Scott Tyler Shafer

Not to be outdone by its competitor Sun Microsystems Inc., EMC Corp. has announced it too had acquired a privately held storage company: Prisa Networks Inc.

With the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA)-Supported SMI (Storage Management Initiative) near completion and with vendor support anticipated for next year, SRM (Storage Resource Management) vendors are working to differentiate their offerings with a number of features aimed at easing SAN management.

Although no tumbleweeds were spotted blowing across the exhibit floor, this year's semi-annual Networld+Interop conference looked like a ghost town. With more than twice as few exhibitors and attendees present, the once gigantic conference that ended today was quiet in all regards.

Hoping to build on its position as the market leader in ADSL customer premise equipment, Efficient Networks Inc. last month introduced a new line of DSL modems and routers.

In a move to boost its storage resource management software platform, IBM Corp. Thursday acquired TrelliSoft Corp. for an undisclosed amount.

With hopes to steal market share in the potentially lucrative mid-range storage market, EMC Corp. on Monday introduced the newest member in its line of modular storage systems. The mid-range box is the first from EMC Clariion in three years and will compete with a number of competitive offerings that have arrived over the past few years.

IBM Corp. Monday announced it is teaming up with startup Narad Networks Inc. to jointly develop a service delivery platform that will aid cable operators in reaching the oft-forgotten SMB (small and midsize business) markets.

After burning through US$88 million in four years, TollBridge Technologies Inc. last week joined the long list of companies that have shut down due to their inability to secure additional funding from a now-capricious venture capital community.