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Table of ContentsNews Analysis TrendsBC planning software on the riseDisaster-recovery (DR) planners and storage managers play a key role in getting an organization’s technology assets up and running after an outage, but IT is often out of the loop when it comes to people, facilities, and other non-electronic resources.
CommVault upgrades data-protection softwareCommVault has unveiled a major new release of its flagship data-protection software suite with the launch of Simpana 7.
De-dupe market primed for takeoffIndustry analysts and storage vendors have been heralding data de-duplication as one of the hottest technologies to hit the storage industry for more than a year.
EMC overhauls hardware platformsEMC announced a slew of performance, security, and capacity upgrades across its entire family of hardware platforms today, including new versions of its Symmetrix arrays, an enhanced operating system, a more energy-efficient version of the Centera platform, and entry-level versions of its Celerra NAS products and Rainfinity file virtualization appliances.
HP revamps EVAs, adds LTO-4Hewlett-Packard used its annual Americas StorageWorks Conference earlier this summer as a launching pad for new models of its Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) systems, a new family of tape drives based on the LTO-4 format, new DAT tape drives, and a first-of-its-kind tape blade developed specifically for HP’s BladeSystem c-Class enclosures.
NetApp offers any-to-any replicationNetwork Appliance is repackaging and customizing its data-replication technology for mixed-vendor storage environments in the hopes that the software’s ability to move data to and from any vendor’s storage system will spawn new sales of NetApp hardware for use as secondary storage.
Quantum to debut de-dupe optionsQuantum has announced plans to extend its family of disk-based backup and replication appliances by adding an enterprise-class version of its DXi system with more capacity, performance, and multiple options for policy-based data de-duplication.
Business BriefsBUSINESS BRIEFSThis section takes on late-breaking business and partnership news written for industry insiders.
EditorialiSCSI vs. FCoE?iSCSI’s long-standing battle with Fibre Channel for control of the heavyweight SAN belt is far from over, but iSCSI may meet another foe within the next year or two.
Focus OnMaking the case for FCoEQuantum has announced plans to extend its family of disk-based backup and replication appliances by adding an enterprise-class version of its DXi system with more capacity, performance, and multiple options for policy-based data de-duplication.
New ProductsNEW PRODUCTSEach month, InfoStor rounds up timely new product announcements, providing a buyer?s guide for professionals.
FeaturesPriming the storage security pumpThe storage security market is at an inflection point similar to the inflection point that disaster-recovery and business continuance technologies went through earlier this decade.
To blade, or not to blade?The idea behind blade computing is a good one: Strip out and share key components such as power, cooling, and storage across multiple servers; reduce costs; and simplify the IT infrastructure.
VTL adoption and market trendsIt was just about five years ago that the industry first started talking in earnest about open-systems virtual tape libraries (VTLs).
Special ReportThe real state of SRM, part 3Having examined the storage resource management (SRM) market in general, this article focuses on some of the leading products in the space and what differentiates them from their competitors.
Lab ReviewUnder the hood: Veritas SFW, part 1The latest version of Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows-5.0-provides system administrators with a common set of tools that works across all storage devices, providing services such as automated storage provisioning, high availability, volume virtualization, and disaster recovery.
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