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Deepfile reinvents itself, narrows focusOne of the biggest problems users run into when trying to meet regulatory requirements for unstructured data types is determining what data needs to be saved for compliance purposes and what data doesn’t.
EMC jump-starts iSCSI adoptionAdds iSCSI to Clariion arrays
IBM hopes to homer with ‘Blue SOX’IBM’s new “Blue SOX” service is designed to relieve organizations of some of the day-to-day burdens of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance by handing off data management/storage responsibilities of certain data types to IBM Global Services.
Ibrix debuts parallel file systemAt Linux World last month, four-year-old start-up Ibrix demonstrated its ability to overcome scalability issues with Linux clusters with its FusionFS parallel file system, the central component of the company’s recently announced Fusion Software Suite.
InMage focuses on data continuityWith the release of its DR-Scout product last month, InMage, a start-up led by Brocade co-founder Kumar Malavalli, says it is making it easier-and more affordable-for mid-tier users to protect their data, as well as consolidate data at remote offices.
Retailer chooses NAS for OLTPA member of the Association of Storage Networking Professionals who manages storage for a large North American retailer gathered the information in this case study.
Sanrad adds replication to iSCSI switchesSanrad this month added network-based remote data replication to the storage services supported by its family of iSCSI-based V-Switches.
STK targets fixed content, complianceStorageTek recently expanded its write-once, read-many (WORM) capabilities beyond tape to include disk media with the introduction of its Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager (LFCM) 100, a SATA-based disk system for the long-term storage of fixed content and compliance-related data-in particular, e-mail.
Users benefit from consolidationCase Studies: Storage Consolidation part 2
Storage In The StudioDKP achieves full digital rendering and compositingToronto-based DKP Studios is used to dealing with the challenges involved in sending large data sets over its network as part of the digital rendering and compositing process.
DNA’s disk storage ensures quality effects for The AviatorEven if your visual effects boutique is small, sometimes you need to make your systems work like the larger studios’-without the accompanying big VFX house price tag.
FotoKem streamlines digital content workflowFotoKem is a 40-year-old post-production studio that often works on hundreds of projects simultaneously, ranging from creating digital masters to color correction.
Optimus turns to disk-based color correctionMany post-production houses, such as Chicago-based Optimus, use a telecine to first transfer original film footage onto some form of video tape (such as DVCAM, DigiBeta, D5, or D1).
Pacific Title & Art builds a SAN-based workflowThe 86-year history of Hollywood-based Pacific Title & Art Studio harks back to film titling for the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer.
Sesame Workshop stores Sesame Street on diskSesame Workshop is a nonprofit educational organization best known for producing the popular PBS children’s series, Sesame Street, which has been around for 35 years.
The power of the pipelineAs post-production houses and studios move toward all-digital workflows, there has been a renewed focus on the importance of storage devices at the hub of these digital pipelines.
Tippett’s SAN speeds data flowBerkeley, CA-based Tippett Studio has a 20-year history of creating effects for feature films and commercials, including the recently released films <i>Constantine</i> and <i>Son of the Mask</i>.
Using storage to cut time creating dailiesIntroduced at last year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, MTI Film’s Control Dailies solution is based on high-speed Fibre Channel disk arrays from Bright Systems.
FeaturesEvaluating options for Windows clustersOptions range from basic high-availability and load-balancing clusters to virtual machines and data-sharing clusters.
Special ReportIP Storage addresses diverse applicationsEnd users are taking advantage of IP SANs to inexpensively solve storage problems in companies of all sizes.
EditorialIs ILM simple or complex?When you-know-who started banging the information life-cycle management (ILM) drum, I paid careful attention to the definition…and then the many definitions that followed.
New ProductsSnia On StorageSNIA tackles grid storage requirementsAlthough still in its infancy, grid storage promises to alleviate cost, flexibility, and reliability issues.
Lab ReviewTesting LTO-3 vs. LTO-2 and SDLTLTO-3 stores an impressive 400GB per cartridge, but its performance will be the bigger draw.
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