Clint Boulton

IBM reaffirmed its plans to add more logical partitioning (LPAR) capabilities to its DS8000 storage systems, reducing the need to have separate machines and saving companies money. The DS8000 employs logical partitioning features, which allow clients to run several storage workloads and create virtual storage images. Later this year, the DS8000 will run applications inside […]

At a time when funding the growth of small and medium businesses is a challenge, Microsoft , Intel and HP formed a consortium to help European SMBs locate money from the European Union. The group will use Microsoft’s European Union Grants Advisor (EUGA) initiative, which helps small and midsize businesses obtain grants from the EU, […]

Computer Associates acquired an identity management tool for mainframes that removes outdated and foreign access rights. CA said it bought eTrust Cleanup software from security provider InfoSec for an undisclosed sum. The purchase gives CA another weapon in the fight against Web-based hacking and virus attacks. The tool should also help the Islandia, N.Y., company’s […]

Network Appliance renamed and revamped its key file system line to improve the way it works with storage systems from competitors. Formerly called gFiler, the NetApp V-Series is a combination of software and hardware that consolidates DAS , NAS and SAN , virtualizing storage from several competing vendors in one pool to help corporations better […]

UPDATED: Oracle acquired Oblix for an undisclosed sum, adding new single sign-on software to to offer secure Web services to corporations. Oblix technology will also provide Oracle with a strong entry into the broad identity management software market, a multi-billion-dollar industry driven by the need for organizations to consolidate how they manage security across disparate […]

Compliance requirements are fueling convergence between systems management and security markets, highlighted by several acquisitions over the last few years, experts said. Last Wednesday, Altiris agreed to acquire Pedestal Software for threat management for $65 million. BMC filled an important gap in an existing identity management product line by buying OpenNetwork for $18 million. Novell […]

IBM is looking to grow in the storage virtualization arms race and plans to launch its strategy in storage rival EMC’s backyard. In a Wednesday event titled, “Virtualization Everywhere,” IBM storage head Andy Monshaw and his colleagues plan to “showcase the world’s most advanced virtualization technologies,” according to an IBM spokesperson. IBM demonstrated virtualization products […]

UPDATED: A California jury awarded Lexar Media an additional $84 million in punitive damages, upping the total that Toshiba has to pay for stealing trade secrets to $465.4 million. The decision, one of the largest intellectual property verdicts in California and U.S. history, comes a day after the jury said Toshiba had to pay Lexar […]

An IBM Blue Gene supercomputer has nearly doubled its previous world-beating speed, performing at 135.3 trillion floating points per second, said the Department of Energy (DoE). The DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which uses the machine to help maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, said the new speed trounced the supercomputer’s previous speed of […]

A jury awarded Lexar Media $381.4 million in damages after it decided rival Toshiba stole trade secrets of its Flash memory technology and shared them with Lexar rival SanDisk. The Superior Court for the State of California, County of Santa Clara, is expected to hold a hearing to award Lexar punitive damages after deciding the […]

Altiris , BMC Software and Novell each moved to acquire a software vendor, reinforcing their commitment to systems management. Altiris agreed to acquire threat management outfit Pedestal Software for $65 million in cash; BMC purchased Web single sign-on specialist OpenNetwork for $18 million in cash; and Novell agreed to buy Tally Systems to boost its […]

UPDATED: The European Commission (EC) is looking at another area where Microsoft may not be following orders to unbundle its operating system, increasing the possibility the regulatory body could impose daily fines on the software giant. EU members are mulling whether a version of Microsoft’s Windows software isn’t as compatible as it should be with […]