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Symantec Chair Thompson Named CEO at SAN Startup
Former Symantec CEO and current board Chairman John W. Thompson, widely considered by industry watchers as one of the true “class acts” in Silicon Valley, May 6 was named CEO of Virtual Instruments. Thompson replaces Mark Urdahl, who was VI’s founding CEO in 2008. Urdahl, a major stockholder, is staying on as a member of…
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Today’s Most Significant Security Threats
Security challenges for organizations are tougher than ever. Old scourges such as malware are taking on new potency as penetration tools and exploit kits are becoming more of a commercial affair, as attack sophistication is increasing through years of the ever-escalating battle of security researcher versus cyber-criminal and as more employees and customers are interacting…
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CA ARCserve Recovery Management Products Gets Update
IT management software and solutions company CA announced releases of ARCserve Backup, ARCserve Replication, ARCserve High Availability (formerly XOsoft Replication and High Availability), and a disk-to-disk backup and restore product, ARCserve D2D. ARCserve r15, also released today, builds on the ARCserve r12.5, which included virtualization enhancements and built-in data deduplication, with new features like infrastructure…
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VMware’s SpringSource Grabs Java Caching Technology
VMware’s August 2009 acquisition, Java Web development provider SpringSource, is busy making buys of its own. SpringSource, which bought UK-based open messaging software maker Rabbit Technologies only a month ago, has acquired in-memory Java cache maker GemStone. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SpringSource’s Spring Framework provides a lightweight programming platform that makes applications…
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The Tech Habits of Corporate Overachievers
LAS VEGAS — IBM has released results of a survey of senior executives that sheds new light on what organizations need to do to increase their ability to compete in the global marketplace. IBM officials discussed the results of this survey at the IBM Impact 2010 conference here. The event runs May 2-7. According to…
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Bocada Adds Channel Focus to Compete with EMC, Symantec
For most of its 10-year existence, Kirkland, Wash.-based Bocada has been selling its data protection management software direct to large organizations, but it felt it wasn’t reaching its potential customer base, says CEO Nancy Hurley. She tells Channel Insider the company, which competes with the likes of Symantec and EMC, has more than 250,000 clients…