Weekly compilation of storage news EMC has announced that it
added more than 50 new EMC Rainfinity Global File Virtualization
customers in the second quarter of 2006. Rainfinity's file
virtualisation capabilities for multi-supplier network attached
storage (NAS) environments is being used to virtualise more than a
petabyte of customer information, EMC claims. One new customer was
named in a press release - Johns Hopkins University - but EMC was
unable to provide any customers for SearchStorage.com to talk to.
Meanwhile, EMC also announced a shuffle in its executive team to
fill the gap left by Bill Teuber, EMC's former chief financial
officer (CFO). Teuber was named vice chairman in May. This week,
EMC announced his replacement, David Goulden, who previously led
customer operations. Goulden has been appointed as executive vice
president and CFO. Dave Donatelli, executive vice president of
storage product operations, will take on an expanded role and will
oversee
the company's entire portfolio of storage hardware and software.
David DeWalt, executive vice president and formerly the president
of EMC Software, has been named president of EMC customer
operations and content management software group.
IBM buys FileNet and adds to DS4000 line
IBM has agreed to buy software supplier FileNet for $1.6bn, a move
that industry experts say could be a challenge to EMC's position as
the leader in data management software.
Last year, FileNet had a 9.2% share of the global content
management software market valued at $3.2bn, placing it right
behind EMC's Documentum division, which had 11.3%. IBM had a 9.1%
share, according to IDC numbers.
The all-cash deal is IBM's biggest expenditure in three years
and fourth largest to date. It is the latest in a string of 40
acquisitions for the company over the past two years.
Elsewhere, IBM announced an addition to its DS4000 Series of
midrange arrays. The new model, called the DS4200 Express, is a
SATA-only 4Tbyte box that starts at around $11,500 with two
controllers. IBM also announced that the entire DS4000 line will
include storage services capabilities, including flashcopy, volume
copy and remote mirroring.
NetApp and Brocade team up
Network Appliance has announced the availability of the 4gbps
Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 48000 Director. NetApp
currently resells the Brocade SilkWorm 200E 16-port switch, the
SilkWorm 4100 32-port switch and the recently announced SilkWorm
4900 64-port switch.
Sepaton adds security partners
Virtual tape library (VTL) maker Sepaton has announced that it will
partner with both NeoScale Systems and Decru, makers of external
encryption appliances. The combined offering with NeoScale features
Sepaton's S2100-ES2 VTL appliance and NeoScale's CryptoStor Fibre
Channel (FC) appliance. NetApp subsidiary Decru's DataFort
appliance has also been "validated for interoperability" with the
Sepaton S2100-ES2 . The partnerships are for joint marketing and
sales only and do not involve a deeper integration between
products, Sepaton said.
Zmanda updates open source data protection software
Open source data protection software broker Zmanda has announced
that its Amanda Enterprise Edition will now support Windows and
Solaris operating systems, adding to the previously supported Linux
operating environment. Amanda Enterprise will now also feature
improved security for both backup and restore processes, including
better support for firewalls, and support for OpenSSL.
Sun introduces external RAID arrays
Sun Microsystems has introduced its first joint roadmap product
with StorageTek since the two companies merged last year. The Sun
StorageTek 6140 array replaces the StorageTek FlexLine 380 array
with new features, such as RoHS (restriction of the use of certain
hazardous substances) compliance and 500Gbyte SATA drives. The 6540
FC array is a 4gbps FC array focused on large databases and
high-performance computing.
The StorageTek 6140 array starts at $25,000 and is available
from Sun and its authorised resellers. The 6540 array starts at
$85,000.
Permabit signs OEM agreement with FAST
Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) has announced an original
equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with Permabit. Permabit
will integrate both its Dynamic Information Services information
retention and control software, and Permabit Compliance Store with
FAST InStream, an OEM-specific data classification and search
product.