
IBM Jan. 29 said it has agreed to <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2088373,00.asp?kc=EWEAUEMNL013007EOAD">acquire privately held Softek Storage Solutions,</A> of Vienna, Va., to bolster the offerings within its Global Technology Services group. The purchase price was not disclosed. Softek, a host-based data migration software provider founded in April 2000 as a subsidiary of the former Amdahl, provides software and services that enable enterprises to move any amount of data from one location to another outside the application layer and across any storage platform or distance, thus improving speed and quality of the delivery, the company said.