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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison didn't display much of his traditional flamboyance Wednesday at Oracle's OpenWorld conference, but he did preview the company's next-generation Fusion Applications and said its Unbreakable Linux offering has met with initial success.

BEA Systems is blending open source and commercial developer tools in a release of its Workshop development tool for Java.

A new storage company, IntelliPath, has evolved out of the detritus of products from Brocade's US$973 million buyout of rival storage switch maker McData.

Enhanced software development capabilities and system availability are key focuses in an improved version of BEA Systems' WebLogic Server application server, which is available on Monday.

Brocade Communications Tuesday announced that it intends to acquire McData in a deal valued at US$713 million.

Storage switch maker McData in January acquired CNT, a leader in WAN extension and long-distance data replication technology. Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor recently sat down with McData CEO, Chairman and President John Kelly to chat about the reasons why McData acquired CNT and the state of the Fibre Channel switch market.

One of the highest priorities for the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is to enable IT managers to manage a heterogeneous storage environment from a single, consolidated management point. This will mean that buyers of IT equipment can make hardware purchasing decisions based on features, functionality, serviceability and so forth, but without having to worry about the long-term issue of managing disparate resources from different vendors.

When it comes to storage-area network connectivity, most of us realize that some form of switching technology can be useful. And when it comes to selling into the SAN marketplace, switch vendors recognize that alliances with major SAN storage providers can also deliver value.

Network vendors are pushing the envelope with hardware tuned for backup, larger networks, and wireless security, as evidenced by new wares from Cisco, Foundry, and Juniper.

Storage switch vendor McData Tuesday acquired Computer Network Technology in a US$235 million deal.

IBM this week beefed up its storage virtualization and automation software.