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Storage
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April 15, 2008
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Apr'08
Melbourne Health consolidates 1000 DAT tapes into a single database
Melbourne Health has created new infrastructure to manage medical images
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April 14, 2008
14
Apr'08
Fire service replaces Windows backup with more reliable tool
South Yorkshire fire service replaced its WIndows backup environment with a more reliable product from Yosemite, but it's missing support for Oracle.
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April 11, 2008
11
Apr'08
CommVault boosts Simpana e-discovery and data reduction
CommVault's first service pack for Simpana 7.0 includes e-discovery updates and new integration between replication and file-level single instancing.
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April 11, 2008
11
Apr'08
Xiotech and Atrato forge self-healing storage market
New disk array designs use sealed components, resulting in storage systems that may not need servicing for five years or more.
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April 11, 2008
11
Apr'08
IBM: roadmap for data dedupe, thin prov, SSDs and MAID
IBM's storage general manager and chief technical strategist provide clues to IBM's storage roadmap in data deduplication, thin provisioning, solid-state disks and MAID.
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April 11, 2008
11
Apr'08
Tape has soul
In the cupboard under the stairs is my VHS machine. It chewed up the last two cassettes I attempted to play on it (about 6 years ago). So with an odd assortment of tapes it remains there gathering dust. But for some nostalgic reason I haven't thrown...
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April 09, 2008
09
Apr'08
EMC pockets Iomega to create consumer storage division
After chasing its consumer storage partner for two weeks EMC has finally acquired Iomega and its strong consumer channels for about $213 million (£106.5m).
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April 09, 2008
09
Apr'08
Cisco buys Nuova and launches FCoE-compliant switch
Cisco buys subsidiary Nuova Systems and pushes out its first Fibre Channel over Etherent (FCoE) switch; QLogic, Emulex and Intel also launch FCoE products.
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April 09, 2008
09
Apr'08
Xiotech unveils self-healing storage systems at SNW
Xiotech's Emprise storage systems use a proprietary technology to reduce heat and vibration. Xiotech claims that an Emprise system will incur zero service events over five years.
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April 09, 2008
09
Apr'08
The AA saves £34 million a year with NetApp iSCSI SAN
Car breakdown service, The AA swaps out EMC and HP/Compaq Fibre Channel SAN for NetApp iSCSI storage, halving IT costs and slashing storage staff from 16 to one.
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April 09, 2008
09
Apr'08
EMC to buy Iomega
Capping weeks of rumours, EMC has announced it is acquiring Iomega.
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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.
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April 08, 2008
08
Apr'08
Storage power in the data centre
The energy and power consumed by storage systems, especially backups is starting to raise some eyebrows in the data centre.
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April 07, 2008
07
Apr'08
Law firm set to climb email compliance mountain
Michelmores plans to implement email compliance, document management and inter-site replication following successful Hitachi SAN deployment.
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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.
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April 03, 2008
03
Apr'08
Nimbus adds solid state to 10 GigE iSCSI NAS systems
Nimbus Data expands 10 Gigabit Ethernet capability and adds solid-state drives to IP storage systems that support iSCSI, NFS and CIFS.
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April 03, 2008
03
Apr'08
UK debut for storage compression appliance
Ocarina claims a tenfold reduction of file data on primary storage. Alpha-testing UK photo sharing site set to put appliance into production
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April 03, 2008
03
Apr'08
IBM-Novus SERP tool aimed at storage resource management customers
The first refresh of Novus' SERP broadens its support for heterogeneous SRM tools, but it keeps customers waiting for better backup reporting support from IBM.
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April 02, 2008
02
Apr'08
EMC to buy IT services firm Conchango for £42m
EMC to acquire UK IT service and e-commerce specialist Conchango for £42m in move that will provide access to blue chip customers and boost its European services presence
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March 31, 2008
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Mar'08
Lefthand SAN knocks out NetApp SAN for Anite's implementation
IT services supplier Anite selects software-and-server SAN from Lefthand on cost and hardware flexibility for networked storage to support VMWare virtualisation project
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
Security provider picks Pillar over EMC on cost
Dell shop chooses tiered SATA drives in Pillar Axiom mid-range array over Clariion SAN as storage for rapidly expanding Oracle 10g databases.
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
Users face buy-in challenge with disaster recovery
Attendees at Storage Decisions disaster recovery event in London this week face challenges of funding and planning because of difficulties gaining business buy-in.
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
No-maintenance array aims to eliminate hard drive swaps
SAID - a Self-managing Array of Identical Disks - will self heal and are aimed at giving three to five years of maintenance free performance
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March 26, 2008
26
Mar'08
Selling BC/DR to management
When it comes to disaster recovery IT gets it. Business execs don't. This article provides a detailed list of what to include in a business case to sell BC/DR to management.
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March 19, 2008
19
Mar'08
Archiving can complicate backups if you're not careful
Adding an archiving system to your storage environment helps reduce costs long term, but if you're not careful it can throw a wrench into the backup environment.
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March 17, 2008
17
Mar'08
Smaller pizzas should mean leaner, smarter storage
Storage professionals need to prioritise projects that squeeze more data into fewer storage assets using less staff as economic uncertainty threatens to cut IT budgets
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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.
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March 13, 2008
13
Mar'08
Is your data too fat for your backup window?
Glasshouse Technologies (UK) consultant David Boyd looks at how to fit ever-increasing data volumes into acceptable backup windows.
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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
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
Cancer Research picks Bakbone for Mac backup
Medical research organisation chooses Apple-native software over buggy and hard-to-use rivals in a meagre Mac backup marketplace
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
Almost a third of businesses unprepared for disaster
IDC survey shows large number of businesses without business continuity plans. Concrete assessment of likely threats and best possible response is the key say analysts.
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March 11, 2008
11
Mar'08
Resellers beat EMC to local Mozy launch
EMC may not be willing to disclose the ANZ launch date for its storage-as-a-service business, but resellers are already bringing the Mozy service to Australia.
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March 10, 2008
10
Mar'08
Dell storage VP: We are no longer just a reseller
With its $1.4 billion acquisition of iSCSI SAN vendor EqualLogic complete, Dell storage VP Darren Thomas says Dell is now a storage developer rather than merely a reseller.
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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.
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March 07, 2008
07
Mar'08
Mergers happen quickly but backup fallout can last years
When organisations merge the question of what to do with back ups acquired needs a serious strategic approach to minimise management headaches
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March 07, 2008
07
Mar'08
S3 backup Firefox plugin a diamond in the rough
A plugin that turns a web browser into a rough and ready archiving tool has potential, but is probably too unstable for anything other than personal use.
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March 06, 2008
06
Mar'08
Green IT gripes from CeBIT
Europeans are said to be more concerned about green IT issues than Americans, but that's not the sentiment I discovered at CeBIT in Germany this week.
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March 03, 2008
03
Mar'08
UK storage startup boosts US market presence
iSCSI SAN software specialists Stormagic adds US storage industry consultant to its team in a push to break into the SME market stateside.
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February 28, 2008
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Feb'08
NetApp ships new StoreVault iSCSI SAN
The S550 iS CSI SAN goes for just over $5,000 for 12 TB capacity; storage vendors rally around Windows Server 2008.
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February 28, 2008
28
Feb'08
Windows Server 2008: The wow stops now?
Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio have all got shiny new versions for the new year. So why does Microsoft say the wow stops> now?
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February 27, 2008
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Feb'08
Animal charity opts for clustered NAS over iSCSI SAN
Animal charity The Blue Cross has deployed an 11-site clustered NAS product over an EMC Clariion iSCSI SAN in an £18,000 project, reflecting the appeal of NAS to SMEs.
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February 25, 2008
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Feb'08
Publisher opts for EqualLogic iSCSI SAN system over Lefthand
Ink Publishing opts for Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN in two-horse race with Lefthand Networks, winning out on redundancy.
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February 25, 2008
25
Feb'08
Quantum's Riverbed suit dismissed
Quantum's suit against Riverbed for de-dupe patent infringement has been dismissed due to a rights assignment technicality - Quantum did not own the patent in question.
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February 20, 2008
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Feb'08
The importance of backup training
Lack of knowledge about backup results in backups missing their window. Training, whether in-house or supplied by official programmes, can be beneficial.
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February 19, 2008
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Feb'08
School misses out on iSCSI by a few months
St Pauls School in London buys a Fibre Channel SAN through its partnership with Dell and EMC, narrowly missing out on an iSCSI SAN which it feels would have been a better fit.
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February 19, 2008
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Feb'08
City financial player guarded on deduplication
CMC markets is evaluating data deduplication but it's not just the technical characteristics of particular solutions it needs to look at but the spin-off effects on its processes.
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February 18, 2008
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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.
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February 17, 2008
17
Feb'08
NAS product specifications
NAS is so easy to install and manage that NAS sprawl is a common problem. This is why NAS is often a prime candidate for consolidation initiatives. Learn how to purchase NAS appliances with an eye toward NAS storage consolidation.
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February 17, 2008
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Feb'08
VMware, LeftHand offer iSCSI SAN as virtual machine
Channel partners will bundle LeftHand's virtual SAN appliance with VMware licenses for an ESX infrastructure that can run on one piece of physical hardware.
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February 14, 2008
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Feb'08
Plasmon tries to raise fresh cash
Struggling optical archive supplier is looking to refinance to stay in the game.
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February 13, 2008
13
Feb'08
Telco picks EMC Celerra over HP on "value for money"
HTK deploys an EMC Celerra for combined SAN/NAS access and affordability over its existing HP SAN.
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February 13, 2008
13
Feb'08
Effective backup performance tuning and moving bottlenecks in the backup path in the backup path
Tuning throughput is considered an important part of running a successful backup operation.
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February 13, 2008
13
Feb'08
HP exec: Storage blades may replace disk arrays in data center
An HP storage executive predicts that storage blades -- storage devices using the form factor and plug-and-play philosophy of blade servers - may replace disk arrays in the next 18 months
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February 12, 2008
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Feb'08
HP pondering storage blades to cut arrays out of the data centre
Hewlett Packard has begun to contemplate blade storage architectures that the company feels could replace dedicated storage arrays.
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February 11, 2008
11
Feb'08
European distributor extends FalconStor's reach into UK
European IT distributor, Magirus has extended its distribution agreement with storage management software company FalconStor to cover the UK market in a move welcomed by resellers.
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February 11, 2008
11
Feb'08
Rugby club puts backup in safe hands after data loss
Backup as a service is an option for all sizes of business and for different reasons but how do you decide whether your firm should outsource or not?
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February 11, 2008
11
Feb'08
8 steps to better data security
Here are eight steps to consider when building a data security strategy.
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February 07, 2008
07
Feb'08
Continuity Software turns disaster recovery into a service
Continuity Software enters the services game by offering disaster recovery management software.
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February 06, 2008
06
Feb'08
Law firm plans to ditch tape
Irwin Mitchell plans to do away with tape, implement information lifecycle management and achieve BS25999 business continuity certification this year.
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February 04, 2008
04
Feb'08
Horticultural Society puts tiered storage into action
The Royal Horticultural Society uses tiered storage automation to keep its picture library updated with the most frequently accessed images while also reducing power consumption.
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February 04, 2008
04
Feb'08
Dell/EqualLogic integration as easy as E, X, V
Dell has renamed EqualLogic's products, which now come in just three flavors, and updated its IP storage roadmap
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February 03, 2008
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Feb'08
Desire to virtualise drives Austcorp to its first iSCSI SAN
Complications arising from direct attach storage, a desire to virtualise and a network expenditure surprise all contributed to Austcorp's new SAN purchase.
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February 01, 2008
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Feb'08
NAB's man on SNIA board says he speaks for all storage users
The first ever user on the SNIA ANZ Board, Graham Rothwell, says the National Australia Bank has reduced its storage carbon footprint by 70% per terabyte.
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January 30, 2008
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Jan'08
Workwear firm standardises on 3PAR
Sunlight Service Group adds another 3PAR array at DR site; looks for archiving tools and cheaper forms of storage, such as SATA arrays to create tiered storage architecture.
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January 30, 2008
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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.
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January 28, 2008
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Jan'08
How recession-proof is your IT budget?
As uncertainty grips the economy IT departments need to budget for possible recession – with storage key to helping the business through hard times.
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January 25, 2008
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Jan'08
Ever increasing tape speeds are technical suicide
Managing the end of life of LTO2 and SDLT 600, to be succeeded by LTO3, LTO4, DLT-S4, the StorageTek T10000, or IBM TS1120, is a real pain in the brain!
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January 24, 2008
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Jan'08
Policy and technology: the belt and braces of data protection
The flurry of recent high-profile data security breaches highlights how easy it is to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. But avoiding infamy is not that difficult.
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January 24, 2008
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Jan'08
Vista Service Pack One to boost new drive type
The forthcoming update to Windows Vista will give prominence to a new, hybrid, hard drive that mixes flash and electromagnetic recording in a single device.
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January 23, 2008
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Jan'08
HDS sales chief quits
Scott Genereux, executive vice president and general manager of worldwide sales, marketing, and support at HDS has quit after 15 years to join DataDirect Networks.
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January 21, 2008
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Jan'08
Email in the dock - would yours survive legal scrutiny?
Increasingly onerous compliance obligations and growing data volumes are driving companies to invest in email archiving systems. What approach is right for your business?
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January 16, 2008
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Jan'08
New Year – New Resolutions
Here are some ideas to consider for storage New Year's resolutions.
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January 10, 2008
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Jan'08
Data deduplication: The real benefits
With the exploding volumes of data, technologies that offer better utilisation of resources are always attractive. Data deduplication is one such technology that enables better utilisation of both storage devices and network bandwidth.
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January 10, 2008
10
Jan'08
Why we love backup administration
First and foremost, a company is nothing without its data. This puts the people who protect that data at the top of the food chain.
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January 10, 2008
10
Jan'08
Disclosure becomes a fact of life in leaky Britain
There's still no law in Britain that forces companies to disclose a data security breach. But few organisations would now be reckless enough to try to hide the fact.
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January 10, 2008
10
Jan'08
Data Protection Act compliance moves up security agenda
Companies ignoring Data Protection Act compliance will have to strengthen their security and auditing procedures after a recent spate of high-profile data breaches. New push for data privacy involves Sarbanes-Oxley Act and PCI DSS.
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January 10, 2008
10
Jan'08
Copan's MAID takes games developer up a level
Constrictions on space, power and cooling led a video-hungry London-based operation to opt for a densely-packed Copan box for its online storage needs.
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January 10, 2008
10
Jan'08
Storage requirements rocket for hosting provider
ADS Portal, a managed IT services provider, says its storage needs are going through the roof as customers are reluctant to get rid of data.
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January 10, 2008
10
Jan'08
UK mapping agency ducks tape in 08
Ordnance Survey, Great Britain's mapping agency aims to avoid backing up to tape whenever possible in 2008 and has allocated more of its storage budget for data deduplication.
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January 09, 2008
09
Jan'08
Storage salaries on the rise say recruitment experts
Remuneration for storage roles is up to 15% higher than last year with businesses demanding storage specialists who can appreciate the big picture.
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January 09, 2008
09
Jan'08
Comic Relief hopes for charity from Amazon S3
Charity organisation, Comic Relief is outsourcing parts of its storage to Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) in Europe, but is hoping for a little more charity on the price.
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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.
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January 08, 2008
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Jan'08
University of East Anglia dumps DEC Alphas for IBM SAN
UEA migrates from direct-attached DEC Alphas to an IBM SAN – saving time, space and energy. More capacity and tiered architecture are next.
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January 08, 2008
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Jan'08
New business continuity standard a hit
A newly-minted British Standard – BS25999 part two – which specifies business continuity best practices is proving a must-have for UK firms who want to demonstrate compliance.
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January 08, 2008
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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 ...
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January 06, 2008
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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.
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December 09, 2007
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Dec'07
Backup software tested: StorageCraft ShadowProtect
Over the coming weeks TechTarget ANZ checks out new backup technologies from CA, Symantec and Acronis. Ian Yates kicks off with StorageCraft's ShadowProtect.
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December 05, 2007
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Dec'07
Windows Server 2008 RC2 hits the streets
The second release candidate of Windows Server 2008 has been released.
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December 05, 2007
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Dec'07
Fibre in the storage diet's fine for Oztion
Online auctioneer Oztion has upgraded from direct-attach storage to a fibre channel SAN, defying vendor predictions that small businesses will favour IP storage.
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November 28, 2007
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Nov'07
Pros and cons of iSCSI for SMBs
The introduction of iSCSI has started a shift in SMB storage. This article discusses the benefits of iSCSI for SMBs and how to make it work.
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November 12, 2007
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Nov'07
How to integrate iSCSI and Fibre Channel, and make it work
Learn about eight best practices for integrating iSCSI into a Fibre Channel SAN, as well as best deployment practices for iSCSI.
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November 07, 2007
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Nov'07
Australians called to apply for heritage project
Storage provider EMC has called on Australians to apply for its Heritage Trust Project, founded to preserve information of historical or personal importance.
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November 06, 2007
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Nov'07
LeftHand adds hardware to iSCSI SANs
LeftHand makes its iSCSI SAN software available on two prepackaged appliances; sources indicate the hardware comes from Dell.
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October 30, 2007
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Oct'07
Isilon arrives in Australia
Clustered storage vendor Isilon has opened its doors in Australia, with a familiar name at the helm.
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October 29, 2007
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Oct'07
Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI SAN
NetApp is continuing a push down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN
NetApp is continuing a push down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.
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October 25, 2007
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Oct'07
EMC CTO considering hybrid storage appliances
EMC CTO Jeffrey Nick sees great potential in storage appliances that blend tasks. He wants better virtualisation too, as we find in this special interview!
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October 24, 2007
24
Oct'07
3Com to enter storage market
Networking vendor 3Com plans to enter the storage market with an IP SAN.
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October 23, 2007
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Oct'07
Disaster recovery: Strategies for rapid restoration
Disaster recovery depends on how rapidly you restore mission-critical data, but many organisations are still hesitant prioritise rapid recovery strategies.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
HP will give you your old, broken disk
If the disk in your laptop dies, HP want to give it back to you ... for a price.