EMC has signalled its intention to make software a greater focus by spinning off a storage management division into a separate company, as well as making several appointments to its management team.
Network Appliance has been the subject of speculation over several deals it is rumoured to be talking over with Cisco Systems and Hitachi Data Systems.
Overland Storage's Neo Series of tape automation hardware has gained two ticks of approval from IBM and Bakbone Software in certifying for use with their storage products.
Californian start-up Nishan Systems has jumped through the hoops of another vendor - this time, in the form of LSI Logic - to prove that IP-based storage area networks can work in practice.
Brocade Systems put a scare through the storage industry on Friday when it warned of revenue shortfalls, cut one in eight staff, and farewelled one of its top executives.
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is still in the drafting stages of setting up an Australian branch, but the recent visit of Chairman Emeritus to our shores has put some momentum behind the push.
NEC Business Solutions is making an aggressive push into the mid-range storage and network space, launching a range of new products including open source supported SAN and tape storage products and a mission critical IP platform.
Two surveys give the Australian IT jobs sector a bright outlook, with reports of an increase in IT job advertisements and recruitment in the next quarter.
