January 2010
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January 29, 2010
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Jan'10
How Apple's iPad could impact SMB data storage management
Greg Schulz, analyst with The Storage IO Group, discusses how thin devices could be used in SMBs and what to consider from a storage perspective as these devices gain traction. Continue Reading
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January 29, 2010
29
Jan'10
SolarWinds aims to integrate Tek-Tools storage resource management with network, server management
An expected convergence of networking and storage management drives SolarWinds to acquire storage resource management (SRM) and monitoring software vendor Tek-Tools; one Tek-Tools customer says common management tools is a good idea. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2010
28
Jan'10
Quantum reveals new OEM dedupe deal, keeps partner secret *UPDATED*
Quantum CEO Rick Belluzzo says his company has a new “significant” OEM partner for its data deduplication backup software. Belluzzo refused to name the new partner, saying the partner will make ... Continue Reading
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January 28, 2010
28
Jan'10
Storage roundup: Seagate, LSI team for PCI Express solid-state storage
LSI and Seagate ship PCI Express solid-state storage; Neverfail adds management console for high-availability applications; Voltaire rolls out 40 Gbps InfiniBand switch with Ethernet gateway; and more. Continue Reading
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January 27, 2010
27
Jan'10
SolarWinds sweeps up SRM vendor Tek-Tools
IT management software vendor SolarWinds today acquired storage management vendor Tek-Tools for $42 million in cash and stock. SolarWinds executives say by adding Tek-Tools Profiler software, ... Continue Reading
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January 27, 2010
27
Jan'10
Employee job satisfaction: Why I love/hate my enterprise data storage job
Enterprise data storage professionals who participated in our annual Storage magazine salary survey discuss their satisfaction with their IT jobs. Continue Reading
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January 27, 2010
27
Jan'10
Automated tiered storage startup Avere adds support for flash SSDs
Automated tiered storage startup Avere adds the FXT 2700 flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) appliance to its clustered NAS product line, but integration with rest of FXT Series will have to wait. Continue Reading
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January 27, 2010
27
Jan'10
Director switch comparison: Brocade DCX Backbone versus Cisco Systems MDS 9500
Are you looking for director switch for your SAN? We compare the Brocade DCX Backbone and Cisco Systems MDS 9500 offerings in terms of latency, throughput and FCoE support. Continue Reading
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January 27, 2010
27
Jan'10
Oracle pledges to continue Sun's open source storage and tape products
Oracle executives lay out their strategy after acquisition of Sun, and say they intend to continue selling Sun tape and enterprise data storage hardware. Continue Reading
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January 27, 2010
27
Jan'10
SMB data storage briefs: Buffalo Technology introduces new NAS device for SMBs: TeraStation ES
This week's SMB data storage news in brief: Buffalo Technology introduces new NAS device for SMBs; Tiger Technology ships poolIT Server and more. Continue Reading
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January 26, 2010
26
Jan'10
TheInfoPro and Forrester say cloud storage is way overrated
This will come as no surprise to many of you, some of whom I may have interviewed for my cloud storage feature published this month: two new analyst research reports show that despite the hype ... Continue Reading
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January 26, 2010
26
Jan'10
Symantec says VMware should update its VSS writer code
In a followup to my post Monday about VMware and VSS integration issues as pointed out by W. Curtis Preston, Symantec emailed over the following statement from Peter Elliman, senior manager, ... Continue Reading
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January 26, 2010
26
Jan'10
Secure multitenancy stack for virtual server environments launched by NetApp, Cisco and VMware
The latest cloud storage-focused alliance between major vendors takes the form of a reference architecture for secure virtual server secure multitenancy drawn up by NetApp with VMware and Cisco. Continue Reading
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January 26, 2010
26
Jan'10
EMC sees IT spending recovery, plans further cloud storage push in 2010
EMC plans to invest heavily to further build products in what it considers billion-dollar market opportunities: cloud storage and services offerings, as well as storage and server virtualization and data backup. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2010
25
Jan'10
Backup expert says VMware VSS integration falls short
Among the updates Symantec announced today to its NetBackup 7.0 and Backup Exec 2010 backup applications are enhancements to the granular backup of applications running in virtual servers, in part ... Continue Reading
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January 25, 2010
25
Jan'10
Coraid grabs CEO, $10 million in funding
Coraid, which has stayed mostly under the radar with its ATA over Ethernet (AoE) storage systems, is looking to make some noise this year. Coraid today named a new CEO and said it closed a $10 ... Continue Reading
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January 25, 2010
25
Jan'10
Data center migration tips for SMBs
Data center migration can be tricky for any company, but especially SMBs. This tip provides a detailed checklist for smooth data center migration. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2010
25
Jan'10
Adoption of 8 Gbps Fibre Channel protocol expected to soar this year after sluggish start
Adoption of 8 Gbps Fibre Channel SAN storage poised to take off as economy improves, prices drop and supporting products flood the market, but many users drag feet on full end-to-end upgrade. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2010
25
Jan'10
Fibre Channel SAN: Upgrading to 8 Gbps for storage networks a logical step as prices drop
Upgrading a Fibre Channel SAN to 8 Gbps is the natural next step for IT shops refreshing their storage networks as prices of host bus adapters, switches and arrays drop. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2010
25
Jan'10
8 Gbps FC: Price driving adoption of the storage technology
IT organizations can gain benefits from 8 Gbps Fibre Channel SAN storage technology and the price differential with 4 Gbps gear is shrinking, but its adoption is slower than with 4 Gbps, and, rather than upgrade, some shops may decide to veer off ... Continue Reading