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EMC today announced Automated Resource Manager, a new open software product designed to greatly reduce the complexity and cost of provisioning storage resources. According to EMC, the Automated Resource Manager greatly simplifies end-to-end storage provisioning by automating the associated manual steps, reducing user errors and ensuring that each application receives the storage it needs based […]

Sun Microsystems today announced that it is the fastest growing company in the storage industry in the second quarter 2002 according to IDC. Sun is the only company to experience double-digit growth in significant revenue, capacity and systems shipped categories including all operating systems as well as UNIX, open systems and SAN revenue. The report […]

Surebridge Inc., a Lexington, Mass.-based ASP, yesterday announced that its board of directors has appointed Peter J. Boni to the position of chairman and CEO. Boni had been serving as vice chairman and interim CEO of company since March. Surebridge reports that during his tenure, Boni established Surebridge’s five-part strategy to take the company to […]

Softek today announced availability of the first windowless backup and recovery solution for open systems and mainframe environments that operates across direct attached storage (DAS), network attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SAN). The Softek Windowless Backup and Recovery Solution automates data storage management processes associated with traditional backup to eliminate an enterprises’ backup […]

About eight months after merging with fellow management server provider (MSP) Nuclio, Chantilly, Va.-based SevenSpace announced yesterday it has reach a cash-flow positive position. The company reports that since integrating Chicago-based Nuclio into its operation is has experienced a tenfold increase in monthly revenues. SevenSpace, which has been in existence for less than two-and-a-half years, […]

In what could be a first for the storage industry, DataCore Software today challenged EMC to a head-to-head storage performance duel. The winner gets considerable bragging rights, but DataCore has said it will add in a side bet for EMC — a new Porsche 911 worth over $137,000. The ‘shootout’ as it is being labeled […]

LiveVault has unveiled the next generation of MyLiveVault, its Web management portal for the LiveVault Online Backup and Recovery Service. According to LiveVault, the product is the only web-based interface that enables users to completely control their online backup policies and schedules, restore jobs, network usage, and status monitoring. The new MyLiveVault enables businesses with […]

VERITAS Software today launched a free seminar series entitled, “Get Serious about Storage.” Developed for business and IT professionals, the half-day seminar focuses on managing the growing complexities of storage environments, based on the VERITAS Adaptive Software Architecture. Offered in 17 cities throughout North America, topics include: building interoperable solutions for heterogeneous environments, ensuring efficiency, […]

A new deal with Orange will bring the green for WaterCove Networks. The Bristol, U.K., telecom carrier is licensing wireless data transmission equipment from the Chelmsford, Mass., firm. The systems gives Orange a platform to deliver 2.5G and 3G services to its 12.8 million subscribers. Financial terms were not disclosed. “This agreement is the market’s […]

In the first step in a national rollout, technology from Maynard, Mass.-based SeaChange International will help Cox Communications insert local ads on its digital cable networks. The deal is for SeaChange’s Transport Streams Insertion (TSI) equipment, a rack-mounted box that automatically allows frame-accurate insertion of locally-stored ads, infomercials or programs. “TSI is valuable for sustaining […]

Alcatel, the French telecom equipment provider that sells mainly into the ADSL and LMDS market, will soon be moving into the wireless LAN side of connectivity. In a deal with Quebec-based Colubris Networks, Alcatel will soon be making its own branded hotspot hardware. The WLAN services Alcatel will provide will be complements to existing GSM/GPRS […]

Another deadline, another extension for Genuity . The struggling Woburn, Mass., Internet services firm said its lenders have granted it another 30-day extension while the two sides continue to hammer out an agreement to restructure its debt. In exchange, Genuity will pay $25 million to the consortium of banks that provided the company with a […]