Clint Boulton

As expected, Dell and Oracle Tuesday expanded their two-year relationship by agreeing to offer Oracle database software with Dell servers as part of a low-cost bundle for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Dell CEO and Michael Dell announced the news on a press call Tuesday. The executives said compact discs […]

Dell and Oracle are expected to refresh and expand their existing relationship in order to embed more of Oracle’s database software on Dell servers as part of a low-cost bundle. Just like the deal they struck last year, the latest Dell-Oracle pairing would help Oracle position against rival Microsoft, whose SQL Server database competes with […]

After months of unveiling features by the piece for its next-generation database, IBM is planning to launch the finished product in late April or early May, according to a source familiar with the company’s plans. Janet Perna, general manager of IBM Software’s Data Management group, will unveil DB2 Universal Database 9.0 during an event at […]

Microsoft is looking to extend its storage offerings further into the enterprise with a series of new features. Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new feature pack that helps customers consolidate data from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 on network attached storage (NAS) devices powered by Windows Storage Server 2003, a key component of the Windows Server […]

Leading rivals and vendors of InfiniBand interconnect technologies are kicking off the ClusterWorld Conference and Expo show Monday with new products geared to speed up and improve the connectivity of servers. Capable of piping data at 30 gigabits per second, InfiniBand is prized for its performance and price advantages for high-speed networking. The technology also […]

HP Monday said it has struck a balance between quality and cost with a new hard disk drive that splices the performance and reliability of fibre channel technology with lower cost parameters of iSCSI. Co-developed with HDD maker Seagate, the hybrid disk drive — dubbed Fibre Attached Technology Adapted — combines lower cost disk drive […]

VMware Monday said it has significantly refreshed its desktop virtualization software — and slashed its price by more than $100 — as a result of the success of its enterprise server products. VMware Product Marketing Manager Peter Giordano said VMware Workstation 4.5 is geared for developers and administrators who want to provision multiple instances of […]

Tackling the age-old problem of improving back-up and recovery time for stored data, EMC Monday unveiled a disk library that restores data as much as 90 percent faster than traditional tape libraries. EMC Vice President of Platforms Marketing Chuck Hollis said the storage systems vendor created the Clariion Disk Library to help businesses cope with […]

Sybase Friday moved to shore up its mobile software offerings Friday by agreeing to acquire XcelleNet, which makes software to help workers manage information from for wireless devices and remote locations, for $95.2 million in cash. The Dublin, Calif.-based database software maker, which also announced preliminary earnings, will integrate XcelleNet into its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary, […]

In a series of bombshell announcements, Sun Microsystems said it accepted a $1.95 billion settlement to end its legal war with Microsoft and will cut 3,300 jobs as part of a restructuring. Under the truce terms, Sun ended patent and antitrust suits against the Redmond, Wash., software giant. The companies also signed a 10-year technology […]

Information lifecycle management (ILM) and intelligent networking will be the prevailing themes at next week’s Storage Networking World Spring 2004 show in Phoenix, according to analysts and vendors. Look for a flurry of demonstrations from key networking fabric vendors such as Cisco Systems, Brocade Communications Systems and McData . But one of the highlights could […]

IBM agreed to acquire infrastructure management concern Candle Corporation in the latest in a series of acquisitions to speed its middleware capabilities for running on-demand systems. Big Blue will purchase privately-held Candle, based in El Segundo, Calif., for an undisclosed sum. Candle makes software that helps customers build out and manage their enterprise infrastructure in […]