Clint Boulton

Microsoft (Quote) and South Korea’s LG Electronics (LGE) inked a cross-license patent agreement to use each other’s technologies. This is the latest in a spate of such agreements designed to ward off patent-infringement issues. Going forward, LGE will be able to use Microsoft software in its products, such as Linux-based smartphones, PDAs and computers. Microsoft will […]

UPDATED: It’s official. Avaya (Quote) said Tuesday it has agreed to merge with private equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital for $8.2 billion on $17.50 per share, a deal that underscores the strong interest in gear that routes voice, video and other data across networks. Avaya said in a statement its board of directors has […]

NAND flash memory (define), the popular storage technology used in certain iPods, cameras, and USB devices, is getting a boost from some high-tech partners. Intel (Quote), Microsoft (Quote) and Dell (Quote) today said they have formed the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) working group to provide a standard application programming interface (API) (define) for NAND flash systems. […]

Looking to cement its place in the red-hot market for virtualization management software, ToutVirtual introduced products that helps customers monitor and manage the performance of virtual machines. Managing server virtualization software is a big plus at a time when long-time users of virtualization are weary of virtual machine sprawl: in the process of paring physical […]

Avaya (Quote), which made billions selling equipment to help companies zip voice, video and data across networks, is in talks to sell some or all of its company, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter. The report comes as Microsoft (Quote), Nortel (Quote), Cisco (Quote) and IBM (Quote) are working together […]

Fresh off of its biggest platform refresh in more than two years, Hitachi Data Systems today said it has significantly upgraded the digital archiving appliance it co-created with Archivas, adding diskless storage, de-duplication and new security features. HCAP version 2.0 provides an archive tier of storage where aged data on primary storage can be stored […]

Less than a week after admitting that a disk with sensitive employee information was lost or stolen, Alcatel-Lucent (Quote) today introduced a networking card designed to lock in data on laptops. First previewed at the Demo show last February, Alcatel-Lucent unveiled the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian at the 2007 Interop networking show in Las Vegas. […]

Sometimes, complexity begets complexity even when you try to make things simple. IT managers for companies are either battle-testing or outright buying virtualization software from VMware, Microsoft (Quote) or some other provider to help combat the sprawl of physical servers in their datacenters. Virtualization software is touted for its ability to run several operating systems or […]

Network Appliance (Quote) has broadened its existing de-depulication software across its core storage systems. Ravi Thota, director of product marketing for data and storage management at NetApp, said single-instance storage (A-SIS) deduplication, once relegated in a conjoined offering with Symantec NetBackup, now works on FAS filers and NearStore R200 storage systems. Deduplication tools eliminate redundant data […]

Securent, a startup that makes software to regulate what corporate-data employees can access on their computers, has upgraded its platform with new support for databases and collaboration applications. The startup hopes its software will gain traction in the emerging entitlement management software market, where Securent, Oracle (Quote), BEA (Quote), CA (Quote) and others are trying to […]