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Table of ContentsNews Analysis TrendsADIC completes hat trickIn its third acquisition in as many years, Redmond, WA-based Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) recently announced plans to purchase Pathlight Technology, a privately owned manufacturer of storage area network (SAN) products, in an effort to broaden its overall storage portfolio
BlueArc guns for EMC, NetAppBlueArc, a Mountain View, CA-based start-up, is setting its sights on becoming a leader in the fast-paced network-attached storage (NAS) market
EMC strengthens Clariion familyWith the introduction of its fifth-generation Clariion disk array-the FC4700-last month, EMC claims to have raised the bar for midrange storage
Enron launches capacity-trading marketDrawing on its experience in establishing the market for bandwidth trading (buying and selling telelcommunications capacity) in 1999, Enron Broadband Services has created a trading market to bring together buyers and sellers of surplus storage capacity available from storage service providers (SSPs)
Forsythe, Nuclio target SSP spaceThe storage service provider (SSP) market is attracting more and more vendors almost weekly. Most recently, Skokie, IL-based Forsythe Solutions Group, a 30-year-old technology infrastructure provider, and its subsidiary Nuclio will team with EMC to provide storage services
Midrange NAS race heats upOn the heels of EMC's entry into the midrange network-attached storage (NAS) market, Network Appliance and Dell Computer are diving in with midrange products of their own
FeaturesBest practices for storage environmentsA discussion of data-management life cycles, NAS and SAN options, I/O requirements, and modular versus frame-based disk arrays.
Emergence of storage service providersThe storage outsourcing industry has emerged with varying service models, a competitive market, and numerous choices for enterprise customers
Introduction to storage area networksA beginner's guide to the concepts, components, and benefits of SANs
IP-based storage: Benefits and challengesBlock-level IP storage promises numerous advantages, but there are still many hurdles to overcome
Business BriefsBusiness Briefs<b>Cisco Systems</b> has joined a $25 million investment round in <b>StoreAge Networking Technologies</b>, a Haifa, Israel-based maker of appliances that provide virtualization for storage area networks (SANs)
OpinionDAFS versus SAFSDirect Access File Systems and SAN-attached file systems (SAFSs) promise a number of improvements, particularly in performance. Here's the case for SAFS
NewsFalconStor combines virtualization, IP StorageMelville, NY-based start-up FalconStor has introduced a software suite, dubbed IPStor, that provides storage virtualization and aggregation, while at the same time enabling both block-level and file-level storage traffic over standard IP networks
Netreon demos directory-basedAlthough the product won't ship until at least this summer, Netreon recently provided a glimpse into the future of Windows 2000-based SAN management with a "proof-of-concept" demonstration of directory-based software
Nishan delivers SoIP switchesAfter more than a year of drumrolls, Nishan Systems last month began shipping multi-protocol storage switches that enable end users to build native IP storage area networks (SANs)
Online PC backup firms turn toward businessesAccording to International Data Corp. (IDC), many online PC backup and "Web folder" companies are refocusing their business models away from consumers and toward businesses.
SNIA builds shared-storage modelThe Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is developing a shared-storage model that it hopes will benefit both end users and vendors as they grapple with diverse storage architectures and terminology
Sun continues software spreeLast month, Sun Microsystems announced an agreement to acquire LSC Inc., an Eagan, MN-based developer of high-performance file system and storage management software for the Solaris operating system
QaNAS, SANs, and SSPsThe following Q&A-with storage consultant and book author Jon William Toigo-was excerpted from an online chat session hosted by www.searchstorage.com, a Web-based search engine site for storage-related articles and information
New ProductsNew Products<b>Procom attacks NetApp, EMC</b><BR>Taking aim at network-attached storage (NAS) market leaders Network Appliance and EMC, Procom Technology recently introduced high-end NAS servers based on Fibre Channel disk technology
Analysts ViewStorage virtualization: What, how, and whyBecause virtualization sets the foundation for the enterprise storage utility, it's crucial for IT planners to understand its first principles and not be fooled by the hype
Special ReportTape's evolving roleFalling prices, near-immediate data access, and data replication technologies may make disk an interesting alternative to tape for backing up mission-critical data
EditorialWhat's hot in 2001?Irecently asked one of the prominent storage industry analysts what the hottest topics were for this year, and he immediately answered "storage virtualization" and "DAFS."
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