CommVault now sees a point in smaller bundles
Profile: Dave Raffo
For years, CommVault boasted about how it sold one application that handled all data protection and management needs. That is changing, as its tries to perk up tepid financial growth in a more competitive market. CommVault CEO Bob Hammer said the one-stop shopping approach still helps with large...
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CloudBerry Box targets SMBs to sync and share mobile devices
Profile: Sonia Lelii
Cloudberry Lab is one of the latest to jump into the crowded file sync-and-share market. The cloud backup provider recently announced its CloudBerry Box, a private and...
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EMC to lay off workers; Tucci to stay past February
Profile: Dave Raffo
EMC CEO and chairman Joe Tucci indicated Thursday that he will stay on after his contract expires next month. Others at EMC won’t be given that option, as the company also said it will cut jobs to reduce expenses. Tucci’s contract ends in February, which will be here next week. During...
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How stealthy money affects technology
Profile: Randy Kerns
By my count, around 70 storage start-up companies were acquired in the past year. That is quite a few acquisitions, although not as many as in some past years. A surge in acquisitions always leads to contemplation about upcoming opportunities for other companies to reach their exit goals. There...
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Box shares surged on the first day as a public company
Profile: Sonia Lelii
Box Inc. had an excellent coming out party as a public company today.
Box priced its initial shares at $14 Thursday. Those shares today opened at $20.20 on the New York Stock Exchange and rose to high of$24.73 before settling to $23.23 at the close. That means Box shares increased about...
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Kaminario snares another $15 million in funding
Profile: Carol Sliwa
All-flash array startups remain a hot target for investors. 0 Comments
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NetApp: No SSDs have worn out
Profile: Carol Sliwa
The prospect of flash drives wearing out is a non-issue, according to NetApp. Mark Welke, NetApp’s senior director of product marketing, said the company has not had a single solid-state drive (SSD)...
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SanDisk says enterprise SSD prospects still strong
Profile: Dave Raffo
The fourth quarter of 2014 was tough for solid-state storage vendor SanDisk. Still, the vendor said its enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) sales increased and it remains on track for $1 billion in enterprise SSD revenue in 2015. SanDisk warned earlier this month that it would miss its revenue...
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EMC gives ViPR flash-related upgrade
Profile: Dave Raffo
EMC last week quietly upgraded its ViPR software-defined storage and 0 Comments
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