Monthly Archives: May 2010

Opinion: Judge rules EMC founder concocted $62M tax-shelter ‘sham’

A tax on $327 million in gains from EMC stock is at the center of decade-long legal battle involving Richard Egan, one of the co-founders of the data storage company. Continue reading

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InfoWorld review: Virtual lab managers face off

VMware, VMLogix, Surgient, and Skytap solutions ace virtual machine configuration, deployment, and teardown, with some key differences in features and ease Continue reading

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Symantec to buy VeriSign’s security unit for $1.3B, reports say

Security vendor Symantec Corp. is reported to be close to buying Internet infrastructure services vendor VeriSign Inc.s security business for $1.3 billion. Continue reading

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Seagate confirms 3TB drive, this year

Seagate confirmed on Monday that it plans to ship a 3TB hard drive later this year, but said equipment makers will have to update software and firmware to be able to use the higher capacity models. Continue reading

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NetApp hopes to catch virtualization, cloud computing wave

As customers’ storage needs scale up, storage virtualization advances and customers explore cloud computing, NetApp seeks a new competitive edge. Continue reading

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Juniper expected to disclose cloud computing plans

Juniper is preparing to announce how it plans to participate in cloud computing, according to a bulletin issued this week by an investment firm. Continue reading

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Q&A: EMC’s Brian Gallagher touts the new VPLEX appliance

Brian Gallagher, president of EMC’s Symmetrix & Virtualization Product Group, sat down with Computerworld at EMC World to explain some details about its new VPLEX synchronous data replication product, including what sets it apart it from rivals. Continue reading

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EMC manages SharePoint data with new SourceOne product

As Microsoft readies a new version of SharePoint, EMC is releasing software that will archive SharePoint data and help IT control the growing data volumes created by the product. Continue reading

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EMC manages SharePoint data with new SourceOne product

As Microsoft readies a new version of SharePoint, EMC is releasing software that will archive SharePoint data and help IT control the growing data volumes created by the product. Continue reading

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VMware: Media overplaying our role in EMC-Cisco partnership

The significance of VMware’s role in a three-way partnership with Cisco Systems and EMC has been overblown by the media, a senior VMware executive said, reaffirming the company’s intention to remain neutral amidst competition between top hardware makers. Continue reading

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