It's baaack - Xiotech, the spun-off entity of Seagate's 1999 acquisition is now back to gobble up the intellectual property rights of Seagate. After Seagate spun the company off in 2002, Xiotech has built its e-discovery business, and now has acquired the Advanced Storage Architecture (ASA) business along with a few key executives: Ellen Lary, who was serving as a technical consultant to the technical group within Seagate, and Steve Sicola, who was general manager of the group at Seagate according to a SearchStorage.com news report.

The hope is that ASA group will enhance Xiotech's revenue. When remains to be seen, but the mechanisms are now in place.