Storage Soup:

March, 2008


March 10, 2008  7:55 PM

NetApp really DOES have a heart



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Strategic storage vendors

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My fellow children of the 80's will...

March 6, 2008  12:31 PM

FRCP looking like a PITW (Pain in the Wallet)



Posted by: Tskyers
data compliance and archiving

I'm not sure how we get all mired in TLA's but this FRCP is going to be a PITA (pain in the you-know-where), because it's a...


March 6, 2008  10:32 AM

Japanese bank sues IBM over ‘difficult’ computer system



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Around the water cooler

It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with storage, but I got a chuckle out of this story from Reuters UK today about a lawsuit filed against IBM:

A small Japanese bank has slapped International...


March 5, 2008  3:47 PM

New data protection gadgetry hits the streets



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
data backup, Data center disaster recovery planning

Two storage-related announcements came out of CeBIT this week that have turned a few heads. The first is the FlashBack Adapter from thumb-drive king SanDisk. The device fits into the ExpressCard slot of a user's PC, and automatically and continuously backs up and encrypts data onto a flash memory...


March 4, 2008  3:40 PM

Brocade buys data center expertise



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

Brocade today said it intends to buy private professional services firm Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) today, a reflection of how services have become a big piece of large storage implementations. According to Rob Buergisser, Brocade's director of operations for service, support and...