Pillar pushes into the SMB market</h1> <article> <h1>Pillar pushes into the SMB market</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:30:30 GMT</p> <strong>August 12, 2008</strong> -- Pillar Data Systems has been steadily rolling out new products over the past year with the aim of reaching smaller customers. Now, the company seems to have achieved its goal of moving from an enterprise-only storage provider into the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market... </article> <article> <h1>Pivot3 combines server, storage virtualization</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:10:20 GMT</p> <strong>August 7, 2008</strong> -- Pivot3 is hoping to break out of its niche role as a storage provider for the digital video surveillance market with the debut of a new platform for the masses that runs both server virtualization and storage virtualization on one massive IP storage cluster. </article> <article> <h1>Micron rolls out enterprise-class SSDs</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:40:50 GMT</p> <strong>August 6, 2008</strong> -- Micron Technology this week announced the next generation of its solid-state disk (SSD) drives for enterprise servers and notebook computing applications. </article> <article> <h1>EMC unveils Clariion arrays with spin-down drives, SSDs</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:21:00 GMT</p> <strong>August 5, 2008</strong> -- EMC today announced the availability of the Clariion CX4 Series, a new line of midrange storage systems that brings together a myriad of features and functions... </article> <article> <h1>Storage buyers battle struggling economy</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:40:40 GMT</p> <strong>August 4, 2008</strong> -- Economic downturns typically touch off budget cuts and if IT buyers have not felt the squeeze yet, you will: It's coming and coming fast. ... </article> <article> <h1>Wikibon launches energy initiative</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:40:50 GMT</p> <strong>August 4, 2008</strong> -- Wikibon, a technology research and advisory community, today announced an energy conservation initiative ... </article> <article> <h1>Lab Review: Using data de-dupe for VM backup</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:35:20 GMT</p> <strong>August 1, 2008</strong> -- For today's IT decision-makers, storage provisioning is at the core of a perfect storm hitting IT operations. ... </article> <article> <h1>NetApp de-dupes competitors' primary storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:31:00 GMT</p> <strong>July 31, 2008</strong> -- NetApp this week fired a shot across the respective bows of its competitors with the announcement that its V-Series family of storage virtualization controllers... </article> <article> <h1>IBM debuts TSM suite with CDP</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:40:30 GMT</p> <strong>July 30, 2008</strong> -- IBM today launched the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) FastBack software suite, the first set of new products resulting from the company's acquisition of FilesX in April. ... </article> <article> <h1>Advanced Vault supports D2D for 64-bit operating systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:00:50 GMT</p> <strong>July 28, 2008</strong> -- Advanced Vault's disk-to-disk (D2D) backup appliances are designed to replace complicated manual tasks with automated data protection and recovery. ... </article> <article> <h1>Multi-tier storage saves energy, space</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:40:10 GMT</p> <strong>July 25, 2008</strong> -- Power, cooling, and space limitations are key issues faced by IT managers. Demand-side contributors include decreased hardware acquisition costs, sharp increases in server density, and an exponential rise in the volume of data being stored and managed. </article> <article> <h1>BakBone adds Windows recovery to NetVault</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:55:10 GMT</p> <strong>July 24, 2008</strong> -- In an effort to build out its data protection and recovery capabilities for Windows environments, BakBone Software this week announced NetVault: Real-Time Data Protector, a software tool that offers recovery of Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and Windows file system data in as fast as 30 seconds, according to company officials. </article> <article> <h1>Brocade buys Foundry for $3 billion</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:55:40 GMT</p> <strong>July 23, 2008 -- </strong>In a shot across Cisco Systems' bow, Brocade this week announced that it has inked a definitive agreement to acquire switching and routing vendor Foundry Networks for $3 billion, adding a solid Ethernet networking portfolio to Brocade's storage networking product line and giving the company a boost in its quest for unified data networks. </article> <article> <h1>Texas Memory ships SSD drives</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:00:20 GMT</p> <strong>July 22, 2008</strong> -- Solid state disk (SSD) vendor Texas Memory Systems today announced the availability of a new RAM-based storage system with non-volatile SSD capable of sustaining up to 600,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) and delivering up to 512GB of capacity in a 4U rack-mount chassis. </article> <article> <h1>Nexsan ships AutoMAID disk array</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:35:40 GMT</p> <strong>July 21, 2008</strong> -- Nexsan Technologies today introduced the DATABeast, a storage system capable of scaling to 4PB of capacity and designed to save power with AutoMAID (Automatic Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology. </article> <article> <h1>Asempra upgrades Windows recovery tool</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:10:10 GMT</p> <strong>July 18, 2008</strong> -- Data-recovery specialist Asempra Technologies is set to announce a new version of its Asempra Business Continuity Server (BCS) on Monday, with expanded application support and performance and scalability upgrades for recovering applications in Microsoft environments. </article> <article> <h1>Sun, IBM to ship 1TB tape drives</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:00:10 GMT</p> <strong>July 16, 2008</strong> -- There is some big news in the world of tape this week -- big, that is, in terms of capacity. </article> <article> <h1>ONStor takes aim at NetApp</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:45:30 GMT</p> <strong>July 15, 2008</strong> -- With NetApp in its sights -- specifically, the FAS3070A, FAS6040A, and FAS6080A -- ONStor today announced the Cougar 6000 series of NAS gateways, which are higher-performance versions of the company's Bobcat NAS gateways. </article> <article> <h1>Storage software market to surpass $17 billion by 2012</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:26:00 GMT</p> <strong>July 15, 2008</strong> -- According to a recent report from International Data Corp. (IDC), "Worldwide Storage Software 2008-2012 Forecast," the global market for storage software will exceed $17 billion by 2012, representing a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2007 through 2012. </article> <article> <h1>Why you need SRM and SAN management</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:50:30 GMT</p> <strong>July 11, 2008</strong> -- Managing information assets has become more critical as organizations seek ways to reduce costs associated with storing information, better understand what information assets exist and where, and ensure operational uptime of the infrastructure. To achieve these goals, managers need to make timely decisions about their infrastructure that will impact where information assets reside and how they are managed. </article> <article> <h1>Evaluating options for tape encryption</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:20:20 GMT</p> <strong>July 10, 2008</strong> -- Given that the pressures to encrypt data at-rest are continuing to mount, and the IEEE Secure Storage Working Group is nearly finished establishing standards for disk/tape encryption and key management, it is time to revisit some operational considerations associated with planning and policy development for tape encryption. </article> <article> <h1>Sun ships open-source arrays</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:25:10 GMT</p> <strong>July 9, 2008</strong> -- Sun Microsystems today continued to push its open-source storage initiative with the debut of a new family of low-cost disk arrays and the availability of the Sun Fire X4540, a new addition to the company’s Sun Fire X4500 "Thumper" family. The X4540 has faster processors, PCI Express (PCIe) connectivity, and more memory than previous systems. </article> <article> <h1>VAR outlook: Q2 'subdued,' Q3 to improve</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:20:30 GMT</p> <strong>July 8, 2008</strong> -- Robert W. Baird & Co. recently completed its quarterly survey of the VAR market and concluded that Q2 results were "subdued" and that VARs were expecting a "slight improvement" in the third quarter. </article> <article> <h1>NEC scores OEM deal for D-Series arrays</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:40:30 GMT</p> <strong>July 7, 2008</strong> -- NEC Corporation of America announced today it has struck a deal with RAID Inc. that will bring NEC's D-Series modular storage arrays to more customers in the high-performance computing (HPC), government, research and corporate storage markets. </article> <article> <h1>Tek-Tools tightens link with virtual servers</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:31:00 GMT</p> <strong>July 3, 2008</strong> -- Tek-Tools Software has introduced an enhanced version of its Profiler Suite resource management software product with improved end-to-end data path mapping between virtual and physical resources, a new module for virtual tape library (VTL) support, and more detailed reporting capabilities for backup processes and media. </article> <article> <h1>Dell adds storage services</h1> <p>Kevin Komiega — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:40:40 GMT</p> <strong>July 2, 2008 </strong>-- In an effort to streamline its storage consulting services, Dell is bringing together technologies and storage expertise from recent acquisitions and partnerships to improve its storage management, data-protection, and disaster-recovery service offerings. </article> <article> <h1>Pillar launches faster storage systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:16:00 GMT</p> <strong>July 1, 2008 </strong>-- Pillar Data Systems continued to push its arrays from the midrange into the enterprise today with the launch of the Axiom 600 and 600MC (Mission Critical), which have more horsepower and application provisioning profiles than previous versions. </article> <article> <h1>Plasmon, NetApp offer archiving platform</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:00:10 GMT</p> <strong>June 30, 2008</strong> -- Optical archiving vendor Plasmon has joined forces with NetApp to deliver a new hybrid archiving system that combines NetApp’s disk storage for quick data recovery and Plasmon’s optical archiving platforms for long-term retention. </article> <article> <h1>Brocade outlines FCoE plans</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:06:00 GMT</p> <strong>June 27, 2008</strong>—Brocade executives took the stage in New York this week at the company's annual meeting with investors and analysts to detail the company's latest products and to temper some of the hype and expectations swirling around the availability of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) networking technologies. </article> <article> <h1>HP launches de-duplicating backup systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:06:00 GMT</p> <strong>June 26, 2008</strong>—Hewlett-Packard has announced a new crop of enterprise-class virtual tape libraries (VTLs) equipped with data de-duplication software OEM'd from Sepaton, as well as a homegrown de-duplication feature for its family of disk-based backup systems for SMBs. </article> <article> <h1>The promise of FCoE, the reality of adoption</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:06:00 GMT</p> <strong>June 25, 2008</strong>—Since Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) was first proposed as a standard nearly a year ago by a collection of network storage vendors, the noise surrounding the technology has been deafening. Touted as the next-generation networking and storage technology, FCoE is an elixir for data centers that suffer from excessive power consumption, cabling nightmares, and spiraling costs. </article> <article> <h1>Cisco enhances virtual data centers</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 24, 2008</B>—Cisco today announced several additions to its portfolio of Data Center 3.0 unified fabric products and services aimed at helping customers virtualize data centers and provision applications more efficiently. </article> <article> <h1>Data Domain adds file-locking option for compliance</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 23, 2008</b>—De-duplication specialist Data Domain added a new software feature to its repertoire today when the company announced Retention Lock </article> <article> <h1>Continuity releases DR management software</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 20, 2008</B>—Continuity Software is set to release version 3.0 of its RecoverGuard disaster-recovery (DR) monitoring and management software with a new set of enhancements that allows the product to detect and correct DR threats and vulnerabilities in VMware environments. </article> <article> <h1>Atempo adds e-mail to file archiving platform</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 19, 2008</B>—Atempo has added to its file archiving platform with this week's introduction of Atempo Digital Archive for Messaging (ADAM) 2.0, a new e-mail and instant messaging archiving software product. </article> <article> <h1>Copan overhauls enterprise VTL</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 18, 2008</B>—Copan Systems has added a series of enhancements to its Revolution 300 Series virtual tape library (VTL) platform that increase storage density, security, performance, and the reliability of the system's de-duplication engine. </article> <article> <h1>NEC debuts HA software for virtual servers</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 17, 2008</B>—NEC Corporation of America has announced an enhanced version of its system continuity software that offers application and data protection for server virtualization platforms, including VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer. </article> <article> <h1>Dell puts 2.5-inch SAS drives in PowerVault arrays</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 16, 2008</B>—Dell today introduced the PowerVault MD1120 disk array, which features 2.5-inch small-form-factor (SFF) disk drives. Although Dell has been offering both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives in its PowerEdge servers for some time, the MD1120 marks the first time the company is integrating 2.5-inch SAS drives in its storage subsystems. </article> <article> <h1>FalconStor integrates VTL with NetBackup</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 16, 2008</B>—FalconStor has announced availability of the Virtual Tape Library (VTL) OpenStorage Option, a new feature that turns FalconStor's VTL into a native storage target for Symantec's Veritas NetBackup 6.5 data-protection software. </article> <article> <h1>Incipient automates data migration</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 13, 2008</B>—It's surprising to think that spreadsheets and bodies still rule the day in the world of data migration, but it's true. Getting data off old storage arrays and onto new systems is still a personnel-intensive and pricey process. </article> <article> <h1>Benefits of a storage services architecture</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 13, 2008</B>—The basic premise behind a storage services architecture is to address infrastructure as a granular set of reusable services that can be invoked as needed by the appropriate business application. </article> <article> <h1>NetApp refreshes FAS, adds caching appliances</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 12, 2008</B>—NetApp feels the need for speed. The company this week announced a new family of appliances and a set of plug-in caching modules </article> <article> <h1>IBM adds space saving features to SVC</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 11, 2008</B>—IBM today announced that it has upgraded the software features of its System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) virtualization device to bring some space saving capabilities to users concerned about disk capacity and power consumption </article> <article> <h1>Symantec announces virtual server and storage platform</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 10, 2008</B>—Symantec announced today that it has joined forces with Citrix Systems to offer customers a virtual server and storage infrastructure that the companies claim are more than the sum of its parts. </article> <article> <h1>Symantec adds de-dupe, CDP to NetBackup</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 10, 2008</B>—Symantec today announced a series of updates to its Veritas NetBackup software platform, including the integration of data de-duplication and continuous data protection (CDP) technologies previously available only as stand-alone products. </article> <article> <h1>Sepaton delivers enterprise VTL with de-dupe</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 9, 2008</B>—Sepaton today announced the S2100-ES2 Series 1000 virtual tape library (VTL), a new model of its data de-duplicating backup systems that will take its place atop the company's product family in terms of capacity, throughput, and de-duplication performance. </article> <article> <h1>Primary storage and the green data center</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 6, 2008</B>—The green data center—or rather the lack thereof—is a serious issue. Bloated energy budgets are finally impacting IT after years of successfully ignoring them </article> <article> <h1>Sun joins the SSD scramble</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:06:00 GMT</p> <strong>June 5, 2008</strong>—In a meeting with press and analysts this week, Sun Microsystems announced that it is on the verge of shipping a new crop of homegrown flash-based storage systems that combine general-purpose hardware, solid-state disks (SSDs), and open-source software. </article> <article> <h1>The new case for open source data protection</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 4, 2008</B>—Open source tools, utilities, and products have been available for many years. While these alternatives tend to offer low acquisition costs, companies have been hesitant to adopt them for several reasons. </article> <article> <h1>Nexsan ships SAS array with MAID</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 3, 2008</B>—This week, Nexsan Technologies introduced the SASBoy RAID array, which features the company's AutoMAID (massive array of idle disks) technology. The introduction marks Nexsan's first foray into the SAS market. </article> <article> <h1>How green is your storage?</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:06:00 GMT</p> <B>June 2, 2008</B>—An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report to Congress [1] compared the energy consumption of four primary data-center components: high-end servers, midrange servers, networking equipment, and storage devices. </article> <article> <h1>How server virtualization affects storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 30, 2008</B>—It's no secret that virtualization is one of the hottest trends in IT, but what's less clear is how virtual servers impact end users' storage strategies. </article> <article> <h1>Plasmon virtualizes archiving</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 30, 2008</B>—Plasmon is moving beyond the physical limitations of traditional optical archiving into a virtual world with the announcement of the latest release of its Enterprise Active Archive (EAA) platform. </article> <article> <h1>Xsigo, Verari offer virtual storage, I/O combo</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 29, 2008</B>—Blade vendor Verari Systems and I/O virtualization specialist Xsigo Systems announced a joint product partnership this week that has the duo offering high-density blade systems with virtualized network and storage connectivity in the same enclosure. </article> <article> <h1>CommVault upgrades SRM software</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 28, 2008</B>—CommVault has announced an updated version of CommVault Storage Manager, one of five software modules that make up the company's Simpana storage management software suite. </article> <article> <h1>Silver Peak accelerates WAN appliances</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 27, 2008</B>—Silver Peak Systems has introduced the NX-9000 Acceleration Appliance, the newest and biggest member in its family of NX systems, with 10Gbps interfaces, wire-speed encryption, de-duplication, and a new set of acceleration techniques </article> <article> <h1>Video storage has unique requirements</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 23, 2008</B>—Generating video content is no longer the exclusive domain of television and movie companies. The Internet is exploding with video and other rich media content. </article> <article> <h1>Double-Take speeds up P2V migrations</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 23, 2008</B>—Double-Take Software has enhanced its flagship Double-Take for Windows software with a Virtual Recovery Assistant (VRA) module that the company claims can reduce physical-to-virtual (P2V) migrations in VMware ESX environments from hours or days to a matter of minutes. </article> <article> <h1>BakBone embeds VMware support</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 22, 2008</B>—BakBone Software has become the latest vendor to integrate its data-protection software with VMware virtual server technology with the release of NetVault 8.1 and a software plug-in </article> <article> <h1>Atempo intros CDP for SaaS providers</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 21, 2008</B>—Atempo is set to ship a new version of its Live Backup data-protection and archiving software that will mark its first continuous data-protection (CDP) offering for the Linux and Mac OS X markets, as well as the company's first foray into providing a platform for service providers interested in delivering storage services via the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. </article> <article> <h1>EMC adds de-duplication to disk libraries</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 20, 2008</B>—EMC pulled back the curtain at this week's EMC World user conference to reveal a family of de-duplicating disk libraries, new disk drive spin-down capabilities, and low-power drives for its high-end DL 4000 virtual tape library (VTL), </article> <article> <h1>HDS unifies storage management tools</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 19, 2008</B>—Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) today made headway in its quest to unify the management of block-, file-, and content-based storage with the introduction of the Hitachi Storage Command Suite </article> <article> <h1>Brocade rolls out 8Gbps HBAs, switches</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 16, 2008</B>—As Brocade builds momentum for its vision of unified networks in the data center, the company continues to roll out real-world hardware to support users suffering the limitations of existing fabrics as they deploy virtual server and storage infrastructures. </article> <article> <h1>HP revamps database archiving software</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 16, 2008</B>—In an effort to combat "database bloat" and better manage data throughout its lifecycle, Hewlett-Packard has introduced an enhanced version of its HP Database Archiving software </article> <article> <h1>Spectra Logic enters de-dupe VTL market</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 15, 2008</B>—There's a new player in the world of de-duplicating virtual tape libraries (VTLs). Spectra Logic has inked a deal with FalconStor Software </article> <article> <h1>Caringo touts clustered storage capabilities</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 14, 2008</B>—Caringo has announced a new version of its CAStor content-addressed storage (CAS) platform with an eye toward making its software an attractive, low-cost option for users interested in clustered storage. </article> <article> <h1>Data Domain boosts de-duplication performance</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 13, 2008</B>—Data Domain has moved from dual-core to quad-core processors to deliver a new data de-duplication system that boasts a 75% boost in performance, more capacity, and extended support for remote office replication. </article> <article> <h1>VMware automates disaster recovery for virtual servers</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 12, 2008</B>—VMware has announced a new tool for disaster-recovery management and automation in virtual server environments with today's launch of VMware Site Recovery Manager, a software product that works with VMware Infrastructure, VMware VirtualCenter, and replication software </article> <article> <h1>The power shift to green storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 9, 2008</B>—According to IDC, average data-center energy costs are growing at 20% per year and are expected to double by 2012. Discussions with Wikibon.org users confirm this expectation, as shown in <B>Figure 1</B>. Compounding this dynamic is the fact that power density is going up for all IT equipment, at a rate of 20% to 30% per year. </article> <article> <h1>Riverbed ties into network management tools</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 8, 2008</B>—After fine-tuning its WAN acceleration hardware appliances, Riverbed Technology has announced a round of software upgrades to its Central Management Console (CMC), </article> <article> <h1>HP announces multi-petabyte file storage system</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 7, 2008</B>—Hewlett-Packard has announced the upcoming availability of the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System (ExDS9100), a high-performance, high-capacity system specifically built to house and serve file-level data for businesses </article> <article> <h1>MonoSphere adds capacity management for VMware</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 6, 2008</B>—Storage management software maker MonoSphere today announced a round of enhancements to its Storage Horizon capacity management product, including more features for VMware environments, </article> <article> <h1>Mimosa ships file system archiving platform</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 5, 2008</B>—Mimosa Systems is branching out. The company, known primarily for e-mail and instant-message (IM) archiving products, will announce tomorrow the NearPoint File System Archiving (FSA) system </article> <article> <h1>RenewData speeds up e-discovery</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 2, 2008</B>—Searching thousands of backup tapes for individual files or e-mails is often time-intensive and costly. That is why RenewData is applying a new technology in its tape processing services that can quickly comb large volumes of tapes for discovery and risk management of stored information. </article> <article> <h1>IBM launches SaaS storage services</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT</p> <B>May 1, 2008</B>—This week, IBM announced its first foray into the on-demand data-protection market with the introduction of new Information Protection Services offerings based on Software as a Service (SaaS) technologies obtained via last year's acquisition of Arsenal Digital Solutions. </article> <article> <h1>Caringo teams with Moonwalk for CAS migration</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 30, 2008</B>—Storage management software maker Moonwalk has joined forces with content-addressed storage (CAS) specialist Caringo to offer end users a heterogeneous solution for migrating data from proprietary hardware systems to Caringo's CAStor archiving platform. </article> <article> <h1>Sun adds tools, services for open-source storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 29, 2008</B>—Sun Microsystems today announced the addition of new developer tools and expanded professional service capabilities to help developers make use of Sun's freely available open-source storage software found in the Solaris operating system. </article> <article> <h1>WAFS/WDS product roundup</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 28, 2008</B>—The market for wide area file services (WAFS), wide area data services (WDS), and WAN optimization technologies continues to grow as end users grapple with keeping distributed enterprises connected with fast access to applications and data over wide area networks (WANs). </article> <article> <h1>LAB REVIEW: iSCSI array racks up high performance</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 25, 2008</B>—Rasilient Systems' RASTOR line of storage systems integrate custom-tuned Linux software and rely on software to provide RAID, provision virtual disk volumes, and manage iSCSI connectivity. For enterprise-class networking, the software balances iSCSI traffic load and fail-over using multiple NICs, while simplifying client management by presenting a single IP address. </article> <article> <h1>What's a 'next-gen FC array?'</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 24, 2008</B>—The Taneja Group research and consulting firm has produced a report, titled "Next Generation Fibre Channel Storage Systems Market Forecast: 2007-2011," that provides market size estimates/predictions, </article> <article> <h1>TCG addresses storage security</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 23, 2008</B>—The increased growth of various storage media has occurred at a time when increased security is required for data. In some respects, the growth has caused new data security problems. </article> <article> <h1>CommVault teams with Index Engines</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 22, 2008</B>—CommVault today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Index Engines to jointly offer users a new way to extract and process information from legacy backup tapes </article> <article> <h1>ag�mi upgrades iSCSI arrays</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 21, 2008</B>—ag�mi Systems has added to its line of ag�mi Information Server (AIS) unified storage systems with the recent launch of the AIS3006i, </article> <article> <h1>IBM acquires Diligent for de-duplication</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 18, 2008</B>—IBM announced today that it has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire enterprise data de-duplication vendor Diligent Technologies in a move designed to plug a gap in its product lineup and bring de-duplication technology to the entire IBM storage portfolio. </article> <article> <h1>FalconStor releases IPStor 6.0</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 17, 2008</B>—FalconStor Software announced this week that it is taking a new tack toward selling its data-protection software with a round of upgrades </article> <article> <h1>The benefits of clustered block storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 16, 2008</B>—Today?s data centers can add storage capacity to almost incomprehensible levels. However, optimal storage capacity utilization or increased capacity does not necessarily equate to increased or optimal performance. </article> <article> <h1>Evaluating options for file system software</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 15, 2008</B>—One of the biggest challenges facing IT organizations today is the exponential growth of unstructured data. This trend is a result of numerous business drivers such as regulatory requirements to retain data, increasing amounts of information being created in digital form, and Web 2.0 applications. </article> <article> <h1>IBM to buy FilesX</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 14, 2008</B>—In a bid to bring block-level continuous data-protection (CDP) technology into its Tivoli software portfolio, IBM has announced it has inked a deal to acquire FilesX </article> <article> <h1>It's time for primary storage optimization</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 11, 2008</B>—The amount of information generated by enterprises has greatly increased over the last five years. Because enterprises often keep multiple copies of data for recovery and other purposes, storage capacity growth is a multiple of information growth and it is spiraling out of control </article> <article> <h1>SNW product highlights, Day 3</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 10, 2008</B>—Rounding out our coverage of some of the product highlights at this week's Storage Networking World (SNW) show in Orlando... </article> <article> <h1>SNW product highlights, Day 2</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 9, 2008</B>—Day 2 of Storage Networking World (SNW) was all about Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). The emerging protocol, which has yet to achieve standard status, got a big boost today as a who's-who list of storage vendors pledged support and demonstrated real-world products based on FCoE. </article> <article> <h1>SNW product highlights, Day 1</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 8, 2008</B>—Over the next few days we'll be bringing you product highlights from the Storage Networking World (SNW) trade show in Orlando, FL. </article> <article> <h1>Reldata adds NAS wizards</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 7, 2008</B>—In an effort to reduce the complexity typically associated with implementing combinations of iSCSI SAN and CIFS/NFS NAS, Reldata today announced a set of NAS Adaptive Storage Wizards for its model 9240 iSCSI Unified Storage Systems and Gateways. </article> <article> <h1>Fusion-io debuts solid-state drives</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 4, 2008</B>—Another start-up has joined the emerging fray in the enterprise solid-state storage market. Fusion-io recently announced the general availability of the company's first product, the ioDrive PCIe card. </article> <article> <h1>SAS product update: Xyratex, Promise, Arena</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 3, 2008</B>—Xyratex this week announced the OneStor SP1224s, a new member of the company's OneStor Extensible Storage Platform (ESP) family </article> <article> <h1>Nimbus debuts hybrid IP array</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 2, 2008</B>—Nimbus Data Systems today announced the Breeze Hybrid series of IP storage subsystems and software. The systems can be considered hybrids for a number of reasons </article> <article> <h1>Start-up claims 11,000 IOPS</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:04:00 GMT</p> <B>April 1, 2008</B>—Atrato recently launched the Velocity1000 (V1000) storage system, the company's first product aimed at high-speed, high-volume I/O processing for high-performance computing (HPC) and digital entertainment applications. </article> <article> <h1>Brocade debuts file virtualization box</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 31, 2008</B>—Brocade has announced a new twist on its file virtualization technology in the form of the Brocade File Management Engine (FME), a 2U in-band network appliance that automates the movement and management of file data in Windows environments. </article> <article> <h1>Symantec updates Storage Foundation for Windows</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 28, 2008</B>—In keeping with its plans to be first out of the gate with software support for Windows Server 2008, Symantec has announced the newest versions of its high-availability storage and server management software—Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 High Availability for Windows, and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows. </article> <article> <h1>PMC-Sierra intros controller-based encryption</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 26, 2008</B>—PMC-Sierra recently announced the availability of a new controller-based encryption product family that can be deployed in existing Fibre Channel, SAS, or SATA storage systems and encrypt data without affecting performance </article> <article> <h1>Gear6 offers entry-level caching appliance</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 25, 2008</B>—Gear6 recently introduced the CACHEfx G100, a trimmed-down version of its centralized caching appliance designed to extend the reach of its products into new environments by making the technology more affordable. </article> <article> <h1>Sun expands open archiving products</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 21, 2008</B>—Sun Microsystems has introduced a slew of new products designed to store, manage, and secure data for long-term archiving. </article> <article> <h1>BlueArc doubles performance of high-end NAS systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 20, 2008</B>—BlueArc has once again doubled the size and speed of its high-performance network-attached storage (NAS) systems with the launch of the Titan 3000 series—the newest addition to the company's line of unified storage systems for file services consolidation. </article> <article> <h1>HDS beefs up search for NAS, archiving platforms</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 19, 2008</B>—In an effort to navigate the tricky task of searching and retrieving unmanaged data in the data center, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has introduced a file and content services product </article> <article> <h1>Pillar streamlines storage provisioning for virtual environments</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 18, 2008</B>—In an effort to overcome performance and capacity utilization problems associated with deploying traditional storage systems in support of virtual server environments, Pillar Data Systems has introduced a set of pre-configured application profiles </article> <article> <h1>Neterion virtualizes server-to-storage I/O with 10GbE adapters</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 17, 2008</B>—Neterion, a maker of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters, has announced a new line of 10GbE adapters designed to bridge the gap between servers and storage in virtual environments. </article> <article> <h1>PivotStor launches e-mail archiving appliances</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 14, 2008</B>—Start-up PivotStor this week took the wraps off an e-mail archiving/management appliance that it hopes to differentiate from multiple vendors' point products with an "all-in-one" bundled configuration </article> <article> <h1>Hifn debuts triple-function de-dupe cards</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 13, 2008</B>—Hifn this week announced the addition of two members in its Express DR family—the Express DR 250 and DR 255. Besides encryption and compression, the cards include hardware-accelerated data de-duplication. </article> <article> <h1>Cleversafe commercializes open source storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 12, 2008</B>—The Cleversafe project was launched on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) as an open-source storage initiative with one goal: creating a "storage Internet." </article> <article> <h1>Lab Review: 8Gbps FC SAN delivers blazing speed</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 11, 2008</B>—At most small to medium-sized business (SMB) sites, Fibre Channel-based SANs have long been viewed as complex and costly solutions that could be avoided by using direct-attached storage (DAS). </article> <article> <h1>HP ships 8Gbps FC SAN kit</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 10, 2008</B>—Hewlett-Packard today announced a new StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Kit based on 8Gbps Fibre Channel switches and host bus adapters (HBAs) from QLogic. </article> <article> <h1>Exanet scales clustered NAS</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 7, 2008</B>—Exanet this week announced upgrades to its product line—now dubbed ExaStore 2008 Clustered NAS System—that increase the scalability of the systems and software in terms of both capacity and performance. </article> <article> <h1>Storage announcements from CeBIT</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 7, 2008</B>—The sprawling CeBIT show is taking place this week in Hannover, Germany, and show organizers claim 5,845 exhibitors from 77 countries. Here's a sampling of storage-related news from the show: </article> <article> <h1>Brocade acquisition adds virtualization services</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 6, 2008</B>—Brocade this week announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Business Systems (SBS), a privately held provider of IT professional services. </article> <article> <h1>HP ships low-cost SAN array</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 5, 2008</B>—Hewlett-Packard took a long look at its family of Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) midrange SAN systems and decided that the low end of the EVA line was missing the mark when it came to the cost and ease-of-use requirements of medium-sized businesses. </article> <article> <h1>EMC upgrades CDP, launches VTL for mainframes</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 4, 2008</B>—EMC has announced two additions to its data-protection portfolio, including a new version of its RecoverPoint network-based replication and continuous data protection (CDP) software and its first virtual tape library (VTL) system built specifically for IBM zSeries mainframe environments. </article> <article> <h1>Start-up to offer SSDs for enterprise arrays</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:03:00 GMT</p> <B>March 3, 2008</B>—The argument against deploying solid-state disk (SSD) devices on a large scale has always been one of cost, but there is a start-up with a plan to put a new class of high-performance SSD storage devices into enterprise storage arrays at a price that competes with that of traditional hard disk drives. </article> <article> <h1>Symantec enters online backup with SaaS</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 28, 2008</B>—Symantec's long-awaited entry into the online backup and recovery services market has come to fruition. </article> <article> <h1>C2C extends e-mail archiving capabilities</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 27, 2008</B>—C2C this week announced that it has extended its ArchiveOne e-mail archiving software to help administrators identify and secure data that is likely to be essential for internal or external legal requirements. </article> <article> <h1>Compellent: More performance, fewer drives</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 28, 2008</B>—Compellent has fine-tuned the way its SAN software writes data to disk drives with new techniques that could boost performance and capacity utilization while simultaneously reducing disk drive requirements by up to 80%, according to company officials. </article> <article> <h1>CA upgrades Recovery Management</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 26, 2008</B>—CA recently released new versions of three products in its Recovery Management portfolio, including ARCserve Backup, XOsoft High Availability, and XOsoft Replication </article> <article> <h1>EMC to buy Pi for personal info management</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 25, 2008</B>—When EMC acquires a company, it is usually a cut-and-dried proposition. The company's typical modus operandi is to identify a vendor with real-world products and an established customer base—Documentum for document management, Legato for backup and recovery, RSA for security, and so on—snatch them up and integrate their technology into the EMC portfolio. </article> <article> <h1>Data Domain targets remote offices</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 22, 2008</B>—Data Domain is extending its reach beyond the data center with a new de-duplicating system designed for data protection at remote office locations. </article> <article> <h1>Block virtualization case study #3: EMC Invista</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 21, 2008</B>—Wikibon was initially skeptical when EMC cited Purdue University as a key reference for its Invista 2.0 virtualization engine. Several Wikibon members indicated that a university environment was not the classic reference model for mission-critical business applications. </article> <article> <h1>Block virtualization case study #2: HDS USP V</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 20, 2008</B>—CS3 is a financial industry leader migrating to an IT model that relies on a "flat" or horizontal server approach, meaning it uses many smaller servers rather than smaller numbers of large servers. This proves challenging for the storage group because CS3 is often rolling in dozens of new servers each week. </article> <article> <h1>Block virtualization case study #1: IBM SVC</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 19, 2008</B>—While CS1, a large retailer, was satisfied with the performance and availability of its Tier-1 storage platforms (consisting exclusively of EMC's Symmetrix arrays), rapid growth of Tier-2 applications (mainly Windows-based) and increased demand for storage to support the company's growth were creating business constraints. </article> <article> <h1>LeftHand bundles virtual storage with VMware</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 18, 2008</B>—LeftHand Networks today announced a new way to buy a complete virtualized infrastructure by bundling VMware's ESX virtual server technology with LeftHand's own Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) software </article> <article> <h1>IBM overhauls storage lineup</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 15, 2008</B>—IBM this week announced a bevy of enhancements across its entire portfolio of storage hardware, from its high-end SAN, NAS, and data-archiving systems to its director-class switches and LTO-4 tape drives/libraries. </article> <article> <h1>Unitrends enhances data-protection appliances</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 14, 2008</B>—Unitrends has announced a new version of its Data Protection and Rapid Recovery platform and a high-capacity model of its Multi-Drive Archive System. </article> <article> <h1>SGI teams with LSI on virtualization platform</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 13, 2008</B>—SGI this week unveiled a virtualization appliance and software that provide a vendor-agnostic way to migrate data in any storage environment without application downtime. </article> <article> <h1>NetApp targets virtual environments</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 12, 2008</B>—Network Appliance today announced new software products for VMware virtual server infrastructures, as well as a set of professional services and a new partner program. </article> <article> <h1>Continuity offers DR management as a service</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 11, 2008</B>—Continuity Software is set to become the latest storage company to offer its product as a service. The company is scheduled to announce tomorrow that it has released a new Disaster Recovery (DR) Assurance service </article> <article> <h1>Emulex intros 8Gbps FC HBAs</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 8, 2008</B>—Emulex this week became the first major host bus adapter (HBA) vendor to announce shipments of 8Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs, which effectively double the I/O performance of existing HBAs. </article> <article> <h1>Software as a Service (SaaS) meets storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 8, 2008</B>—With the growing acceptance of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model, many storage software vendors are moving to gain a foothold in this emerging market. The SaaS application delivery model established its roots in the CRM, HR, billing, and collaboration application markets. </article> <article> <h1>HP unveils entry-level SAN array</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 7, 2008</B>—Hewlett-Packard this week announced the newest member of its family of SAN arrays for the small and medium-size business (SMB) market in the form of the StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array (MSA2000). </article> <article> <h1>Cisco delivers new switch for unified fabrics</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 6, 2008</B>—Cisco has begun delivering on its promise to provide a new family of switching products with the debut of the Nexus family of data-center-class Ethernet switches </article> <article> <h1>F5 expands file virtualization software</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 5, 2008</B>—This week, F5 Networks announced the general availability of two new software products for file virtualization environments: </article> <article> <h1>Dell EqualLogic launches iSCSI array</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 4, 2008</B>—One week after finalizing its $1.4 billion acquisition of EqualLogic, Dell today hosted a town meeting to assuage its channel partners (regarding pricing and potential overlap between Dell's direct sales force and its channel partners) </article> <article> <h1>Permabit ships multi-PB archiving system</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT</p> <B>February 1, 2008</B>—This week, Permabit announced the Enterprise Archive Data Center Series system, a long-term archiving platform with data-reduction and availability features </article> <article> <h1>Isilon delivers new clustered systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 31, 2008</B>—The widespread deployment of high-speed networking and virtualized computing technologies is beginning to expose storage as a bottleneck in high-performance environments. </article> <article> <h1>Gear6 updates software to tackle bottlenecks</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 30, 2008</B>—Gear6 has announced software upgrades for its high-speed caching appliances that promise improved problem resolution and accelerated I/O performance. </article> <article> <h1>FalconStor ships clustered VTL with global de-dupe</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 25, 2008</B>—FalconStor Software has released the next generation of its virtual tape library (VTL) product, this time with an eye toward enterprise environments in need of scalable VTLs with global data de-duplication. </article> <article> <h1>Open-E launches in the US</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 24, 2008</B>—Although it has being doing business in the US for some time, Open-E GmbH this week launched the Open-E Inc. subsidiary in the US, with offices in Redwood City, CA, and Boston, and is in the process of adding VARs in the US. </article> <article> <h1>EMC unveils online backup, SaaS strategy</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 23, 2008</B>—EMC this week took the wraps off its latest product offering and launched a new strategy for delivering Software as a Service (SaaS). The new product, an online backup-and-recovery service dubbed MozyEnterprise, marks EMC's first foray into the world of SaaS </article> <article> <h1>Brocade delivers on data-center strategy</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 22, 2008</B>—Brocade offered a sneak peek at its strategy for the future late last year and is now delivering products designed to be the foundation for a new generation of data centers. </article> <article> <h1>Thin-provisioning options for file systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 18, 2008</B>—Thin provisioning for file systems was first introduced in 2002 and has experienced renewed interest with the explosive growth in thin-provisioned block storage subsystems. </article> <article> <h1>EMC adds flash drives to Symmetrix DMX systems</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 16, 2008</B>—In an effort to gain an edge in high-performance storage environments, EMC this week announced the integration of flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs)—OEM'd from STEC—into its portfolio of Symmetrix DMX-4 storage systems. </article> <article> <h1>SNIA UPDATE: XAM standard to address long-term archiving</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 15, 2008</B>—Fixed content consists of data that doesn't change over time, such as digital images, e-mail messages, presentations, video content, medical images, and check images. </article> <article> <h1>LAB REVIEW: Compellent's DIR, SIR, and RIR</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 11, 2008</B>—Given all of the technology advances that are driving down the cost of storage the continued explosive level of growth in storage should not be a significant IT issue. Nonetheless, it is a major issue and the reason for that is the cost of storage management. That's especially true when provisioning, deploying, or recovering a server. </article> <article> <h1>FalconStor teams with Virtual Iron</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 10, 2008</B>?FalconStor Software, which specializes in disk-based data protection solutions, and Virtual Iron, a provider of server virtualization software, today announced an alliance to streamline storage and server virtualization deployments. </article> <article> <h1>Microsoft makes bid for FAST Search & Transfer</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 9, 2008</B>—Microsoft announced this week that it has made a $1.2 billion acquisition offer for enterprise search vendor FAST Search & Transfer in an effort to complement its enterprise infrastructure offerings by incorporating FAST's products into its portfolio. </article> <article> <h1>EMC ships entry-level Clariion for VMware</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 8, 2008</B>—EMC today announced a new low-end Clariion disk array aimed at meeting the storage needs of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), but this time around EMC has a specific type of SMB customer in mind—VMware users. </article> <article> <h1>Nexsan targets Apple Xserve market</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 7, 2008</B>—On Wednesday, Nexsan Technologies is expected to announce a RAID array designed specifically for the Apple Xserve server/storage market. </article> <article> <h1>NetApp expands SAN strategy with Onaro acquisition</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 4, 2008</B>—Network Appliance this week announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Onaro, a privately owned company with software that provides an application-centric view into a SAN's access paths, redundancy, replication, and performance. </article> <article> <h1>IBM buys start-up for fixed digital content</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 3, 2008</B>—IBM kicked off 2008 this week with news that it has acquired XIV, a privately held storage technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, which specializes in grid-based storage systems for fixed digital content. </article> <article> <h1>2007: Merger and acquisition recap</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:01:00 GMT</p> <B>January 3, 2008</B>—Although far from being a record-setting year in terms of either the number of acquisitions or the money spent, the merger and acquisition fever of previous years did carry into 2007. Here's a quick recap of storage-related acquisition activity in 2007: </article> <article> <h1><B>Double-Take acquires CDP vendor</B></h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 28, 2007</B>—In an effort to bolster its data protection and backup capabilities for both virtual and physical server environments, Double-Take Software this week announced the acquisition of TimeSpring, a Montreal-based vendor of continuous data protection (CDP) solutions. </article> <article> <h1>WAN optimization gaining ground</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 27, 2007</B>—Virtual private networks (VPNs) still reign supreme as the top technology for tying together the distributed enterprise, but as the number of mobile workers continues to skyrocket, WAN optimization and acceleration technologies are gaining ground in enterprise environments. . . </article> <article> <h1>Software is the key to 'green' storage</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 21, 2007</B>—The constant "green" clarion call is all around us, with vendors from all areas of IT jumping on the bandwagon and marketing themselves and their products as eco-friendly. Green packaging, green facilities, green disk drives, green arrays, green switches, etc. </article> <article> <h1>EMC offers business continuity services</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 20, 2007</B>—EMC today announced a new set of services designed to assist companies in managing their disaster-recovery and business continuity plans. </article> <article> <h1>Onaro extends visibility into virtual environments</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 18, 2007</B>—As virtual server infrastructures take hold, the need to see the links between virtual machines and storage grows. In response to the shift from physical to virtual data centers, Onaro today announced some new additions to its SANscreen software family </article> <article> <h1>Mirapoint streamlines e-mail archiving</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 17, 2007</B>—Mirapoint today introduced RazorSafe, which manages and archives e-mail and instant messages to meet corporate compliance and government regulations. </article> <article> <h1>Invista 2.0 bolsters block virtualization</h1> <p>[Value not Defined] — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:12:00 GMT</p> <B>December 13, 2007</B>—EMC is continuing to build out its virtualization portfolio with the release of the second generation of its Invista block-level virtualization product. </article> </main></body></html>