Clint Boulton

NEW YORK — EMC agreed to acquire nLayers, a startup that makes application discovery and mapping software. It’s the latest example of how the company is evolving to keep up with changing market demands. The purchase, for which financial terms were not disclosed, was announced during EMC’s annual analyst event here. At the event, EMC […]

Microsoft today said it will ship its BizTalk Server 2006 Release 2 in the first half of 2007. BizTalk Server 2006 R2, a business process management (BPM) server that helps customers integrate applications within Microsoft environments, connects radio frequency identification (RFID) devices to business processes. RFID is a red-hot technology for automatic identification, relying on […]

Forum Systems this week plans to unveil a new machine that lets enterprise customers speed up, manage and secure Web services across various computer networks. While Forum has previously offered separate devices that secure, accelerates and guides Web services   messaging, the DynamiX Service Enablement Platform (SEP) melds those three functions in one box. Speed, […]

Network storage systems maker BlueArc said it has won $29 million in an oversubscribed financing round led by new investor Morgenthaler Ventures. New investors Chevron Technology Ventures and Wasatch Advisors also chipped in to help the company expand its field sales, marketing and services teams, boost research and development, and commit to international expansion. Existing […]

Micron Technology will boost the exchange ratio of its shares, from .5625 to .5925, to buy Flash memory specialist Lexar Media . The increase, approved today by the Micron and Lexar boards, is designed to appease shareholders who sought a higher valuation and will drive the cost of the deal from $687.6 million to $815.6 […]

Ping Identity, a standalone maker of secure single sign-on software for managing Web-based exchanges, improved its software platform for allowing businesses to securely complete transactions and share information. The Denver-based identity management specialist also unveiled PingLogin, a new authentication product to help customers of banks and other industries to safely log into their accounts. PingFederate […]

VMware has completed an overhaul of its virtualization software, a technology that now seems to embody many of the traits of utility computing scenarios. VMware Infrastructure 3 helps customers merge applications from different computing machines into pools of resources that can be dipped into at will by other computers. This move, which VMware has been […]

UPDATED: Hotel booking site Hotels.com has begun sending out letters to some 243,000 customers whose names and credit card numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee of Ernst & Young, the accounting firm. The computer was stolen from the locked trunk of the Ernst & Young employee’s car in a Texas parking lot […]

IBM has tucked in the technology from its purchase of CIMS Lab, and is now offering the software to help customers track and bill computer usage. IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager is a Web-based tool that automatically logs the ebb and flow in the consumption of virtual server, software, middleware, storage and network assets […]

Oracle filled a cavity in its applications portfolio today, acquiring Demantra to help customers get a better grip on their supply chain planning. Demantra, of Waltham, Mass., combines analytics and collaboration utilities in its Spectrum Suite, which helps customers fulfill product demand, replenish stores after sales, and plan sales, operations and promotions in real time. […]

IBM again leveraged its pact with Network Appliance, introducing new storage appliances that act as bridges between storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) systems. Designed for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), the IBM System Storage N5200 and N5500 Series Gateways will help customers access their data more easily and improve their ability to […]

CA today said it is delaying its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2006 earnings report, the second time the management software maker has pushed back its earnings report for the quarter. The Islandia, N.Y., company said in a statement the latest delay is due to additional work that needs to be completed on sales […]