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Table of ContentsNews Analysis TrendsBrocade branches outBuys NuView; adds 4Gbps FC switches
EMC adds eDiscovery servicesEMC recently unveiled its eDiscovery solution, which combines services with EMC software and hardware to collect and hold information relative to litigation.
IBM adds software for SMBsIBM has begun shipments of the IBM Tivoli Express Portfolio, a set of software products designed to enable small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to manage their IT infrastructure with integrated features usually found in more expensive “enterprise” products.
IBM launches 4Gbps FC arraysIBM continued on its quest to refit its entire storage subsystem line with 4Gbps Fibre Channel technology this month by upgrading its midrange disk systems and launching new offerings for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
McData consolidates remote office dataMcData recently announced a new set of partnerships, products, and services as part of a strategy to give large enterprises a better handle on centrally managing corporate data in remote office locations.
Microsoft acquires iSCSI softwareMicrosoft last month acquired iSCSI target software from start-up String Bean Software and plans to offer the technology as an add-on to the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 platform.
Oh, what a tangled web they weaveHewlett-Packard’s acquisition of OuterBay, a database archiving software vendor, comes as yet another example of two accelerating trends: IT-vendor portfolio conglomeration and portfolio entanglement.
Onaro widens its view into SANsOnaro recently beefed up its predictive change management and monitoring software for SANs with the addition of replication and performance monitoring tools.
Business BriefsEditorialCDP: Confusion delays proliferationOur Special Report this month (see “Making sense of CDP,” p. 24) explores continuous data protection, which is actually a very good phrase to describe a backup/recovery technology that continuously records data changes and enables uses to “roll back” to any point in time for very granular recovery-sort of like TiVo.
Lab ReviewDo you need a 4Gbps FC SAN?PCI-X and PCI Express versions of QLogic’s 4Gbps SANblade HBAs yield impressive performance results.
FeaturesFocus on: Midrange tape trendsLTO has captured the lion’s share of the midrange tape market, but users don’t buy based on market share.
The changing face of data protectionThe emphasis is shifting from backup to recovery, and technologies such as CDP can help users meet RTO/RPO goals.
Special ReportMaking sense of CDPDoes CDP stand for continuous data protection, or confusion delays proliferation? New ProductsAnalyst ViewTape virtualization has many facesUnderstanding the different choices you have is key to determining which technology best fits your needs, and in what situations.
What’s hot? D2D, data reduction, data classificationDisk-to-disk (D2D) backup and recovery, data reduction, and ILM-based data classification are relatively new technologies that will eventually become mainstream.
Snia On StorageTiered storage is only one part of ILMInformation lifecycle management (ILM) requires tools for tasks such as information classification, data classification, and data movement in conjunction with a tiered storage architecture.
Case StudiesVirtualization slowly makes inroadsDespite all the hype and debate, storage virtualization is not a priority for more than half of the end users recently surveyed by TheInfoPro research firm.
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