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HP Acquires LeftHand Networks, Virtualized iSCSI Storage Vendor

Today, HP announced the intention to acquire iSCSI storage vendor LeftHand Networks for $360 Million in cash. LeftHand makes virtualized storage array software that can turn just about any server, PC or subset of disks on a device into a full featured IP based SAN array with features like space...

Tags: LeftHand Networks, iSCSI, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage Company, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Servers, Hardware, Andrew Reichman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

EMC is tops among SAN storage vendors

EMC is twice as likely as their nearest competitor to be the favorite storage vendor. 20% of those decision makers naming a preferred vendor identified EMC, while around 10% named HP and Dell, respectively. IBM trailed somewhat at 7%. Recently, we reported that SAN is the overwhelming choice...

Tags: SAN, storage company, EMC Corp.

Blog posts 2005-05-25

Additional Resources

Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

Microsoft officially released Exchange Server 2010 today. I could go download the code from my MSDN or TechNet account and install it in-house. Instead, I'm planning to let someone else handle the heavy lifting for me, and I suspect I have a lot of company. The biggest objection to a...

Tags: Hassle, E-mail Servers, Workforce Management, Storage Management, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Storage, Hardware, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA X10 Google Android device

8GB8GB? definitely not enough in 2010. especially for a media centric phone with a 4" screen. 32 GB will be pretty standard by then. what is it with these companies that they are so cheap with storage?iphoneand isn't it amazing how all these shiny new phones are exact copies of...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, XPERIA X10, Apple iPhone, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717 - carbon black (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since the TM506. In many ways the Equinox is a fitting successor; like the TM506 it has a thin flip phone design and it sports a similar feature set that includes...

Tags: display, Equinox, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, phone, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-11-03

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Apple releases iTunes 9.0.2, kills Palm Pre sync ... again

Round up the executive and throw them in jailApple's behavior is simply unacceptable.Palm... Shakes HeadNote to Palm: Make a Front end that uses the iTunes DB or quit trying to keep hacking. It is REALLY stupid. A) You will never keep ahead of this.B) Even if you keep fixing it,...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b QuietPoint

Last year, we reviewed the Audio-Technica QuietPoint ATH-ANC7 noise-canceling headphones, and editor Jasmine France thought they were a good value, offering decent but not great sound for the money. Well, when we heard that Audio-Technica was releasing a new, improved version of these headphones with a "b" tacked on to...

Tags: headphone, Audio-Technica, Bose

Product reviews 2009-10-28

E-book reader news and releases round-up

Why e-books ?Using a "normal" paperback book I have indefinite battery life and extreme portability. I have no need to carry a hundred books at one time and can take along a few books for an extended read time just about anywhere and in any travel bag. I...

Tags: E-books, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, e-reader, Apple Inc., E-book reader new, e-book Reader, e-book

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Juniper eyes midmarket, aims for Cisco

Going by a slew of announcements the company unveiled this week, Juniper Networks appears to have set its eyes on new markets. Going by a slew of announcements the company unveiled this week, Juniper Networks appears to have set its eyes on new markets, in particular, segments currently dominated...

Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Juniper, Cisco, networking, Victoria Ho ZDNet Asia

News items 2009-10-28

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...

Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., File Format, PST, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-27

MailShifter 1.04 (Windows)

MailShifter enables you to quickly and easily manage your e-mail by moving/copying e-mails/attachments to any drive on your computer or network. You can select one e-mail or hundreds to be processed at a time. You can extract all the attachments from multiple e-mails to any directory you desire with a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, ThinkQuick Software, MailShifter, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Samsung Blue Earth

Photo gallery:Samsung Blue EarthAs it does with most trends, Samsung is pursuing eco-friendly cell phones with vigor. It already gave us the Samsung Reclaim, and now we finally have a chance to review the Samsung Blue Earth. Forgive us if we're a bit excited, but Samsung has been holding this...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Blue Earth, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-23

Carry on blues and the blame game

7mgte is right(sorry, I can't reply to a posting, just the story)It's not like the airline saves any money on fuel if you carry it on, vs. check it. It still has to lug the weight around.Just Wait for the Other Shoe Charge to DropJust wait until the airlines "solve"...

Tags: ATM, Financial services, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

EMC: Customers have 'more comfort' about IT budgets

EMC CEO Joe Tucci said that customers are "signaling more comfort spending their IT budgets." The company reported better-than-expected third quarter results. The storage giant reported third quarter earnings of $298.2 million, or 14 cents a share, on revenue of $3.52 billion, down 5 percent from a...

Tags: IT Budget, Joe Tucci, Information Technology, non-GAAP, Earnings, EMC Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Storage, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-22

SUNRISE Contacts 2009 2.8.4 (Mac)

SUNRISE Contacts 2009 is a powerful contacts and information management tool designed on the world-class FileMaker Pro runtime platform (ie. you don't need FileMaker Pro to run this software). It includes unlimited storage for all info types including web/email/mailing addresses, telephone numbers, notes, photographs, movies and documents for each and...

Tags: Information Management, Apple Macintosh, Filemaker Inc., FileMaker Pro, SUNRISE Contacts 2009, Content Management, Strategy, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?

Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...

Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-21

mySQL starring as Peter Pan

the solution is simple...Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQL and the deal will sail through.That would work, but...I don't know if Oracle is willing to commit to that. Instead they're doing the old National Lampoon "buy this magazine or we'll shoot this dog" trick, laying off 10% of Sun's...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-21