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IBM has certified Overland Data’s automated tape libraries for the latest release of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, centralized data protection solution. Brenda Zawatski, vice president, Tivoli Storage, IBM Software Group, said “Overland offers a comprehensive set of solutions that are compatible with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.” According to the companies, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1 […]

IDC has released the findings of a major end user study looking at Internet banking penetration and channel usage of Internet users across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. In its study, it found that the transaction volumes over the Internet are increasing at a faster rate than the decrease in transactions through […]

In the second merger of online trading rivals this week, E*TRADE Group Inc. Wednesday snapped up privately-held Tradescape for $100 million in stock and bought online trading assets from A.B. Watley for another $5 million. The price tag for Tradescape may not be rigid, as the deal stipulates that additional stock considerations may push the […]

BlueStar Solutions, an enterprise application outsourcing service provider that specializes in SAP software, announced today that it has secured $28 million in fourth-round funding. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company reports that it will use the cash for new customer acquisition, working capital and strategic initiatives as it looks to increase its market share and extend its […]

Xevo Corp, a Marlborough, Mass.-based developer of infrastructure software for service providers, yesterday released a new version of its XML-based service management solution, which is designed to provide efficient, reliable and automatic application provisioning, metering, packaging and subscriber/user management. XevoWorks Release 2.3 aims to help service providers by enabling them to offer customers a robust […]

Redmond, Wash.-based DP Charters Inc. Wednesday said it has completed the acquisition of all of the shares of Omnitrix Technologies Inc. It has also changed its name to Nomadic Collaboration International Inc., while Omnitrix plans to change its name to Nomadic Collaboration Inc. The combined company plans to be a leading provider of enterprise efficiency […]

The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) announced today that it successfully completed its recent large group test period. FCIA said various member organizations collaborated to demonstrate the ability of Fibre Channel to support multiple protocols and integrate Fibre Channel with general-purpose Ethernet networks. This open industry sponsored “Plugfest” was attended by 16 hardware and software […]

Dulles, Va.-based Vastera, Inc. has signed a worldwide managed services agreement for global trade with Avaya Inc. , a global provider of voice and data networks. Avaya ships products across borders around the world to support its global operations and customer base, and its ability to perform the complex tasks associated with moving goods across […]

In the last decade, Microsoft has snapped up more than 60 companies to enhance its offerings. But entangled in a federal antitrust case, the Redmond, Wash., software giant has not closed a major deal since December 2000. That is about to change, according to analysts at Gartner . Microsoft has amassed a cash reserve of […]

Last April, ASPnews began publishing two Top 20 lists for the ASP and Web services industry. The headline list has been the Top 20 ASPs, while the other listing has named equally important industry players. The Top 20 Infrastructure Providers has spotlighted the most influential industry enablers, including top-tier vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle […]

Stonebridge Technologies, a provider of business and technology integration services, today announced that it has been named a VERITAS Elite Partner by storage software leader VERITAS Software Corporation. “VERITAS technology is central to our end-to-end client solutions, and we are extremely pleased to be recognized as a VERITAS Elite Partner,” said Stonebridge CEO James Ivy. […]

CNT is providing the Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) capability for Internet infrastructure services provider Genuity’s Remote Data Replication service. The companies said CNT’s UltraNet Edge Storage Router enables Genuity’s Remote Data Replication customers to replicate data from their site to a Genuity data center in a separate geography. Genuity’s Remote Data Replication service is […]