News (12)

  • Sun picks up the (storage) pace

    Sun makes its second push into the storage-management software market by acquiring LSC for US$74 million. Could Veritas' day in the Sun be over?

  • Symantec to buy Veritas for US$13.5 billion

    In a long-rumoured move, security software maker Symantec said Thursday that it will buy storage specialist Veritas Software in a deal worth roughly US$13.5 billion.

  • Products may keep Veritas name after buyout

    A senior Veritas Software executive has given strong indication that its products and accompanying brands should remain intact despite an impending change in ownership.

  • Veritas debuts utility computing tools

    Veritas Software stepped further into the emerging market for utility computing applications on Tuesday, releasing several products designed to help businesses keep better track of IT resources.

  • Sun eyes alliances with Linux rivals

    Sun Microsystems is considering striking up partnerships with mainstream Linux sellers such as Red Hat and SuSE--a move that would turn the tech giant into an ally, rather than a rival, of those companies.

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  • Buying StorageTek: Sun's last big gamble?

    Sun's $4.1 billion buyout of StorageTek is a huge bet: It's the last cash deal that size Sun will be able to make.

  • Survival of software's fittest

    In the flat enterprise software market, the message is clear: It's time to hunt or be hunted.

  • Veritas: A blurred vision?

    Is storage software maker Veritas Software growing too fast for its own good? Is the company going through an identity crisis in the name of diversification?

  • Who guards the guards: Storage

    Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.

  • EMC and Documentum: Redefining content, storage

    EMC's planned acquisition of Documentum represents an infrastructure-level strategy that could be the beginning of a much larger trend, with potential impact on how enterprises seek to address content, archiving, and storage as a completely synergistic, single-vendor solution.

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