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Storage management and strategy

  • July 27, 2009 27 Jul'09

    Managing enterprise data storage more efficiently: Part 1

    Storage managers must learn to improve storage efficiency though smarter spending, while taking steps to reduce operating expenditures during budget crunches.

  • February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09

    Sectors - NetApp says EMC Centera loses data, gets slapped by blogosphere

    NetApp has tried to smear EMC, starting a blogosphere brawl which embroiled Symantec but may have left egg on its face.

  • August 08, 2008 08 Aug'08

    Clariion array update blurs line between EMC platforms

    A bigger, faster Clariion with advanced features, which first appeared in the Symmetrix line, has industry observers wondering about the increasing overlap between EMC systems.

  • April 08, 2008 08 Apr'08

    SNW Roundup: Sun adds data deduplication to VTL

    Sun comes out with VTL Prime, a virtual tape library with FalconStor's data deduplication; Attune gets into file archiving; and SGI, Fujitsu and Dot Hill launch storage systems.

  • April 07, 2008 07 Apr'08

    Isilon reveals turnaround plan

    Clustered storage vendor vows to continue to spend on product development, sales and marketing, despite losing nearly $27 million (£13.5m) in its first year as public company.

  • March 14, 2008 14 Mar'08

    EMC gives Centera a software refresh

    EMC has tweaked the software for its Centera archiving system with an emphasis on handling more pieces of data rather than sheer bulk of information stored.

  • March 13, 2008 13 Mar'08

    NetApp says flagging economy could boost its sales

    The current economic downturn may actually help boost NetApp's appeal to storage users, according to company officials at its US Analyst Day

  • March 09, 2008 09 Mar'08

    Hot Spots: A new level of backup reporting

    A bumper crop of backup reporting tools can provide invaluable insight into backup operations for you and the boss.

  • February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08

    Data Domain makes remote office data deduplication push

    Data Domain launches its smallest data deduplication appliance specifically built to reduce and back up data at remote offices.

  • January 30, 2008 30 Jan'08

    WAN/WAFS and remote offices

    This overview of WAFS and remote offices looks into the role of cache and file limitations, and WAN optimisation.

  • January 09, 2008 09 Jan'08

    Archiving software purchase considerations

    Archiving software must be able to support a wide range of file types, as well as quickly search through vast quantities of data.

  • January 08, 2008 08 Jan'08

    Archiving software product specifications

    Archive software provides many of the features we take for granted in modern archive systems, including index and search, data classification and migration, retention and deletion, litigation hold and even data reduction technologies, such as data ...

  • January 06, 2008 06 Jan'08

    Forestry firm picks Riverbed WAFS over Cisco

    Cisco shop picks Riverbed after head-to-head performance testing between Riverbed's Steelhead appliance and Cisco's wide area application services card.

  • October 11, 2007 11 Oct'07

    Archiving vendors beef up integration

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

  • October 08, 2007 08 Oct'07

    Happy Birthday to TechTarget ANZ

    It's our first birthday and we offer you the rather small present of a roundup of the most-read stories across our sites over the last month.

  • September 25, 2007 25 Sep'07

    Archive integration woes dog healthcare providers

    Healthcare providers are getting up to speed with networked storage, but say integration of new storage systems with medical applications is still rocky.

  • July 26, 2007 26 Jul'07

    Riverbed extends WAFS to laptops

    Steelhead Mobile installs on workstations without an onsite appliance. Users say they'd like to see better integration between the mobile and data centre versions of the product.

  • June 24, 2007 24 Jun'07

    First in, best dressed?

    Telephony company Link Communications Group bought storage from EqualLogic before the vendor had opened its doors in Australia. The company's Vice-President of Global Engineering explains why the organisation took this risky-looking move.

  • April 10, 2007 10 Apr'07

    Capacity planning software specifications

    Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators, and a new generation of capacity planning tools is emerging to help forecast growth and utilization of storage resources, and even perform predictive ...

  • April 10, 2007 10 Apr'07

    Capacity planning tools require serious purchase consideration

    Capacity costs money, and new disk acquisitions stand out as a notable part of every IT budget. The trick is to match new capacity with actual storage needs. Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators...

  • November 23, 2006 23 Nov'06

    Commentary: We've never met a "thought follower"

    A couple of days back, a vendor tried to convince us that their new security consultancy services should be of interest to you, our readers.

  • May 15, 2006 15 May'06

    Tape and disk encryption product roundup

    With tape and disk encryption products becoming more popular, storage administrators have more options in how to protect sensitive information at rest in the data center and in flight across public networks.

  • June 26, 2005 26 Jun'05

    Remote backup services get affordable

    Remote backup services, traditionally reserved for major banks and cash-rich Fortune 500 companies, are now available to small and midsized businesses.

  • December 30, 2004 30 Dec'04

    Archive: Bits & Bytes column library

    Bits & Bytes column library archive -- 2003 to 2004