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25 Jan 2012 Cleversafe Inc. prepares 10 exabyte storage system for big data (SearchCloudStorage.com)
Worried about keeping up with data growth? Cleversafe Inc. unveils model for a 10 exabyte storage system using geographically dispersed objects.
EMC’s Tucci looks at data storage trends, spending forecast
EMC CEO Joe Tucci predicts storage spending will outgrow lackluster IT spending in 2012 despite global financial woes and hard drive shortages.
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23 Jan 2012 UCLA scientists tame file data storage growth with scale-out NAS, pNFS
To deal with its file data storage needs, UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education bought BlueArc Titans to boost performance and Panasas ActiveStor to tackle bandwidth.
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20 Jan 2012 Week in review podcast: Atlantis unveils ‘diskless’ VDI storage; more news
Join SearchStorage.com Senior Editor Ellen O’Brien and Senior News Director Dave Raffo as they talk about the latest storage tech news in our week in review podcast.
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13 Jan 2012 Week in review podcast: Dell’s backup dedupe appliance; more news
Listen to the top news of the week from the Storage Media Group: Dell’s launch of its first backup dedupe appliance, OCZ's acquisition of Sanrad and more headlines.
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22 Dec 2011 Data storage industry preview 2012: Rise of SSDs and clarity for cloud
Our 2012 data storage industry preview: flash and virtualization on the rise, NetApp and Dell in the hot seat, EMC prepares for life after Tucci.
Top data storage acquisitions: SSD technology in demand
In 2011, data storage acquisitions highlighted the demand for SSD technology and continued innovation in the industry.
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21 Dec 2011 Top 10 storage trends in 2011: solid-state technology, cloud, big data make a mark
Solid-state technology was a common theme in news stories covering storage trends in 2011, but cloud storage, VM backup and big data each gained their share of attention.
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16 Dec 2011 Panzura embraces object-based storage partners, other storage news
Cloud storage gateway startup Panzura adds support for object-based storage from Scality, AmpliStor and OpenStack; Atlantis Computing ILIO supports Hyper-V; more data storage news.
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09 Dec 2011 DataCore monitors virtualized storage in MS Systems Center, other news
DataCore SANsymphony-V combines with Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager Pack to keep an eye on virtualized storage assets; Red Hat pushes Gluster-based storage; more news.
Week in review podcast: Texas Memory Systems launches flash SAN
In our podcast this week, SearchStorage.com Executive Editor Ellen O’Brien and Senior News Director Dave Raffo talk about the first flash SAN released by Texas Memory Systems.
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06 Dec 2011 Texas Memory Systems launches flash SAN for high availability (SearchSolidStateStorage.com)
Texas Memory Systems gives the RamSan-720 high-availability flash SAN redundancy to eliminate any single point of failure.
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02 Dec 2011 STEC improves SSD endurance in ZeusIOPS, other data storage news
STEC bumps up SSD endurance to 33 PB with latest ZeusIOPS drive, HP adds midrange Windows-based NAS, ArcMail delivers new cloud storage gateway and more data storage news.
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29 Nov 2011 UCSD lab studies future changes to non-volatile memory technologies (SearchSolidStateStorage.com)
UCSD lab’s tests of ultra-fast phase-change memory (PCM) and other new non-volatile memory technologies shows need for sweeping software changes to bring performance boost.
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11 Nov 2011 NetApp, Cloudera combine for Hadoop storage cluster, more storage news
NetApp partners with Cloudera for Hadoop storage cluster, Scale Computing add scale-out storage nodes, ATTO expands HBA platform and more data storage news.
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08 Nov 2011 NetApp adds FAS2240 entry-level unified storage array
NetApp upgrades its entry-level storage platform with the FAS2240 to compete with unified EMC VNX and VNXe platforms and iSCSI SANs from HP and Dell.
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07 Nov 2011 "Puss in Boots" expands DreamWorks' NAS cluster
Making animated movies is storage-intensive work – DreamWorks has 6 PB of capacity, including 1 PB on scale-out NAS cluster for rendering.
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04 Nov 2011 EMC upgrades Kazeon litigation support software, more storage news
EMC expands support for its SourceOne eDiscovery – Kazeon 4.6 litigation support software; Fujitsu makes Eternus high-end system a modular array; and more data storage news.
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28 Oct 2011 Caringo CAStor integrates object storage with OpenStack Swift
Caringo CAStor combines object storage with OpenStack open source cloud software; Avere integrates NAS acceleration appliance with Nexenta open storage.
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24 Oct 2011 EMC has huge appetite for Big Data technology
EMC's president says the company will continue to rapidly acquire companies, but it’s looking more for Big Data technology than data storage.
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21 Oct 2011 EMC stretches Vplex federated storage capabilities for VMware; more news
EMC Vplex federated storage platform gets VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster support; Infortrend adds SSDs; Quantum adds VM backup appliance; and more data storage news.
FCoE still lacking support (IT Knowledge Exchange)
Brocade showcased its 1860 Fabric Adaptor at Storage Networking World (SNW). The appliance gives customers the option to implement 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 10 GbE or FCoE connectivity.
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14 Oct 2011 DataDirect Networks upgrades Web Object Scaler, more data storage news
DataDirect Networks tunes up its WOS object storage platform by adding scalability, cloud storage management features and erasure code protection; and more data storage news.
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11 Oct 2011 IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers.
Nevex adds flash caching software, Overland revamps RAID for SnapServer
SNW Fall 2011 opens with startup Nevex adding flash caching software to eliminate I/O bottlenecks, and Overland Storage introducing SnapDragon with DynamicRAID.
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10 Oct 2011 StorSimple brings storage, faster speeds to Mich. college; more news (SearchCloudStorage.com)
By switching to StorSimple’s Enterprise Cloud Storage Appliance, Southwestern Michigan College has gained more storage and faster speeds; plus other cloud storage news.
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30 Sep 2011 GridIron launches TurboCharger SAN accelerator, other data storage news
GridIron Systems comes out of stealth with SSD-based SAN accelerator device; Nirvanix and Panzura team up; NetEx adds Hyper-V support to HyperIP; more data storage news.
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27 Sep 2011 Violin Memory launches all-flash storage for the enterprise
Violin Memory looks to take on high-end enterprise primary storage vendors with its new all-flash storage array, available with MLC or SLC.
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23 Sep 2011 Sanrad adds flash solid-state storage caching software, more news
Sanrad software caches data on flash solid-state storage; Seven10 Storage Software updates archiving software; Imation acquires IronKey’s data encryption business.
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21 Sep 2011 D-Link, Iomega, Pivot3 add surveillance storage (SearchSMBStorage.com)
D-Link expands its iSCSI platform for surveillance storage, EMC Iomega partners with Axis, and Pivot3 adds storage appliance for video.
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16 Sep 2011 Oracle adds multi-tenancy, replication to Pillar Axiom software
Oracle upgrades Pillar Axiom software with multi-tenancy, replication and migration features; Caringo and Coraid combine object and block storage; and more data storage news.
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14 Sep 2011 Kaminario, Anobit add multi-level cell flash options (SearchSolidStateStorage.com)
Kaminario adds MLC flash to go with previous DRAM SAN, as well as a hybrid option; Anobit bumps up capacity, speed of its MLC solid-state drives (SSDs).
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12 Sep 2011 Quantum StorNext appliance line grows
The Quantum StorNext appliance family is adding more products, and targeting Big Data sets with new, pre-configured gateways and data storage subsystems for primary disk.
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07 Sep 2011 Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride.
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30 Aug 2011 Symantec adds data backup appliances for NetBackup, Backup Exec (SearchDataBackup.com)
Symantec extends its data backup appliance strategy with its first Backup Exec appliance, and its fourth Backup Exec appliance.
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29 Aug 2011 Quantum, Acronis target VMware backup and recovery at VMworld (SearchDataBackup.com)
Quantum and Acronis target VMware backup and recovery at VMworld: Quantum launches vmPRO 4000 appliance and Acronis rolls out vmPROtect 6.
Virtual Instruments improves SAN monitoring probe, software
Virtual Instruments revamps its SAN monitoring probe offerings to include new VirtualWisdom software as CEO says the company is on track for IPO.
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26 Aug 2011 MLC drives, PCIe technology give SSDs run for their money (SearchSolidStateStorage.com)
Manufacturers see demand grow for multi-level cell (MLC) solid-state drives and PCI Express technology to bring down prices.
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23 Aug 2011 HP launches new 3PAR storage array, federated storage
HP brings out a new high-end 3PAR storage platform and adds Peer Motion federated storage, which lets customers non-disruptively migrate data between 3PAR arrays.
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22 Aug 2011 Drobo launches SMB SSD system with auto-tiering storage (SearchSolidStateStorage.com)
Drobo’s 12-bay, 3U iSCSI SAN supports hot-swappable SSD, SAS, and SATA drives as well as auto-tiering storage.
FalconStor revamps data protection services suite (SearchDataBackup.com)
FalconStor upgrades its data protection services as it moves toward placing all of the products under one management interface.
Veeam upgrades virtual server backup software, adds Hyper-V support (SearchDataBackup.com)
Veeam provides details of Backup & Replication 6 virtual server backup software, including one-click failback and file restores
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11 Aug 2011 Hitachi GST adds its first MLC SSDs, and other data storage news
Hitachi GST and Smart Modular Technologies expand into multi-level cell (MLC) solid-state drives; EMC adds continuous availability software for Symmetrix VMAX; more storage news.
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08 Aug 2011 EMC chases mainframe tape market with Disk Library upgrade (SearchDataBackup.com)
EMC, looking to convert mainframe tape users to disk, ugrades its Disk Library for mainframes (DLm) platform.
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05 Aug 2011 STEC, OCZ roll out PCI Express SSD cards; more data storage news
STEC adds PCIe solid-state ASIC plus SSD caching software while OCZ upgrades its PCIe device; HDS claims its Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) has 1,400 customers; more storage news.
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03 Aug 2011 Metalogix Exchange archiving software gets mobile device support (SearchDataBackup.com)
Metalogix upgrades its Archive Manager Exchange email archiving software with mobile device support and one-stop content searching.