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Storage Outlook '06: Driving up utilization
Anne Fisher, storage consultant at British Telecom, is challenged with driving up storage utilization to avoid data center floor space costs.29 Dec 2005
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Top search terms of 2005: A tale of two search engines
Search engines Lycos and Merriam-Webster tout their top 10 lists of searched terms. Compared to the rest of the world, what piques your curiosity?29 Dec 2005
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Geeks weigh in on the best movies of 2005
From the dawn of Darth Vader to a movie that ultimately spelled box-office Doom, IT geeks say 2005 was a mixed bag when it came to the types of far-out films they like best.27 Dec 2005
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Storage Outlook 06: Automatic migration between tiers
Bob Venable of Blue Cross Blue Shield is on the lookout for a content addressable storage system, among other things, in 2006.27 Dec 2005
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Six network storage predictions for '06
Storage expert Marc Staimer gives his predictions on what the new year will bring for iSCSI, data protection and other storage technologies.
26 Dec 2005
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online backup (remote backup)
Online backup is a method of offsite data storage in which files, folders, or the entire contents of a hard drive are regularly backed up on a remote server or computer with a network connection...23 Dec 2005
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Top 10 storage stories of 2005
Sun, IBM, HP and StorageTek all made headlines in 2005, as did Bank of America and Time Warner -- here's the good and bad news that rocked the storage industry this year.23 Dec 2005
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Storage Outlook '06: 'Speed is everything'
An Air Force backup and recovery specialist says he can't wait to start implementing 4 Gbps Fibre Channel next year.23 Dec 2005
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Storage Clips: Brocade CFO calls it quits
Brocade's CFO Tony Canova resigned his position without leaving an official reason; Wall Street suspects it was due to Brocade's recent financial woes.22 Dec 2005
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Better performance -- RAID striping or concatenation?
Designing storage for performance is a very esoteric effort by nature. There are quite a few variables that need to be taken into account.21 Dec 2005
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Storage Clips: Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.9B
Drive giant Seagate has shelled out $1.9B for Maxtor in an all-stock deal.21 Dec 2005
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Storage Outlook '06: Managing growth through automation
Storage architect says that with staff remaining flat and data continuing to grow, automation of storage services through SRM tools and virtualization will be crucial.21 Dec 2005
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Year-end M&A frenzy: What's the big rush?
Seagate has scooped up Maxtor, and IBM has acquired two software companies in the past day or so. Is there a bug in the air?21 Dec 2005
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Seagate-Maxtor merger could stabilize disk pricing
Fewer competitors in the market could mean that disk prices drop less dramatically in 2006, analysts say.21 Dec 2005
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Software vs. hardware RAID
Storage expert Evan Marcus compares software and hardware RAID and outlines the benefits and drawbacks of each.21 Dec 2005
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Ghost
Ghost is a software product from Symantec that can clone (copy) the entire contents of a hard disk to another computer's hard disk or to storage media.20 Dec 2005
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COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disk)
COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disk) is a system for archiving data such as business records and reports to one or more optical disks in a compressed but easily retrievable format.20 Dec 2005
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Storage Outlook '06: Taking tiered storage to next level
In the fourth of our series of user profiles, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange plans to build out its tiered storage environment in 2006.20 Dec 2005
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Storage Clips: EMC announces Brazilian customer
EMC announced a customer for its DatabaseXtender software -- and Americans in the audience won't believe what this company does.20 Dec 2005
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20 tips in 20 minutes: Clustering explained
SearchStorage.com readers frequently ask questions about using clustering for storage. This article offers a collection of expert responses to recent reader queries.19 Dec 2005
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO