Microsoft: the system admins strike back (Part Two)
http://www.silicon.com/a48186 By taking more and more control of the software out of the hands of the user and placing it in the unreliable hands of configuration 'Wizards' that try to be...
The acquisition of OTG should bolster Legato's capabilities over time and will benefit Legato customers. However, OTG customers that bought products from Legato's competitors should expect little future integration.
There is no universally agreed management standard (reference Bluefin versus Widesky), debate continues about the impact of new protocols (such as Storage over IP), and no single company has yet managed to provide a single point of management for...
Signs of the trend include storage-hardware provider EMC announcing plans this month to buy storage-software provider Legato Systems, and strong quarterly results for Veritas Software. Confirming the storage world's shift in focus from hardware to...
EMC has been developing its software business as part of its focus on ILM, agreeing in July to acquire Legato Systems, a maker of backup and recovery systems, in a stock deal worth $1.3bn. EMC said Tuesday that Legato is preparing to report...
Symantec will pay $30.78 a share in the deal, which represents a premium of 9.5 per cent over Veritas' closing price on Wednesday of $28.11 on the Nasdaq. Customers are looking to reduce the complexity and cost of managing their IT infrastructure...