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Solution-Soft Systems, a provider of Data Optimization (IDO) solutions, and FalconStor Software, a storage networking infrastructure software company, today announced the licensing and integration of Solution-Soft’s SafeCapacity technology with FalconStor’s IPStor storage management software. According to the companies, the technology licensing agreement will enable FalconStor customers to take advantage of Solution-Soft’s storage availability, reliability and […]

Boosting its applications business and corporate client list, Level 3 Communications , of Broomfield, Colo., will buy Corporate Software, of Norwood, Mass., for $89 million in cash. Level 3 will also assume about $50 million in debt owed by its new unit. Corporate Software is privately held and has kept a relatively low profile. However, […]

By Erin Joyce In one of its biggest services contracts to date, International Business Machines has signed a $4 billion, seven year deal with American Express to help manage its IT infrastructure on an as-needed basis. Big Blue spokesperson Nancy Kaplan said the arrangement with Amex is among IBM’s largest ever global services contracts. “They’re […]

PeopleSoft Inc. , the Pleasanton, Calif.-based ASP, today announced the purchase of certain assets and the intellectual property and of San Jose, Calif.-based Calico Commerce Inc., so that it can offer a comprehensive product configuration solution for both the sales and manufacturing processes. PeopleSoft says the new interactive selling solution is being designed so that […]

Quantum Corp. today introduced the Snap Server 1100, a Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance that provides up to 80GB of storage in a portable, desktop configuration. According to Quantum, the new Snap Server 1100 boasts nearly 70 percent faster throughput and 50 percent faster response time than its predecessor, the Snap Server 1000. Like all […]

Seagate announced that it has demonstrated full-speed native Serial ATA hard drive technology. Seagate said its design uses on-board, native Serial ATA technology that does not need to translate incoming Serial ATA signals into Parallel ATA protocols. The company said this ensures the design can provide the full 150-Mbytes-per-second Serial ATA transfer speed, with no […]

A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Tyco International — a move executives hope will end questions about the company’s accounting methods and unflattering comparisons to Enron. “The dismissal of these lawsuits should help allay concerns that have been raised about Tyco’s accounting practices,” CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski said in a statement […]

By @NY Staff Domain name registrar and hosting firm Register.com has secured majority approval for its $17.2 million cash offer to take over U.K-based Virtual Internet plc. The deal, which was announced on February 1, gives Register.com a major presence in the European market and, more importantly, complete control of RegistryPro, the partnership created to […]

The SCSI Trade Association (STA), established in 1995, is a member-run industry consortium established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced their newly elected Board of Directors for 2002 today. Re-elected to the presidency after a one-year hiatus was Harry Mason of LSI Logic, president from 1995 through 2000. Three new board members include Daniel […]

By Erin Joyce Two hot players in biometric technology are merging their face and fingerprint recognition companies as demand for their security products grows. Identix Incorporated , which makes fingerprint recognition technology, and face recognition company Visionics , said they would merge in an all-stock transaction which they valued at around $600 million, including options […]

TrueSAN Networks is working with Hitachi Data Systems to integrate its Cloudbreak Storage Operating System with Hitachi Freedom Storage systems. According to TrueSAN, by leveraging Hitachi Data Systems’ HiCommand Application Program Interfaces (APIs), TrueSAN will extend its Cloudbreak software to the Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 series and Thunder 9200(TM), as well as additional third-party storage […]

Seagate Technology’s 15K-rpm Cheetah X15-36LP, an Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI RAID controller, as well as LSI Logic’s LSI53C1030 Ultra320 SCSI controllers are being used in a live Ultra320 SCSI and RAID demonstrations at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The companies said Adaptec’s AIC-7902 Ultra320 SCSI ASIC, software drivers, RAID firmware, and Adaptec’s RAID management […]