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March 24, 2009  6:21 PM

Carbonite sues Promise Technology for unreliable storage



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Online Backup

Online backup service provider Carbonite is suing Promise Technology, claiming that the storage vendor's arrays did not perform to specifications and prevented Carbonite users from restoring their files.

The lawsuit, as reported by the

March 17, 2009  5:43 PM

StoneFly makes SSD iSCSI SANs a trend



Posted by: Dave Raffo
iSCSI SAN, solid state drives

It turns out Dell/EqualLogic isn’t the only vendor with an all-iSCSI SAN system that supports solid state drives...

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March 16, 2009  9:15 PM

Cisco pushes into servers; storage’s role undefined



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage protocols (FC / iSCSI), storage vendors, unifield storage

Cisco execs led by CEO John Chambers spent 90 minutes today on a webcast telling groups spread around the world what most of the IT world already knew – it is getting into the server business. But...


March 16, 2009  8:20 PM

Dell/EqualLogic prepares SSD IP SAN



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
disk drives, iSCSI SAN, solid state drives, Strategic storage vendors

Dell is about to add solid state drive (SSD) support to its EqualLogic iSCSI SANs in a new PS6000 model. As first reported on ChannelWeb last Friday, the PS6000 will also have four Ethernet ports, one more than EqualLogic PS5000 arrays have....


March 10, 2009  6:17 PM

Analysts: demand more from your storage vendor in virtual environments



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Storage and server virtualization

A recent report by Andrew Reichman at Forrester Research showed that among 124 surveyed IT decision-makers, incumbent vendors and Fibre Channel still dominate the in-use storage systems supporting VMware deployments. But, according to Reichman and another analyst specializing in VMware, the Burton...


February 26, 2009  9:23 PM

Online services bite the dust



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
data backup, Storage Software as a Service

Two online data sharing services failed this week -- one from a computing giant, and the other a small social bookmarking website. That's the trouble in this wild and wooly world of the cloud--especially in its early days. Not every service is going to make it, and then you're going to have to...


February 20, 2009  6:23 PM

Storage Headlines for 02-19-2009



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
storage headlines

Here are some stories you may have missed this week: [display_podcast] Stories referenced:

  • Healthcare IT eyes medical record digitization hurdle

  • February 18, 2009  9:35 PM

    iSCSI SAN software: riding the winds of change?



    Posted by: Beth Pariseau
    iSCSI SAN, storage vendors

    Last week, Hewlett-Packard launched its first iSCSI SAN product based on its acquisition last year of LeftHand Networks. As part of that announcement, HP made it official that LeftHand's days as a...


    February 6, 2009  2:52 PM

    Storage Headlines for 02-05-2009



    Posted by: Beth Pariseau
    storage headlines

    Here are some stories you may have missed this week:

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    Stories referenced:

  • NetApp discontinues SMB storage line

  • January 30, 2009  1:59 PM

    Storage Headlines for 01-29-09



    Posted by: Beth Pariseau
    storage headlines

    Here are some stories you may have missed this week:

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    Stories referenced:

  • EMC braces for IT spending declines
  • Editor's note: The...