Storage software grew by 6.3 per cent in Q4 2009 over previous quarter
According to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced a slight increase in year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 (Q4- 09) with revenues of $US3.09 billion, representing 0.5 percent growth over the same quarter one year ago, as well as 6.3 percent growth from the previous quarter (Q3-09).
New plug-ins are free with current maintenance agreements
EMC has announced an upgrade to the management software on its Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) arrays that will allow administrators to apply deduplication, thin provisioning and business continuity tools to data stored in VMware environments.
Its authentication, monitoring and data-loss prevention tools all will work in virtualized environments
EMC's RSA division is embracing the virtualization trend that its VMware spinoff helped kick off, announcing Thursday that three of its core security products will work in VMware virtualized environments.
Is fibre channel storage a thing of the past?
EMC executives believe that Fibre Channel storage could be a thing of the past in just a few years as enterprises increase adoption of flash memory for I/O-intensive applications, while storing less-frequently used data on inexpensive SATA drives.
Will establish a "hardware root of trust for a cloud environment"
EMC, Intel and VMware are joining forces to improve security and regulatory compliance in cloud computing with a proof of concept to be demonstrated at this week's RSA Conference in San Francisco.
The services are designed to help enterprises ensure security in complex virtualized environments
EMC is expanding its security consulting services to help enterprises tackle the complexities of securing their data and complying with regulations in virtualized computing environments.
One of the stranger acquisitions in the technology industry thus far this year...
VMware, which is owned by EMC, is acquiring a portion of EMC's software business, in what has to be one of the stranger acquisitions in the technology industry thus far this year.
The Ionix line moves from EMC to VMware ownership
Virtualization software company VMware will be taking over a line of data-center management software from parent company EMC, the companies announced Thursday.
Will recoup quarter of million dollars over three years through new storage and automation tools
Will recoup quarter of million dollars over three years through new storage and automation tools
Hundreds of virtual machines needed for testing, and consolidation of existing infrastructure also freed up data centre space and improve disaster recovery.
Accounting software maker MYOB has consolidated its storage from distributed servers to a virtualised SAN system to reduce costs and speed up its server provisioning capability.
Forrester survey shows the majority of companies have no plans to put data into the cloud
For all the hype around cloud computing, few business customers are actually storing data on Web-based platforms, according to a new study that casts doubt on the popularity of cloud storage.
New 2TB SATA drives consume 60 per cent less power than earlier models
EMC has announced a new higher-density configuration of its Clariion CX4 midrange storage array and Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) gateway device, offering twice the capacity of previous systems in half the floor space.
Networking giant tops the Dow Jones list for the most purchases over the last 10 years
Cisco acquired more start-ups than any other corporation over the past decade, in a list dominated by IT vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, EMC and Oracle.
The addition will boost EMC's overall governance, risk and compliance strategy
EMC said Monday that it plans to acquire GRC (governance, risk and compliance) vendor Archer Technologies for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter, and is likely on the smaller side, as EMC said it would not have a material impact on its fiscal 2010 revenue or earnings.
Enterprise IT management technologies underwent an image makeover in 2009.
Enterprise IT management technologies underwent an image makeover in 2009. No longer just the mandatory tools discussed by engineers troubleshooting problems, IT management capabilities such as automation and service delivery became central to discussions around adopting virtualization, cloud computing and other emerging technologies that high-tech executives want.
