July 17, 2009 8:20 AM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
It's that time of the week again...
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(0:28) IBM adds thin provisioning to DS8000, asynchronous mirroring to XIV Storage System
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July 16, 2009 8:49 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
storage vendors; archiving; disk arraysMark Ward has stepped down as CEO of Copan Systems after three-and-a-half year on the job, but the executive team says it’s “business as usual” for the MAID pioneer and archiving vendor.
A Copan executive responded to calls about Ward’s status by delivering a statement from the board...
July 15, 2009 8:18 PM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Storage market research reportsA new survey of some 200 IT executives across a dozen vertical markets by IT research firm Computer Economics found that 46% of respondents plan to reduce headcount this year, while 27% plan to...
July 15, 2009 12:46 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
storage vendors; disk arraysIf 3PAR’s results are an indication, storage spending failed to show any signs of a rebound last quarter.
3Par Tuesday afternoon said its revenue for last quarter was below its previous forecast, and down from the previous quarter. The storage systems vendor disclosed that it expects to report...
July 13, 2009 8:20 PM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
disk arraysCall it a Lutheran Reformation for the 21st century. This time, instead of 95 theses nailed to a church door to challenge the Catholic Church, EMC customer and blogger Martin Glassborow posted one thesis on his...
July 10, 2009 3:55 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
NetApp came up short to EMC in its bid for Data Domain, but people in the storage industry expect there will still be an acquisition in NetApp’s future. In the swirl of speculation, NetApp is...
July 9, 2009 9:07 PM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
solid state drivesWhipTail Technologies, a spinoff from IT solutions provider TheAdmins, launched a 6 TB SSD appliance this week for a cost of $122,500.
Compared to other offerings currently on the market, the system comes in at a higher capacity (the next-biggest...
July 9, 2009 1:23 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
converged networks,
Fibre Channel SANs,
storage networkingIt turns out Broadcom can take a hint after all.
After Emulex repeatedly spurned its acquisition offers, Broadcom today threw in the towel and said it will walk away. However, the Ethernet-chip maker may not be giving up on buying a storage company altogether.
"Although we were unable to...
July 9, 2009 8:04 AM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
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(0:23) EMC acquires Data Domain for $2.1B after NetApp drops bid
