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 SANs/NAS 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 SANs/NAS 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 SANs/NAS News]
Open Storage Shines as Sun Sets By Paul Shread -
Published April 29, 2009
Sun's Open Storage program was its strongest business in the March quarter — just in time for Oracle to figure out what to do with the program. [more Industry 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]
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]
Sun Launches 'Open Cloud' as Merger Rumors Swirl By Paul Shread -
Published March 18, 2009
As Sun moves its Open Storage efforts to the cloud, some wonder if an IBM acquisition of Sun would spell the end of the company's open source storage program. [more Industry News]
Sun Turns Object Storage Over to OpenSolaris By Paul Shread -
Published February 27, 2009
Sun Microsystems is turning over object-based storage development for its SAM-QFS file system to the OpenSolaris community in a move away from a standard that advocates see as the future of data storage technology. [more SANs/NAS News]
Iomega Combines Storage with VMware By Judy Mottl -
Published February 25, 2009
The EMC unit's new NAS devices provide easy and cheap data storage for small businesses looking to protect virtual environments, but they aren't a threat to NetApp — yet. [more Management News]
Sun Says 'Me Too' on Encryption Keys By Paul Shread -
Published February 17, 2009
Just days after seven IT vendors proposed an encryption key management standard, Sun is open sourcing its own key management technology. [more SANs/NAS News]
Sun Rolls Out New SAN Arrays By Paul Shread -
Published February 4, 2009
Even as its open storage efforts catch on with users, Sun Microsystems isn't neglecting the Fibre Channel SAN market. [more Hardware News]
Get Your Free Networked Storage By Jennifer Schiff -
Published June 12, 2009
With cross-platform compatibility, a plethora of features and a hard-to-beat price tag, Openfiler is giving enterprises an attractive alternative to proprietary network storage operating systems. [more SANs/NAS]
File System Benchmarks Need to be Reformed By Henry Newman -
Published June 5, 2009
File system benchmarks can be difficult to evaluate, creating tough choices for storage customers. We offer some tips on what to look for. [more SANs/NAS]
EMC Says Dedupe, Cloud and SSDs Will Dominate Storage By Drew Robb -
Published May 20, 2009
At EMC World, the data storage giant expanded its dedupe offerings, held a love fest with Cisco and VMware, and CEO Joe Tucci answered some tough questions. [more SANs/NAS]
What's Selling In the Data Storage Market? By Drew Robb -
Published April 27, 2009
Storage hardware sales may be suffering, but customers are still opening their wallets for some data storage technologies. [more SANs/NAS]
What Woz Sees in Solid State Storage By Drew Robb -
Published March 26, 2009
Steve Wozniak's new gig at Fusion-io involves developing flash drives for everything from SANs to PC gaming. [more SANs/NAS]
The State of the Data Storage Job Market By Drew Robb -
Published March 16, 2009
Storage and IT professionals have a lot more to worry about than just the economy. Automation and the demand for broader IT experience are other issues threatening job security. [more SANs/NAS]
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 SANs/NAS]
Storage Admins Cope With Budget Cutbacks By Drew Robb -
Published February 26, 2009
With both budgets and staff getting cut, storage managers are finding they need to justify everything they spend while saving as much as they can on data storage costs. The results can be painful for vendors, too. [more SANs/NAS]
File System Management Is Headed for Trouble By Henry Newman -
Published February 24, 2009
The POSIX file system interface isn't up to the task of managing today's data, resulting in costly fixes for users to solve problems like data integrity and regulatory compliance. It doesn't have to be that way. [more SANs/NAS]
Economy Clouds Storage Market Outlook By Drew Robb -
Published January 22, 2009
Dedupe, iSCSI and cloud storage are likely to be big this year as cost-cutting measures, but the rise of solid state drives could buck the trend toward frugality. [more SANs/NAS]
Facebook Friends Storage Vendors By Jennifer Schiff -
Published January 21, 2009
The top social networking site works with a formidable list of data storage vendors — and is working on some home-grown solutions too. [more SANs/NAS]
Can Sun Rise on Open Source Storage? By Drew Robb -
Published January 14, 2009
Sun Microsystems sees storage — and open source-based storage in particular — playing a vital part in its turnaround. [more SANs/NAS]
Making Global Data Centers More Manageable By Lynn Haber -
Published November 7, 2008
One IT services company got a handle on its global data centers through server virtualization and a common storage infrastructure from Brocade, EMC and Emulex. [more SANs/NAS]
Choosing the Right High-Performance File System By Drew Robb -
Published October 10, 2008
With several high-performance file systems to choose from, we outline some of the options out there and which applications they may be best suited for. [more SANs/NAS]
Saving the Planet, One Storage System at a Time By Leslie Wood -
Published August 21, 2008
Rising energy costs are giving rise to a new generation of eco-friendly storage products — and leading storage vendors to reevaluate their own internal practices. [more SANs/NAS]
Solving the Storage Error Management Dilemma By Henry Newman -
Published August 18, 2008
Disk drives, tapes and storage networks can create inadvertent errors. What the storage industry needs is a comprehensive framework to discover them before they become a problem.
[more SANs/NAS]
Small Businesses Face Big Storage Demands By Lynn Haber -
Published August 15, 2008
Like many small businesses, Weiss Group LLC had all the storage issues of a large enterprise — with none of the budget. [more SANs/NAS]
Sorting Out Your Storage Options By Jennifer Schiff -
Published July 21, 2008
With all the storage technologies out there, how do you choose which one's right for you?
[more SANs/NAS]
What Is Web 2.0 Storage? By Dave Rowell -
Published July 18, 2008
Everyone's talking about storage systems designed to meet the exploding data needs of Web 2.0 companies, but what will these systems look like, and what kind of data requires such a system?
[more SANs/NAS]
DataDirect Helps Batman Take Wing By Lynn Haber -
Published July 1, 2008
Post-production company Pacific Title used DataDirect's storage platform to help make The Dark Night, coming to theaters later this month.
[more SANs/NAS]
Storage Fit for a Superhero By Judy Mottl -
Published June 23, 2008
Visual effects firm Soho VFX turned to Blue Arc for help bringing the Incredible Hulk to life. [more SANs/NAS]
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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.
