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Six members of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Supported Solutions Forum (SNIA SSF) — Brocade, Compaq Computer Corp., EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM Corp. and McDATA Corp. — today announced that SSF members Legato Systems, Inc., Quantum Corp., StorageTek and VERITAS Software have joined them to provide a new solution set that expands on the […]

Design and construction concern Ellerbe Becket today announced a strategic partnership with worldwide data storage and information management provider Imation Corp. The alliance will allow both firms to expand and enhance their services to data center clients. The technology revolution has increased the need for “mission critical” facilities that house and protect an organization’s key […]

By Erin Joyce Looking to expand its hotel listings business, travel site Travelocity.com has acquired last-minute travel package company Site59.com for $43 million in cash. The Fort Worth, Texas-based Travelocity.com said it would use the Site59.com assets to expand its margins on merchant hotel inventory. By summer, it plans to start offering hotel rooms through […]

CET Technologies, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Electronics, has expanded its range of Ceteon infocomm appliances with the inclusion of Ceteon 700 that is specially designed for owners of commercial fleets, in-vehicle entertainment OEMs as well as end-users, drivers and passengers alike. Equipped with a resistive touch panel, the terminal allows users to make use […]

Xevo Corp., a developer of service management software, today announced that DATAKOM Austria has selected XevoWorks for its ASP-enabling product. According to the Marlborough, Mass.-based Xevo, DATAKOM will use the automated service provisioning, metering and subscriber management capabilities of the XML-based XevoWorks to enable its service provider customers to offer software as a service. Initially, […]

Grand Central Communications Inc., a Web Services infrastructure provider that offers networked connectivity to companies looking to enable application-to-application integration, announced today that it has raised $23 million in a Series B-round of financing. The latest round brings the company’s total private equity funding to more than $28 million. Institutional investors include Benchmark Capital, JGE […]

In a merger of computer memory makers, Cambex , of Waltham, Mass., has acquired Super PC Memory, of Irvine, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed. Cambex has issued new shares of its common stock and will make payments based on the performance of the new subsidiary over the next three years. Super PC Memory technology […]

Enterprise security management software provider Intellitactics today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Stonesoft Corporation, a worldwide provider of enterprise-level network security and high availability clustering technology. According to Brent Davidson, Intellitactics’ Director of Strategic Development, the partnership serves to heighten the level of Enterprise Security Management (ESM) capability currently available in […]

Scale Eight, Inc. announced its strategy for providing breakthrough capabilities in network-attached storage (NAS). The company introduced its Distributed Storage Software (DSS) technology at George Gilder’s Storewidth conference. Based on patent-pending technology, DSS enables NAS to be distributed locally or globally while retaining a single system image. DSS will serve as the high-performance, highly scalable […]

LiveVault Corp., which provides fully managed online backup and recovery services, today launched a new IP-based Virtual Backup & Recovery Network (VBN) that provides for assured protection of customer server data. With the need for business continuity planning at an all-time high, the LiveVault VBN utilizes a range of technologies to securely and reliably transport […]

Prisa Networks today announced the availability of its new VisualSAN 2.0 network management software for Storage Area Networks (SANs). VisualSAN 2.0, targeted at OEMs, is the ideal SAN management software platform that enables SAN management for the mainstream SAN market. “VisualSAN 2.0 builds on our already successful 1.0 version,” stated Rael Morris, vice president of […]

By Erin Joyce Consolidation has arrived in the market for providing digital authentication services. Certificate authority consortium Identrus LLC said it would acquire fellow certificate authority player Digital Signature Trust (DST). The sellers of DST are Zions Bancorporation and the trade group American Bankers Association (ABA) which had a 50-50 stake in the company. DST […]