Storage administrators are struggling to handle spiraling volumes of documents, audio, video, images and large email attachments. Adding storage is not always the best solution, and many companies are turning to data reduction technologies such as data deduplication. This article explains the basic principles of data deduplication, and looks at implementation issues.
Symantec adds automated data classification and integration with security products in Version 7.0 of its Enterprise Vault archiving tool; EMC reports record earnings for the fourth quarter.
Symantec announces Storage Foundation for Windows 5.0, which adds multipathing and testing features; it also preannounced an earnings drop on disappointing Veritas sales.
Hitachi has announced that its 1 TB SATA drive, aimed initially at the retail market, will ship this quarter. The enterprise version, however, will not ship until the second quarter.
More than 70% of the attendees of Storage Decisions say they are setting up or evaluating a tiered storage architecture. Featured in this track are Tiered Storage School sessions along with other sessions that can help any manager set up or administer new architectures.
