bring its grid computing technology to storage arrays. The software maker introduced the Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative to pair its Database 10g with ATA disk arrays from Apple , Dell , EMC , HP and Network Appliance . The initiative covers several important pain points customers […]

Security software maker Symantec is reportedly in talks to buy back-up software power Veritas Software in a blockbuster deal that, at $13 billion, would be one of the largest of its kind. According to the New York Times, which cited executives close to the negotiations, the companies are in advanced talks for a deal that […]

UPDATE: IBM has secured a major contract to provide the New York Stock Exchange with handheld devices, servers and software to make sure the exchange’s daily trades go uninterrupted. Though financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, IBM will provide the NYSE with the technology for TradeWorks, a new ordering system that minimizes downtime […]

Cisco Systems trotted out a network appliance that quickly simplifies the management and storage of files located in branch offices. Using software it owns from its August purchase of Actona Technologies, Cisco has created the File Engine Series to provide its own brand of wide area file services (WAFS). Cisco’s wide area file services allows […]

IBM made two significant moves to improve its service-oriented architecture (SOA) portfolio. IBM’s Software Group has purchased an enterprise license of LogicLibrary’s Logidex to help catalog and manage the reusability of software assets, such as Web services , legacy applications, components, XML schema and frameworks. Logidex will complement IBM’s Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational Application […]

UPDATE: Oracle’s dogged pursuit of PeopleSoft was rewarded on Monday as PeopleSoft’s board of directors agreed to sell the company for $10.3 billion. The announcement ends a long legal fight over the rights to the business application giant. Oracle will pay $26.50 per share for its rival, higher than its last bid of $24. The […]

IBM Friday said it has filled out gaps in its virtualization portfolio, adding support for EMC’s remaining Clariion systems. The company added Clariion 300, 500 and 700 systems support for its SAN Volume Controller (SVC), according to Jens Tiedemann, general manager of IBM TotalStorage Open Software. IBM already supports Clariion 200, 400 and 600 systems. […]

Engineers at large software companies, such as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, have created drafts for a key Web services specification under the aegis of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). As a byproduct of the companies’ pledge to work together, Microsoft engineer Martin Gudgin and Sun Microsystems engineer Marc Hadley delivered drafts of the Web […]