Data Storage Sales Hit the Skids By Paul Shread -
Published June 9, 2009
Symantec, Dell and Hitachi were about the only bright spots for the data storage market in the first quarter. [more Hardware News]
NetApp Bid Four Times for Data Domain By Paul Shread -
Published June 4, 2009
An SEC filing reveals that NetApp raised its bid for Data Domain twice before merger talks became public — and that Data Domain had interest from another company besides EMC. [more Industry News]
IBM Embraces FCoE, Converged Data Center Networks By Paul Shread -
Published June 2, 2009
Big Blue adds FCoE adapter technology from QLogic and Brocade to its servers as converged data center network technology begins to appear in the marketplace. And HP is getting in on the act too. [more Hardware News]
Sun Adds Solid State Drive Management to ZFS By Paul Shread -
Published June 1, 2009
The latest version of Sun's open source ZFS file system includes automated management of SSDs. And OpenSolaris gets new networking and virtualization features. [more Hardware News]
Is HDS Set to Take On EMC? By Paul Shread -
Published May 22, 2009
Hitachi Data Systems has a 'big announcement' coming — and the high-end storage vendor is dropping a big hint about what the news might be. [more Hardware News]
NetApp to Acquire Data Domain By Paul Shread -
Published May 20, 2009
In a shocker for the data storage industry, NetApp will acquire data deduplication pioneer Data Domain. [more Hardware News]
Analysts Expect Tough Quarter for NetApp By Paul Shread -
Published May 11, 2009
The difficult data storage market could take a toll on NetApp, according to analysts. And a look at winners and losers in the storage sector after a trying first quarter. [more Hardware News]
Microsoft Unveils Final Windows Storage Server By Paul Shread -
Published May 7, 2009
Windows Storage Server will apparently be folded into future versions of Windows Server, but the 2008 version released this week includes some nifty upgrades for storage users. [more Hardware News]
Sun's Data Storage 'Startup' By Paul Shread -
Published May 6, 2009
While just a tiny part of a $13 billion company, Sun's Open Storage program exemplifies everything the company had hoped to achieve in its turnaround efforts. [more Hardware News]
EMC Sees a Bottom in IT Spending By Paul Shread -
Published April 23, 2009
After a tough first quarter, EMC CEO Joe Tucci waxes about the outlook for IT spending and sizes up the company's new competitive threat from the merger of Oracle and Sun. [more Industry News]
HP Combines Storage, Virtual Servers By Paul Shread -
Published April 20, 2009
HP rolls out its first offerings from its acquisition of LeftHand Networks — and the company's global reach could mean a quick return on its investment. [more Hardware News]
EMC Ties Symmetrix to VMware By Paul Shread -
Published April 14, 2009
EMC's new high-end data storage array is built for a new era of virtualized data centers. Will Clariion users see the same architecture some day? [more Hardware News]
Despite Economy, Storage Bargains Hard to Find By Drew Robb -
Published March 12, 2009
Data storage pricing is so far holding up despite the tough economy, but deals are out there to be had, especially in services and other value-added elements. And hardball negotiating tactics appear to be on the rise. [more Hardware Features]
Apple Sours on Storage Hardware By Drew Robb -
Published June 5, 2008
As Apple exits the storage hardware business, it turns its attention to software and takes steps to provide for hardware users.
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Keeping Data Safe with Reldata By Lynn Haber -
Published June 2, 2008
E-discovery services provider eDirect Impact turned to Reldata for a storage solution that could reliably handle rapid data growth without costing a fortune. [more Hardware Features]
The Best-Kept Secret in Enterprise Storage By Jennifer Schiff -
Published April 25, 2008
Fujitsu's Eternus line provides mid-range and high-end customers the performance, reliability and scalability they crave — they just don't know it yet. [more Hardware Features]
Server Virtualization Keeps DAS Alive By Drew Robb -
Published June 28, 2007
Server virtualization is having some surprising effects on the storage market, including keeping the direct-attached storage market alive.
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The Real Cost of Storage By Henry Newman -
Published April 25, 2007
When power, cooling, performance and reliability are considered, SATA may not have much of a cost advantage over Fibre Channel after all. [more Hardware Features]
Measuring Storage Performance By Drew Robb -
Published April 12, 2007
In the second part of a series on storage benchmarks, we examine the Storage Performance Council's recent efforts to expand its battery of tests to better evaluate vendor performance claims. [more Hardware Features]
Evaluating Storage Benchmarks By Drew Robb -
Published March 28, 2007
Storage benchmarks from the likes of the Storage Performance Council (SPC) can help users evaluate competing products, but you've got to be careful how you use them. [more Hardware Features]
Doing the Storage Limbo By Drew Robb -
Published January 12, 2007
There are a number of storage systems out there that just might be easy and cheap enough for the smallest of businesses. [more Hardware Features]
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Electricity use in data centers is skyrocketing, sending corporate energy bills through the roof, creating environmental concerns and generating negative publicity for large corporations. "Going Green" means looking to technologies like virtualization, energy-efficient chips and racks, and implementing policies that extend beyond the data center to all of your organization's employees.
