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FlashSoft announced the second and latest release of its FlashSoft SE software, which lets companies use SSD or flash PCIe to supplement cache in the server. This elimantes IO latency according to the company, which posted some impressive performance boosts in the …
The Good and Bad of EMC-Oracle Relationship
Jason Kotsafis, a director at EMC, dropped by theCube with Dave Vellante on day three of the Oracle OpenWorld 2011 conference to elaborate on how EMC and Oracle position themselves with and against one another in the enterprise market. Kotsafis, who is …
Openworld a Contrast by Name, says EMC: Oracle’s “Not Open”
David Nicholson, the senior director of director Intel Global Alliances for EMC, stopped by theCube with Dave Vellante at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. He talked cloud and open source, as well as not so open IT ecosystems. He started by saying that Oracle OpenWorld …
HP Delivers SAP Applications from the Cloud
Hardware maker Hewlett-Packard and business software developer SAP announced an interesting partnership today. Customers of HP Enterprise Services will now have access to SAP applications hosted remotely on the company’s datacenters. “HP bundles the necessary infrastructure, platform and application services in an as-a-service …
QLogic Appoints New VP of Marketing
Networking solutions maker QLogic announced a pretty significant executive level change today. Chris Humphrey is now vice president of corporate marketing, effective immediately. He will be responsible for promoting his company’s products throughout the entire world. Humphrey comes to QLogic from Honeywell Life …
Symantec Rolls Out Major Update with SAMG Version 6
Software and security solutions maker Symantec Vision unveiled the latest version of its Storage and Availability Management software for virtualized deployments. V6 introduces a lot of new things, including a pay as you go model to try and haul in more customers. Symantec …
Quantum’s Latest Scaling Dedupe Heats Up Competition
Backup and recovery solutions provider Quantum announced it latest offering, the DXi4601 disk backup system. It’s designed for relatively small deployments, and its selling point is that it doesn’t require a major and expensive upgrade to scale up in case the company …
BI Firm Pentaho Appoints New Chief Executive, Quentin Gallivan
BI firm Pentaho announced Quentin Gallivan has been appointed as its new CEO. Gallivan will be replacing founder Richard Daley, who is stepping down from his role as the company’s head to become its Chief Strategy Officer. He will also remain active …
EMC Plus Intel Makes Sharepoint Speedy and Strong
Storage solutions provider EMC, integrator NEC and chipmaker Intel announced a Sharepoint configuration, fusing together tech from the three companies at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011. The offering uses EMC VNX for storage and the NEC Express Server configuration, powered by Intel Xeon E7 …
EMC Ships First Project Lightening PCI-e Cards
Speaking at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (see our coverage highlights here), Pat Gelsinger, EMC’s president and COO, revealed that his company is already shipping Project Lightning to beta customers. The product was first announced back at EMC World in May, and is a …