October 2007

• October 15, 2007 15 Oct'07

  Who owns the data?

  No-one would disagree that data is an asset. As such, it has value. It therefore follows that somebody must own it. I would state the responsbilities of a data owner as being: 1. Ensuring that data ...  Continue Reading

• October 15, 2007 15 Oct'07

  DPM's diary: 16 October 2007

  Monday: I Aawoke uncertain as to where I was. Indeed, it was a good few minutes before I was sure who I was. There are...  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  Oracle patch update to contain 51 flaw fixes

  Oracle's Critical Patch Update will address 51 fixes, addressing critical holes in Oracle database 10g, Application Server, E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Enterprise software.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  Archiving suppliers beef up integration

  CA, Autonomy and Prostor look to differentiate products in a sea of archiving and e-discovery compliance players.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  Copan adds data deduplication to Maid

  Copan is claiming that with new support for FalconStor's data deduplication in its virtual tape library, it can support up to 6Pbytes in 10 cubic feet of space.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  Data storage hardware quiz

  Storage hardware, also known as primary storage, is a critical aspect in running your storage shop. How does your knowledge of storage hardware stack up? Take our quick quiz and find out today!  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  LSI moves to iSCSI arrays

  All of LSI's products will support iSCSI connectivity, but its higher end arrays will have to wait for native support.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand

  Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  VMware takes on data migration

  VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  WysDM pushes back-up management onto disc

  Continuing a trend of expanding data protection management capabilities beyond tape, WysDM adds support for disc arrays.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  Commentary: Solving the skills crisis

  Could teaching 'Routing' as 'fourth R' in our schools solve the skills crisis?  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  VoWLAN troubleshooting with spectrum analysers

  RF interfering with VoIP on your WLAN? Spectrum analysers can help root out the problem.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  The Art of War for Security Managers

  As security professionals we must accept the fact that conflict is a normal part of our professional and personal lives. Far from being an unnatural phenomenon that must be either avoided at all ...  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  iVec heads for the Sun

  West Australian advanced computing lab has selected Sun for a new nearline storage archive.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  How to back up Microsoft Exchange Part Five

  We wind up our look at protecting Exchange with a list of products to help you get the job done.  Continue Reading

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  Commentary: How to solve the skills crisis

  Could teaching 'Routing' as 'fourth R' in our schools solve the skills crisis?  Continue Reading

• October 13, 2007 13 Oct'07

  Exploit Wednesday Strikes Again

  A few days ago Symantec reported a Word exploit in the wild just one day after Microsoft released the patch for the corresponding vulnerability. Rather unusually it was created using Word for ...  Continue Reading

• October 13, 2007 13 Oct'07

  PaaS - Amazon EC2 & Force.com

  I wrote a short while ago (Sep 22) about SalesForce.com (SFDC) and their Force.com PaaS service offering. I believe that this is the way that enterprise development is heading and I wouldn't be at ...  Continue Reading

• October 12, 2007 12 Oct'07

  Oracle Buying BEA: what's that say about Fusion?

  Oracle is seeking to buy BEA, presumably for the market leading Java 2.0 application server, a product it has until now totally ignored. One wonders where that leaves its own Fusion middleware?  Continue Reading

• October 12, 2007 12 Oct'07

  Oracle plans to buy BEA Systems

  Oracle is planning to buy middleware provider BEA in order to accelerate the development of its own middleware products.  Continue Reading