Paul Shread

Given that historically Apple has never courted the business market, it’s surprising that the handheld holds such dominance in the mobile business intelligence sector. Paul Shred reports. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has become the top platform for mobile business intelligence, followed by Research in Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry, according to a new study. The mobile […]

Customer relationship management continues to be a hot growth area, with Microsoft now launching both a cloud and an on-premise solution. The beta for the new CRM Online service will be available in eight languages and 36 markets, and the final version will be released by the end of the year in 40 markets and […]

EMC (NYSE: EMC) is working on massive, global storage networking technology that the company claims moves well beyond its Atmos cloud storage platform. In a presentation by EMC storage and security division president Pat Gelsinger and a blogby Global Marketing CTO Chuck Hollis, EMC outlined its vision for a globally distributed storage network that overcomes […]

The growing popularity of server virtualization means big sales for data storage vendors, and EMC (NYSE: EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) are the companies best positioned to take advantage of the trend, according to a new report. William Blair & Co. analysts Jason Ader and Dmitry Netis penned a 141-page report on the data storage […]

Two data storage vendors have released new products that they claim can save users a bundle over more traditional storage systems. Nexenta and ParaScale both use open source software and commodity hardware to lower storage costs for enterprises. Nexenta uses Sun’s (NASDAQ: JAVA) ZFS file system and x86 servers to create enterprise-class storage, while ParaScale […]

It’s been a tough year for the data storage industry, but several analysts have reported hopeful signs for the sector in recent weeks. “We are hearing from our North America sales contacts that enterprise spending in storage has finally started to thaw over the last few weeks, with deal closure rates improving,” Avian Securities storage […]

EMC (NYSE: EMC) has been taking out ads and sending e-mails to promote an April 14 online event cryptically titled, “Overtake the Future.” “Only one approach can take you to the virtual data center of the future,” say the ads, which take users to a Web site to register for the event. The site says […]

Network Appliance was busy last week, unveiling new storage products for VMware virtualization environments and announcing its quarterly financial results and a reorganization of its small business storage unit. NetApp’s latest products are intended to bolster the company’s claim that it is the best-positioned storage vendor for VMware environments, said Jay Kidd, NetApp’s chief marketing […]

Network Appliance has sued Sun Microsystems, claiming Sun’s ZFS file system technology infringes on seven NetApp patents. In the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas, NetApp is also seeking a declaration that it is not infringing on three of Sun’s U.S. patents and that those patents are invalid. The dispute affects […]

Call/Recall hopes to put optical storage on the enterprise map with new technology that squeezes 1TB on a single disk and offers transfer rates that compete with hard disk drives. Call/Recall, a 20-year-old company with its roots in HPC storage, says its two‑photon 3D optical storage technology is the brainchild of company co-founder and chief […]