Storage

Dell is putting together hardware and software for backup and recovery in one system, with integrated software, for small and medium-size businesses.  read more »

Hewlett-Packard will buy LeftHand Networks for US$360 million to fill in its storage virtualization and iSCSI lines with products for medium-size companies and remote offices and branches.  read more »

Oracle saved the biggest news for last at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. CEO Larry Ellison took the stage Wednesday afternoon to announce two hardware products developed with Hewlett-Packard that are designed to provide very high performance for data warehousing applications.  read more »

Brocade Communications Systems is painting itself as the alternative to Cisco Systems that IT administrators have been looking for.  read more »

Hewlett-Packard is getting ready to launch the ExDS storage system, which will use up to 820 1T-byte drives for file-based storage, packaged in two 42U cabinets.  read more »

SanDisk has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from hardware maker Samsung Electronics, saying that it undervalues the Milpitas, California, maker of flash storage cards.  read more »

Samsung has published a letter detailing its proposal to buy SanDisk and complaining about SanDisk's "unrealistic expectations" about its value.  read more »

Sony plans to acquire the portion of its optical disc joint venture with NEC that it doesn't already own and make the company a subsidiary, it said Thursday.  read more »

Intel is shipping solid-state drives that are designed for use in desktop and laptop computers, the company said Monday.  read more »

IBM Monday said it has spent US$2 billion boosting its storage offerings through acquisitions, research and development over the past three years.  read more »