Networking: Storage software sales soaring
By Gene J. KoprowskiPublished 7/25/2005 12:49 PM
CHICAGO, July 25 (UPI) -- Sales last quarter rose substantially at major developers of networking and storage software -- SAP, EMC and Microsoft, among others -- as companies purchase software to maintain the privacy of customer and patient records and comply with government mandates, experts told UPI's Networking.
"Several things are driving this trend, but mostly increased regulation is fueling compliance," said Carol Arnold, a spokeswoman for AmeriVault in Waltham, Mass., a maker of data-protection products. "Components of Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC 17a and others call for increased and better storage."