Compliance, Regulation And Storage

[April 30, 2010] EMC's Global Marketing CTO sees solid state drives, the cloud and Ethernet as the future of storage networking.

[December 3, 2009] The digital future will require a level of file and data integrity that doesn't exist today, but there are some possible solutions.

[July 16, 2009] Sun Microsystems is partnering with BridgeHead to help hospitals store and manage data — a move that just might get the company some healthcare stimulus dollars.

[May 15, 2009] Data storage vendors are forming partnerships and repositioning themselves in hopes of getting a piece of the electronic medical records stimulus spending.

[March 19, 2009] In this case study, a financial services company freed up employees mired in e-discovery requests by turning to a better data archiving solution.

[January 12, 2009] A recent court ruling gives companies another reason to worry about the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP).

[January 5, 2009] The global financial meltdown and Democratic control of the White House and Congress will likely mean new corporate accountability regulations — and more work for storage administrators.

[April 17, 2008] From iPods to USB memory sticks, consumer storage devices present potential security threats, and companies have sprung up to fill the need.

[March 10, 2008] EMC has offered to acquire Iomega, its latest play for dominance in the fast-growing consumer and small business storage market.

[December 20, 2007] The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are forcing companies to adopt e-discovery solutions and processes, and storage vendors are all too happy to help.

[July 5, 2007] Compliance and e-discovery concerns are attracting scores of startups to the e-mail archiving market. Can they all survive?

[June 29, 2007] New amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure make e-discovery everyone's business. A look at what organizations should consider in implementing an e-discovery policy and shopping for an archiving solution.

[November 7, 2006] Just when you thought you had a grip on regulatory compliance, along come new federal rules requiring companies to produce documents in legal cases or face stiff penalties.

[September 22, 2006] The storage giant's acquisition of RSA is the latest move in its ambition to become a general IT vendor.

[August 24, 2006] Clearwell's E-mail Intelligence Platform is saving clients of one law firm big bucks.

[July 13, 2006] With the growth of fixed content far surpassing all other kinds of data, storage managers face quite a challenge getting a handle on all those files that never change once they're created.

[June 9, 2006] Low-cost tiered disk storage is one way to get a handle on fast-growing fixed content data.

[November 18, 2005] HIPAA compliance can be threatened by anyone with an easy-to-conceal thumb drive. One hospital found a solution to the problem.

[May 8, 2003] Sandial Systems announces its entry into the storage networking market with what it claims is an innovative 'backbone' approach.

[March 3, 2003] Storage Area Networking (SAN) Switches were a bright spot in IT spending last year, with worldwide sales growing 15% to $954 million, according to a new report by Dell'Oro Group.

[November 13, 2002] Acquisition will allow Adaptec to enter the NAS market.

[June 12, 2001] The storage sector promises a cross-section of new technologies, deals, and competitive synergies.

[September 23, 2008] Application-aware storage targets Oracle shops.

[October 28, 2002] The low-end CLARiiON CX200 is the third storage device coming out of the one-year-old EMC/Dell partnership.

[November 19, 2002] Seeking to woo customers with its 'Adaptive Infrastructure' strategy, HP unveils additions to its storage portfolio.

[September 25, 2002] UPDATE: The storage software leader buys the storage software management firm with designs to serve the low-end market.

[December 19, 2002] The Castle Rock, Colo., company, which earlier this year boosted staff in Washington, D.C., adds two federal agencies to its client roster.

[May 30, 2003] The executive vice president is taking over the software division for EMC technologist Erez Ofer, who is going back to Israel.

[October 1, 2003] EMC unveils four new products in its NAS portfolio, including a SAN-NAS Gateway, entry-level mid-tier configuration, ATA Drive Support and EMC NetWin 200.

[April 3, 2002] The Storage Networking Industry Association shows storage fanatics some interoperability progress.

[October 29, 2001] Flash data storage product vendor M-Systems claimed Monday that it has developed what it calls the world's smallest single-chip flash disk that can dramatically increase on-device storage for wireless Net devices.

[February 28, 2005] EMC creates two new tools for helping customers find data using the Centera suite.

[November 2, 2000] Looking to extend its lead in a fast-growing networked data storage market, EMC buys CrosStor Software of New Jersey in an all-stock deal.

[December 19, 2003] Analysis: Analysts say EMC's plan to acquire VMWare signal it is heading into the utility computing sector -- whether IBM or HP like it or not.

[November 20, 2002] The path to the next generation of SQL Server in April includes beta testing a 64-bit version and a third service pack.

[March 24, 2003] The new update to Global Data Manager gives administrators control of NetBackup and Backup Exec from a single point.

[April 11, 2001] The Hopkinton, Mass., data storage giant says it will make two cents a share less than analysts had expected, then buys a Belgian software startup for $50 million.

[October 25, 2002] FEATURE: Storage Networking World Fall 2002 will feature heavy companies demonstrating emerging standards such as Bluefin.Special Report: The Future of Data Storage

[January 28, 2004] Fewer cables and the ability to connect large pools of disparate storage devices fueled the passage of SAS as a standard.

[April 13, 2009] Security firm RSA has improved its data loss prevention system with the release of version 7.0.

[January 9, 2004] Analysis: Answering EMC's major bid for VMware, VERITAS moves to acquire Ejasent for $59 million to firm up its utility computing portfolio, as players jostle to present their wares to customers.

[January 19, 2005] Sun intensifies its focus on compliance, offering a software and services package with partner AXS-One.

[March 12, 2008] Watchdog groups want more visibility into lost messages and document retention -- and are calling on law enforcement and the courts to get it.

[June 2, 2003] The Enterprise Storage Group produces a detailed a report on how the heightened emphasis on regulatory compliance presents lucrative opportunities for storage vendors. EMC is one firm that stands out in this regard.

[January 14, 2002] One of the leaders in enterprise storage, Compaq unveils a new data replication application.

[March 24, 2008] With new research partnership, Yahoo taps one of the world's fastest supercomputers for cloud computing projects.

[June 24, 2002] Revenues for the Singapore's storage management software market increased by US$5 million in 2001, said IDC.

[November 30, 2001] Over the next several years, the "digitization" of daily life will drive advances in the data storage technology and reduce prices of the once-costly equipment, the CTO of Hopkinton, Mass., company told attendees of a Boston conference Wednesday.

[October 7, 2002] Angling to serve alternately the enterprise and consumers market segment, Dell unleashes a business array system and 2 new Dimension desktops for broadband converts.

[May 3, 2001] A storage specialist will showcase a new gateway at a conference in Las Vegas next week; Compaq, LuxN and ADIC join.

[May 4, 2004] Hitachi's storage unit creates a modular storage system for the mid-market and upgrades storage resource management applications.

[September 22, 2003] The storage systems vendor ushers in mid-tier applications to give small- and medium-sized businesses the ability to manage their storage devices more efficiently.

[March 8, 2004] New tape drives are fortified with Write Once, Read Many technology to help customers cope with government record keeping regulations.

[September 7, 2006] The vendor suggests that governance, risk and compliance management can become more of a strategic asset than simply a burdensome cost.

[April 23, 2001] The computer maker fashions a few network attached storage products to appeal to enterprises.

[April 10, 2008] Foreign compliance vendors say security trumps privacy in the U.S.

[May 1, 2006] Mercury Interactive unleashes software that anticipates changes that threaten to harm businesses.

[October 10, 2003] UPDATE: EMC stakes claim to the first global failover and recovery demonstration of a live product application, while VERITAS contends it accomplished the same four years earlier; EMC continues to stick by its claim.

[October 29, 2003] The group test drives SMI-S version 1.1 at the Storage Networking World show in Orlando as it concocts an end-user group to educate customers about storage networking technologies.

[June 3, 2005] XBRL can save costs and streamline company processes for reporting financial information. So why the slow adoption pace?

[April 6, 2004] Big Blue looks to help companies navigate the regulatory compliance maze.

[November 8, 2001] The Houston computer manufacturer and Hopkinton, Mass. storage behemoth work to make application programming interfaces compatible with each other's storage systems.

[March 22, 2004] HP becomes the latest storage vendor to upgrade its portfolio with products for cost-cutting small businesses.

[January 7, 2003] The firms bolster their long-standing alliance by teaming on storage networking products.

[April 12, 2004] BEA will add its application server to VERITAS' utility computing software in the deal to reduce customer TCO.

[February 27, 2006] Electronic discovery is the latest area of focus for EMC with a new bundle.

[April 19, 2004] Xsan will help video pros access a single library of storage and multiple video streams.

[June 17, 2003] UPDATE: Systems vendor rolls out new SAN tools, beefier business continuity, better groupings in the shared access storage areas as it extends its 'adaptive enterprise' strategy to storage works.

[June 29, 2006] Deduplication technology helps storage users save big by eliminating redundant data.

[April 23, 2004] Archivas attacks the increasingly competitive market for fixed content, where EMC and Permabit play.

[May 3, 2005] As the annual rash of compliance deadlines looms, Mercury rounds out its IT governance offerings.

[April 13, 2006] Intacct's certification may give it an edge in competing for ERP business among SMBs.

[February 19, 2004] The company bundles hardware, software and servers in one machine to address compliance issues that call for data to be stored for several years.

[April 30, 2009] New rules on the handling of sensitive personal information are designed to prevent identity theft.

[October 30, 2006] Lost laptop getting you down? Seagate won't let users sweat with new DriveTrust security for hard-disk drives.

[October 29, 2003] UPDATE: IBM unveils products and services for regulatory compliance as new federal rules become ingrained in the consciousness of IT managers the world over; VeriSign creates a compliance framework for HIPAA.

[April 8, 2003] The storage vendor's new system is geared to help customers address stricter regulatory requirements with regard to records retention.

[September 5, 2002] The Storage Networking Industry Association is excited over the iSCSI standard, which it says is on the cusp of completion.

[December 19, 2002] UPDATE: The storage software maker fingers application performance specialist Precise Software Solutions and server automation supplier Jareva Technologies for $537 million in stock and $62 million in cash, respectively.

[December 15, 2006] Regulatory agency also proposes rules to ease some Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

[May 1, 2003] A joint offering helps financial and health care firms comply with new federal regulations to archive messages.

[January 6, 2009] The global financial meltdown and Democratic control of the White House and Congress will likely mean new corporate accountability regulations -- and more work for storage administrators.

[July 10, 2002] UPDATE: Big Blue continues its push for self-healing IT systems with the rollout of the TotalStorage NAS 100. IBM Dips into Directory

[November 19, 2003] In another sign that remote data transfer is growing, several storage vendors become iSCSI for Windows-certified.

[January 4, 2003] IBM's Silicon Valley labs come up with a working model of a dense cluster of servers, storage and switches built up as a 3D cubic array.

[November 25, 2002] The Sun-spearheaded Java Community Process moves to the next stage with its Java-based OLAP specification.

[April 21, 2004] The optical storage provider buys rival Raidtec to beef up its storage networking hardware line.

[May 8, 2003] UPDATE: The software firm supports more DVD formats in its Windows operating system.

[March 7, 2005] HP, Oracle and others want to build a cross-industry, global framework for companies looking to get a handle on government compliance regulations.

[September 21, 2005] With its latest RepliStor software, EMC gets closer to backing up customer data at any point in time.

[December 5, 2003] Price cuts by HP, IBM, EMC and Dell bode well for the market, IDC says.

[September 11, 2002] Throwing aside competitive differences, the two storage software makers vow to help each other out.

[October 20, 2004] IBM looks to lasso customers with new compliance hardware and software.

[May 30, 2001] Hitachi's storage division offers another product to sway customers from giant rival EMC Corp.

[February 5, 2007] The systems vendor introduces new storage hardware and software to put more data on fewer machines.

[January 31, 2003] Looking to reel in disparate hardware and software operations on its flagship enterprise storage server, IBM creates a new API to help manage storage area networks.

[April 4, 2008] Vendor expands Secure Advantage Portfolio with new tools and free service.

[November 12, 2002] Executive chairman Mike Ruettgers says e-mail trails and credit card histories are just the start, but in tough times, not all storage companies survive.

[August 2, 2006] The systems vendor augments its software and services portfolio in the name of distributed computing systems.

[May 26, 2004] The fast partners design and develop a low-cost SAN system to lure customers from rivals IBM and HP.

[April 7, 2008] It's no longer all about the perimeter, says NetApp's Tim Russell at Storage Network World: Instead, IT needs to focus on storage as costs and regulations mount.

[October 30, 2001] Big Blue ratchets up its mid-range storage offerings with a new 2Gbps Fibre Channel server and improved solutions.

[September 26, 2007] HP wants to make life easier for CIOs looking for a soup-to-nuts solution in one package. But it won't come cheap.

[August 30, 2007] Blue-laser optical storage offers high capacity, long shelf life and cost savings. So why isn't it catching on in enterprise storage environments?

[January 20, 2005] Helping firms ferret out files is the name of the game for StorageTek's new compliance machine.

[October 14, 2002] The storage semiconductor maker comes out with a second-gen single-chip-based RAID product as well as two new low power GigaBlaze transceiver cores.

[October 4, 2005] Symantec is looking to expand its policy compliance software in the enterprise.

[May 3, 2004] The offering will help customers move from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 as rival IBM tries to make inroads.

[September 30, 2002] UPDATE: HP has seven reasons it wants to block sales of EMC's Symmetrix, Clariion and TimeFinder products. EMC fires back.

[October 7, 2002] The busy storage sector continues to bustle as players IBM and Brocade agree to apply industry standards to storage management.

[March 12, 2008] Message Archiver is designed to provide a fast, searchable archive of e-mail.

[March 14, 2007] Gartner research claims banks and other financial services outfits buy the most servers, followed by communications and government sectors.

[October 16, 2003] The storage systems vendor reported third quarter revenues of $1.51 billion -- 20 percent greater than revenues reported for the same period in 2002.

[December 3, 2003] With EMC looking to build market share on its installed Symmetrix base, IBM launches a new Linux-based appliance designed to make switching back to Big Blue cheaper.

[November 24, 2003] The 2-year-old alliance providing storage systems to the SMB market is still gaining momentum, the companies say.

[December 23, 2002] Sony recently shipped qualification units of its first-generation SuperAdvanced Intelligent Tape (S-AIT) to eight OEMs.

[January 22, 2004] The storage concern shows that 2003 was a kinder year than its predecessor -- 15 percent kinder in total revenues.

[May 27, 2003] Business, government and education leaders say schools must emphasize math and science to ensure that the pipeline of engineers doesn't dry up.

[December 3, 2002] Angling for more market share in a sea of contenders, Hitachi improves hardware, software and sets up a strategic partnership program.

[November 30, 2001] Over the next several years, the "digitization" of daily life will drive advances in the data storage technology and reduce prices of the once-costly equipment, the CTO of Hopkinton, Mass., company told attendees of a Boston conference Wednesday.

[December 26, 2002] Big Blue plans to draw the curtain on aspects of its next-generation storage software to appeal to open source developers.

[June 10, 2003] Citing 4,100 customer wins in two years, the computer and storage firms will continue their sales and manufacturing deal through 2008.

[November 13, 2002] Big Blue unveils new network attached storage systems that, in some cases, double the speed and storage capacity of its previous models.

[April 22, 2002] Software maker CA pushes forward with its plan to improve storage efficiency.

[May 6, 2003] The firm says sales and profits will be better than expected on strong demand for storage area networking components.

[September 8, 2003] UPDATE: Oracle kicks off OracleWorld San Francisco with its database, application server and enterprise management software products.

[October 1, 2001] These solutions supply DB2 customers with a non-proprietary storage management infrastructure

[May 4, 2005] Big Blue unveils the fruits of its $1.1 billion buy of Ascential Software; also releases records management tool.

[March 10, 2004] The switch maker picks EMC to write virtualization and data migration applications that simplify management of storage area networks.

[January 27, 2004] UPDATE: Big Blue's POWER architecture creeps into its storage hardware line with the new NAS Gateway 500.

[April 9, 2004] Geared to lodge more intelligence in storage drives, the Object-based Storage Device spec becomes a standard.

[April 23, 2004] Gunning for EMC customers, Big Blue makes its storage management software run on its rival's hardware platforms.

[May 27, 2003] Enterprise software provider's main product is aimed at helping companies scale their data protection costs.

[April 7, 2003] UPDATE: CNT moves to acquire Inrange Technologies, potentially making it one of the largest storage networking players.

[October 1, 2002] UPDATE: The company's upcoming StorEdge 3300 line is meant to be a low-cost alternative targeted to small to medium businesses.

[March 5, 2007] Governance, risk and compliance is emerging as a major center of investment, and Oracle won't leave the field to SAP.

[July 31, 2001] Big Blue refreshes an old protocol with a new one; analyst says its first mover action could give it an advantage over rivals.

[November 13, 2003] UPDATE: LSI goes full bore at the already-crowded storage systems space.

[March 26, 2008] Disputing DOJ claims, critics' e-mail expert says backup and recovery won't be a costly, time-intensive undertaking.

[November 24, 2003] Companies' virtualization software and switch technology are now bundled as an 'intelligent switch.'

[November 6, 2002] UPDATE: The storage fabric switch provider shells out $175 million in stock for its competitor.

[October 22, 2001] The firms pen a multi-billion-dollar deal in which Dell and EMC will co-brand EMC's storage hardware and software; the deal, announced early Monday morning, dovetails with Storage Networking World Fall 2001, a storage event taking place this week in Orlando, Fla.

[April 5, 2004] EMC is looking to offer a 30 to 60 percent back-up speed bump over tape systems with the new disk library.

[March 31, 2008] You'd think enterprises would ensure their e-mail archives are kept safe. Not so, a recent study finds.

[April 17, 2007] With more than 50 customers, Varonis isn't a startup. Today, the company enters the limelight in a growing market.

[October 9, 2002] Six key OEM system and library partners graced with the technology to store 400 GB of compressed data on a single cartridge in less than two hours.

[March 31, 2003] Big Blue begins marketing new digital media and storage platform to the broadcasting industry, which is still largely analog-driven in its media editing formats.

[March 10, 2003] The companies jointly develop systems that store and manage petabytes of memos, e-mails, statements, trade confirmations and other 'customer-centric' documents.

[May 29, 2007] HDS upgrades its digital archiving product to form a formidable pair with its new USP V platform.

[December 6, 2002] The market research firm says the disk drive storage market hasn't quite stepped on the road to recovery, as sales decline from Q2 to Q3 in 2002

[July 18, 2007] Software maker picks up partner Bharosa to flesh out its Identity Management software suite.

[April 6, 2004] The software titan tweaks storage offerings to make data center management easier for customers using Windows.

[March 25, 2008] "Store and retrieve" requirements for e-mail are yesterday's news. New needs are spurring adoption and new roles for the technology.

[March 2, 2004] Applied Micro vaults into the burgeoning market for Serial ATA RAID technologies by paying $150M for 3ware.

[November 11, 2003] With Maxtor angling to outclass its competition in terms of offering speedy throughput between system BUS and its hard disk drives, Agere finds placement for its storage SoC technology.

[February 19, 2002] After a forgettable 2001, the industry is poised for recovery, in part because of a move by IT managers to outsource the service, according new Dataquest research.

[September 18, 2002] While interoperability is key among highly competitive storage vendors, EMC hopes it made some inroads. Some disagree.

[February 14, 2003] The storage specialist, whose products are already used in the populous country via partners EMC, HP and IBM, establishes itself in Beijing.

[August 3, 2007] Big Blue picks up database archiving provider to better meet customers' compliance needs.

[June 11, 2002] Big Blue demonstrates heretofore unprecedented trillion-bit storage density.

[April 23, 2002] Looking the bridge the gap in the Storage Management Software business, IBM sheds light on its strategy to embrace Linux technologies and standards-based management interfaces.

[March 20, 2008] Financial enterprise rolls out new online document-storage service.

[December 1, 2003] The Hopkinton, Mass.-based company will gain access to database archiving software in a deal to bolster its broad information lifecycle management strategy.

[February 25, 2004] UPDATE: Hitachi aims to be the first vendor to market ahead of rivals.

[January 5, 2004] UPDATE: Fujitsu's 2.5 inch mobile hard drives are geared for laptops in the early stages.

[April 4, 2008] Purchase of data protection management firm is storage titan's fourth acquisition this year.

[June 29, 2005] Storage purveyors can thank compliance regulations for the uptick in disk-based storage sales.

[March 31, 2008] Purchase of Australian-based e-Discovery firm seen as billion-dollar opportunity.

[March 25, 2004] Big Blue will provide servers and storage to a university researching cures for major diseases.

[September 9, 2004] The minds behind Serial-ATA devise a standard interface for smaller form factors.

[April 28, 2009] Autonomy shows off the power of its back-end in a new cloud computing compliance application.

[February 6, 2003] Increased use streaming video and audio and digital imaging drove the external storage market to $549M in the region during the first half of 2002, Gartner Dataquest said.

[October 7, 2002] The Hopkinton, Mass., storage specialist unveils a second Clariion CX family member as it bids for business in the industry's fastest-growing segment.

[September 19, 2002] Basking in the glory of its conference, Sun says it bought storage virtualization specialist Pirus Networks.

[November 18, 2003] Gateway throws a storage party in Las Vegas, inviting customers to feast on its bargain basement hardware prices, while entering the SAN market with Hitachi and buddying up with SuSE Linux.

[March 25, 2003] The companies plan to share design implementations, performance testing results and debug information, as well as participate in other joint Serial Attached SCSI activities.

[July 15, 2002] IBM is rolling out two new models of its Shark enterprise storage server, marking the line's first upgrade in its three-year existence. IBM Unveils Multimodal Tools

[October 1, 2002] At an event held concurrently with Internet World Fall 2002, NetApp tackles enterprise management with new storage software and accompanying products.

[October 8, 2007] The company thinks its latest records-management software poses a formidable threat to industry leaders IBM and EMC.

[July 2, 2003] BMC sells its storage management software line to EMC, who will replace it with its ControlCenter line.

[March 24, 2008] The legal skirmish over e-mail preservation shows no sign of ending.

[May 5, 2003] With simplicity and interoperability its watchwords, the network gear maker continues its partner push with EMC, HP, IBM and HDS.

[March 17, 2008] New report cites weak archival strategies and high risk for data.

[June 14, 2004] The vendor adds cost storage tool to its fibre channel mix on its Thunder 9500 V midrange machine.

[April 4, 2008] EMC wants to buy Iomega, but not with Iomega's planned buy of ExelStor. What's EMC after?

[January 2, 2003] Following many regulatory approvals, Hitachi successfully tucks away IBM's hard disk drive business for a shade over $2 billion.

[February 17, 2003] Adaptec and Network Appliance are among the first to support the newly-anointed standard for linking storage devices across the network.

[October 6, 2003] UPDATE: There is no love lost between EMC and IBM, but both companies show they recognize the importance of working together to satisfy their customers.

[September 21, 2001] The Hopkinton, Mass., data storage company pays $50 million for Luminate, a performance management software maker, believing applications will give it an edge when buyers return to the beat-up sector.

[October 24, 2001] Backed by some of the heaviest storage and transmission firms in the business, the project aims to break barriers for IP storage data transmission.

[October 8, 2003] UPDATE: Hitachi Data Systems trots out a storage box for its Thunder line and business continuity software and compliance features for its high-end Lightning server family.

[September 5, 2001] Looking to fight the terabyte per second problem, and not the terabyte problem, McDATA buys the storage management software arm of Western Digital Corp.

[September 24, 2001] Eight firms contribute their storage resources to create the first transcontinental storage network.

[August 13, 2008] Targeting companies prepping for the Standard & Poor's new evaluation methodology.

[November 7, 2002] The installation is designed to bring high levels of business continuity to Baptist Health.

[May 5, 2008] SRM tools promise greater efficiencies, utilization rates.

[November 6, 2002] An analyst says Big Blue regains the lead in laptop disk drive capacity with its Travelstar GN, right before the company sheds off its division to rival Hitachi.

[April 1, 2002] Amid lawsuits and proxy fights, HP manages to carve out its virtualization strategy and make new appliances.

[June 25, 2001] On Location: Storage expert dispells certain misnomers about SAN in introductory seminar at TechXNY.

[January 26, 2004] The storage player cozies up to Microsoft ever more with the latest iteration of its backup software.

[July 1, 2002] Adaptec and NEC say real end-user operation could come as early as the end of the year after a recent demo using the IP-based storage networking standard.

[March 12, 2003] The Hopkinton, Mass., storage giant makes enhancements to its Clariion line to help customers bring more tape-based data online.

[November 13, 2003] The PC maker enters the SAN market with a 'disruptive pricing' strategy.

[March 12, 2004] FEATURE: SANs are useful for connecting multiple devices, but they're vulnerable to hackers. Now, new companies are taking aim at the problem.

[April 7, 2005] The storage systems vendor agrees to buy Alacritus to improve its NearStore backup and recovery line.

[April 6, 2001] Don't believe the hype! Well, at least not until Cisco, Brocade & Co. unveil their progress for the storage industry next week at Storage Networking World Spring 2001 in Palm Desert, Calif.

[July 18, 2003] The low-power chipmaker now targets a fall release for its TM8000 1.1 GHz next-generation processor designed for 12- and 14-inch notebooks as well as blade servers.

[August 25, 2008] The storage giant's first Forum 2008 highlighted flash drives, Clariion arrays, and Web 2.0 and cloud storage plans — along with an ambitious plan to unite all information under EMC management.

[July 18, 2002] The Hopkinton, Mass., and Palo Alto, Calif., storage giants share technology that helps engineers develop software to manage both systems. EMC also achieves a breakeven Q2.

[September 3, 2004] Big Blue introduces a cost-effective storage server based on iSCSI to trump rivals' SMB products.

[April 29, 2002] Meet Centera, EMC's new hardware/software combination approach to addressing storage for documents that can't be changed online.

[August 28, 2002] A year after forming the Storage Networking Industry Association to promote storage standards, the trade group unveils its first initiative.

[October 17, 2002] Hitachi, IBM, Sun and VERITAS find common ground in SNIA and commit to making compliant CIM/WBEM and Bluefin/SMI storage products.

[March 26, 2004] Storage vendor proposes a storage model not unlike those trumpeted by utility computing providers.

[June 16, 2003] Adaptec, HP and Seagate team to make Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA interoperable, which they believe will lower total cost of ownership of companies that buy storage software and hardware.

[March 11, 2008] With forecasts of 60 percent annual increases in data through 2011, IT must cope with burgeoning storage and security needs.

[June 1, 2004] The storage systems vendor offers new hardware that promises better performance at lower cost than its parallel ATA cousin.

[September 22, 2003] The storage systems vendor makes a low-end series of appliances capable of serving the data center and retools its compliance software.

[July 30, 2008] Latest offering is designed to help companies get a jump-start on compliance.

[September 6, 2005] The company signs a $30 million contract to boost ILM strategy.

[November 18, 2002] Putting the ability to support heterogeneous environments on the machines' brains, Dell offers new rack systems.

[July 11, 2007] New archival and discovery solution aims to tame the beast that is online e-mail compliance.

[June 28, 2002] TechXNY: Data storage experts agree that IP-based SCSI protocols are moving into the mainstream with data recovery planning, but only if you've mapped the cost of your applications and critical data.

[November 2, 2005] Software maker's OneClose software wants to cast new light on companies' "last mile" accounting issues.

[May 20, 2004] Aiming at SMBs, the storage giant adds the NetWin 110 to its NAS storage line running Microsoft Windows storage software.

[February 11, 2003] UPDATE: The startup is banking on its new intelligent switch platform for storage to lure customers from the heavyweight players.

[February 3, 2003] UPDATE: How far does the rabbit hole go for next-generation data storage? EMC hopes to find out with its new Symmetrix servers.

[November 7, 2002] The storage software provider aims to bundle its storage reporting product with software from NTP software to attract CIOs.

[January 21, 2003] HP broadens its storage partnerships with two major players, while sprucing up its technology portfolio.

[March 22, 2004] Leaving partner EMC on the bench, the systems vendor unveils a server for simple storage management at small businesses or departments.

[April 15, 2004] Profits for the storage giant quadruple thanks to enhanced products and Legato, Documentum and VMware purchases.

[March 17, 2008] Major storage players open discussions, though a deal is far from complete.

[December 26, 2003] FEATURE: Already a favorite in Asia, USB flash drives are becoming a consumer favorite in the U.S., but explosive growth is stymied by a lack of awareness and security concerns.