Table of ContentsNews Analysis + TrendsOnline backup services gain tractionIt has become painfully evident to many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that they don?t have the budgets or the personnel to effectively manage their own backups.
HP nears LeftHand acquisitionHewlett-Packard made a move to strengthen its presence in the iSCSI SAN market last month when the company announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire LeftHand Networks for $360 million in cash.
Brocade ships encryption switchesThe encryption switches are available in two flavors: the stand-alone Brocade Encryption Switch or the FS8-18 Encryption Blade for the company?s DCX Backbone chassis.
Dell dives further into D2DDell recently began shipments of the PowerVault DL2000, a disk-to-disk backup-and-recovery appliance with integrated backup software from partners Comm-Vault and Symantec that promises to reduce backup times by up to 55% and restore times by up to 77% compared to traditional tape backup systems, according to Dell officials.
SNIA launches SSD initiativeThe Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is stepping into the solid-state disk (SSD) fray by announcing the formation of the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI), with the goal of fostering technology standards and industry cooperation in the development and integration of SSD technology for enterprise storage systems.
Analyst View: Do you need thin provisioning?Thin provisioning has become one of the hottest storage technologies. There is some consensus among vendors and end users regarding what thin provisioning means?fundamentally or theoretically?but to level the field, let?s define the concept for the purpose of this article.
ESG Insights: What?s next for NAS?The information we store today is very different from the information we stored 30 years ago. In the past few years, every electronic device has become a content capture and sharing device.
DepartmentsEditorialThe hottest technologies at SNWCruising the exhibit booths, press conferences, sessions, and bars at the Storage Networking World conference, which we did last month, is always a good barometer of what technologies and trends are hot.
Business BriefsBriefsThis section takes on late-breaking business and partnership news written for industry insiders.
New ProductsProductsEach month, InfoStor rounds up timely new product announcements, providing a buyer?s guide for professionals.
Special ReportWhat are the key differentiators in SAN switches and adapters?Unlike the market for, say, Fibre Channel disk arrays, the markets for Fibre Channel switches and host bus adapters (HBAs) are not crowded. In both cases, two vendors essentially comprise a duopoly in terms of market share: Brocade and Cisco in switches, and Emulex and QLogic in HBAs.
FeaturesGet ready for next-gen 6Gbps SASComponents have been shipping for more than a year, and 6Gbps SAS systems for end users are due next year.
The benefits of cloud-based storage, Part 2What are the core capabilities that end users should look for when evaluating ?storage-in-the-cloud? solutions?
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