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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
October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12
Fujitsu teams with Violin to drive ‘Ferrari’ SSDs

Fujitsu has announced a partnership with Violin Memory to incorporate the Silicon Valley firm’s solid state drives (SSDs) into its storage arrays
October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12
Beware of unfair SaaS HR contracts

Businesses must be wary of signing unfair contracts as software as a service takes over from traditional HR technology
October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12
Tape revenues drag down Quantum results but disk gives a boost

Quantum reports year-on-year losses and declining tape revenues but has better news with DXi disk backup and StorNext scale-out file system
October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12
Logistics firm chooses EMC VNX for virtualisation storage

Logistics firm Crossflight has implemented an EMC VNX storage array to support a virtual server environment and cut power and cooling bills
October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12
Cloud firm snubs mainstream suppliers for Nexenta storage software

LeaseWeb snubs HP, IBM and NetApp to build public cloud services on NexentaStor software using commodity servers with SAS and SSDs
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
Jobs firm Hudson dumps NetApp for HP in disaster recovery project

Multinational jobs firm Hudson recruits HP and fires NetApp as it builds active-active London datacentres to support disaster recovery in Europe-wide CRM roll-out
October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12
CERN turns on new NetApp ONTAP clustered NAS capability

CERN turns on NetApp Data ONTAP 8.1.1 clustered NAS functionality for easy scaling and maintenance on its 2PB LHC data storage cluster
October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12
VMware Virtual SAN vision to disrupt storage paradigm

VMware’s vision for storage from the hypervisor is set to pull the rug from mid-range, enterprise and virtual storage product suppliers
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
Nationwide Insurance builds IT ledger for chargeback

Nationwide Insurance controls IT expenditure using VMware ITBM to provide a service catalogue and pricing for internal departments
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
HDS, NetApp and Nexenta launch storage stacks at VMworld 2012

Hitachi Data Systems revamps stacks to become VMware-centric; NetApp adds SME ExpressPod stacks to existing FlexPods; Nexenta launches VDI bundle
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
VMware fleshes out vision for enterprise-wide storage virtualisation

VMware sets out its plans for virtualised pools of storage and virtual SANs that create shared storage from distributed server drives
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
VMware tools up for software-defined datacentres

At VMworld Europe in Barcelona, VMware addressed how it would tackle greater IT complexity through management and automation
October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12
Lamborghini slashes web costs with Amazon Web Services

Supercar maker Lamborghini has revamped and accelerated the performance of its website by running it on Amazon Web Services
October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12
NATS virtual desktops take off with Violin Memory flash array

Air traffic control organisation NATS chooses high IOPS performance Violin Memory all-flash array for a 6,000-seat virtual desktop roll-out
October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Storage briefs: Tape library just the ticket for car park firm

Tape library for car park firm; IT departments fail on email compliance; Record HDD shipment after Thai floods; Veeam supports Hyper-V
October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Social media presents risk of data overload

Employees are at risk of information overload as social media technologies are increasingly used in the workplace
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
Businesses to face tougher penalties for data breaches

Businesses will face tougher penalties for failing to secure personal data under new European legislation
October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12
We need European datacentres to 'be successful' says Box CEO

Computer Weekly speaks to founder and CEO of cloud storage firm Box about why enterprises are embracing this type of technology and what his firm has to do to keep them happy
September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
HMRC becomes first major department to use G-Cloud

HMRC is the first major government department to procure through the G-Cloud in a deal with Skyscape for centralised data storage.
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
Hitachi Unified Storage VM brings multiprotocol storage virtualisation

HDS Hitachi Unified Storage VM brings multiprotocol storage with object storage and storage virtualisation that scales to 64 PB with an all-flash array variant planned for November
August 09, 2012 09 Aug'12
London’s authority gets Olympic class disaster recovery systems

In time for the Olympics, the Greater London Authority has ditched tape and deployed disk-based disaster recovery systems to reduce restores from three days to four hours.
August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12
University deploys Violin flash storage array

Storage roundup: Anglia Ruskin University gets Violin's 3000 Series flash storage array; media firm dumps Veeam for Acronis; health firm deploys Coraid flash array; and more news.
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
Academic supercomputer gets 27 PB of HPC storage

Storage roundup: The University of Edinburgh's HECToR supercomputer has been given an HPC storage upgrade with 8 PB on an array and 19.5 PB on tape; Aptare storage analytics upgrade; and more news.
July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12
Cloud provider opts for X-IO hybrid SSD arrays

Storage roundup: Cloud provider RTW Hosting opts for X-IO hybrid SSD arrays; Buffalo’s new iSCSI and NAS arrays; Coraid appointment; OnApp to bundle storage virtualisation software; and more news.
May 29, 2012 29 May'12
School cuts unstructured data by 90% with Balesio

Storage roundup: School cuts unstructured data by 90% with Balesio; Belgian bank gets VirtualSharp DR tool; Bocada teams with Veeam; new Infortrend unified storage arrays; and more news.
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Government lab installs 8.5 PB of Panasas HPC storage

Storage roundup: Government lab installs 8.5 PB of Panasas HPC storage; college cuts files by 75% with Balesio; StorMagic E.ON storage virtualisation win; and more news.
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Data deduplication technology boosts Shoppers Stop’s backup strategy

Data deduplication technology helps Indian retail major Shoppers Stop battle the inefficiencies of data backup. Our case study has all the juicy details.
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Charity cuts costs with Xsigo network virtualisation

Storage roundup: Charity cuts costs with Xsigo network virtualisation; prison group gets cloud backup; Danish city deploys Fusion-io software; Amplidata software upgrade; and more news.
March 29, 2012 29 Mar'12
Bank of India’s BS 25999 certification journey nears completion

This is the story of how Bank of India turned around its business continuity strategy from a state of chaos as it geared up for BS 25999 certification.
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Research company gets Acronis virtual machine backup

Storage roundup: Research company gets Acronis virtual machine backup; cloud provider opts for Nexsan; Arkivum appoints Scallon; Coraid appoints Virmani; and Qsan is VMware-ready.
March 05, 2012 05 Mar'12
Events company gets VirtualSharp disaster recovery testing

Storage roundup: Events firm chooses VirtualSharp for application-aware DR testing; Virtual Instruments CEO joins Microsoft board; Qsan launches SMB iSCSI SAN; and more news.
February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12
German hosting group deploys Fusion-io server flash

Storage roundup: German hosting group deploys Fusion-io server flash; Open University opts for Dot Hill; Jaguar Land Rover deploys Isilon; war museum gets Spectra Logic tape library; and more news.
January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12
Virtual machine backup and disaster recovery top European storage priorities

Virtual machine backup and disaster recovery top the storage priorities of European IT departments as recession bites and legal and industry compliance requirements must be met.
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
NHS service opts for Dot Hill SAN for VMware project

Storage roundup: NHS service opts for Dot Hill SAN for VMware; Acronis adds Red Hat integration; Atlantis releases ILIO monitoring module; ExaGrid gains Symantec synthetics certification; and more.
January 15, 2012 15 Jan'12
Five questions on solid-state drive technology

Before you strap in, make sure your data center network can handle the performance gains provided by solid-state drive devices.
December 15, 2011 15 Dec'11
Amplidata object-based cloud for social networking company

Storage roundup: Social networking company opts for Amplidata object-based cloud; Front-safe chooses Fusion-io; Balesio now supports PDFs; architect selects Dot Hill iSCSI arrays; and more news.
December 02, 2011 02 Dec'11
Agile design process takes business to the doghouse and the cloud

When faced with the challenge of designing and deploying a new system, 99designs turned to their won rapid development methodology and the cloud
November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11
Union Solutions adopts Caringo’s object-based storage for cloud storage

Storage roundup: Union adopts Caringo’s object-based storage; Crossroads ships LTFS box; Infortrend adds tiering and QLogic hardware; NetApp customer win; NovaStor’s NAS backup; and more news.
November 16, 2011 16 Nov'11
NetApp announces Big Data solutions as market grows

In the quest to manage Big Data, NetApp has announced new solutions to manage the growth in unstructured data in a dynamic market
November 15, 2011 15 Nov'11
Storage supplies constrained by Thai floods

Storage prices are on the way up with the recent floods in Thailand resulting in supply chain constraints.
November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11
DDN HPC storage calculates risk

Storage roundup: DDN HPC storage calculates risk; BBC Wales gets Object Matrix NAS; Arkivium to use IBM tape; CommVault expands global support from Reading; and more news.
November 10, 2011 10 Nov'11
Coraid expands ANZ presence

Ethernet SAN solutions developer has invested $50M towards international expansion and increasing its ANZ presence.
November 02, 2011 02 Nov'11
SNW Europe 2011: Conference coverage

Find out what took place at SNW Europe in Frankfurt, Germany, this year. See pictures and read tips and blogs from sessions.
October 30, 2011 30 Oct'11
Cloud storage boom as users rush to outsourcers

The Spring 2011 edition of IDC’s Storage User Demand Survey says 40%of enterprise storage users plan to outsource some of their storage needs in the next twelve months, with “an average of over 250TB will be acquired” by each user.
October 30, 2011 30 Oct'11
I spy web servers which don’t lie

The storage blogosphere is reporting an interesting incident involving Symantec and Permabit, plus a stoush between Oracle and NetApp.
October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11
Recruitment firm gets cloud backup

Storage roundup: Jobs firm gets cloud backup; Eden Project grows for NetApp; Law firm’s WAN optimisation; German space centre gets Atempo, and more news.
October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
Disaster Recovery Not Keeping Up With Cloud

A recent survey by Acronis reveals that companies aren't updating their DR plans as they move to cloud solutions.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Flybe flies with Veeam Backup & Replication virtual server backup

Storage roundup: Airline Flybe has implemented Veeam virtual server backup in a move to virtual servers; Durham upgrades star computer to 1.1 PB; Cornwall hospitals get Simpana; and more news.
October 03, 2011 03 Oct'11
Incriptus heads for the enterprise

Adelaide “community cloud” backup company Incriptus has developed an enterprise version of its product and is seeking funding to help take it to the world.
September 30, 2011 30 Sep'11
IBM’s racetrack memory: 1,250x increase in storage density promised

IBM promises 1,250 times the storage density at the same cost per gigabyte as disk with its racetrack memory. But difficult choices lie ahead for IBM if it works.
September 26, 2011 26 Sep'11
Australian Bureau of Statistics counts on no storage team, HP, for census

Australia’s recent agricultural and population censuses will be stored on and tabulated using HP SANs, but a dedicated storage team won’t help the count.
September 25, 2011 25 Sep'11
Bad Sectors: the latest storage news

Our regular roundup of storage news sees EMC notch a Canberra win, a couple of agencies announce their plans to buy SANs, Ninefold's sneakernet, a nasty rumour about HP and a new entrant to the local SAN market.
September 19, 2011 19 Sep'11
Richard Gere loves EMC, so it probably isn’t worried about NetApp haters

Our monthly wade through the slime of the storage blogosphere has found an EMC Symmetrix making Richard Gere look animated, and some rather odd Spam in NetApp’s back yard
September 14, 2011 14 Sep'11
Disaster Recovery focus at Intel Developer Forum

For many CIOs, disaster recovery or business continuity planning starts and stops with backups, hot recovery sites and well documented plans. At the Intel Developer Forum, Intel is showcasing the roles played by diverse types of computing in the ...
September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11
Transport police get Dell Compellent SAN storage tiering

Storage roundup: The British Transport Police has implemented Compellent SANs with storage tiering as part of a VMware virtualisation project; university boots Buffalo for Overland NAS; and more news.
September 12, 2011 12 Sep'11
Four hot storage startups from the floor at VMworld 2011

VMworld 2011’s Solutions Exchange saw a bright new crop of storage companies step onto the industry’s stage. We were there to watch them debut.
August 31, 2011 31 Aug'11
Extreme data recovery

When Orly Productions had a LTO tape immersed in mud following the Christchurch earthquake, they turned to Kroll Ontrack to recover the critical data
August 31, 2011 31 Aug'11
Royal College prescribes NetApp for VMware storage

Storage roundup: Royal College prescribes NetApp for VMware storage; university goes solid-state for VDI; waste firm gets Dot Hill SANs; Coraid’s VMware integration; and more news.
August 31, 2011 31 Aug'11
Server appliances simplify deployment

There was a time when deploying a new server required a team of engineers but server appliances are simplifying the task.
August 30, 2011 30 Aug'11
A sneak peek at Avamar vCloud Protector

EMC has used VMware2011 to show off a new backup tool, Avamar vCloud Protector, which offers new and advanced ways to backup virtual machines.
August 29, 2011 29 Aug'11
VMware CEO Paul Maritz on the role of storage in the virtual world

VMware has recently released some products that threaten traditional storage models. What’s the company up to? CEO Paul Maritz explains the company’s attitude to storage in this brief podcast from VMworld 2011.
August 29, 2011 29 Aug'11
How ASIC stops I/O storms hurting its SANs

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has deployed virtual desktop infrastructure, creating 3000 desktop images for its 2300 staff. At VMworld it explained how it runs that fleet without boot storms hurting its SANs.