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• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  University does the maths and dumps HDS for Nexenta storage software

  Greenwich university school of computing and maths opts for Nexenta storage software on commodity hardware and gains 20% savings

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Public cloud: Ready for business?

  Cloud computing is moving beyond small companies, start-ups and software development to the era of full-scale enterprise deployments.

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Brocade outlines on-demand datacentre strategy

  Brocade has developed a strategy for an “on-demand datacentre” which combines physical and virtual networking elements

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Big data security: getting a grip on multiple data sources

  Big data analyses multiple data points, but how do you ensure that ecosystem is secure? In this podcast, Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, outlines the key steps in achieving big data security

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Fusion-io buys NexGen to join hybrid flash array fray

  PCIe server flash pioneer Fusion-io has bought itself an array maker; Nexgen and its PCIe flash/SAS hybrid. Is Fusion-io’s next move into all-flash arrays?

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  EMC posts record Q1 revenues; VMware and RSA star performers

  EMC’s first quarter results include record Q1 revenues. VMware and RSA show stellar growth and storage hardware lags, but COO says, “We’re on course for $30bn in 2016”

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  SGI debuts clustered NAS storage virtualisation disk archive gateway

  SGI launches hybrid clustered NAS and storage virtualisation archiving for single view of disk, tape and object storage

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  World’s fastest supercomputer gets 40PB of DDN storage

  The US Oak Ridge lab builds home-grown HPC NAS for 40PB DataDirect Networks with 1TBps of throughput as a SAN to back-end Spider II file system on Titan supercomputer

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Real-life disaster recovery boost at video firm with HDS clustered NAS

  Special effects video firm The Mill boosts HDS/BlueArc clustered NAS capacity to cope with HD movies and build disaster recovery site at London’s Docklands

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Law firm gets EMC unified storage for effective disaster recovery

  Surrey law firm TWM builds VMware virtualised infrastructure with EMC VNX unified storage to enable disaster recovery best practice

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Royal Military Police cuts digital forensics costs with distributed processing

  Royal Military Police (RMP) Service Police Crime Bureau (SPCB) cuts case backlog by 42% and reduces costs per initial case by nearly 33%

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Iceland media firm opts for ATA-over-Ethernet archive

  Icelandic media firm 365 Media opts for 600TB Coraid ATA-over-Ethernet storage system after rejecting iSCSI and DIY open source file storage

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  HP chairman Ray Lane steps down following shareholder attack

  Ray Lane has stepped down as chairman of the board of HP following a meeting with angry shareholders in March

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  St Andrews upgrades to Dell Compellent SANs with SSD tier

  St Andrews university gets dual FCOE-linked Compellent SANs with an SSD tier as it consolidates storage from DAS/NAS at 50 locations to two sites for disaster recovery provision

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Total shuns flash storage for 17PB SGI HPC supercomputer

  Oil company Total unveils 17PB €60m supercomputer based on short-stroked Sata drives and tape. Flash storage rejected as too costly until the price comes down

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

  Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  University shuns cloud archiving and Quantum for Spectra Logic tape

  Bristol University builds Spectra Logic tape archive with NexSan disk front-end, rejecting cloud archive due to uncertainties over data control

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  QLogic launches FabricCache for shared server flash

  QLogic merges PCIe server flash and cache management in FabricCache QLE10000 to share flash cache between servers for clustered applications

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Easynet opts for HP compute/storage with SSD tier for Agile Platform

  Managed services provider Easynet shuns point solutions for HP compute and storage with SSD tier for Agile Platform end-to-end services

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Use of cloud for disaster recovery, backup and desktop set to rise

  Adoption of cloud computing will move from SaaS to more sophisticated uses such as disaster recovery, backup, business continuity and desktop services

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  ID7 buy takes Fusion-io deeper into software-defined storage

  Server flash pioneer Fusion-io buys ID7 for its Linux SCSI stack storage expertise and will offer products for hyperscale storage later in 2013

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  UK SMEs risk data loss through poor practice

  Less than 20% of UK small and medium-sized enterprises back up all of their data, a study reveals

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  Violin Memory enters PCIe server flash SSD market with Velocity

  Violin Memory enters the PCIe server flash SSD market with Velocity cards that aim at server flash pioneer Fusion-io, with claims of doubled price/performance advantages

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  EMC XtremIO flash array available July, server flash cards expanded

  EMC's XtremIO flash array will be available in July as server flash capacities are expanded and flash cache roadmapped

• March 04, 2013 04 Mar'13

  Derbyshire council saves £200,000 with tiered storage architecture

  Derbyshire County Council has made substantial savings using NetApp NAS and Sata drives to create tiered storage with integrator Phoenix

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Serco opts for Quantum DXi data deduplication and saves £1.3m

  As part of a £20m technology refresh to its private cloud services, Serco chooses Quantum data deduplication hardware to make £1.3m storage savings

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  DDN launches hScaler Hadoop appliance for enterprises

  HPC and clustered NAS supplier Data Direct Networks aims at enterprise customers with Hadoop appliance comprising its SFA12K storage and commodity compute components

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Microsoft to provide credit to customers after Windows Azure outage

  Microsoft will reimburse customers affected by the Windows Azure outage caused by an expired SSL certificate

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  CommVault’s Simpana 10 backup software makes Big Data play

  CommVault’s Simpana 10 enterprise backup software makes a play for Big Data use cases with extended capabilities around its Common Store data repository and compliance functions

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards: Open for entries

  Entries for the Computer Weekly European User Awards are now open. Find out about the five awards series running throughout 2013.

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Facebook to build cold storage facility at Prineville datacentre for old photos

  Facebook is planning a ‘cold storage’ facility at its Prineville datacentre facility in Oregon to archive users’ old photographs

• February 19, 2013 19 Feb'13

  NetApp launches first all-flash array and new operating system

  NetApp dips its toe in the all-flash array market with adapted E-Series, announces a ‘new’ OS and revamps high-end FAS6200 arrays with flash options rather than default

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Tax charges lead to losses for Brocade

  The networking firm reports record revenues, but confirms a tax charge pushed it to report losses of $21m

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  IT budgets to grow in 2013 as economy bumps along

  UK IT departments are planning to spend more on IT in 2013 despite the downturn, a worldwide survey of IT managers has revealed

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Nutanix CEO: Converged storage makes SAN look like the mainframe

  Nutanix CEO interview: How converged storage will make the SAN obsolete; and the threat from VMware’s VSAN storage virtualisation plans

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  US Army boots up VDI with Atlantis ILIO flash caching software

  US Army Medical Command equips 11,000 staff at six hospitals with virtual desktop access and login times slashed to 30 seconds using Atlantis ILIO flash caching software

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  VMware buys Virsto Software to extend software-defined datacentre strategy

  VMware is buying storage virtualisation specialist Virsto Software to deliver on its software-defined datacentre strategy

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Intel adds flash cache for Linux, with multi-node write planned

  Intel adds Linux capability to CAS flash cache software product acquired from Nevex last year and plans multiple-node write cache functionality later in 2013

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, head of IT, The Wellcome Trust

  As The Wellcome Trust enters year two of a five-year IT strategy, head of IT Mark Bramwell is preparing to lead some high-profile projects

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  Endpoint backup scales past 100,000 with Druva inSync

  Endpoint backup and BYOD data protection specialist Druva re-architects its inSync product to scale past 100,000 users

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Employee hardware ubiquitous but BYOD policies remain weak, finds survey

  Bring your own device (BYOD) policy remains patchy despite near 100% prevalence and instances of data loss

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Brits stash £24bn of digital assets in the cloud

  Brits are storing about £24bn of photos, music and videos in the cloud, as well as sensitive data such as passwords, study shows

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  University shuns HP array features for SIOS host-based replication

  Nottingham university deploys SIOS host-based replication in £500k HP shared storage project across two mirrored sites to provide 2,000 research staff with 0.5PB capacity

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  VMware a highlight as EMC posts record revenue results

  EMC’s revenues of $21.7bn show demand for VMware virtualisation and more growth for storage hardware and RSA security products

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Quantum aims at Data Domain and claims 4x throughput advantage

  Quantum launches new disk-based backup data deduplication hardware that offers faster throughput

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Government risks missing benefits of big data with focus on storage

  Government risks missing the opportunities of big data by getting bogged down in storage technologies rather than analytics, according to IDC

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Security in virtual environments neglected, survey shows

  Survey reveals 48% of IT organisations have reported or suspect unauthorised access to files on virtual servers

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Disaster recovery and virtual server backup top 2013 storage projects

  Exclusive survey finds disaster recovery and virtual server backup top storage to-do lists in 2013

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Businesses wasting billions storing unnecessary data

  CIOs are urged to rethink their backup strategies following warnings that companies are wasting billions on unnecessary storage

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Interview: Alan Clark, chairman, OpenStack Foundation

  Alan Clark, chairman of the board of the OpenStack Foundation, talks to Computer Weekly about the future of cloud and the role of open source

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  NHS trust opts for HP active-active no-SSD tier SAN deployment

  Brighton NHS trust chooses HP private cloud instead of Dell servers and storage, and revamps IT and disaster recovery with active-active LeftHand SANs and no SSD tier

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Film maker storage strategy lead roles for BlueArc, Avere and DotHill

  Framestore revamps storage strategy for Gravity project and chooses BlueArc clustered NAS, Avere and DotHill in lead roles

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  FusionIO launches hyperscale computing server flash card

  FusionIO launches PCIe card-based server flash ioScale for hyperscale users who want to dispense with HDDs in commodity-based servers

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Former Lloyds executive cries foul over IT whistle blowing

  Former head of business continuity at Lloyds Banking Group tells tribunal he was forced out because he blew whistle on flawed IT systems

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Whiptail tops the class with flash array plus SAN two-tier strategy

  School slashes virtual desktop login times with two-tier Whiptail flash array plus budget Huawei SAN

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  News International presses ahead on the cloud with AWS

  News International has reaped public cloud benefits such as scalability, quick time-to-market and cheaper capital expenditure with AWS cloud

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Flash storage widely used, with 60% running an SSD tier

  Flash use in storage is now common, with 60% using an SSD tier, but where to put that flash – server, array or appliance – is still a dilemma

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation

  WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Dell doubles object storage software choices with Scality

  Dell certifies Scality Ring object storage software in its PowerEdge R620 servers, mirroring its arrangements with object storage supplier Caringo

• January 04, 2013 04 Jan'13

  In 2013 virtualisation will drive flash and backup decisions

  Key choices in 2013: Server and desktop virtualisation will drive developments in storage and backup technology that demand decisions about flash and backup

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  EMC seals deal with Chinese server giant Lenovo for desktop NAS

  Storage giant EMC completes joint venture that will see it provide desktop NAS and SME rackmount storage hardware to Lenovo

• December 31, 2012 31 Dec'12

  Top 10 virtualisation and storage stories of 2012

  Virtualisation has had a huge impact on the world of storage. These 10 articles from 2012 chart the effects on storage products and best practices in storage for virtualisation

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  Top 10 storage stories of 2012

  Top storage stories from 2012 reflect the rapid pace of virtualisation, big data, the proliferation of mobile devices and new twists on storage technologies such as tape and RAID

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 server virtualisation stories of 2012

  Check out our top 10 server virtualisation resources to help storage professionals address the variety of storage-related challenges they may face in a virtual server environment

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Data to grow more quickly says IDC’s Digital Universe study

  IDC’s annual Digital Universe study finds data set to expand to 40 Zettabytes by 2020. Emerging markets and machine-generated data will account for increasing proportions of it.

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  United Drug saves €30k-plus a year with Silver Peak WAN optimisation

  Irish drug multinational deploys Silver Peak WAN optimisation products to cure network bottlenecks, ensure effective disaster recovery and save on network costs

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  IBM industrialises silicon and optical nanotechnology for big data

  IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90nm die capable of transferring data at 25Gbps.

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Microsoft undercuts Google, AWS in cloud storage price drop

  Just days after Google and Amazon Web Services dropped their cloud storage prices, Microsoft has announced a steeper cut

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Computer Weekly European User Awards Criteria and Information

  Read the entry criteria and general information about entering the Computer Weekly European User Awards.

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Computer Weekly European User Awards: Categories

  The Computer Weekly European User Awards honours IT professionals across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology, focusing on the key areas of networking and mobile; storage; security; datacentre and virtualisation; and ...

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Virsto adds HA capability and VMware and Citrix VDI integration

  Virsto virtual machine storage logging product upgraded to version 2.0 with high-availability and support for VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop

• December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12

  Nutanix supports Red Hat KVM in upgraded storage stack hardware and OS

  Nutanix upgrades OS to add replication and disaster recovery, no-downtime addition of nodes, high availability and Red Hat KVM hypervisor support

• December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12

  Law firm adopts smart storage

  Law firm Sackers and Partners is using intelligent storage that moves information from expensive discs to less expensive discs automatically

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  Charityshare gets Violin flash array for 2,000 seat VDI rollout

  Charityshare chooses Violin Memory 3000 Series over IBM V7000 SAN and flash array rivals Whiptail and Texas Memory Systems for 2,000 seat virtual desktop deployment

• November 29, 2012 29 Nov'12

  AWS launches new EC2 instances and Data Pipeline for big data analytics

  AWS has launched two new EC2 instances for applications and analytics workloads as well as AWS Data Pipeline for big data

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  AWS re:Invent: Amazon launches data warehouse service Redshift and cuts S3 prices

  At its first ever user conference, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched data warehousing cloud service Redshift and slashed S3 prices

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  Private cloud does not bring full benefits of cloud computing, says AWS

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) senior vice-president Andy Jassy slams private cloud suppliers for failing to deliver the benefits of cloud computing

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  Whiptail promises four million IOPS all-flash array performance

  All-flash array maker Whiptail has upgraded its Racerunner operating system so Invicta arrays can scale to four million IOPS and 360TB of capacity

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  £60m datacentre to be built in Birmingham

  A 10MW modular datacentre worth £60m will be built in Birmingham by March 2013

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  Top 10 datacentre stories of 2012

  Software-defined datacentres, sustainable and green IT, power and cooling management, DCIM tools and keeping the datacentre running despite hurricane are 2012's datacentre highlights

• November 26, 2012 26 Nov'12

  Kent Police nabs Acronis for physical and virtual backup

  Kent Police slashes backup window and restore times with Acronis, replacing multi-supplier systems as part of disaster recovery project

• November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12

  Dell adds CommVault and AppAssure back-up appliances

  Dell launches two back-up appliances: SME-targeted DL4000 with AppAssure physical/virtual/cloud back-up software on board, and Simpana 9-equipped DL2300

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Dell OS upgrade nudges Compellent arrays into enterprise SAN market

  Dell announces “game changer” Compellent OS and controller upgrade that pushes at enterprise SAN market

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Dublin Airport Authority turns to virtualisation for CCTV data storage

  Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is planning to use virtualised servers to store CCTV data for easy retrieval and improved management

• November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12

  NetApp pushes clustered NAS ONTAP but customers drag feet

  NetApp pushes clustered NAS capability of Data ONTAP at its Dublin Insight event but very few customers have switched over

• November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12

  NetApp has no plans for all-flash array, says CTO Jay Kidd

  CTO Jay Kidd explains why NetApp won’t follow the industry trend for all-flash array products – the market’s too small and it’s not a good idea

• November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  NetApp records 1,000% growth on FlexPod storage stack sales

  NetApp claims sales of FlexPod integrated storage stacks have risen from 160 12 months ago to a present total of 1,600

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  DataDirect Networks takes aim at clustered NAS with SFA7700

  DataDirect Networks (DDN) makes a play for clustered NAS customers with big data needs on its journey from HPC to scale-out supplier

• November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12

  HDS adds accelerated MLC flash module to its VSP enterprise SAN

  HDS unveils Hitachi Accelerated Flash controller and drive enclosures for VSP arrays, claiming 1m IOPS from standard MLC flash drives

• November 06, 2012 06 Nov'12

  DSM demonstrates compliance through EMC Documentum D2

  Global life sciences firm DSM shares how EMC Documentum D2 helps it track a document's lifecycle to meet industry compliance standards

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Telecity buys Finland datacentre operator Academica for €28m

  Datacentre provider Telecity Group buys Finnish datacentre operator Academica for €28m to gain access to Russian markets

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  German public sector firm BAG beat data woes with storage virtualisation

  German Federal Office for Freight Transport - BAG - found a solution to its data management problems in storage virtualisation

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  NetApp nips and tucks FAS3200 clustered NAS unified storage range

  NetApp refreshes FAS3200 series unified storage arrays with changed drive capacities, plus clustered NAS and Flash Cache and Flash Pools

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  Tape is not a dead storage concept, but needs reinventing

  Despite advances in storage technology such as hard disks, data de-duplication and cloud-based storage, tape is not dead, say experts

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Southwark Council outsources IT transformation

  Southwark Council is upgrading all the IT that supports the delivery of council services, through a deal with Capita

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Virtual Instruments adds AIX, Hyper-V, SVC and VPLEX SAN testing

  SAN testing supplier Virtual Instruments plans to add AIX and Hyper-V virtual server environments to its capabilities

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Cloud backup provider McCloud chooses object storage over clustered NAS

  McCloud chooses Amplidata object storage with 15 nines data protection for scalability instead of HP Ibrix and NetApp clustered NAS

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Trend Micro: Encryption is the foundation of cloud security

  Trend Micro says giving customers the ‘perception of control’ over their data is key for trust and adoption of cloud computing

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  X-IO boosts SSD capacity in hybrid flash Hyper ISE arrays

  X-IO launches the 740, a Hyper ISE hybrid flash storage array with SSD capacity of 3.2TB to target high IOPS in VDI, OLTP and BI use cases

• October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12

  Cheshire Constabulary polices network with SolarWinds

  Police force in Cheshire uses SolarWinds’ infrastructure monitoring tools to keep its IT out of trouble