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Table of ContentsEditorial2D or not 2D: That is no longer the questionThere seems to be little doubt that disk-to-disk (D2D) backup/recovery is the hottest trend in the storage industry today.
FeaturesBackup/archiving survey: Tape still dominatesThe second in a series of articles on backup-related issues reveals end-user trends in tape and disk strategies.
Disk-to-disk-to-tape backup alternatives, part 2D2D2T devices can be categorized as appliances, disk libraries, or virtual tape systems, all of which are viable solutions.
Business BriefsNews Analysis TrendsCisco extends SANsIn what company officials billed as its most significant storage announcement of the year, Cisco recently released a number of products and enhancements in the MDS 9000 line of switches and software, most of which were related primarily to improving SAN extension.
Consortium focuses on information sharingTwenty-eight vendors representing a cross section of companies in the telecommunications, government, military, aerospace, and IT industries banded together recently to create the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), a collaborative forum that plans to build a global network environment that promotes information sharing and interoperability.
CreekPath upgrades softwareCreekPath Systems recently released an enhanced version of its storage management suite that includes a new active multi-path management capability as well as features that make the software more scalable.
Disk-based WORM eases compliance issuesCompliance Series: Part 3
EMC picks up DantzEMC recently acquired Dantz Development Corp., a 20-year-old provider of backup-and-recovery software for the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market, to the tune of about $50 million.
IBM strengthens disk platformsFocuses on partitioning, virtualization
Iron Mountain to acquire ConnectedIron Mountain last month announced its intent to acquire Connected Corp., a provider of online backup-and-recovery products and services, in an all-cash transaction valued at about $117 million.
McData router consolidates storage area network islandsMcData recently extended it SAN router line with the announcement of the 16-port Eclipse 2640, which can link heterogeneous SANs.
Microsoft eyes data-protection marketMicrosoft has signaled its intent to jump further into the storage market with the announcement of a continuous disk-based replication and recovery product.
StorageTek acquires StorabilityExpands, re-brands disk arrays
Survey reveals users' storage prioritiesTheInfoPro (TIP) is in the process of completing Wave 4 of its bi-annual study of the storage networking and storage management markets based on in-depth interviews with hundreds of Fortune 1000 and mid-market companies in North America, as well as European storage professionals.
Special ReportGateways bring NAS into the data centerNAS gateways converge SAN and NAS, enabling storage consolidation and a single pool of storage to manage
Reader I OInfiniBand holds promise for HPC environmentsQ: In a previous column, you discussed the challenges of providing storage to high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. How does InfiniBand enable storage for HPC clusters?
Lab ReviewNAS-SAN fusion: Windows vs. Linux; Building a SAN for SMBs, part 5We compare a NAS-SAN gateway based on Microsoft's Windows Storage Server 2003 to a file server running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
New ProductsSnia On StorageSNIA road map sets course for ILMThe Data Management Forum plans to clear the confusion surrounding information life-cycle management.
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November 2004
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