Clint Boulton

Trolling for as much feedback as possible as it moves toward its next major database release for 2005, Microsoft Friday kicked off a Community Technical Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2005. Described by the company as “interim builds,” the CTP is sort of an unofficial beta of the product, giving customers an opportunity to provide […]

It’s been a busy few months for Charles Foley, who became the president of Tacit Networks in September after nearly three years at InfiniCon Systems, an InfiniBand networking gear maker. A South Plainfield, N.J., start-up with 60 employees, Tacit’s devices allow companies to exchange content between data centers and remote offices over wide area networks […]

IBM upped the ante against rivals HP and Sun Microsystems in the server market by adding three new machines based on its Power5 processor, two of which can run 254 virtual servers on a single machine. Capable of running Linux and Unix, the eServer p5 595 and eServer i5 595 64-way servers are symbols of […]

Looking to show that its $50 million software and services partnership with Microsoft is bearing fruit, Hewlett-Packard said it has realized over $600 million in sales from the joint .NET initiative. That momentum amounts to more than 1,000 projects for nearly 700 customers worldwide, claimed Nora Denzel, senior vice president and general manager, Adaptive Enterprise […]

When IBM unveiled its new, high-octane storage server at an event in New York Tuesday, it became apparent the company made some headway in taking virtualization features from its mainframe systems and dropping them into its storage line. Officials are so confident in the new products, they believe IBM can double its storage market share […]

In a bid to help customers realize better value from their IT projects, IBM said it will buy Systemcorp for an undisclosed sum. The Armonk, N.Y., giant’s move to buy the privately held company will give it products in a software niche called Project Portfolio Management (PPM). Systemcorp’s flagship PMOffice suite allows executives, managers and […]

NEW YORK — IBM took the covers off its latest storage strategy Tuesday with an imposing DS8000 enterprise-class storage server along with the much smaller, ultra-dense DS6000. As previously reported, the DS8000 employs logical partitioning features, which allow clients to run several storage workloads and create virtual storage images with the help of the company’s […]

EMC said on Tuesday that it has bought back-up and recovery software maker Dantz Development for about $50 million in cash. EMC, which for the past year has offered back-up software for commercial and large-sized businesses through its Legato NetWorker product, picked up privately held Dantz to fill the gap in its back-up portfolio for […]

Computer Associates Monday said it plans to invest $24 million on equipment and marketing to sell storage and security software to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). The Islandia, N.Y., management software maker will offer BrightStor ARCserve Backup for back-up, eTrust Antivirus to squash viruses, Unicenter Desktop DNA for […]

StorageTek will turn another page in its information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy Tuesday, rebranding its storage systems and software to staunch issues and problems associated with data protection. At the StorageTek Forum 2004 in San Antonio, the company will rename its key disk storage family FlexLine in order to reflect a more unified approach to […]

A host of companies led by Microsoft and Intel has revised and released a specification for making sure computer systems have a common way to communicate. Microsoft and Intel, along with Dell , AMD and Sun Microsystems , have published Web Services Management (WS-Management) as a model to help IT managers remotely access devices on […]

IBM is boosting performance in blade servers with new hardware and software. Tim Dougherty, director of marketing for IBM’s eServer BladeCenter, said the company’s new BladeCenter machines have increased speed, memory, power management and operating system support in order to widen customers’ choices. The move comes as blade vendors, including HP, Sun Microsystems and smaller […]