Pitching itself head-to-head with Microsoft, Red Hat says the integration of OS and hypervisor is essential and requires ownership of both. Qumranet gives it access to both hypervisor and desktop virtualization technology.

In its third acquisition this quarter, the ECM vendor takes on the struggling document capture and fax server vendor in a move that could also help it cozy up further with key partners.

Virtual desktops are taking the world by storm. Among the top beneficiaries are vendors in the Citrix ecosystem, companies whose tools were developed to work with server-based computing. One of them is user environment management vendor AppSense.

The storage systems specialist has unveiled the third generation of its ASIC as it approaches the end of its first year as a public company. Besides performance improvements, the new systems are designed to boost its footprint in its customer base.

Data-warehouse startups have mushroomed and the space is arguably due for more consolidation following Microsoft's recent move to buy Datallegro, one of the more established of the new guard. We examine potential acquirers and targets.

Two years ago, Open Text took Hummingbird out from under the noses of a buyout firm. Now, it has done the same with Captaris. So who made money on this recent deal? (Hint: It's not who you think.)

Identity management is a point of inflection; what lies ahead? Monolithic stacks are proving incapable of coping with SaaS and SOA. What's required is a scalable, standards-driven approach to aligning access decisions to policies.

The software startup has made solid progress in the year since it first slipped out of stealth. Its GridBank platform will be generally available by the end of the year, and it's seeking venture funding to build out its go-to-market capability.

A shift from being a purveyor of integration tools to prepackaged integration offerings is under way as well. What form is it taking, where do recent forays into hosted data integration services fit and how is the company's integration business faring?

A new boss and a $13m funding round have OpenSpan bullish on beating its already-impressive growth trajectory.