EMC launches new data management software
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(InfoWorld) - Network storage vendor EMC on Monday introduced a new data storage management product that is the fruit of three software acquisitions the company has made in recent years. EMC will launch its Infoscape intelligent information management software at an EMC user conference this week in Anaheim, California. Infoscape is designed to organize the thousands of unstructured computer files in an enterprise computer system, such as Word documents, PowerPoint Presentations, or spreadsheets. The software organizes files by their content, their importance or whether there are regulations requiring they be saved, said Rob Emsley, senior director of software product marketing, for EMC. Building such an organizational structure makes it easier to retrieve documents when they are needed. "This technology can provide a lot more information about the files in your infrastructure," said Emsley. The company also Monday launched EMC Information Management Strategy Service, a consulting service to help enterprises design, build and run an information management system. The new offerings were developed with technology EMC acquired from the acquisition of three document management software companies:Â Legato SystemsÂ andÂ Documentum, both in 2003, andÂ Smarts, in early 2005. The acquisitions are part of EMC's strategy to diversify from being primarily a storage hardware vendor. Software sales accounted for 37 percent of EMC's revenue in 2005, up from just 17 percent four or five years ago, Emsley said. With Infoscape, EMC is "taking a small but very important step," said Arun Taneja an analyst with Taneja Group. It's important because a major storage vendor is offering what he calls "information classification management software," but small because Infoscape initially can only run in an EMC Celerra storage environment. Although Infoscape is initially "closely integrated" with the Celerra DART (data access in real time) operating system, it will also work within EMC's Clariion and Symmetrix server families in the second half of 2007, said EMC spokesman Todd Cadley. Infoscape, he explained, manages the information not the storage, operating at the file system level. Therefore, it will work in heterogenous storage environments. Other major hardware makers such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard are evaluating similar solutions to the file management problem facing enterprises, said Taneja, and there are a handful of startups also developing solutions. It's possible that some of the larger companies could follow EMC's strategy and acquire some of the smaller software developers to create their own file management software products. The base Infoscape software module is $125,000 and capacity licensing starts at $9,000 per terabyte, EMC said.
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EMC Corp. has unveiled a Microsoft Exchange server-based e-mail storage product called EMC Express Solution for E-Mail. EMC said the automated policy management software enables mid-sized organizations
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EMC has hired a former IBM veteran to be its chief technology officer, in what appears to be the latest step in EMC&#39;s evolution from a data storage hardware specialist to a more comprehensive computing company.
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EMC has added a tamper-proof view of management and support actions, safeguards against unauthorized service actions and certified data erasure to its high-end Symmetrix storage arrays.
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Despite the buzz over the public offering of its VMware software business, EMC Corp. of Hopkinton isn't forgetting its roots as a maker of data storage systems. The company will today unveil major upgrades to its key storage products.
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Storage company EMC will acquire enterprise content management software developer Document Sciences.
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IBM on Friday took aim at its primary competitor, EMC, by announcing storage virtualization software that allows EMC users to utilize storage systems from EMC, Hitachi, or IBM.
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InfoWorld - EMC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Valyd Software, a Hyderabad, India, vendor of software for securing enterprise data. EMC did not disclose the sum it will pay for Valyd, a privately held company.
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(InfoWorld) - EMC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Valyd Software, a Hyderabad, India, vendor of software for securing enterprise data. EMC did not disclose the sum it will pay for Valyd, a privately held company. Valyd's software will be brought into RSA, the security division of EMC that was set up last year to integrate products from itsÂ acquisition of RSA SecurityÂ andÂ Network Intelligence. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter, the Hopkinton, Massachusetts, vendor of storage management and security software said Tuesday. Valyd's technology for encrypting and securing data at the database and file system level will lead to the introduction of two new products from the RSA division, after the acquisition is complete, said Manoj Chugh, president of EMC India, on Wednesday. RSA Database Security Manager will address security of data on a variety of database management systems, while RSA File Security Manager will secure data security at the file and folder level, Chugh said. A focus of the RSA division is on products that manage and secure enterprise-wide information assets regardless of where they resides on the network, Chugh said. Valyd's technology, which runs on a large variety of operating systems and database systems, fitted well into the strategy of the RSA division, he added. Valyd Software was set up in 1998 to develop software to secure enterprise data. The company has over 50 staff in Hyderabad, which will be increased to 100 by the end of this year, Chugh said. The Hyderabad operation will focus on the development and enhancement of the new security products, he added. Indian product companies have emerged as acquisition targets for multinational companies. Oracle Corp., for example, has acquired a majority stake in Indian financial software company, i-flex Solutions Ltd. "India was until now perceived as a low-cost location for outsourcing work, rather than as a place where you could find top quality innovation and intellectual property," Chugh said.
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(Source: EMC) Backup, recovery, and archiving keep your data protected and available. Plan your strategy with this helpful guide.
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This fourth priority&#39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. EMC today announced Express Solution
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InfoWorld - Business Objects released new software Wednesday&#160;that combines EPM (enterprise performance management), BI, and data integration into a comprehensive suite aimed at CFOs and business finance managers.
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Network Appliance has announced what it terms a key milestone in its Storage Grid vision with the release of its Data ONTAP 7G enterprise storage software, which the company is touting as bringing newer functionality and lower costs to the concept of
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Storage vendor EMC has reached an agreement to acquire Smarts, a provider of event automation and real-time network systems management software.
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- Data storage company EMC Corp.'s  subsidiary, VMware, said it expects its initial public offering to be priced between $23 and $25 per share.
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Not all good storage software comes from the industry giants like IBM, Symantec and EMC. We found a sample of storage management applications that are relatively cheap, effective and easy to use. They handle everything from simple backup and restore to continuous protection of e-mail for BlackBerries.
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EMC's goal is to be able to encrypt storage array data "on the fly" and without slowing down the input or adding cost.