March 18, 2010
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Compliance, Regulation And Storage

Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA don't have to be the death knell for companies concerned about retaining files, as vendors step up to comfort them with new products.

Error Correction: An Urgent Need for Files

[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.

Sun Hopes to Stimulate Healthcare IT Sales

[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.

With $20 Billion Up for Grabs, Everyone's an EMR Vendor

[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.

FTC Red Flags Rule Enforcement Starts Friday

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

Autonomy's Compliance App Uses Cloud Tech

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

RSA Bets on Compliance

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

Data Archiving Solution Puts Employees Back to Work

[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.

Social Media — The Next Smoking Gun

[March 5, 2009] Organizations need to set up policies around the use of social networking apps like Facebook and Twitter, just as they did with e-mail in the 1990s.

E-Discovery Ruling Gives Companies Another Data Worry

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

Obama, Dems Could Mean New Compliance Regs

[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.

Obama Administration Could Mean More Compliance Regs

[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.

EMC, HP, Pitch App-Oriented Storage Solutions

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

EMC Wants to Manage It All

[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.

SAP Aims to Cash In on Corporate Risk Evaluations

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

Brabeion's 'GRC as a Service' Targets Compliance

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

Squeezing More Storage Out of Analytics

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

Consumer Devices Give Storage Admins Security Headaches

[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.

Security Here and There

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

Storage: The New Frontier in Data Protection

[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.

EMC Buys Itself Some Data Protection 'WysDM'

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

HP Targets Storage With New Security Tools

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

Can EMC Romance SMBs?

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

HP Climbs Tower For Records Management

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

Are Your E-mail Archives Safe?

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

Expert: White House Can Recover E-mail on The Cheap

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

Booming Archiving Market to Evolve Beyond E-mail

[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.

White House Says E-mail Forensics Too Costly

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

Yahoo, CRL Look to The Clouds For Computing Power

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

Wells Fargo Banks on Online Storage

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

Survey: Data Archival Efforts Inefficient

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

EMC, Iomega Begin Merger Talks

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

Trend Micro Lightens Exchange's Load

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

FBI Probe, More Scrutiny Sought Over White House E-mail

[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.

Enterprises Face Data Growth Explosion

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

EMC Makes a Play for Iomega

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

Enterprises Rule in Favor of e-Discovery, Thanks to FRCP

[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.

Oracle Raises Retention Profile

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

HP Offers Packaged Approach to BIO, Compliance

[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.

Optical Storage Aims for Enterprise Acceptance

[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?

IBM Takes Princeton Softech For Compliance

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

Oracle Fights ID Theft With 'Trust' in Bharosa

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

Zimbra's Latest Add Covers Your E-Mail Backs

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

E-mail Archiving Spurs Gold Rush

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

Getting Up To Speed On FRCP

[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.

HDS Lights Way For Advanced Content Archiving

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

Varonis Digs in For Governance

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

Banks Shell Out The Bucks For Compliance

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

Oracle Hot For Governance

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

HP Adds New Storage Bricks to Consolidation Road

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

SEC Brings Proxies Online

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

Rules About to Change in e-Discovery Game

[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.

Seagate Security Looks to Lock Up Laptops

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

EMC Secures Its Future

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

SAP Pushes Compliance as Strategy

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

Law Firm Saves with e-Discovery

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

IBM Gets Webify For SOAs

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

Fixed Content Choices

[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.

Getting a Grip on 'Bottomless E-Mail'

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

Getting A Fix On Fixed Content

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

To Change or Not to Change Control Management

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

Intacct Ready For SOX Compliance Market

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

EMC Turns a Legal Eye on Compliance

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

Removable Devices Threaten Storage Compliance

[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.

Movaris And The SOX 'Last Mile'

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

Symantec Buys Bindview for $209M

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

EMC: Not CDP, But Close

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

EMC Cuts New Deal With USPS

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

Vendors Vault Disk Storage Sales in Q1

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

XBRL Chugs Along Despite Scant Users

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

IBM Hopes High For 'Hawk'

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

Mercury Refreshes SOX Tools

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

NetApp Backs up Backup Line With Buy

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

Tech Heavies Throw Weight Into Compliance

[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.

EMC Gives Centera a Search Jolt

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

StorageTek Readies Compliance Appliance

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

Sun Solution Manages Compliance

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

IBM Spruces Up Compliance

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

Hardware Players Devise New Storage Interface

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

IBM Launches Low-Cost Storage Server

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

HDS Gets Serious About SATA

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

Dot Hill Connected to SATA Technology

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

Dell, EMC Forge Sub-$10K SAN System

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

EMC Welcomes New NetWin Arrival

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

Hitachi's Mix To Match Storage With Apps

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

Microsoft Floats File Server Migration Kit

[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.

IBM Runs and Guns for EMC Customers

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

Startup Aims to Store Longterm Data

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

Plasmon Pads Archiving Portfolio

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

Apple Airs Storage File Server Software

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

EMC Revenues, Earnings Rocket

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

BEA Embraces Utility Computing from VERITAS

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

ANSI Ratifies Key Storage Device Spec

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

IBM Targets Regulatory Compliance

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

Microsoft Spruces Up Storage Management

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

EMC Crafts 'True' Library For Data Recovery

[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.

NetApp Looks to Future with 'Storage Grid'

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

IBM Edges Out Dell, EMC for Research Cluster

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

Storage Battle Renewed in SMB Space

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

Dell Cranks Out Storage Server for SMBs

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

Securing Storage a Sound Plan for Startups

[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.

McDATA to Enhance Switch Software

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

Sony 'WORMs' its way to Better Storage

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

AMCC Makes Network Storage Splash

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

Hitachi Revving 300 Gigabyte Hard Drive

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

IBM Offers Compliance in A Box

[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.

ANSI Agrees on Serial Attached SCSI Standard

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

IBM Fits NAS Gateway With POWER Chips

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

CA Tailors Backup Software for Windows

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

For EMC, a 25% Fourth Quarter Jump

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

Storage Players Play for Utility Computing

[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.

First 2.5-inch SATA Drives On the Way

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

Mini Storage Drives Poised to Make Waves

[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.

EMC's Stealth Approach to Utility Computing

[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.

Disk Storage Steady in Q3

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

IBM Turns up Heat on Storage Rivals

[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.

EMC Adding Database Archiving Software

[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.

Execs: Dell/EMC Storage Pact Still Strong

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

Veritas, Cisco Offer Alternative to Pricey Storage

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

Storage Players Pass Microsoft's iSCSI Muster

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

Gateway Keys Storage Push at Comdex

[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.

Gateway to Announce Hitachi SAN Pact

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

LSI Logic Splits Storage, Chip Biz

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

Serial ATA Chipping with Agere, Maxtor

[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.

SNIA Readies SMI-S for Public Consumption

[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.

Big Blue, VeriSign Ask: Do You Comply?

[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.

EMC Tops 3Q Expectations

[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.

EMC Claims a Disputed 'First'

[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.

HDS Aims High for Small Biz, Compliance

[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.

Rivals EMC, IBM to Work Together

[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.

EMC Adds Mid-tier NAS Boxes

[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.

Network Appliance Fills in Product Line

[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.

EMC Airs Management Software for SMBs

[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.

Oracle Tests Drives 10G

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

Transmeta's 'Astro' Slated for September

[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.

EMC Buys BMC's Storage Management Software Line

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

HP 'Adapts' Its Storage Portfolio

[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.

Serial Attached Technology a Fixture at CeBIT

[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.

Dell, EMC Extend Storage Pact

[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.

Study: Compliance Bodes Well for Storage Industry

[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.

EMC's Mark Lewis Takes Software Unit Torch

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

Tech Leaders Promote Math/Science Education

[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.

CA Releases New BrightStor Modules

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

Sandial Targets the High End

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

Microsoft to Support Writable DVD Formats

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

McData Raises Q1 Estimates -- Again

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

Cisco Executes Storage Strategy

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

EMC, Tumbleweed Tackle e-Mail Storage

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

EMC Releases Records Retention Storage System

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

CNT to Acquire Inrange for $190 Million

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

IBM Launches Digital Video Platform

[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.

Hitachi, LSI Team on SAS

[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.

Veritas Consolidates Backup and Recovery Software

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

EMC Unveils New Midrange Option

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

EMC, INSCI Target Content Storage

[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.

SAN Switches Boast Strong Growth

[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.

Storage Firms Embrace iSCSI

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

McData Opens China Office

[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.

MaXXan Introduces Intelligent Storage Switch

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

Rich Content Drives Asia-Pacific Storage

[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.

EMC Reloads High-end Storage with the Matrix

[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.

Big Blue Grafts Bluefin API to Storage Server

[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.

HP Bumps Up Pacts with Microsoft, Brocade

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

IBM, Cisco Strengthen Storage Networking Ties

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

IBM Takes a Building Brick Approach with 'IceCube'

[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.

Hitachi, IBM Consummate HDD Marriage

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

IBM to Open Source New Storage Technology

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

Sony Ships First Terabyte Tape Drives

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

Storage Area Networks Notches Government Wins

[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.

Veritas to Buy Two Firms for $599M

[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.

IDC: Disk Storage Systems Sales Dip 3%

[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.

Hitachi: The TrueNorth is Out There

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

Data Processing Spec Nears Final Draft

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

Microsoft Inches Closer to Yukon

[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.

HP Spruces Storage Portfolio

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

Dell Debuts 3 New Storage Systems

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

IBM Bolsters Mid-range NAS

[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.

Adaptec to Purchase Assets of NAS Innovator Tricord Systems

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

EMC: Global Replay is the Next 'Killer App'

[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.

Nortel, EMC Deliver Optical SAN for Healthcare Provider

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

VERITAS Nabs Storage Reporting Product

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

The Last Hurrah for IBM's Mobile Disk Drives?

[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.

Brocade Bags Rhapsody Networks

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

EMC, Dell Aim Low with CX200

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

SAN Interoperability Reigns at Storage Event

[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

    • Storage Vendors Show Support For SAN Standards

    [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.

    LSI RAIDs and GigaBlazes the Storage Sector

    [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.

    HP Releases Second-Gen Ultrium Drives

    [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.

    EMC Intros New Mid-Market Product

    [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.

    Dell Rolls Out Storage System, New Desktops

    [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.

    IBM, Brocade Team on Standardized Storage Management

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

    Network Appliance Digs Deep into Enterprise Storage

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

    Sun Nears Bottom of the Storage Pool

    [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.

    HP Slaps EMC with Patent Lawsuit

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

    EMC Answers Sun, Snaps Up Prisa Networks

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

    Sun Nabs Storage Startup

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

    EMC Bolsters Storage Network Software

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

    Rivals HP, Hitachi Exchange Storage APIs

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

    SNIA: iSCSI Standard Ready

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

    Storage Players Lock Arms on Interops

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

    EMC, HP Open Up to Each Other

    [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.

    New Sharks Patrol Storage Waters

    [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

    • IBM Delivers "Pizza Box" Storage to Mid-Market

    [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

    • Video Streaming Over iSCSI Realized

    [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.

    Data Trends: From 'iScuzzy' to Near-Line

    [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.

    Storage Continues To Have A Prominent Place

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

    IBM Ties Nanotechology to Storage

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

    EMC Tackles Fixed Content Storage

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

    Big Blue Makes Three-Pronged Storage Push

    [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.

    Computer Associates Unveils Storage Software Plans

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

    SNIA Airs Storage Management Interoperability

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

    HP Details Storage Virtualization Moves

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

    Storage Scratches Back

    [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.

    Compaq Finds FC-IP Storage Progress

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

    EMC's Vision: Cheap, Bountiful Storage

    [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.

    EMC's Vision: Cheap, Bountiful Storage

    [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.

    Rivals Compaq, EMC Promote Storage Interoperability

    [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.

    New IBM Storage Products Target Mid-Market Clients

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

    Vendor Claims Wireless Storage Breakthrough

    [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.

    Storing Power? Promontory Project Sets IP Storage Record

    [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.

    Store it Up! Dell, EMC Ink Major Storage Deal

    [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.

    Veritas Ships Storage Products For IBM's DB2 Database

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

    IP Storage Goes the Transcontinental Distance

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

    Despite Slowdown, EMC Keeps Buying

    [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.

    McDATA Sates Hunger for Storage Software Assets

    [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.

    IBM's Data Storage as Fast as a 'Shark'

    [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.

    Storage Expert Clears Up Misconceptions at TechXNY

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

    Before the War, the Storage Sector Peacefully Soldiers On

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

    Hitachi Adds NAS to its Storied Storage Mix

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

    SAN Valley Gears Up IP Storage Gateway

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

    Gateway Jumps into Network Storage Sector

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

    EMC Warns, Acquires

    [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.

    Storage Networking: The Next Big Thing?

    [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.

    EMC Makes $300 Million Buy

    [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.

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