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September 01, 2010 01 Sep'10
BIAL’s disaster recovery implementation streamlines airport ops

The need to quickly bounce back in action has made Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) opt for its disaster recovery (DR) implementation.
August 30, 2010 30 Aug'10
The future of HDD technology will rest on cooperation among the five HDD manufacturers

The transition to next-gen HDD technology will be expensive, with four divergent technologies that threaten to fragment development efforts.
August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10
Trimax’s SAN storage system paves way for business growth

With a hosted platform for messaging and collaboration services on its business roadmap, service provider Trimax felt the need for a SAN storage system.
August 25, 2010 25 Aug'10
REVIEW: NetGear ReadyNAS NVX

NetGear’s ReadyNAS NVX is a solid unit that will only be enhanced b the company’s recent appointment of a pre-sales champion to develop solutions for its channel.

August 23, 2010 23 Aug'10
Prepare for bags of fun at VMworld

Australian attendees at VMworld have the chance to use the trip to assist underprivileged kids.
August 23, 2010 23 Aug'10
Riverbed testing iSCSI optimisation for cloud computing

Riverbed working to optimise iSCSI performance over wide area networks, to boost storage systems’ performance in cloud computing rigs.
August 22, 2010 22 Aug'10
What the NBN would mean for storage

The future of the National Broadband Network is in the balance, but just in case the Independents need some food for thought, we asked some leading Australian storage experts what fast broadband could mean for data storage.
August 20, 2010 20 Aug'10
iSCSI, the cloud, and the accelerator start to converge

As iSCSI gains traction in the market, it’s bringing about an interesting shift: the idea of storage networking, even if it’s not described in such terms, is becoming attractive to smaller businesses.
August 20, 2010 20 Aug'10
DSCI framework implementation methodology: An up-close look

There’s much FUD about DSCI’s data security and privacy frameworks. We attempt to demystify DSCI frameworks’ implementation methodology.
August 18, 2010 18 Aug'10
ABC considers cloud storage, says 3PB+ of disk needed by 2015

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has outlined its storage strategy in a tender for new suppliers that puts HDS' and NetApp's incumbency at risk, calls for the introduction of policy-based tiering and says the broadcaster wants to explore ...

August 18, 2010 18 Aug'10
Hitachi AMS wins out over EMC Clariion as ISP upgrades data storage

Zen Internet selects Hitachi AMS SAN over EMC Clariion as SAS interconnect beats FC-AL. SAN products from Dell EqualLogic, NetApp and Oracle-Sun also rejected by ISP.
August 15, 2010 15 Aug'10
Perth Radiological Clinic upgrades HDS SANs

Perth Radiological Clinic (PRC) has selected twin storage arrays from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and will use the hardware to create a nearline archive containing seven years of medical images.
August 09, 2010 09 Aug'10
Acronis Backup & Recovery chosen by British Gypsum for disaster recovery; and other storage news

Storage roundup: British Gypsum opts for Acronis backup software; new BakBone FASTRecover offers Exchange 2010 support; Crossroads' tape library analytics; Double-Take's UK partner initiative; iStorage signs European reseller deals.
August 09, 2010 09 Aug'10
FalconStor storage virtualisation replicates for rapid disaster recovery restore

Northern Rail uses FalconStor storage virtualisation to replicate SAP data between sites and cut disaster recovery restores from three days down to two hours.
August 09, 2010 09 Aug'10
BCM certification roadmap for the data center pro

Today there's much demand for business continuity management (BCM) skillsets. So a BCM certification will help if you are interested in making an entry.
August 08, 2010 08 Aug'10
EMC says HDS sells for no profit to beat CLARiiON

EMC’s competitive assessment of Hitachi Data Systems Adaptive Modular Storage product suggests it is being sold at cost price, and says Hitachi’s USP V lacks robust VMware support
August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10
iiNet to launch cloud backup for business

Internet Service Provider iiNet has launched a cloud backup service for consumers, and plans to scale it up for business users.
August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10
Consolidation of data center aids data management at ACG Worldwide

Faced with management of data generated by a large workforce across different locations, pharma firm ACG opts for consolidation of data center infra.
July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10
3Par responds to EMC's competitive intelligence

Yesterday SearchStorage ANZ published excerpts from a document we are almost certain is an EMC competitive intelligence assessment of 3Par and its products. Today, 3Par responds with its analysis of EMC's assessment.
July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10
NetApp storage guarantee slammed in anonymous video at Notapp.com

A new and anonymous website contains a video that is highly critical of NetApp's storage guarantee, but points out that EMC's own guarantee is far simpler.
July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10
Anti NetApp site, "NotApp.com", pulled down, traffic redirected to EMC

NotApp.com, which earlier today hosted a video making unflattering comparisons between EMC and NetApp, has been pulled down and redirected to EMC's own web page.
July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10
EMC says most of its customers “unaware of ... ease of use improvements to” CLARiiON, Symmetrix

In a competitive intelligence document analyzing its strengths and weaknesses compared to 3Par, EMC dismisses its rival’s thin provisioning and scalability, but also admits to poor communication with customers
July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10
Virtualization of storage boosts Bengaluru International Airport ops

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) opts for virtualization of storage and attains the thin-provisioning advantage as a bonus.
July 26, 2010 26 Jul'10
How the Vblock message could rebound on EMC

EMC's VCE Vblock pushes the message of the integrated hardware stack, but this can help EMC's rivals that truly are integrated.
July 22, 2010 22 Jul'10
NetApp to clone Melbourne virtualization Centre of Excellence in Germany, USA

NetApp’s new virtualization Centre of Excellence in Melbourne has a mission to productise its work at CenITex, and will soon be joined by sister centres in the USA and Germany
July 22, 2010 22 Jul'10
EMC cancels Social Media Outreach program as blogger points finger of FAIL

The storage blogosphere is digesting a ham-fisted and hastily-cancelled social media splurge by EMC
July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10
NetApp wins 200 petabyte deal with CenITex, establishes virtualisation centre of excellence

NetApp and Dimension Data have teamed to win storage, backup and recovery services for Victoria's shared services agency CenITex. NetApp will also create a new "Global Centre for Virtualization Excellence" in Australia.
July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10
Corporation Bank's disaster recovery setup goes beyond standard DR

When the leading Indian bank felt that its standard disaster recovery site was not enough, it went in for a 3-way disaster recovery setup.
July 07, 2010 07 Jul'10
FalconStor virtual storage supports server virtualization project at construction company

FalconStor virtual storage implemented at construction company; Buffalo partners with NovaStor; Cloud provider uses DataCore storage virtualization; Infortrend expands array range; Portable solid-state storage; UK SMEs slack at backup; Sepaton new ...
July 07, 2010 07 Jul'10
VMware vSphere shared storage guide

Learn about shared storage devices that let you unlock the power of VMware vSphere.
July 06, 2010 06 Jul'10
EXCLUSIVE: NetApp fights claims of low storage utilisation with new configuration guide

NetApp has issued a new best practice guide for configuring its products that outlines how much capacity it can access on disks, and says the new guide is needed in part to head off FUD from competitors.
July 05, 2010 05 Jul'10
Seagate releases details of 3TB drive

Seagate has released a 3TB drive, but has not made a major areal density breakthrough as it uses five double-sided platters with 300GB per side.
June 30, 2010 30 Jun'10
Overland NAS storage gets cue at media firm, which dumps LaCie drives

Media monitoring company DMS UK installs 60 TB of Overland SnapServer NAS storage to replace fault-prone LaCie drives. HP NAS 'too costly,' says IT manager.
June 28, 2010 28 Jun'10
Disk-based backup and data deduplication key to efficient backup

Issues with disk-based backup and data deduplication attract UK users to W. Curtis Preston seminar; attendees cite tape, growing data volumes and sprawling backup windows.
June 28, 2010 28 Jun'10
DataDirect Networks storage helps movie firm with HPC; and other data storage news

Movie firm opts for DataDirect Networks storage for HPC; zero-loss disaster recovery too costly for most; new cloud storage service from Iron Mountain; and other data storage news.
June 25, 2010 25 Jun'10
Outsourcing disaster recovery does the trick for Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Lakshmi Vilas Bank's focus on outsourcing disaster recovery requirements has resulted in an increase of cost benefits and customer satisfaction.
June 21, 2010 21 Jun'10
Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet are in balance for Brocade

For Brocade, Fibre Channel and FCoE form complementary pillars of its storage networking roadmap. That puts it in a good position compared with its rivals.
June 21, 2010 21 Jun'10
Compellent to make "major investment" in Australia

Compellent plans to expand its Australian operations.
June 16, 2010 16 Jun'10
Nasuni Filer and cloud storage help school with offsite DR; and other data storage news

Nasuni Filer, cloud storage help with offsite DR; Double-Take's new Microsoft integration; FalconStor SMB CDP; Mozy offers new cloud storage services; failover vendor SteelEye adds UK resellers.
June 14, 2010 14 Jun'10
ExaGrid data deduplication helps UK law firm slash data backup and restore

Data deduplication devices from ExaGrid chosen over Data Domain and three other vendors as law firm tackles lengthy data backups and restores, and cuts data deduplication ratios.
June 09, 2010 09 Jun'10
Clustered NAS from BlueArc supplants Isilon at film effects firm

BlueArc Mercury 100 clustered NAS replaces Isilon at Cinesite as visual effects company boosts storage capacity threefold to cope with random access demands.
June 02, 2010 02 Jun'10
Tiered storage tops for smaller budgets, says City IT chief

Ryan Sclanders of CMA talks about why tiered storage helps him get high-performance storage on a budget, and the pain of backup and capacity management.
May 26, 2010 26 May'10
Clustered NAS from Sun supports solar imaging project; and other data storage news

UCLan uses Sun Thumper NAs to store NASA images; Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 compatible with Citrix XenServer server virtualization; Atempo offers Novell deduplication; BakBone and BlueArc boost the channel.
May 24, 2010 24 May'10
Compellent SAN helps dairy save on disaster recovery services

A Compellent SAN helped Lakeland Dairies support a server virtualization project, slash its disaster recovery services bill and gain energy savings.
May 19, 2010 19 May'10
Is EMC's VMware virtualization juggernaut unstoppable?

VMware virtualization sidelines operating systems and supplants storage subsystem intelligence. Is EMC's VMware virtualization giant set to crush all in its path?
May 12, 2010 12 May'10
BlueArc clustered NAS brings savings to hosting company; other data storage news

Claranet saves money with BlueArc clustered NAS; Core Consultancy launches DataSafe backup and recovery service; DataFort debuts offsite backup service; cloud backup from MTI; and more.
May 12, 2010 12 May'10
NetApp replies to EMC's VPlex announcement at EMC World

NetApp has issued a statement saying it can ddo everything EMC's new VPlex products can achieve, and customers are cool on the new product too.
May 12, 2010 12 May'10
Storage Decisions Australia - LIVE!

Can't make it to Storage Decisions Australia? Then check in here next Wednesday for a full day of live coverage from the event.
May 06, 2010 06 May'10
HDS, NetApp, IBM and bloggers line up to kick EMC

Coincidence or Google Bomb: Why is the whole storage blogosphere lining up to kick EMC the week before EMC World?
May 05, 2010 05 May'10
Tiered storage tames data storage growth, says construction IT chief

Steve Shepherd of BAM Nuttall talks about how tiered storage tames data storage growth, the move to shared storage, why he's opting for cloud storage and his approach to working with vendors.
May 05, 2010 05 May'10
Geoscience Australia selects IBM 3592 cartridges as its tape migration

Geoscience Australia is tendering for companies to move its old data onto IBM3592 cartridges, and expects it will require such services for up to five years.
April 30, 2010 30 Apr'10
Logical Units: Unisys storage assessment service; EMC’s new Avamar certification

Our occasional roundup of new storage products includes a new certification for EMC pros, Unisys bringing its storage assessment service to Australia and a half-height LTO-5 drive.
April 29, 2010 29 Apr'10
Working with virtual disk formats and VMware Fault Tolerance

Our expert shares quick tips on VMware vSphere's virtual disk formats, including zeroedthick, thin and eagerzeroedthick.
April 29, 2010 29 Apr'10
Backblaze says the dog ate its data centre; IBM XIV debate rages

Unified tiering stacks anyone? If only we could invent such a thing, storage bloggers may have a lot less to write about! Also, the best excuse for a data center disaster ever?
April 29, 2010 29 Apr'10
Australian immigration tribunals to replace Dell/EMC SANs

Australia's Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal wishes to replace its Dell/EMC CX500 SANs, which it says have reached the end of their product lifespan and now cost too much to maintain.
April 29, 2010 29 Apr'10
Amazon Web Services opens Asia Pacific region

Amazon Web Services S3 and other cloud computing services will now be served from a Singapore data center, but AWS is also considering an Australian presence.
April 28, 2010 28 Apr'10
IT services firm adds IBM XIV storage for midrange customers and other data storage news

IT services firm adds IBM XIV storage capacity; Comet offers consumer online data backup; FalconStor Software launches HyperFS file system; and more data storage news.
April 28, 2010 28 Apr'10
IP Australia consolidates storage with NetApp private cloud

Australia’s intellectual property protection agency has consolidated its multi-vendor storage systems, making NetApp its new supplier of choice and creating a private storage cloud.
April 28, 2010 28 Apr'10
3Par's new Australia office plans to bed in global customers

3Par’s Australian office will try to ensure its global customers don’t make Australia and New Zealand an exception to their global 3Par roll-outs, as some have done before teh company opened a local presence.
April 23, 2010 23 Apr'10
Small storage devices a hit at big hotel

Riverbed working to optimise iSCSI performance over wide area networks, to boost storage systems’ performance in cloud computing rigs.
April 22, 2010 22 Apr'10
HDS and EMC's unified plans ridiculed by 3Par, Pillar, NetApp labelled "NotApp"

The storage blogosphere has adopted some wonderfully plain speech to describe the current mania for "unified storage" as EMC, HDS, NetApp, Pillar and 3Par sound off.
April 22, 2010 22 Apr'10
HDS and EMC's unified plans ridiculed by 3Par

The storage blogosphere has adopted some wonderfully plain speech to describe the current mania for "unified storage" as EMC, HDS, NetApp, Pillar and 3Par sound off.
April 21, 2010 21 Apr'10
3Par opens Aussie office

Up-and-coming storage vendor 3Par has opened an Australian office and seems to be looking for both channel partners and customers, and may also be servicing existing local users.
April 20, 2010 20 Apr'10
Data backup and data archiving are not interchangeable

Data backups and data archiving are very different processes. Backups copy data to save against corruption or loss, while archiving moves data to save the cost of storage.
April 19, 2010 19 Apr'10
Hitachi Data Systems teams with Microsoft for unified computing platform

HDS has become the latest vendor to offer a stack of storage and servers, after the company decided to bring its previously Japan-only Blade Symphony product to the rest of the world.
April 12, 2010 12 Apr'10
Animal Logic changes two storage platforms: Isilon and DataDirect Networks in, NetApp's role reduced

Australian film studio Animal Logic has changed two of its storage platforms, with the combination of performance and support leading it to adopt DataDirect Networks for applications previously performed by Bright and replace its primary production ...
April 12, 2010 12 Apr'10
Storage roundup: IBM powers Iridis III HPC environment; Drobo NAS targets SOHO market; and more

IBM powers university's Iridis III HPC environment; Drobo FS NAS devices targets SOHO market; LTO-5 Ultrium tape capability available in HP StorageWorks MSL; and more.
April 08, 2010 08 Apr'10
EMC vs. NetApp argument erupts over Bycast buy, UCS implementations

EMC and NetApp are going at it harder than ever this week, as NetApp's Bycast acquisition draws fire. Over in the Twittersphere, meanwhile, there's more animosity,plus IBM possibly taking down a tweet that proclaimed a win over EMC.
April 05, 2010 05 Apr'10
Geoscience Australia selects IBM 3592 cartridges as its tape migration extends beyond ten years

Geoscience Australia selects IBM 3592 cartridges as its tape migration extends beyond ten years
April 01, 2010 01 Apr'10
Is NetApp preparing to defend 'unified' storage?

NetApp seems to be mobilising its bloggers to defend its “unified storage” position as the industry prepares for EMC's rumoured entry into the space. Also this week, bloggers start to contemplate deduplication in more depth.
March 31, 2010 31 Mar'10
IBM and Verizon look to draw large enterprises to cloud data backup

A new joint service offering aimed at financial services customers combines Verizon's MPLS network in the New York area with IBM's cloud data backup based on the Arsenal Digital acquisition.
March 31, 2010 31 Mar'10
Target-based data deduplication helps control ballooning data growth

Seminar attendees learn how data deduplication tackles increasing data volumes, as well as the pros and cons of source, target-based, inline and post-process data deduplication products.
March 31, 2010 31 Mar'10
Server virtualisation with SAN storage rocks, says Internet group CTO

Forward's Lukas Oberhuber on server virtualisation and SAN storage, the role of capacity and performance in storage, and why his biggest headache is backing up data.
March 25, 2010 25 Mar'10
New IBM blogger attracts NetApp's ire, Symantec "sackings" dissected

A new IBM blogger has emerged and has been given the storage industry's traditional welcome: a blast from NetApp.
March 24, 2010 24 Mar'10
Storage roundup: Telco uses HP LeftHand for virtual server environment

Telco chooses HP LeftHand P4000 virtual SANs; Maxell ships LTO Ultrium 5; NetApp expands FCoE, Data Centre Bridging product offerings; Overland SAN gets VMware tick; and more.
March 24, 2010 24 Mar'10
Gartner's key datacentre technologies for the future

Which technologies will be most important to your data centre in the future? Simon Sharwood reports from the keynote address at Gartner's Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit to learn the analyst firm's predictions.
March 24, 2010 24 Mar'10
Storage array supplier shakeout could be sparked by virtualisation and the cloud

Storage array suppliers could face a market shakeout as server virtualisation and the cloud push storage intelligence to different parts of the data centre stack.
March 24, 2010 24 Mar'10
Gartner: Storage deserves more attention than servers

Organisations need to think about storage before they consider other infrastructure, Gartner's Matthew Boon has told the firm's Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit.
March 24, 2010 24 Mar'10
Gartner's data protection predictions

Gartner's lead global storage researcher Philip Sargeant says organisations will soon find themselves buying a new class of storage management tools, as they acquire several point solutions to improve data management and focus on recovery instead of...
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Data deduplication seminar: Register for your free UK seminar this week

Learn all about the data deduplication market when you register for a one-day data deduplication seminar this week in London or Manchester with keynote speaker W Curtis Preston (a.k.a. "Mr. Backup").
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Analyst retreats from "Symantec fires 600" claim

UPDATED: Symantec has issued a statment denying its exit from the storage software market, as the Analyst who last week blogged that Symantec has "fired" 600 storage software developers and engineers has scaled back his claims. Symantec has not, ...
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Family Court of Australia seeks new tape drives, sticks with LTO-4

The Family Court of Australia has decided to upgrade its backup hardware with new LTO-4 drives, but expects it may need to double its backup capacity.
March 18, 2010 18 Mar'10
Has Symantec “fired” 600 storage developers, bloggers dissect EMC’s big global storage cloud

ESG Analyst Steve Duplessie says Symantec has fired 600 storage staff, but the storage blogosphere is silent on the subject, preferring to bicker about EMC, TSM, NetApp and HDS.
March 15, 2010 15 Mar'10
Disaster recovery, power and cooling secrets from Airtel data centers

How does one of the world's largest telecom companies manage disaster recovery, power and cooling at its data centers? By innovating, obviously!
March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10
Storage blogosphere gets analytical, considers VMware and HDS/Sun fallout

The storage blogosphere is in a more contemplative mood this week, but EMC and NetApp still manage to argue, while 3Par, Compellent and HP all come in for criticism from various quarters.
March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10
Storage roundup: UK data backup practices behind those of France, Germany; and more

UK IT managers behind in data backup; Dot Hill 8 Gb Fibre Channel; Iron Mountain acquires Mimosa Systems; Nimbus Technology releases cloud storage service; Overland LTO-5 technology; and more.
March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10
Tape storage and backup suits us fine, says City firm's backup chief

Tape storage wins out over disk-based backup, according to Tradition's network infrastructure manager. He tells us why he's sticking with tape backup and how keeping things simple pays dividends.
March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10
Microsoft makes software giveaway to Windows Essential Busines Server customers

Microsoft Australia has explained future support and licensing arrangements for users of its cancelled Windows Essential Business Server.
March 10, 2010 10 Mar'10
Another NetApp leak reveals joint pipeline with CSC, says BHP Billiton

"NetApp & CSC field engagement program" revealed in set of documents describing plans to target the USA’s top 100 companies, including Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton.
March 09, 2010 09 Mar'10
EMC’s Ionix sale analysed - the industry likes the idea!

EMC’s surprise decision to offload its Ionix product line is welcomed by many, but Gartner warns customers need to be wary of EMC’s management roadmap.
March 08, 2010 08 Mar'10
Mimosa NearPoint email archiving software cuts PST file sprawl at BAM Nuttall

Mimosa NearPoint email archiving software lets BAM Nuttall cut PST file sprawl, move toward legal compliance in email archive and avoid purchasing extra iSCSI SAN storage capacity.
March 08, 2010 08 Mar'10
Brennan preparing backup-as-a-service product

Data Domain deduplication is at the heart of a planned backup-as-a-service product from Australian IT services company Brennan.
March 06, 2010 06 Mar'10
ABC wants BackupExec 2010, sticks with NetBackup 6.5

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is buying the new version of BackupExec but sticking with the older NetBackup 6.5
March 05, 2010 05 Mar'10
8 Network-attached storage devices for small business - and why you cannot write off SOHO NAS

Here's a look at the most popular network-attached storage devices for SMBs in the $2,000 to $10,000 price range.
March 05, 2010 05 Mar'10
Victoria seeks storage for 25,000+ tapes

CenITex, Victoria's shared services IT agency, is looking for a company to arrange for off-site storage of 25,000+ backup tapes.
March 04, 2010 04 Mar'10
Information rights management helps L&T protect its knowhow

Larsen & Toubro's electrical & electronics division deploys document rights management (DRM) to safeguard in-house expertise and manage information rights.
March 03, 2010 03 Mar'10
UPDATE: New channel focus leads to depature of NetApp Australia marketing director

NetApp and its Australian Marketing Director Roger Mannett have parted ways, as the company increases its focus on the channel.
March 03, 2010 03 Mar'10
HDS/Sun partnership ends

HDS Australia says it is working on plans to transition customers in the wake of Sun/Oracle's decision to end its reseller relationship with HDS.
March 01, 2010 01 Mar'10
Primary storage data dedupe and compression find their niche

Primary storage data dedupe and compression can reduce capacity utilisation and are set to grow as a product category, but there are limitations to its applicability.
February 25, 2010 25 Feb'10
Storage roundup: Visual effects studio opts for LTO-4 tape drives, shuns disk; and more

Visual effects studio opts for Tandberg tape; DroboElite gains VMware Ready status; Hitachi launches G-Drive with portable Apple drives; Travel Channel switches to Isilon clustered NAS; and more.