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Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter: Symantec’s acquisition of Revivio takes it to the high-end of the storage world, 12/07/06
Last week, software giant Symantec added to its data protection portfolio by acquiring Revivio, a Massachusetts-based continuous data protection vendor, for an estimated $20 million. Revivio had been around for three years, and its considerable engineering talent had amassed at least 15 patents in the area of CDP. What the company didn’t have were customers – since its startup in 2001, only a dozen or so sites had installed a Revivio product and several IT shops reported they found the company’s CDP appliance highly functional but “pricey.” The company’s appliance lists for around $150,000.
Fujitsu Siemens offers SAN bundle for small businesses, 12/11/06
Following a similar move by HP, Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH plans to announce a packaged storage-area network (SAN) product on Thursday aimed at small and midsize businesses.
E-discovery vendor Zantaz acquires Singlecast, 12/11/06
Zantaz, a maker of storage archiving technology, is acquiring Singlecast Technologies for its data classification and policy management tools.
Storage performance benchmark helps IT buyers compare systems, 12/07/06
The Storage Performance Council this week announced a new benchmark for testing storage systems that lets users, resellers and integrators compare the performance of competing devices.
Dell releases SMB storage duo, 12/06/06
Dell Wednesday launched two storage systems for small and mid-sized businesses.
