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UPDATED: Seagate Technology purchased content protection specialist Mirra, continuing an industry trend in which data-storage vendors are adding security technology to accompany their rank-and-file products. Seagate is one of the top hard-disk drive makers during a time when a glut of storage and stringent compliance regulations threaten to overwhelm computer networks. Adding a line of […]

IBM’s announcement to offer new forms of messaging exchange software sparked mixed reactions from analysts after a press conference. Some experts praised the vendor for joining the party while others questioned the positioning of the products. The talk Tuesday began after IBM Senior Vice President and Group Executive Group Steve Mills introduced the company’s first […]

Microsoft has just completed its sixth and final community technical preview of its SQL Server 2005. The CTP is a mini test drive that lets customers scrutinize new functions in the database software. Microsoft Senior Vice President Paul Flessner said the company improved its Database Mirroring feature in the latest preview. Though the feature is […]

Fujitsu Siemens Computers is buying into blade server pioneer Egenera’s approach to utility computing to the tune of $300 million over the next three years. In an exclusive OEM deal aimed at improving its corporate computing offerings in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Fujitsu Siemens Computers will resell Egenera’s BladeFrame hardware and software into […]

Refusing to rest after announcing a $5.8 billion merger deal with rival Siebel Systems, Oracle debuted its Security Developer Tools, software that can be used to grant or deny users access to information on computers. The tools let corporations offer partners and customers access to their internal applications, while keeping them out of files and […]

NEW YORK — Sun Microsystems went on the offensive in the market for servers based on standards, training its marketing firepower on Dell during a news event here Monday. Officials later defended the company from analysts’ questions about how the company’s new innovations will help boost its financial performance. Sun was in the Big Apple […]

One of the pioneering companies of the enterprise service bus (ESB) is looking to forge another path in distributed computing. Iona Technologies said that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation as a strategic member to spearhead an open source tooling program for service-oriented architecture (SOA) . Sybase and ObjectWeb will assist Iona in managing the […]

Sun Microsystems has whipped up a handful of storage products to accommodate its new line of Galaxy servers and meet regulations for data security and compliance. The Sun StorEdge 5310 NAS Appliance Gateway system helps customers curtail technology spending because it helps them connect SAN-based storage into network-attached storage systems. Normally, customers would have separate […]

Sun Microsystems is taking the wraps off of its new x64 server line at a press briefing in New York today, where it is introducing machines with dual-core options to boost their performance while conserving space and power consumption. If there is a theme beyond dual-core machines, it lies in grid computing , with Sun’s […]

In what it is billing as a “triumphant return” to the Big Apple, Sun Microsystems is about to release new dual-core, 64-bit servers based on AMD’s Opteron processors. Code-named Galaxy, the machines will feature more performance than comparable machines from the competition, sources told internetnews.com. Although product comparisons are to be expected, the servers will […]

F5 Networks, which makes machines that help secure and speed applications from one computer system to another, agreed to acquire rival Swan Labs for $43 million in cash. Swan Labs also makes hardware and software that speeds and safeguards applications, especially over Wide Area Networks (WAN) . WANs generally span a lot of ground, often […]

HP’s New Zealand unit agreed to acquire the assets of privately owned CGNZ Ltd. in a bid to solidify its position as the premier IT service provider in New Zealand. Financial terms of the deal were not made public. CGNZ helps corporate customers with the strategy, implementation and support of technology services, including architecture, business […]