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• April 08, 2007 08 Apr'07

  How data deduplication eases storage requirements

  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 ...

• March 26, 2007 26 Mar'07

  How is unstructured data affecting storage administrators and other staff?

  There is absolutely an effect. Additional data volume translates into...

• March 22, 2007 22 Mar'07

  Midrange storage array specifications

  Product snapshots highlighting key specifications for a cross section of midrange storage array products.

• March 21, 2007 21 Mar'07

  Storage Security FAQ audiocast

  Don't have time to dig into the FAQ text now? Download the audiocast in MP3 format and listen in the car, at the gym -- wherever you want. You can download the entire presentation or the individual questions that you are most interested in.

• March 04, 2007 04 Mar'07

  Everything Google knows about disk failure

  Google has released a paper analysing the performance of over 100,000 disk drives and concludes that the machines may not fail for the reasons most assume causes disks to die.

• February 26, 2007 26 Feb'07

  Immature storage industry working its issues out online: IDC

  Storage industry giants may not be the ones to solve your storage problems, says IDC's top storage analyst.

• February 06, 2007 06 Feb'07

  Issues to consider when purchasing backup products

  This buying guide will help you understand the key considerations involved in evaluating and selecting backup products.

• January 25, 2007 25 Jan'07

  Symantec makes major update to Enterprise Vault

  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.

• January 04, 2007 04 Jan'07

  Weekly compilation of storage news including Hitachi unveils 1 TB drive for retail

  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.

• December 09, 2006 09 Dec'06

  Storage IQ: Key technologies for 2006

  We keep a close eye on what technologies our readers are most interested in. Here are the year's 25 most commonly searched terms. Do you know them all?

• November 30, 2006 30 Nov'06

  Symantec blames piracy for Veritas licensing snafu

  Weekly compilation of storage news: Symantec says that software counterfeiting is throwing a wrench in tech support ; FRCP rules take effect.

• November 21, 2006 21 Nov'06

  Download Advanced Storage Guide: Storage/data management

  Advanced Storage All-In-One Guide. Download Chapter 5: Storage/data management

• October 23, 2006 23 Oct'06

  Hitachi: “Businesses squander energy”

  Businesses are failing to think about the electricity used up by their data storage systems, a survey carried out at London’s 2006 Storage Expo by Hitachi Data Systems has revealed.

• October 11, 2006 11 Oct'06

  Virtual tape library specifications

  VTL systems use disk storage to improve backup and restore processes, allowing many organizations to move from tape to disk backups without disrupting current practices. High-end VTL systems can utilize almost 1,000 SATA drives, offering hundreds of...

• October 04, 2006 04 Oct'06

  Tiered storage becoming tried and true

  Tiered storage matches the value of data with the performance (and expense) of storage. Ideally, tiered storage can save money, while easing the access demands to any single storage tier. While tiered storage has clearly brought storage costs and ...

• October 04, 2006 04 Oct'06

  Enterprise-class disk array specifications

  Key specifications for a cross-section of enterprise-class disk array systems.

• September 12, 2006 12 Sep'06

  IBM, Sun tout native tape encryption

  IBM's T1120 and Sun's T10000 tape drives now perform hardware-based encryption at the drive level -- for those who can afford it.

• August 31, 2006 31 Aug'06

  Fujitsu launches next-generation mobile hard drive

  Fujitsu has launched its first hard disk drives that use perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) to deliver enhanced storage capacity.

• August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

  What do tiered storage and ILM have to do with disaster recovery?

  That idea ties back into the topics of data growth, data control, data management and recoverability. Once you start categorizing your data based on criticality and recovery priority, it gives you an indication of your data segments. We have our ...

• July 30, 2006 30 Jul'06

  EqualLogic updates storage provisioning software

  Users have more options when it comes to pooling storage with version 3.0 of EqualLogic's array software, but some are wondering whatever happened to the SAS disks.

• March 22, 2006 22 Mar'06

  Sun has storage taped

  Sun Microsystems has launched the Sun StorageTek T10000 enterprise tape drive. This next generation in the StorageTek tape drives range is seen by Sun as the ideal complement to its premier StorageTek automated tape libraries.

• July 28, 2005 28 Jul'05

  Dell puts businesses in control of sensitive data with no-return offer

  IT supplier Dell has launched a “keep your hard drive” service for corporate users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in a bid to improve security.

• May 17, 2005 17 May'05

  HP pulls out all the stops in storage range expansion

  HP has announced the biggest ever expansion of its storage products portfolio to help it win a bigger slice of the estimated...

• May 12, 2005 12 May'05

  IBM launches mid-range storage appliance

  IBM has unveiled a new storage device to boost its mid-range product line-up.

• April 13, 2005 13 Apr'05

  Sun delivers storage consolidation

  Sun Microsystems has enhanced its Sun StorEdge 6920 system to allow users to integrate more easily their different types of...

• March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05

  Easier, faster data transfer promised

  Seagate Technology has demonstrated data transfer and storage technology for workstations and other devices which it claims is...

• February 25, 2005 25 Feb'05

  Holistic HP suite consolidates datacentre storage

  HP has introduced a storage resource management suite to unify storage in the datacentre.

• January 24, 2005 24 Jan'05

  SMBs like the look of iSCSI

  New iSCSI networked storage technology is grabbing the attention of some SMB executives.

• January 24, 2005 24 Jan'05

  Swipe gets the thumbs up

  Trek 2000 International has launched ThumbDrive Swipe, a secure USB portable storage device with the latest biometric...

• December 20, 2004 20 Dec'04

  Cornice to offer 3Gbyte capacity hard drive

  Hard-disc drive maker Cornice will release in early 2005 a new version of its 1in "Storage Element" drive for consumer...

• December 15, 2004 15 Dec'04

  Microsoft tests hotmail service for small organisations

  Microsoft is testing a new subscription hotmail service that includes 2Gbytes of e-mail storage and a copy of Outlook 2003 to...

• December 14, 2004 14 Dec'04

  Toshiba to use perpendicular recording in new hard disc drives

  Toshiba is close to commercialising a new data storage technology that could increase the capacity of hard disc drives, it said...

• December 13, 2004 13 Dec'04

  Sun executive reveals Nas strategy

  Sun Microsystems plans to beef up its Nas (network-attached storage) product line with support for utility computing and its new...

• December 10, 2004 10 Dec'04

  HDS slides into midrange storage market

  Hitachi Data Systems has announced that it has released its first all-Serial Advanced Technology Attachment array and has bundled...

• December 10, 2004 10 Dec'04

  HP revamps midrange storage

  Hewlett-Packard has announced upgrades to its midrange storage products, including disc-to-disc or disc-to-tape backup...

• December 07, 2004 07 Dec'04

  Iomega targets SMEs with NAS 100d

  Iomega has introduced the NAS 100d network-attached storage (NAS) box to help small businesses solve their storage problems...

• November 30, 2004 30 Nov'04

  Sony to pay $40m to end patent dispute

  Sony and Ampex have agreed to end their dispute over a patent covering thumbnail images in digital image storage and retrieval...

• November 24, 2004 24 Nov'04

  GE and EMC brings simple digital imaging to hospitals

  GE Healthcare has teamed up with storage giant EMC to offer a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) designed for...

• November 23, 2004 23 Nov'04

  ICQ joins webmail battle

  Instant messaging provider ICQ is offering a fee-based webmail service that includes 2Gbytes of storage, a calendar feature, task...

• November 19, 2004 19 Nov'04

  Exagrid offers self-healing and self-protecting storage

  Exagrid Systems has announced self-healing and self-protecting storage, that its claims is streets ahead of IBM.

• November 18, 2004 18 Nov'04

  ADIC to combine disc and tape in single device

  Advanced Digital Information (ADIC) has announced a mid-level storage system that combines disc and tape in a single appliance,...

• November 16, 2004 16 Nov'04

  Data Ontap 7G abolishes preallocation tyranny

  Network Appliance has brought out the latest version of its Data Ontap software, which imposes a grid storage architecture on...

• November 04, 2004 04 Nov'04

  StorageTek boosts storage with CAS

  Storage Technology (StorageTek) announced it will add content-addressable store technology (CAS) to its range of storage...

• November 03, 2004 03 Nov'04

  HP snips Sans costs for SMEs

  Hewlett-Packard is aiming to make it easier and cheaper for SMEs to adopt storage area networks (SANs), to enable them to easily...

• October 29, 2004 29 Oct'04

  EMC unveils storage router

  EMChas unveiled its long-anticipated storage virtualisation technology, which the company said will allow users to manage its own...

• October 28, 2004 28 Oct'04

  Dell CEO on EMC ties and storage standards

  As Dell's partnership with EMC continues to grow, and Dell's annual storage revenue exceeding the $1.5bn mark, Dell chief...

• October 27, 2004 27 Oct'04

  Intransa's IP storage rivals Fibre Channel for speed

  Intransa has updated its IP storage system, IP5500, doubling capacity and connectivity compared to its IP5000 predecessor.

• October 14, 2004 14 Oct'04

  McData promises storage with tiers

  With an IBM contract under its belt, McData is pushing into the storage area network routing market.

• October 13, 2004 13 Oct'04

  IBM brings high-end storage functions to midrange

  IBM has announced two new storage products - upper midrange and high-end disc arrays designed for ease of use and lower cost.

• October 06, 2004 06 Oct'04

  EMC targets SMEs

  Storage specialist EMC has announced solutions to help mid-sized IT organisations drive down cost and increase the productivity...

• October 04, 2004 04 Oct'04

  Storage Technology buys into management market

  Storage Technology (StorageTek) has bought Storability Software in order to acquire its enterprise storage resource manager...

• September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04

  HP StorageWorks additions tempt SMEs

  Hewlett-Packard has added two more products to its StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA) family and created four packaged...

• September 30, 2004 30 Sep'04

  Home digital storage gets a boost

  Storage and graphics chip-maker Silicon Image has unveiled a new storage appliance that could make catastrophic hard drive...

• September 22, 2004 22 Sep'04

  Sony to develop 200Gbyte Blu-ray storage

  Sony is set to announce next month that it developed an 8-layer version of the Blu-ray Disc that is capable of storing 200Gbytes...

• September 22, 2004 22 Sep'04

  Microsoft disc-to-disc back-up targets storage market

  Microsoft has set out plans to sell a disc-to-disc backup application designed to consolidate Windows server backups and cut the...

• September 21, 2004 21 Sep'04

  Sun releases first Nas box

  Sun Microsystems has unveiled several storage products, including its first network-attached storage (Nas) box and a midrange...

• September 16, 2004 16 Sep'04

  Storage software revenue soars to $1.9bn

  The global storage software market saw a third consecutive quarter of growth as sales of storage resource management applications...

• September 14, 2004 14 Sep'04

  CA gives BrightStor a boost

  Computer Associates International is upgrading and consolidating its storage management software line and will now offer 13 new...

• September 08, 2004 08 Sep'04

  Hitachi upgrades storage line

  Hitachi Data Systems has announced a new enterprise storage lineup to include features such as a virtualisation which allows...

• September 06, 2004 06 Sep'04

  HP leads disc storage market despite fall in revenue

  Hewlett-Packard held on to its lead in the disc storage systems market in the second quarter, but saw a decline in revenue and...

• September 03, 2004 03 Sep'04

  Second quarter sees rise in storage revenue

  Latest figures from the Gartner have showed that storage spending is up.

• September 01, 2004 01 Sep'04

  EMC rolls out lower-end Nas

  EMC has unveiled a low-cost series of network attached storage (Nas) devices, as well as enhanced iSCSI support and beefed up...

• August 25, 2004 25 Aug'04

  IBM reconfigures Nas gateway

  IBM is offering a scaled-down version of its TotalStorage Nas Gateway, which is designed for departments and small businesses...

• August 24, 2004 24 Aug'04

  Japan's Optware advances holographic disc storage

  A Japanese company has achieved the world's first reliable recording and playback of digital movies on a transparent holographic...

• August 06, 2004 06 Aug'04

  IBM, Siemens tackle digital radiology and storage

  IT heavyweights IBM and Siemens have agreed to a joint venture to provide medical imaging management systems.

• August 05, 2004 05 Aug'04

  Joint Storage capability for Exchange Server 2003

  Fujitsu Siemens Computers' FibreCAT N40, an internally developed network attached storage (Nas) solution, aims to enable users to...

• August 04, 2004 04 Aug'04

  HP claims combined storage array first

  Hewlett-Packard has announced that its HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 is the first storage array to support either SCSI...

• July 27, 2004 27 Jul'04

  EMC links document and storage management

  EMC's Documentum division has unveiled its first product that ties document management into storage management through policies...

• July 22, 2004 22 Jul'04

  EMC reports double-digit growth in Q2

  EMC reported double-digit revenue growth during its second quarter across almost all of its product lines, from storage systems...

• July 20, 2004 20 Jul'04

  Quantum upgrades tape storage line

  Quantum will announce a firmware upgrade for its super digital linear tape (SDLT) products that will create a write-once,...

• July 15, 2004 15 Jul'04

  EMC's Centera addresses compliance requirements

  EMC has announced new compliance functionality for its EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) solution.

• July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04

  Veritas reports shortfall in revenue

  Storage software maker Veritas Software warned of lower-than-expected revenue in its second quarter, a shortfall it blamed on...

• June 30, 2004 30 Jun'04

  Storage company doubles tape rack capacity

  Storage Technology has produced a new 100TByte tape library that slots into a standard rack size but provides twice as much...

• June 22, 2004 22 Jun'04

  EMC's ControlCenter supports vital storage systems

  EMC has unveiled the latest version of its flagship storage management software, which it said offers "more complete support" for...

• June 11, 2004 11 Jun'04

  EMC adds ADIC ware to range

  EMC is to boost its storage product range by utilising tape products from Advanced Digital Information Corp (ADIC).

• June 02, 2004 02 Jun'04

  Sun revamps storage line

  Sun Microsystems has announced its first near-line arrays based on Serial Advanced Technology Attachment disc drives, which it...

• May 24, 2004 24 May'04

  Iomega unveils removable storage NAS device

  Iomega unveils removable storage NAS device

• May 18, 2004 18 May'04

  ClipDrive Bio secures mobile devices

  Memory Experts International has launched a portable storage device that can only be accessed by the user’s biometric fingerprint...

• May 17, 2004 17 May'04

  IBM unveils latest storage products

  IBM has announced two storage products during a strategy briefing in which the company touted its work on storage management and...

• May 14, 2004 14 May'04

  IBM unveils storage hardware

  IBM has unveiled its first write-once, read-many (Worm) tape cartridge, which will help users address regulatory compliance...

• April 29, 2004 29 Apr'04

  IBM adds EMC support to storage controller

  IBM has taken the extraordinary step of supporting its main rival's storage products in an effort to pull back defecting...

• April 28, 2004 28 Apr'04

  EMC builds virtualisation storage router

  EMC is to begin beta testing of an enterprise-class "storage router" that will be able to pool storage capacity and migrate data...

• April 27, 2004 27 Apr'04

  Archivas offers half-price storage

  Storage company Archivas has gone into direct competition with EMC's Centera system, with the release of its ArC cluster product...

• April 20, 2004 20 Apr'04

  iSCSI will overtake fibre channel

  Storage newcomer EqualLogic has praised iSCSI and is questioning the future viability of fibre channel as the protocol of choice...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Microsoft extends storage networking support

  Microsoft has improved its Nas, fibre channel and iSCSI support.

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Adic adds iSCSI library options

  Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Adic), provider of intelligent storage solutions for open system environments, is...

• April 01, 2004 01 Apr'04

  Cisco ships San side-door

  Cisco Systems is working on a service that will enable changes to be made to a storage network without affecting the data being...

• March 26, 2004 26 Mar'04

  NetScout launches Cisco VSan troubleshooter

  NetScout Systems has announced software for monitoring Cisco Systems' virtual storage area networks.

• March 26, 2004 26 Mar'04

  StorageTek unveils mid-range tape library

  StorageTek has revealed details of a mid-range tape library based on its StreamLine technology.

• March 23, 2004 23 Mar'04

  HP and Dell target SMEs with storage offerings

  Hewlett-Packard and Dell have announced latest storage products aimed at making network-centric storage more attractive to the...

• March 15, 2004 15 Mar'04

  CeBIT: as purse strings loosen, security, storage and convergence dominate show

  CeBIT, the world's largest IT trade show, starts this week. It will offer IT users an insight into the products and strategies...

• March 15, 2004 15 Mar'04

  Fujitsu opts for EMC storage products

  EMC has signed up Fujitsu Siemens Computer (FSC) as a reseller of EMC disc storage products, only days after Fujitsu announced...

• March 10, 2004 10 Mar'04

  IBM pushes latest storage management suite

  IBM has unveiled a storage software suite which allows storage servers and networking devices to be monitored and allocated on...

• February 25, 2004 25 Feb'04

  Dell prepares to slash San prices

  Dell is to deliver cheaper storage area network systems to attract SMEs that do not want the expense of existing Fibre Channel...

• February 20, 2004 20 Feb'04

  IBM addresses growing data retention needs

  IBM is attempting to steal the emerging market in data retention with the release of its TotalStorage Data Retention 450.

• February 12, 2004 12 Feb'04

  Computer Associates and Overland speed backup and recovery

  Computer Associates International and data storage company Overland, a provider of backup and recovery solutions, will market a...

• February 11, 2004 11 Feb'04

  EMC rolls out product upgrades

  EMC has launched a series of upgrades across all of its tiered storage platforms, including Symmetrix DMX, Clariion CX, Celerra...

• February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04

  EMC upgrades Symmetrix as part of overhaul

  EMC has upgraded all its disc arrays and network-attached storage (Nas) devices, as well as some of its key storage management...

• February 04, 2004 04 Feb'04

  EMC offers latest storage services

  EMC has unveiled a comprehensive set of storage services to help customers plan, build and manage integrated infrastructure.

• January 30, 2004 30 Jan'04

  Adaptech adds virtualisation to its products

  Adaptec has bought UK network storage infrastructure software provider, Elipsan, to add virtualisation facilities to its...