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November 08, 2006 08 Nov'06
Storage virtualization acquisitions need careful consideration

Storage virtualization alleviates traditional storage growth problems by implementing a layer of abstraction between applications and physical storage, allowing storage to be combined and treated as a ubiquitous resource, regardless of location. ...
November 07, 2006 07 Nov'06
NetApp to acquire Topio

Six months after EMC acquired heterogeneous replication provider Kashya, NetApp jumps on the bandwagon by announcing plans to acquire Topio for $160M.
October 26, 2006 26 Oct'06
What storage managers are buying and why

The second installment of the 2006 edition of Storage magazine's exclusive Purchasing Intentions Survey reveals key storage technology purchasing decisions by storage managers across all industries.
October 23, 2006 23 Oct'06
SATA boosts RAID 6 use

High-capacity SATA disks are driving up the use of RAID 6, which has prompted vendors to create new ways of overcoming the performance hit incurred with dual-parity protection.

September 14, 2006 14 Sep'06
Three ways to create clustered storage

Clustered storage systems run on storage servers, NAS gateways and hosts. Here's how to determine which clustered file-system architecture is best for your needs and storage environment.
September 11, 2006 11 Sep'06
Data storage compliance's impact on storage product choices

Data storage compliance is having a tremendous impact on the storage organization, as well as the management practices employed to retain, search, certify and destroy data. It's not just regulations like SOX or HIPAA that influence storage -- there ...
August 21, 2006 21 Aug'06
IBM spruces up storage line

IBM floated a raft of announcements across its storage line, but analysts say they are still waiting for the updates stuck in the research phase.
August 14, 2006 14 Aug'06
EMC sheds light on RSA integration plans

As the dust begins to settle on EMC's $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security, the hard work of integration begins. What's EMC strategy here?
August 02, 2006 02 Aug'06
SRM tools improve storage planning and deployment

Why are storage administrators struggling to identify their storage resources and utilise those resources to their best potential?
July 24, 2006 24 Jul'06
Resellers come around to storage virtualization

Storage virtualisation has been around as a concept for years, but value added resellers are finally finding ways to sell it.

October 19, 2005 19 Oct'05
Elements of a data protection strategy

In this excerpt from Data Protection and Lifecycle Management, Tom Petrocelli addresses the importance of securing data for regulatory compliance and outlines the five components of a data protection strategy.
September 20, 2005 20 Sep'05
SAS drives product roundup

Serial-attached SCSI (or SAS) drives offer significant storage capacity at a much lower cost, while maintaining reasonable performance. Find out who the vendors are in this market.
July 12, 2005 12 Jul'05
Tony Asaro: Blogs and more

Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts.
February 22, 2005 22 Feb'05
Accommodating arrays

Modern storage arrays offer disk types to meet any need -- costly Fibre Channel (FC) disks for high-end applications requiring superior performance and availability, and lower-priced SATA disks for less-critical data. The arrays also come with mixed...
December 09, 2004 09 Dec'04
Data storage history quiz

We tend to take storage for granted these days, and expect bigger, better and faster performance out of our hardware and software. But did you know that storage has a long and illustrious history that started out not so big or so fast? Take our data...
October 31, 2004 31 Oct'04
Fast Guide: Storage Management

Managing your storage infrastructure has never been harder. Complex systems, unbelievable data growth rates and squabbling vendors are just a few of the issues hampering your ability to manage storage. This Fast Guide to storage management has ...
July 18, 2004 18 Jul'04
Enterprise-class RAID functions, part 2: N-way mirroring, splitting and more

With the convergence of RAID and lower-priced storage technologies, advanced RAID functions can be enjoyed by any small-to-medium sized organization with critical data.
June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04
Startup steals a win with thin provisioning

The Allant Group chose 3Pardata for its thin provisioning software, while dirty sales tactics kept EMC out of the deal.
May 10, 2004 10 May'04
'Whispering keyboards' could be next attack trend

An IBM researcher's found a way to lift passcodes and other sensitive data by recording the sound of keystrokes.
July 18, 2002 18 Jul'02
EMC and HP allow mix and match storage

Rivals EMC and Hewlett-Packard have agreed to expand a cross-licensing agreement for certain storage system application...
January 10, 2001 10 Jan'01
SMS to boost open system productivity

Tivoli is promising to bring the benefits of system managed storage (SMS) to the open systems world with its Storage Tank...