More articles by Sharon Gaudin

Enabling IT managers to instantly and reliably back up their critical data helped make Storage Technology Corp.'s EchoView E400 Datamation's readers' choice for best storage product in their annual Product of the Year awards.

In today's corporate world, email holds a company's critical information. Now a growing number of businesses are realizing that they need to save these emails. And they can't just pack them away like receipts you toss in a box at home.

A report from IDC says storage systems revenue is down 3% as customers expand preexisting NAS and SAN installations to stretch their dollars.