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VERITAS Software moved to fill a gap in its utility computing strategy by acquiring automation software maker Invio Software for $35 million in cash. Mountain View, Calif.’s VERITAS expects to retain nearly all 35 Invio employees, including Ranga Rangachari, CEO of the Los Altos, Calif.-based outfit. Experts in the sector say process automation is a […]

IBM’s rivals are taking aim at its new Power5 Unix servers, which Big Blue just launched. HP and Sun Microsystems claimed the new chip systems would propagate vendor lock-in and lead to a load of compatibility issues. “At a time when TCO and maximizing return on investments are paramount, IBM continues to push proprietary architectures […]

With a mind toward adding real-time analytical capabilities to its software line, IBM agreed to acquire privately held Alphablox for an undisclosed sum. Alphablox makes software that allows customers to add analytics features that scrutinize information such as customer buying trends, company inventory and employee performance. Viewed through a dashboard, the information is then rendered […]

Looking for a larger slice of the external storage market pie, Adaptec agreed to purchase Snap Appliance for $100 million in cash and stock. Adaptec, which develops RAID and iSCSI software, ASICs and boards, will pay $91 million in cash and $9 million of assumed stock options in the deal. San Jose, Calif.’s Snap makes […]

Customers with storage networks continue to push vendors for increased data availability based on shifting workloads. Storage systems vendor BlueArc came up with its own remedy, announcing Tuesday that it will use computing switches from Brocade Communications Systems. BlueArc’s Titan SiliconServer will now ship with Brocade’s SilkWorm 3250 8-port switch or SilkWorm 3850 16-port switch […]

In the midst of its bid to acquire applications rival PeopleSoft, Oracle chose Harry L. You to fill the executive vice president and CFO position. The move allows his predecessor, CFO Jeff Henley, to focus on his role as chairman. You comes to Oracle from consulting giant and long-time Oracle partner Accenture , where he […]

NEW YORK — Gearing up to pry more server market share from rivals HP and Sun Microsystems , IBM has unveiled the first servers forged from its POWER5 chip architecture. The machines, which serve as the foundation for an aggressive push to knock Sun and HP out of their UNIX leadership positions, run UNIX and […]

As further proof that open source technologies are bleeding into the mainstream, start-up Active Endpoints has hatched a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) initiative and submitted core technology under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Shelton, Conn.-based Active Endpoints Monday announced the formation of ActiveBPEL, LLC, an open source subsidiary whose goal is to stimulate […]

Software vendors issuing warnings about poor earnings have been growing. Computer Associates, Siebel Systems and BMC Software said they would miss their revenue marks for the second quarter. CA said its earnings for its first fiscal quarter ending June 30th would range from $830 million to $850 million, or 3 to 5 percent below its […]

Executives at StorageTek , one of the top storage tape library makers in the world, had reason to smile last month when EMC announced it will partner with tape library maker ADIC. After years of castigating tape in favor of disk-based storage, EMC CEO Joseph Tucci acknowledged that customers, albeit a small number, are requesting […]

Despite oodles of hype and promise around the utility computing space, VERITAS Software said it anticipates lower than expected revenues for its fiscal second quarter 2004 due to weak sales in the United States. In announcing preliminary results for the second quarter Tuesday, company officials said they expected revenues between $475 million to $485 million […]

In the last couple of years, utility or on-demand computing has blasted open some doors of opportunity that had been closed by weak spending from a cost-constrained IT sector. One of the ways it has done this has been through a technology called virtualization. Once largely relegated to the storage space as a way to […]