Flash memory maker and storage system technologies provider SanDisk announced today that it has acquired FlashSoft, a company focused on caching software products.
And there's almost always some form of a bar, he added, which could include coolers, ice makers and wine storage.
Various hardware makers, including box makers, chip stocks and storage device companies, helped offset losses by technology bellwethers such as Microsoft and Intel.
Both Microsoft and SAP, for their part, believe that firms will want to have a choice in where to do their computing, as well as the flexibility to move things around over time.Two potentially important contestants are rarely mentioned: Cisco and EMC, the leading makers of networking and storage gear respectively.
From the makers of "Pawn Stars" and "Storage Wars" comes "Poll Watchers," a reality show following Florida natives Randy and The Deuce as they loiter uncomfortably close to schools and community centers for hours after they've voted on Election Day, intimidating anybody they feel might be committing voter fraud.
Among those working with Cisco on its "unified computing" strategy are companies such as VMWare, a leader in building software that helps companies get more from the hardware they have, software makers Microsoft and BMC, chip kingpin Intel Corp and storage maker EMC.
After LSI Logic provided "subdued outlook" for the third quarter, RBC Capital Markets lowered earnings estimates on the maker of semiconductors and storage systems, saying he believes investor sentiment may weaken in the near term.
As such, it has deep ties to the server and storage makers, whose corporate customers have often been more willing to pay a premium for higher-performance technologies, like flash drives.
For the better part of two decades, the mantra of giant server and storage makers was the coming of the paperless office.
Veeco makes production and measurement equipment for chip makers, data storage, telecommunications and scientific research, and since going public in 1994, it has spent more than $1 billion, mostly in stock, to buy 11 related companies.
