EMC is the Pac-Man, and software companies are the dots. The latest dot is Legato Systems, an acquisition announced today which brings to EMC all kinds of storage management capabilities. At $1.3 billion, though, those software capabilities didn’t come cheap. EMC snatches up Legato http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0708emclegato.html?net
EMC is the Pac-Man, and software companies are the dots. The latest dot is Legato Systems, an acquisition announced today which brings to EMC all kinds of storage management capabilities. At $1.3 billion, though, those software capabilities didn’t come cheap.
EMC snatches up Legato
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0708emclegato.html?net
CA event to highlight on-demand computing
It’s Computer Associates’ show next week, and the company plans to make the most of it, elaborating on this on-demand computing thing we’ve all heard about. But analysts say CA is missing a key ingredient in its on-demand strategy.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0707ca.html?net
LANDesk punches up patch management suite
Customers looking to automate the repetitive and tedious processes of updating security patches, rolling out new applications and simply managing desktops might want to consider LANDesk’s offering due out later this year.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0707patch.html?net
The state of the LAN landscape
Market leadership in most LAN switch categories can be summed up in one word – Cisco. But a closer look at the numbers reveals some new developments taking place at opposite ends of the switch spectrum. While Cisco leads most switch categories, the company is seeing fierce competition from a host of new lower-end competitors. New vendors also are emerging in some advanced switching categories, such as Layer 4 to Layer 7 and 10G Ethernet.
