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EMC to buy Isilon: Another storage maker bites the dust

The big get bigger as storage kingpin EMC agreed to buy Isilon for about $2.25 billion (or $33.85 per share)  in cash. The news was announced early Tuesday. Isilon specializes in what it calls scale-out network attached...

Solution provider turns state representative

Now, this is a case of an entrepreneur taking matters into his own hands. Frustrated by the local economy in Kansas, Data Technique founder and CEO Terry Calloway ran earlier this month for the house of representatives in his home state, and won. It...

What’s up with Novell?

Things at Novell have been quiet lately. Maybe too quiet. There's an all-hands meeting there this morning and insider talk once again swirls about a possible sale. Whether that would be to private equity investors--who would take the company private--or to another vendor--

Where in the world is Leo Apotheker?

Well, we know where the HP CEO ain't!  He ain't in the Oakland courtroom where Oracle CEO Larry Ellison would love to see him. He's not at Hewlett-Packard HQ, where Oracle's tried to...

Nexsan draws VARs with solid Assureon line, programs

Every once in awhile you talk to a VAR who's really excited about a vendor, its products and its partner program. I know, shocker, right!? Lately Nexsan's hit the radar screen in this respect.  Nexsan is seeing phenomenal success recruiting new VARs...

Survey: Time to get with energy-reduction program

Hey all you naysayers who have scoffed at my green IT coverage over the past three years and suggested that I was somehow off my rocker, try on this research. CDW has released its 2010 Energy Efficient IT report, and it suggested that fully...

Next up for Oracle: Private eyes

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison warned Hewlett-Packard to keep its new CEO away from its Palo Alto headquarters if it didn't want him subpoenaed. Now Ellison's apparently following up with a ...

Brocade Communications raises the bar by erasing one

An awful lot of vendors send out an awful lot of press releases touting new partner program perks--new ways that they, the vendors, will help you, the partners, do bigger, better deals. The trouble is a lot of those press releases are 90% puffery. As in very little meat. (The next time I see a...

Oracle: HP’s playing hide the Apotheker

  Tonight's statement from Oracle corporate PR vis-a-vis the SAP lawsuit:

"Hewlett Packard has refused to accept service of a subpoena requiring Mr. Apotheker to testify about his role in SAP's illegal conduct. Mr. Apotheker started work for HP on Monday, but it now appears that...

Microsoft insiders question top leadership

Given the number of high-profile executives leaving Microsoft in recent months, there are some inside (and out) of the company that wonder if Steve Ballmer is the problem, rather than the solution, for Microsoft.