Dan Neel

Following through on its belief that storage management software should reside in a dedicated storage appliance, Sun Microsystems Inc. will begin offering such a device possibly before the end of 2002, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

EMC Corp.'s highly prudent, selective approach to trading its storage subsystem application program interfaces (APIs) with its competitors could impede what experts generally regard as the most likely program to become a de facto storage management standard, EMC's fledgling AutoIS program.

EMC Corp.'s highly prudent, selective approach to trading its storage subsystem application program interfaces (APIs) with its competitors could impede what experts generally regard as the most likely program to become a de facto storage management standard, EMC's fledgling AutoIS program.

Any way you slice it, 2001 could have been a better year for the storage technology industry. But despite the promise and hype surrounding the three key storage issues of the year

New criticism of the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. surfaced Thursday as a study conducted by investment firm UBS Warburg LLC revealed that an overwhelming majority of Compaq's Alpha server customers would take their business elsewhere if the merger succeeds.

Following through on its belief that storage management software should reside in a dedicated storage appliance, Sun Microsystems Inc. will begin offering such a device possibly before the end of 2002, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

Compaq Computer Corp. on Wednesday revealed its Adaptive Infrastructure Strategy for the company's future server and software offerings.

Dell Computer Corp. announced last week it would begin offering pre-tuned and tested Oracle Corp. software for Dell servers as part of Oracle's Certified Configurations program.