Latest on EMC: News, Features, Opinions and More  The deepening data center skills crisis
With a state-of-the-art data center recently opened in Atlanta, PricewaterhouseCoopers is on the prowl for a few good people. The challenge looms just about as large as the 80,000-square-foot building housing the IT infrastructure. Colorado looks to SaaS to cut e-mail costs
A Colorado state agency that oversees e-government efforts is soliciting bids from software-as-a-service vendors that could provide hosted e-mail and other applications to state agencies and local governments. The 10 best IT jobs right now
Today's hot IT jobs are those that can help satisfy growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills. Here we examine 10 IT jobs and the technology know-how required to land them. CommVault ties backup software to the cloud
Storage vendor CommVault is letting customers move data from inside the firewall to cloud services such as Amazon.com's Simple Storage Service, EMC's Atmos, Microsoft Azure and Nirvanix. Storage spending focused on data consolidation, fast ROI
TheInfoPro today released its semi-annual storage survey, which showed that Fortune 1000 and mid-sized corporate IT spenders are reserving money for technology that can help them do more with what they already have. EMC doubles density of Clariion, Celerra storage systems
EMC has announced a new Clariion storage array that can house twice the number of disk drives as earlier models, offering double the previous capacity in half the data center space. CA buys Oblicore to manage cloud services
CA Inc. announced it has acquired privately held Oblicore, a maker of service-level management technology that could enable CA to develop IT service catalog capabilities for customers looking to extend management into cloud computing environments. 10 Virtualization Vendors to Watch in 2010
Which virtualization tool vendors should be on your radar screen in 2010? Here's CIO.com's third-annual list of intriguing innovators in virtualization management, security and more. EMC to acquire Archer Technologies
EMC said 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. EMC boosts Symmetrix speed, data handling
EMC announced upgrades to its high-end V-Max Symmetrix storage array, including the doubling of external throughput of Fibre Channel connectivity and a capacity reclamation feature that automatically identifies unused portions of volumes and adds them to an available pool of storage.
Dell embeds Fibre Channel over Ethernet in server line
Dell on Thursday announced it is shipping single-chip Fibre Channel over Ethernet network interface cards in a large range of PowerEdge servers. The move could bolster adoption of the nascent networking protocol. EMC automates data tiering across all primary array lines
EMC today announced automated data tiering across all of its array lines, enabling information lifecycle management through the movement of data between different types of drives, whether solid state, Fibre Channel or SATA. Momentum builds for open content management standard
A proposed standard meant to help content management systems communicate with each other has steady momentum, and an initial version could be finalized early next year. EMC brings Avamar backup to PCs, Macs
EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise's infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops. VMware, Cisco and EMC coalition shows preemptive powers
During the last two weeks, including two full days at the EMC Analyst Summit, we have been educated (inundated) with information regarding the wonders of the coalition of VMware, Cisco and EMC to produce a series of integrated products that include unified computing (Cisco), virtualized operating systems (VMware) and integrated storage (EMC) called Vblocks. Tom Georgens
NetApp's new CEO, Tom Georgens, talks about the storage vendor's lost bidding war for data de-duplication vendor Data Domain, and what's in store for the company in terms of virtualization and cloud computing. 5 things missing in VMware's new virtual desktop app, View 4
With VMware Inc.'s release of View 4, the company is making some big promises on performance and price. Here are five areas to consider before taking the plunge. Update: H1N1 drives demand for secure remote access
Vendors of remote access technologies are reporting an unexpected increase in demand for their products over the past several months as a result of companies' H1N1-related concerns. Deep dive: SAN and NAS virtualization
How storage virtualization technologies allow you to keep pace with ever-increasing storage requirements while maintaining high availability and service levels Veterans agency looks beyond EMC for multimillion-dollar storage deal
With a 75-year retention requirement and 5 petabytes of data, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs faces major challenges when it comes to storing data in its primary data center in Austin. Brocade, Oracle partner for database, SAN connectivity
Brocade and Oracle introduced a variety of solutions designed specifically for use with Oracle database and applications. Based on existing partnerships with NetApp, Sun/StorageTek and EMC, Brocade and Oracle have put together end-to-end networking packages for data warehousing, business applications and virtualization environments. Cisco, EMC, VMware get joint cloud-computing venture rolling in Asia
Acadia joint cloud venture hopes to soon sign first Asian customers for their cloud-computing partnership. Big IT is back, say HP, IBM, Oracle, EMC, Cisco
A certain truth about the big IT vendors is they want to sell as much as possible to any one customer and now, with virtualization, cloud computing and very tight IT budgets, they believe they have an opening. Analysis: Cisco, EMC, VMware partnership is a long shot
While the Cisco, EMC and VMware alliance may be new, the private cloud services they're offering are not. Neither the partnership nor the service will make a big splash in IT organizations, according to industry experts. Cisco, EMC unveil data center joint venture
Cisco and EMC this week unveiled their anticipated collaboration, which will provide integrated products and services for customers building private cloud computing infrastructures. Microsoft sets SQL Server 2008 R2 preview
Microsoft this month will release another CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, this one features complete, and including new business intelligence integration tools and master data management features. EMC teams with Intel for power-efficient cloud storage
EMC is working with Intel on a more energy-efficient version of EMC's Atmos cloud storage system that should be available in the second half of next year, the companies said. Report: Brocade puts itself up for sale
Storage switch maker Brocade is reportedly placing itself up for sale, according to a published report, which speculates that Hewlett-Packard and Oracle may be the most logical suitors. IT Outsourcing: Many Mergers Ahead
Xerox's bid for IT and business process service provider Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) comes on the heels of Dell's announcement that it will purchase Perot Systems. Outsourcing industry analysts predict even more consolidation in the IT services market as other tech equipment makers and telecom network providers eye IT outsourcing vendors' recurring revenue streams. Cisco rolls out data center blade switch
Cisco's new blade addition to its Nexus line of data center switches is designed to aggregate multiple physical x86 blade servers from various vendors into a 10G Ethernet fabric. Sticker shock over data-loss prevention products could be short-lived
Data-loss prevention products can potentially save organizations a bundle by preventing the escape of sensitive information. But the six-figure starting price for a typical enterprise deployment of host and gateway-based DLP is tough for many to swallow. Has this been tech's worst year ever?
The tech industry has suffered some of its greatest losses ever in the past 12 months. Here’s a look at the low points. EMC lures away Intel's Gelsinger; Tucci staying as CEO until 2012
EMC has remade its management team by luring a high-ranking executive away from Intel, potentially setting up a succession process for chairman and CEO Joe Tucci who will stay at EMC through 2012. Intel exec Gelsinger leaving for EMC
Pat Gelsinger, a top executive who has been with Intel for 30 years, is leaving the company for EMC, an EMC spokeswoman said Monday. Report: Cisco, EMC creating new joint venture arm
Cisco and EMC plan to launch a joint venture services company that would focus on installing and maintaining networking and storage equipment from the two companies, according to a report. EMC to acquire e-discovery vendor Kazeon
EMC has signed an agreement to acquire Kazeon Systems, a company that develops products for collecting and analyzing electronic information for legal discovery. EMC acquires cloud support vendor FastScale
EMC has acquired FastScale Technology, a vendor of software for data centers, in an effort to focus on supporting private cloud infrastructures, the company announced Monday. EMC founder Richard Egan dies after long battle with cancer
EMC founder Richard Egan, who started his electronic data storage company 30 years ago, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. Egan served as EMC's CEO until 1992, as chairman of the board until 2001 and as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, his ancestral home. EMC to resell VMware management software
EMC will resell virtualization management software from VMware alongside its own Ionix management platform in an expanded partnership aimed at helping enterprises build private clouds. Iomega unveils new Linux-based, entry-level NAS server
Iomega Wednesday announced the latest generation of its entry-level desktop NAS appliance, a four-drive array that comes in 2TB, 4TB and 8TB configurations and can share files online and can be managed remotely. EMC adds virtual machine management to Clariion arrays
EMC today announced that it has integrated several key VMware APIs with its Clariion midrange array management software, allowing administrators to better manage and safeguard data on virtual volumes. NetApp announces CEO switch; Georgens replaces Warmenhoven
NetApp has a new CEO after its board of directors appointed Tom Georgens to replace Dan Warmenhoven. Forrester: SAP, others will make analytics acquisitions
IBM's recently announced plans to buy SPSS, maker of specialized analytics software, will result in a wave of further consolidation in the space, according to a new Forrester Research report. The cloud, brought to you by flash storage
Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service providers demand faster access to large amounts of data. Q&A: Quantum's Rick Belluzzo on EMC's buyout of Data Domain
Quantum Corp. has had a long-standing reseller agreement with EMC that includes its data deduplication software, but EMC's buyout of Data Domain could change that, says Quantum CEO Rick Belluzzo. EMC earnings fall 43%, execs say worst is past
EMC's second-quarter net income fell 43% year on year, and revenue fell 11%, as customers cut back spending on IT projects, it said Thursday. EMC's Hauck: $2.1B bet on Data Domain will pay off
Frank Hauck, EMC's executive vice president of global marketing and customer quality, will help oversee Data Domain's integration into EMC's storage business unit. He talked about EMC's plans. EMC acquires majority stake in Data Domain
EMC has officially acquired majority ownership of storage vendor Data Domain after a bidding war with NetApp. HP buys Ibrix for undisclosed sum
HP today announced it has inked an agreement to acquire Ibrix, a vendor of clustered file system software, for an undisclosed price. EMC Wins Data Domain, Bests NetApp With $2.1B Bid
NetApp last week walked away from a deal to buy data de-duplication vendor Data Domain after EMC's latest all-cash bid came in at $2.1 billion. EMC gets Data Domain, now what?
With its victory over NetApp in the acquisition battle for Data Domain, EMC will soon have the de-duplication company in its arsenal. But it paid a high price, and realizing a return on its investment will depend largely on how it executes. EMC beats NetApp in bidding war for Data Domain
NetApp today announced it has walked away from a deal to buy out vendor Data Domain after EMC twice outbid it for the deduplication vendor. NetApp to review counteroffer for Data Domain
NetApp's CEO today said his company will consider upping its bid for Data Domain in light of a higher competing bid from rival EMC. Meanwhile, EMC's head of acquisitions and mergers said his company's offer is the better deal. EMC ups bid for Data Domain to $2.1B
EMC once again increased its offer to purchase Data Domain, this time from $1.8 billion to $2.1 billion, beating out NetApp's offer of $1.9 billion. EMC extends deadline for its Data Domain bid
EMC has extended from June 29 to July 10 the deadline on its $1.8 billion offer to purchase all outstanding shares of storage backup vendor Data Domain, in an effort to entice Data Domain to abandon a deal with NetApp. Data Domain board rejects EMC takeover offer
Data deduplication vendor Data Domain said today it is recommending the company's stockholder reject EMC's offer to buy the company for $1.8 billion in cash and instead accept NetApp's $1.9 million cash and stock offer. RSA chief: The job of security guy is not to be 'Doctor No'
IT security managers should enable cloud computing by learning how to manage risk, says RSA chief Art Coviello.
Palm Pre hype, EMC-NetApp tussle
Well, the week was busy enough with IT news that even with an actual technology link to our favorite baseball team (St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing Twitter), that story has not made the top 10. But with a lot of the current season to go, there is still hope that will change in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Palm gets top billing with its hotly anticipated Pre smartphone, going on sale this weekend. EMC versus NetApp in a bidding war for Data Domain got a lot of attention, too, as did Intel's planned acquisition of Wind River. Data Domain asks shareholders to wait on EMC buyout offer
Data Domain's board on Thursday told its stockholders to await recommendation on an unsolicited, all-cash offer by EMC when weighing NetApp's more recent bid, which tops EMC's by $100 million. Analysis: EMC doesn't need Data Domain, but damages chief rival NetApp
While EMC may be bidding on Data Domain to force one of its chief rivals, NetApp, to pay more for de-duplication technology, it's not hard to see that EMC could market the technology itself through its Dell reseller agreement. Data Domain accepts new NetApp offer
NetApp has claimed victory in the bidding war with EMC over Data Domain, a vendor of deduplication storage systems, though EMC insists its all-cash offer is superior to NetApp's, which combines cash and stock. Q&A: NetApp's Jay Kidd discusses bidding war with EMC for Data Domain
NetApp today reached a revised stock and cash acquisition agreement with deduplication vendor Data Domain, but EMC has shown it's willing to offer cash for the company in order to undercut its chief rival as a suitor. Five technology bidding wars preceding EMC vs. NetApp
As EMC and NetApp try to one-up each other for Data Domain, we take a look back at five previous technology bidding wars. Bidding war: NetApp counters EMC for Data Domain with $1.9B offer
NetApp announced it would increase its previous $1.5 billion offer to buy Data Domain to $1.9 billion in order to beat out EMC, which bid $1.8 billion for the data de-duplication vendor.
EMC aims to beat out NetApp with $1.8B bid for Data Domain
EMC today announced it will try to outbid NetApp to buy data deduplication vendor Data Domain. EMC chief executive Joe Tucci said Data Domain's product will round out his company's deduplication offerings and help capture a lion's share of the market. EMC to acquire software maker Configuresoft
EMC plans to acquire Configuresoft in a deal that would add server configuration, change and compliance management software to EMC’s portfolio. Top EMC exec can work at HP, but must steer clear of storage
Former EMC top executive David Donatelli has been cleared by a Massachusetts court to work at competitor HP, but he cannot work on storage products until his noncompete clause with EMC ends. EMC launches Atmos onLine storage as a service
Cloud computing is no fad, so it's time to make it enterprise ready. That's EMC's (NYSE:EMC) goal with its launch on Monday of EMC Atmos onLine, a new Internet-delivered cloud storage service built on Atmos, EMC's policy-based information management system. But while analysts agree the cloud is here to stay, they say the jury is still out on if service providers can monetize on it or not. Start-up Costs Slow Spread of De-duplication
At several companies, data de-duplication, or single-instance storage, technology has demonstrated that it can cut long-term costs and improve disaster recovery. Yet only about 30% of companies worldwide have deployed some form of it to date. Fabrik Backs Up Data Much Like Mozy Does
A Mozy by any other name is...Fabrik. Though resold by Hitachi-owned Simpletech, the only differences between Mozy and Fabrik are the name and the revision of the client software that sits in your system tray waiting to back up your files. That means that Fabrik Ultimate Backup Home (free) falls under industry giant EMC's umbrella. The 128-bit or 448-bit Blowfish encrypted data you send to them is safe--a lot safer than that data you back up locally. EMC addresses SAN configuration problems
EMC Corp. on Tuesday announced Storage Configuration Advisor (SCA), a hardware-software combination designed to alert IT managers to configuration errors in storage-area networks (SANs). Court bars EMC top exec from working for HP
A Massachusetts state court issued a temporary order keeping a top EMC executive from taking a job at Hewlett-Packard, citing a noncompete clause the executive signed. EMC tries to block executive from joining HP
EMC is trying to prevent top storage executive David Donatelli from joining rival HP, filing a lawsuit to enforce a non-competition agreement. Start-up Axxana ties disaster recovery gear to EMC software
Six months after unveiling a "black box" for disaster recovery, the storage start-up Axxana has made the product generally available and integrated the system with EMC's RecoverPoint software. Top EMC storage exec jumps ship for HP
EMC's storage division president, Dave Donatelli, will be leaving the company to oversee HP's enterprise servers, storage and networking division. VMware warns that revenue may fall for the first time in Q2
Virtualization market leader VMware said that its software sales are being hit by the economic recession and that it might see its first-ever drop in revenue during the current quarter. EMC suffers Q1 drops in profits, revenue
EMC reported its first quarter earnings today, which showed a 23% drop in profits while revenues were down 9.2% year over year. EMC, Symantec kick-off security barrage
With the RSA Conference cranking up, EMC’s security division RSA and Symantec rolled out security product releases Tuesday. Schooner touts SSD appliance as replacement for eight traditional servers
Start-up Schooner Technology has begun beta trials for its new solid-state disk appliances, which it said can replace up to eight traditional servers, reduce space needs and power costs and boost performance for MySQL and Memcached environments. New NAS Rackmount Server Launched by iOmega
Iomega has announced the latest addition to its network solutions portfolio with the worldwide launch of the Iomega StorCenter Pro ix4-200r NAS Rackmount Server. Powered by EMC's LifeLine operating system, the StorCenter Pro ix4-200r delivers economical file sharing, fast data throughput, cross-platform support and enterprise level features for today's small to medium businesses and remote work groups. VMware partners line up for vSphere launch
The speaker list for the launch of VMware's vSphere "cloud operating system" on Tuesday shows how important the company's virtualization software has become to the world of IT: Michael Dell, Cisco's John Chambers, EMC's Joe Tucci and Intel's Pat Gelsinger are all expected to attend the event at VMware's headquarters, along with VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz. EMC introduces x86-based Symmetrix array for cloud storage
EMC unveiled a Symmetrix array today that departs from its previously proprietary hardware platform and uses x86 processors and VMware APIs to enable multiarray infrastructures and automated provisioning of virtualized data centers. New processor technology promises big boost to consumer-grade SSDs
Start-up SandForce introduced a new solid-state disk controller that it says will greatly increase the performance and endurance of consumer-grade solid-state disk so it can be used for I/O intensive applications in data centers.
EMC announces content archiving, e-discovery applications
EMC today announced three new software applications targeted at archiving e-mail and then allowing administrators to index the content and search it for legal and regulatory discovery purposes. Latest cloud storage hiccups prompts data security questions
Cloud-based storage service provider Carbonite joined a growing number of cloud service providers that are either losing data or experiencing outages, prompting more questions about hosted storage. 10% pay cuts for EMC's Tucci, other top executives
EMC's top five executives, including CEO Joe Tucci, are taking 10% pay cuts, the storage vendor reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. EMC upgrades home, small-business NAS drive with online file sharing
EMC today unveiled several upgrades to its Iomega StoreCenter ix2 NAS drive, including Web access to files for home and small-business users and access and management from the device to the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing service. Image gallery: 15 free downloads to pep up your old PC
Can't afford a new PC? These free tools will help breathe new life into your old Windows machine. 15 free downloads to pep up your old PC
Who wants to spend money on a new PC in this recession? We've rounded up a fistful of free downloads for Windows that will make your aging computer feel young again. Demand for online backup services will grow, EMC chief says
EMC expects demand for its Mozy online backup service to continue growing, despite the challenging business environment and weak consumer demand, the company's top executive said. EMC Bridges Virtual, Physical Networks to Spot Problems
EMC Corp. announced Tuesday it is rolling out a new version of its network management system designed to fix one of the features that make virtual servers easy to use but difficult to maintain. Relationship with VMware will not change, EMC chief says
EMC and VMware plan to continue working together closely in the years ahead, said EMC's top executive, dispelling speculation the storage vendor might sell down its stake in the virtualization software company. EMC looks to build strength through acquisitions
EMC is on the lookout for acquisitions but only wants to buy companies that will help solidify its business rather than acquire companies that push EMC into new markets. DOJ: EMC Paid Kickbacks, Overcharged U.S. Agencies
The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in a federal whistle-blower lawsuit charging that EMC gave kickbacks to federal IT consultants and overpriced hardware, software and technology services it sold to the government. DOJ allegations against EMC focus on kickbacks, overcharges
The U.S. Justice Department believes that EMC gave kickbacks to federal IT consultants and overpriced hardware, software and technology services it sold to the government. EMC flatly denies the allegations. DOJ accuses EMC of improper pricing, kickbacks
The Justice Department alleged that EMC engaged in improper practices in its government contracts. EMC rejected the charges. EMC upgrades NAS line with SSDs, file de-duplication
EMC has refreshed its entire NAS line to include solid-state disks, file-level de-duplication and new tools for virtual server environments. HP, IBM push new OASIS encryption key standard
A group of industry vendors, led by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and EMC, is proposing a new standard to make their encryption management software work together. Symantec to deliver cloud-based backup service
Symantec will next month begin offering a consumer online storage service based on its cloud computing architecture and technology, gained with the acquisition of SwapDrive. EMC, Microsoft extend partnership on virtualization, more
EMC and Microsoft have extended a partnership that focuses on interoperability of products related to virtualization, security and content management, the companies announced this week.
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