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- Windows 7 hourly tracking
- ?won't it be better to check at the end of every week instead? If you check every day you won't see any big changes but at the end of every week the increase will be more obvious.I'll say it before others do"look, it already has a larger market share than...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.
- fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- VMware and NetApp Virtualization: The Right Investment for a Tough Economy
- The presenters of this webcast discuss how VMware virtualization can provide the company a competitive cost advantage, and the various ways to reduce costs and gain efficiencies in the datacenter. The attendee will also discover why NetApp is the essential storage platform for VMware, and how NetApp can help to...
- Webcasts 2009-09-15
- Dell partners with Brocade to compete in data center war
- The latest developments in the data center wars comes this time from Dell and Brocade, which are announcing a partnership today that includes Dell reselling Brocade networking equipment under its name as part of an "end-to-end" data center offering. In today's competitive data center landscape, the networking...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Efficient Storage Solutions Help Cut Costs, Increase Availability of Communications Data
- NetApp helps companies store and manage important data, including e-mail. To prepare for the launch of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, NetApp focused on mission-critical aspects of handling messaging data. The result is solutions that take advantage of Exchange Server 2010 features to provide highly efficient storage, streamlined data management, and...
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- News to know: Pixie; Google Books; Time Warner-YouTube; PayPal; iLike
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Next Palm webOS-ready phone, Eos 'Pixie', to arrive Oct. 2010 Richard Koman: Lawyer files a full-throated attack...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- NetApp names new CEO; Reports solid quarter
- Storage company NetApp said Wednesday that Tom Georgens, chief operating officer, will become CEO replacing Dan Warmenhoven. Warmenhoven will be executive chairman of the company. Georgens right has been a member of the board and president and chief operating officer since February 2008. He joined the company...
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- EMC outlines where Data Domain will fit
- EMC said it has acquired majority ownership of Data Domain and will complete the purchase at the end of July. EMC also outlined where Data Domain will fit in the storage giant's lineup. EMC, which outbid NetApp for Data Domain, said it now controls 82.1 percent of...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- The storage consolidation continues: HP acquires IBRIX
- HP on Friday picked up IBRIX, a file serving software company, in the latest round of merger and acquisition activity. Terms of HP's acquisition weren't disclosed. IBRIX provides enterprise-class file serving software designed for data protection, high availability and cloud computing environments. The deal...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Deduplication market undergoes rapid changes
- In May, I blogged about NetApp's announced acquisition of deduplication pionneer, Data Domain. The announcement triggered an unsolicted counter-offer from EMC, followed by another counter from NetApp. But after a month of offers, counter-offers and regulatory reviews, EMC ultimately outbid NetApp with an all cash offer of $2.1 billion. I believe...
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- News to know: Social media spam; Sprint; Windows Mobile; Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jennifer Leggio: Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Silverlight 3 available...
- Blog posts 2009-07-10
- News to know: Chrome OS, Sinofsky, Kindle price drop, SEC and Steve Jobs, EMC-Data Domain
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Google Chrome OS coverage: Garett Rogers: Google to create operating system called Chrome OS Dave Greenfield: Google Officially...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- NetApp, Data Domain merger nixed; EMC wins with $2.1 billion bid
- NetApp couldn't outbid EMC for Data Domain. The company said Wednesday that it wouldn't up its offer for Data Domain and a proposed merger agreement was terminated. EMC will now acquire Data Domain for $33.50 a share in cash. On Monday, EMC offered $2.1 billion for Data...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- News to know: Google Books, Yahoo's Search Pad; CrunchPad; 99-cent netbook; Psystar; SAP war chest
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Sam Diaz: Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search...
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds
- EMC on Monday increased its bid for Data Domain to $33.50 a share from $30 a share to $2.1 billion after NetApp's acquisition plan received regulatory clearance.  NetApp said Monday that Data Domain shareholders will vote on its $1.9 billion bid Aug. 14. Data Domain has rejected EMC...
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Massive Consolidation and Virtualization Effort Drives Up to a 35 Percent Drop in IT Costs
- Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. Siemens has provided external customers with state-of-the-art IT for over 25 years. In 2007, it also took on the task of managing operations for all 12 of Siemens operating companies' U.S. data centers as well as a widely distributed assortment of local IT operations....
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Data Domain officially rejects EMC: Will cash be king?
- Data Domain's board of directors is recommending that its shareholders reject EMC's $30 a share in cash bid. The company has already approved an acquisition by NetApp for $1.9 billion. Data Domain on Monday said it reached its decision based on the following statement: ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- EMC CEO Tucci pens dear Data Domain workers letter
- NetApp and Data Domain have agreed to merge in a stock and cash deal valued at $1.9 billion, but the deal is in limbo as shareholders weigh a $1.8 billion all cash offer from EMC. In between there's a lot of campaigning for the various Data Domain interests. Enter an...
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- NetApp, Data Domain ink revised deal; EMC says bid still superior
- Updated: NetApp and Data Domain said late Wednesday that they have entered a $1.9 billion merger agreement. Under the pact, Data Domain's board has approved NetApp's latest offer, worth $30 a share in cash and stock. NetApp earlier in the day upped its bid for NetApp to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
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