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- Storage Innovations
BROCADE PLANS iSwitch TO ENABLE 'VERY LARGE' SANs
By Simon Robinson
Faced with growing scalability, availability and management demands from customers as SANs become larger and consequently more business-critical, Brocade is planning to add a number of new features and products to its portfolio, starting early next year.
EGENERA DELIVERS NAS-BASED SOLUTION FOR BladeFrame SYSTEM
Egenera Inc announced recently that it has introduced a NAS-only option for its award-winning BladeFrame system. This new feature, which extends BladeFrame storage support to encompass both SAN and NAS environments, is now commercially available as part of BladeFrame Release 2.1.
SYBASE AND HP TAKE ADAPTIVE SERVER ENTERPRISE TO 64-BIT
As competition stiffens in the Itanium 2 server market, Hewlett-Packard is taking solid steps to differentiate its product and carve out its place.
PENGUIN COMPUTING ANNOUNCES NEW LINUX IDE SERVER WITH 1.2 TB
Penguin Computing Inc, a leader in world-class Linux hardware, software, and service, has released the Relion 230 Server -- its first Intel Xeon large storage IDE system.
PIONEER EXPANDS MASS STORAGE OFFERINGS WITH NEW FlexLibrary
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc has announced the DRM-3000 FlexLibrary. This powerful new jukebox offers the same functionality as Pioneer's DRM-7000 FlexLibrary, but is an entry-level solution that meets the needs of companies seeking smaller, local storage.
STORServer SHIPS HOT BACKUP FOR ORACLE ON LINUX
One month after debuting the first hot backup software for Oracle on Open VMS, STORServer Inc -- the storage protection leader in Backup Appliances -- is now shipping STORServer Data Protection (SDP) for Oracle on Linux, a software that allows Linux to remain running during data protection functions.
SUN EMBRACES INFINIBAND TECHNOLOGY FOR NEXT-GEN DATA CENTER
Sun Microsystems Inc, a founder and steering committee member of the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA), has announced its intention to leverage InfiniBand technology in the build out of next-generation data center infrastructure. The company will incorporate the open interface standard into future server, software and storage products.
HP GROWS StorageWorks EVA MRKT WITH CLUSTERED HP-UX SUPPORT
HP has expanded the market reach of its HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) with enhanced clustered support for HP-UX, one of the industry's top rated UNIX operating systems. HP also introduced an entry-level EVA that allows customers with lower capacity requirements to take full advantage of the benefits of the system's virtualization architecture.
STMicroelectronics INTRODUCES FlexibleROM
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new family of electrically programmable ROMs that can be used as drop-in replacements for any ROM device. Called FlexibleROM, the one-time programmable family is available in densities starting from 16-Mbits and is manufactured in the Company's leading-edge 0.15um process technology.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
CommVault SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT StorageTek SN6000 ENVIRONMENTS
CommVault Systems, a provider of enterprise data management solutions, and StorageTek, a storage services and solutions expert, have announced that CommVault Galaxy, version 4.1, data management and protection software supports the StorageTek StorageNet 6000 ("SN6000") virtual tape system.
DOT HILL RAISES $6 MILLION OF EQUITY
Dot Hill Systems Corp announced it has raised $6 million in gross proceeds from the sale of 6,000 shares of preferred stock in a private placement led by Omicron Partners L.P. The proceeds will be used primarily for working capital and product development.
OVERLAND STORAGE ANNOUNCES STORAGE MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE PRGRM
Overland Storage Inc has announced its Storage Management Alliance Program, recognizing companies who have successfully completed compatibility testing with Overland's Storage Resource Manager (SRM) software. QLogic Corporation, the first Overland Storage Management Alliance Partner, is joining the program to ensure future interoperability between QLogic products and Overland SRM.
COMMVAULT AND RHAPSODY NETWORKS FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Rhapsody Networks and CommVault Systems have announced a strategic agreement that brings together Rhapsody's intelligent fabric application switches for storage applications and CommVault's industry-leading data and storage management software. The companies said the agreement would speed the availability of tools for today's data intensive organizations to protect its mission critical data residing in storage area networks.
SanDisk REVIEWS PLANS: FUTURE FLASH MEM CAPACITY EXPANSIONS
SanDisk has issued a statement concerning its plans for future flash memory capacity expansions.
STORAGE AREA NETWORKS RECEIVES ORDERS FROM NEW FED CLIENTS
Storage Area Networks has announced that it received significant orders from two new Federal Agency clients. In combination, the orders received in December total more than $5 million.
VERITAS ACQUIRES JAREVA TECH AND PRECISE SW SOLUTIONS
VERITAS Software Corporation, a leading storage software provider, has announced that it is set to acquire two separate companies, Jareva Technologies, an innovator in automated server provisioning, and Precise Software Solutions, a leader in application performance management.
- Enterprise Data Insights
BARILLA PROTECTS ITS CRITICAL DATA WITH CA'S BrightStor
Computer Associates International Inc (CA) has announced that Barilla SpA, one of the largest food manufacturers in Italy and worldwide, has chosen CA's BrightStor Enterprise Backup to protect the terabyte-plus-per-month of data generated across its complex distributed IT environment.
SYBASE AND HP STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE
Sybase Inc and HP have announced an expansion to their strategic alliance that will provide customers with greater choice for implementing a high-performance, cost-effective data management solution. The companies plan to provide customers with a total solution comprising Sybase's enterprise-class, relational database management system (RDBMS), Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), running on HP-UX and Red Hat Linux operating systems powered by HP's Itanium 2-based servers.
EMC, IBM, AND HP RANKED 1, 2, AND 3 IN BRAND AWARENESS STUDY
Buyers of large-scale IT storage solutions think first of EMC, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard, according to ITSMA, a global advisor to companies that market and sell technology services.
THE PAIN OF PST FILES
By Debbie Moffat
If you use Microsoft Exchange for your corporate e-mail system you are probably familiar with PST files, otherwise known as "personal storage files." PST files are often problematic for e-mail system administrators. A key component of MS Exchange, PST files are intended to be a convenient tool to administer corporate e-mail, but the growing sentiment among front-line system administrators is that PST files are a pain.
QUANTUM SCORES TOP HONORS FROM LEADING INDUSTRY ORGS
Quantum Corp announced recently that it received the 2002 Award of Excellence from Ingram Micro Inc, one of the largest global wholesale providers of technology products and supply chain management services. One of five companies to receive the all-around vendor award, Quantum was honored along with 3Com, Cisco, IBM and Microsoft, for volume, profitability and partnership.
SAN AND NAS - A SURGE OF INNOVATIONS
In spite of the economy slump, the past eighteen months have seen a surge of innovations in storage networking. Over one hundred well funded start-up companies are identified in a report issued by Peripheral Concepts Inc. New technological advances are about to completely change the landscape of SAN and NAS. No vendor can ignore this movement.
TERACLOUD JOINS THE STORAGE NETWORKING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
TeraCloud, a leading provider of storage resource management (SRM) solutions for distributed and mainframe storage environments, announced recently that it is joining the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
NETWORK APPLIANCE CHOSEN FOR THE TWO TOWERS POST PRODUCTION
Network Appliance Inc has provided Wellington, New Zealand-based Weta Digital Effects powerful NetApp storage solutions used in the making of New Line Cinema's The Two Towers, the sequel to the Academy Award winning film The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The three-film production is based on J.R.R Tolkien's popular trilogy.
US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE IMPLEMENTS EMC NET STORAGE
EMC Corporation has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented an additional 90 terabytes of EMC Automated Networked Storage systems to support the agency's transition to E-Government. In the spirit of President Bush's management agenda, the USPTO's E-Government strategy strives to help intellectual property practitioners interact electronically with the government, saving time and money.
ZapThink STUDY EXPLORES CURRENT STATE OF XML DATA STORAGE
The XML Data Store market no longer exists as a separate market, concludes a recently conducted major study of XML data store solutions by ZapThink LLC, an analyst firm focused on XML and Web Services. The study, which covers major pure-play XML data store vendors and XML-enabled relational database (RDBMS) vendors, finds that the XML data storage market currently consists of two segments: general-purpose XML data storage and purpose-built XML data storage.
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