NetApp brushes up change management tool

On the heels of the addition of a change management tool to Symantec's CommandCentral SRM software, NetApp last week released version 5.0 of SANScreen, the change management application it acquired by buying Onaro. Among the updates, according to an email from Steve Cohen, Product Marketing...
W. Curtis Preston let go by GlassHouse

I have just spoken with backup guru Curtis Preston, who confirmed that GlassHouse let him go at 9:30 this morning. He said there was talk of a drive toward profitability and cutting costs. But I'm wondering if there's something else behind it. I'm amazed GlassHouse would let someone of Preston's...
Avid’s approach to video storage

Bill Moren, senior product manager, storage for...
NFSv4.1 approved as proposed standard

NFS 4.1, which contains the specs for parallel NFS (pNFS), has officially been approved as a proposed standard, according to a blog post by
Brocade acquires Foundy, but not its CEO

Brocade finally closed on its $2.6 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks today, and added more Ethernet expertise by hiring a new CTO and senior VP of products and offerings from outside...
Sun repackages data center products and services

Yesterday I met with Amy O'Connor, who has recently been named VP of services for Sun Microsystems. She told me about new product and services packages Sun would launch today. We also had an interesting discussion about the state of Sun and its services division. The announcement made today was...
Storage spending slowing already

The spending slowdown most storage industry people are expecting to hit in 2009 has already begun, according to new research from TheInfoPro...
Brocade set to close Foundry acquisition

Brocade cleared its final hurdle to its $2.6 billion acquisition of Ethernet networking firm Foundry Networks today when Foundry's shareholders approved the deal. In Brocade's release announcing the approval, the Fibre Channel switch vendor said it expects to close the deal Thursday. Brocade also...
Everything you always wanted to know about data backup but were afraid to ask

Who you gonna call...
Latest addition to the storage swag collection

A while back I did a riveting post for this blog covering my collection of storage s.w.a.g. (stuff we all get) picked up in my travels through the storage industry. I thought I'd follow up with a...