Clint Boulton

Emulex , a provider of host bus adapters (HBAs) for storage networks, moved to acquire storage switch maker Vixel for $310 million in cash, at $10 per share. Costa Mesa, Calif.’s Emulex competes with QLogic, HP and JNI in the market for HBAs, which provide input/output (I/O) processing and physically connect servers and storage devices […]

Hitachi Data Systems added to its storage system family Wednesday with a new modular product for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that it called more powerful and flexible than comparable products from rivals EMC and Network Appliance. The Santa Clara, Calif-based division of Hitachi also unveiled new business continuity software for the high-end HDS Lightning 9900V, […]

Determined to propel its company-wide e-business on-demand strategy to the highest level, IBM Wednesday unveiled a new computing system consisting of “smart” software that makes blade servers automate IT infrastructure and operate more efficiently. The compact system combines book-sized BladeCenter blade servers with software from a cross-section of IBM’s product lines, including its Websphere Application […]

Systems vendors these days have been exploring myriad ways to help their customers raise return-on-investment while paring costs at a time when spending on systems has become nearly nil. IBM, Sun and HP have all been looking for ways to move beyond basic server consolidation to find valuable placement with their vital customers. Looking to […]

iWay Software Tuesday moved to expand its already broad software adapter portfolio by acquiring the adapter operations of Actional for an undisclosed cash sum. New York-based iWay, owned by business intelligence software company Information Builders, said it would purchase the Mountain View, Calif.’s adapter division as Actional bears down in the burgeoning Web services management […]

Though fierce enemies competing for real estate in the high-end storage market, EMC and IBM Monday managed to put aside their differences in the spirit if cooperative competition to position themselves better to serve customers. Though they have done so with other vendors, Hopkinton, Mass.’s EMC and Armonk, N.Y.’s IBM have never exchanged application programming […]

Veritas Software on Monday continued its sweeping integration of the technology assets of Precise Software with the release of software designed to manage Microsoft Windows systems more easily. The Mountain View, Calif. vendor moved to acquire storage resource management provider Precise last December, along with server provisioning company Jareva Technologies as part of its plan […]

Sybase is adding several new layers of functionality to its enterprise-level database, including self-management features, more support for XML and Web services and greater scalability. The Dublin, Calif.-based concern’s specialty is crafting database software for large businesses, particularly financial institutions, where high-volume transactions and swift changes are a constant demand. The company’s customer base includes […]

IBM Monday unveiled new Tivoli software that automates personal identity information for logging onto networks and computers, an upgrade that keeps pace with the company’s other product lines. The Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM said it expects the new integrated identity management portfolio, which a Forrester Research analyst said was unsurpassed in terms of breadth, to help […]

Thousands of companies conduct business with millions of customers, but do they ever really know how well they are serving those customers, the lifeblood of their existence? There are plenty of ways to tell how products, services, or salespeople are doing — the proof is in the pudding, in this case, the sales and success […]

After months of monitoring the back-and-forth between two mortal enemies, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appears poised to step in to attempt to thwart Oracle’s hostile $7.3 billion takeover bid for applications rival PeopleSoft . Attorneys with knowledge of the issue say DOJ lawyers are preparing to step in, according to USA Today, and […]

In a sign that on-demand computing is starting to vault from theory into the applications realm, IBM said it has teamed with Siebel Systems on a new hosted customer relationship management (CRM) software service that customers can deploy at the click of a button. IBM and Siebel will sell the Siebel CRM OnDemand service for […]