IBM gains storage BI

IBM is acquiring NovusCG, a storage-focused IT software and services company based in Manassas, Virginia, says eWeek.

NovusCG was founded in 2000 and has about 100 employees. The company uses its own professional services methodology, called Xcelleration, to provide software and services to Global 2000 companies and the federal government in the areas of storage infrastructure optimisation, disaster recovery and business continuity, compliance management, and managed services.

Specifically, Novus brings a new level of business intelligence and storage analytics - which IBM lacked - to the company`s arsenal of storage software service offerings.

EMC, storage computers and software maker, said third-quarter profit climbed 74% on higher sales and a jump in earnings at its VMware unit, and the shares rose 8.5%, according to Bloomberg.

Net income increased to $492.9 million, or 23c a share, from $283.7 million, or 13c, a year earlier, the company said in a statement.

Sales climbed 17% to $3.3 billion, beating the $3.19 billion average estimate of analysts in a Bloomberg survey.

Unisys announced it has signed a relationship agreement with storage virtualisation and data migration software company Incipient, according to CNNMoney.

This makes Unisys the first systems integrator in Europe to directly supply and support software products developed by Incipient. The Incipient product suite helps organisations to efficiently manage data across storage area network (SAN) infrastructures without disruption to business operations.

Unisys already has considerable knowledge and experience of working with large-scale storage infrastructures and working with its clients to better manage their evolving storage requirements.