Software, services are the sweet spots December 21, 2004
-- End-user spending in the overall storage market is expected to creep at an anemic 3.6% CAGR over the next few years, but spending on storage software and services will increase more rapidly and garner a larger share of the market, according to research from International Data Corp.
IBM delivers on SVC promise December 14, 2004
-- In adding support for EMC's complete line of CLARiiON CX disk arrays to its SAN Volume Controller (SVC) virtualization software, analysts say IBM has taken one small step for storage networking and one giant step for users.
Hitachi targets SMBs with SATA array December 8, 2004
-- Hitachi Data Systems yesterday announced availability of its first disk array for the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market--the Serial ATA-based Thunder 9520V Workgroup Modular Storage System.
The role of the channel is rising December 1, 2004
-- Although it varies depending on what type of storage product you're talking about, the majority of storage purchases go through the channel
Storage-specific teams a necessity December 1, 2004
-- As the management of storage supersedes management of servers, system administrators may need to morph into system/storage administrators.
What are the applications for IP Storage? December 1, 2004
-- Case studies illustrate how IP Storage protocols such as iSCSI, FCIP, and iFCP provide more-affordable storage connectivity options.
VARs/integrators/users share D2D experiences December 1, 2004
-- Disk-to-disk (D2D) or disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup architectures are rapidly gaining acceptance by IT organizations constrained by their reliance on tape-based backup and restore.
User survey reveals BC/DR trends December 1, 2004
-- The third in a series of articles on data protection focuses on business continuance and disaster recovery.
NeoPath joins NFM ranks December 1, 2004
-- The rapid proliferation of NAS devices over the last several years has led to management problems.
Adoption of fabric-based intelligence stalled December 1, 2004
-- Two recent surveys conducted by the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) consulting firm suggest that vendors, not users, are in control of the emerging fabric-based intelligence market.
CommVault rolls out next-gen software December 1, 2004
-- With the recent release of its second-generation QiNetix platform, CommVault is taking further steps to differentiate its software from traditional backup-and-recovery applications as well as specialized storage management suites from a variety of vendors, including AppIQ and CreekPath.
Crosswalk software aimed at mid-market December 1, 2004
-- Start-up Crosswalk Inc. is targeting the "M" part of the SMB (small to medium-sized business) market with storage management software that is based on a unique (at least in the midrange market, according to analysts) knowledge base engine.
In the lab: SATA D2D backup for desktops December 1, 2004
-- Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives in low-cost RAID arrays and disk-to-disk (D2D) backup are usually thought of as server technologies.