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Brocade Takes on Cisco By Paul Shread -
Published July 22, 2008
By acquiring Foundry Networks, Brocade suddenly looks a lot like its storage networking rival. [more IP Storage News]
NetApp Pushes Performance By Paul Shread -
Published June 10, 2008
The storage vendor unveils new unified systems and acceleration appliances aimed at high-performance environments. [more IP Storage News]
EqualLogic Gives Dell a Boost By Paul Shread -
Published May 30, 2008
Dell's storage sales were a bright spot in the first quarter — and CEO Michael Dell made an interesting claim about the iSCSI market on the company's conference call.
[more IP Storage News]
Cisco Buys Nuova as FCoE Heats Up By Paul Shread -
Published April 10, 2008
In a play on converged data center networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Cisco is acquiring Nuova Systems and unveiling a new switch. [more IP Storage News]
Storage Sales Hang In There By Paul Shread -
Published March 6, 2008
Despite signs of an economic slowdown, the storage market turned in its best performance in nearly two years in the fourth quarter, according to IDC.
[more Industry News]
NetApp Ups the Virtual Ante By Paul Shread -
Published February 15, 2008
Amid a tough environment for IT spending, Network Appliance is making a play for VMware storage business.
[more Management News]
HP Ready to Rumble in NAS Battle By Judy Mottl -
Published January 18, 2008
HP says it is ready to take on NetApp in the high-end NAS market, thanks to the acquisition of PolyServe.
[more SANs/NAS News]
EMC Goes SOHO By Judy Mottl -
Published January 9, 2008
The storage giant targeting the small office-home office market? Say it ain't so. [more IP Storage News]
NetApp Spends Dinero on Onaro By Paul Shread -
Published January 3, 2008
Network Appliance is making a big move to boost its storage management and automation capabilities with the acquisition of Onaro.
[more Management News]
Intel Opens Up FCoE By Paul Shread -
Published December 18, 2007
In an effort to speed up Fibre Channel over Ethernet adoption, Intel has open sourced its FCoE initiator technology.
[more IP Storage News]
Dell Snatches EqualLogic from IPO Pipeline By Paul Shread -
Published November 5, 2007
Dell made a bold move into the SMB storage market today by coughing up $1.4 billion for iSCSI vendor EqualLogic — a move that could have ramifications for Dell partner EMC.
[more IP Storage News]
Dell Throws Small Businesses a Storage Line By Andy Patrizio -
Published September 11, 2007
New storage server isn't much cheaper than the competition, but it won't scale up in cost as it scales up in capacity, the vendor claims. [more Hardware News]
Sun Opens Up Storage By Clint Boulton -
Published April 10, 2007
Sun Microsystems has donated data storage technologies to the OpenSolaris community, a move that will allow developers to run the software on storage arrays from competitors. [more IP Storage News]
The Xen Way to iSCSI Virtualization By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published April 3, 2007
Does XenSource have the answer for businesses looking to advance storage needs using iSCSI virtualization? The company thinks so with its support for the technology in XenEnterprise 3.2. [more Management News]
EqualLogic Aims High By Paul Shread -
Published August 1, 2006
The IP storage vendor adds a number of high-end features to keep pace with the likes of LeftHand Networks and Network Appliance. [more IP Storage News]
Microsoft Gives SANs The Boot By Paul Shread -
Published April 4, 2006
Microsoft's SNW announcements include diskless boot of Windows Server 2003 over IP SANs, among other storage plans. [more IP Storage News]
Microsoft Makes Storage Moves By Paul Shread -
Published March 3, 2006
Redmond acquires iSCSI technology from String Bean Software and announces an ambitious partnership with EMC. [more IP Storage News]
Enterprise Storage Comes Home By Paul Rubens -
Published June 12, 2008
RAID, NAS and sophisticated backup schemes have moved from enterprises into homes. So which high-end storage technologies could be next to work their way into the family den?
[more IP Storage Features]
Storage Basics: Is IP Storage Viable? By Charlie Schluting -
Published March 28, 2008
iSCSI is a media darling, but it might not belong on your demanding enterprise storage network. Weigh its benefits against Fibre Channel before proceeding, and remember that short-term cost factors have long-term consequences.
[more IP Storage Features]
The Future of NFS Arrives By Henry Newman -
Published March 27, 2008
NFSv4.1 and Parallel NFS will finally bring the 24-year-old protocol into the high-speed networking age.
[more SANs/NAS Features]
Pillar Props Up ISP By Lynn Haber -
Published March 14, 2008
The Wisconsin Independent Network (WIN) switched from NetApp to Pillar and got more for its money.
[more IP Storage Features]
Storage Horizon 2008: Looking Back, Looking Ahead By Henry Newman -
Published December 21, 2007
Our resident storage guru steps out onto a limb to see what's in store for the storage market in 2008, including some big news for SAS, IP storage and undetectable errors.
[more SANs/NAS Features]
I/O, I/O, It's Off to Virtual Work We Go By Greg Schulz -
Published December 3, 2007
I/O virtualization and converged I/O networks offer users the promise of greater efficiency for their server and storage networks. We look at some of the vendors and protocols that promise to make unified data center fabrics a reality.
[more Technology Features]
University Graduates to Tiered Storage By Lynn Haber -
Published June 29, 2005
When it came to solving its data storage problems, the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley turned to an IP SAN. [more IP Storage Features]
Europe's Largest iSCSI SAN Keeps On Growing By Lynn Haber -
Published April 18, 2005
The need to consolidate and centralize a financial application service provider's servers led to the creation of Europe's largest iSCSI storage area network. [more IP Storage Features]
The State of iSCSI: What's Everyone Waiting for? By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published October 13, 2004
When will the promise of iSCSI turn into an enterprise reality? Cisco, EMC, IBM and Microsoft weigh in on where the IP-based storage network technology has been, where it is now, and where it's headed. [more IP Storage Features]
Storage Basics: Securing iSCSI using IPSec By Mike Harwood -
Published January 27, 2004
IP-based SANs are attractive alternatives to their more expensive and complex Fibre Channel counterparts, but securing IP communications remains a significant concern. In our latest Storage Basics article, Mike Harwood examines how the IP Security Protocol (IPSec) can ensure the security of your iSCSI storage network's data.
[more IP Storage Features]
Storage Focus: The Outlook for IP SANs - Part 2 By Leslie Wood -
Published September 30, 2003
While some industry experts believe IP-based SANs will have an eye-opening effect on the storage industry, others feel that it will be nothing more than 'business as usual.' Leslie Wood concludes an in-depth look at where IP SANs stand today and once again tackles the burning question of whether or not Fibre Channel SANs and IP SANs will play nice together. [more IP Storage Features]
Storage Focus: The Outlook for IP SANs By Leslie Wood -
Published September 3, 2003
While some industry experts believe IP-based SANs will have an eye-opening effect on the storage industry, others feel that it will be nothing more than 'business as usual.' Leslie Wood takes a look at where IP SANs stand today and addresses the burning question of whether Fibre Channel SANs and IP SANs will play nice together.
[more IP Storage Features]
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