September, 2008

Let’s manage data, not just storage

 (Ed. Note: this guest blog comes from Siemens Medical Solutions storage administrator Jim Hood in response to the editorial in the July Storage magazine, Dedupe and virtualization don't solve the real...

Financial forecast calls for gloom

Until now, the storage industry has held up well this year in the face of any economic slowdowns - even those affecting the financial services sector.

But with the economy's problems taking...

Staples to rebrand Mozy online backup service, EMC drops Fortress name

Office supplies giant Staples is adding a rebranded version of EMC's Mozy online backup service to its Thrive online backup services, which already include a rebranded version of i365's EVault for...

Last stand for NetApp’s DataFort?

 In his latest blog, NetApp chief marketing officer Jay Kidd waxes enthusiastic about Brocade’s new encryption...

Seagate lets its services stand alone

Seagate is creating a new umbrella company for the services businesses the disk drive vendor has been accumulating over the last few years. In 2006, Seagate acquired ActionFront Data Recovery Labs, which became Seagate Recovery Services. Last year Seagate added backup and recovery software and...

Much ado about virtual desktop data storage

Last week at VMWorld, IBM announced the Virtual Storage Optimizer (VSO), ESX-based software that reduces virtual desktop storage by creating a "golden image" of the desktop's operating...

Further news and reading from VMWorld

A couple of additional storage announcements not captured in our VMWorld preview wrap: EMC Corp. said EMC Control Center (ECC)  6.1 will now support reporting on...

VMWorld in Pictures

As far as I could tell, they did not actually serve liquid genius...

Riverbed preps primary storage dedupe device

Riverbed took the wraps off what it previously described as its "data center product" Monday, unveiling its Atlas primary data deduplication device at its financial analyst conference well before it will be available for customers. Atlas will use the deduplication technology Riverbed employs in...

Sun’s “Thor” finds a new green friend

A startup called greenBytes emerged from stealth today, bringing with it modifications to Sun Microsystems' ZFS file system that will add power-saving features to the SunFire X4540 "Thor" storage server. greenBytes calls its proprietary enhancements to the file system ZFS+. The software bundles in...