EMC will pay approximately approximately $US2.2 billion to acquire Isilon Systems, a provider of clustered storage systems and related software applications for digital content and unstructured data.

Kroll Ontrack has announced the launch of Ontrack Compass enterprise archiving solution version 2.1,an enterprise archive that incorporates Custodian-Foldered Output to reduce discovery processing time and Legal Hold Notification within the archive to reduce risk and streamline the legal hold process.

Quantum has launched a new backup and deduplication system for multi-tier, enterprise disaster recovery and data retention.

Quantum is targetting mall- to medium-sized businesses with its new Quantum RDX, a removable disk-based data protection system that leverages data reduction technology to decrease cartridge requirements by up to 20:1.