Spectra Logic, Tandberg Data and Oracle all have noteworthy new tape storage tools.
Tags : Oracle, backup, Tandberg, Buying Guide, tape, archive, Storage, Spectra Logic
One time naysayer Larry Ellison is now the Cloud’s greatest advocate, or so he claims.
Tags : Oracle, cloud computing, OpenWorld, Storage
Oracle continues leveraging the servers and ZFS software it picked up in its acquisition of Sun. The recently released Sun ZFS Storage Appliances are one example of this. Learn what the Sun ZFS Storage 7120, Sun ZFS Storage 7320 and Sun ZFS Storage 7420 have to offer.
Tags : Oracle, Buying Guide, ZFS, Storage
Big data, business intelligence, cloud and big boxes were featured prominently at Oracle's big conference this year.
Tags : Oracle, EMC, business intelligence, NetApp, OpenWorld, big data, Storage, Pillar Data Systems
Open source startup is gearing up to build a high-availability Lustre file system distribution, but it's not a fork from Oracle.
Tags : open source, Oracle, Lustre, Whamcloud
Amid speculation about the fate of the open-source file system, Oracle has vowed that it has an "unwavering commitment to Lustre."
Tags : Oracle, ZFS, Lustre, file system, open-source
Big Blue’s migration factory keeps churning out customer wins for IBM’s Power Systems.
Tags : Oracle, IBM, HP, Power Systems, Migration Factory
The race is on to determine how data will be moved and secured in the cloud and Big Blue is developing a new cloud storage architecture aimed at improving data services.
Tags : Oracle, IBM, Cloud Storage, SNIA
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center manages servers and storage across physical, virtualized and cloud-based data center environments.
Tags : Oracle, Sun, storage management, ZFS, Ops Center
The proposed Oracle Cloud API could lead to a single point of management for all of the elements of the cloud, including storage and networks.
Tags : Oracle, cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Exalogic, Cloud Standards
The EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance is an integrated data warehouse system that, according to EMC, can analyze more data faster than Oracle’s Exadata machine.
Tags : Oracle, EMC, Exadata, Greenplum, Greenplum Data Computing Appliance
Léo Apotheker is set to take Mark Hurd’s place as CEO of HP, but can he fill Hurd’s shoes?
Tags : Oracle, SAP, HP, Mark Hurd, L�o Apotheker
NetApp and Oracle have halted their legal battle over the open source storage technology found in the ZFS file system.
Tags : Oracle, Sun Microsystems, NetApp, ZFS, OpenSolaris
Oracle is investing in Sun's Unix platform and will use technologies from OpenSolaris as part of the next Solaris release.
Tags : Oracle, Sun, Solaris, OpenSolaris
Oracle added LTO-5 tape support to its StorageTek tape libraries and drives, boosting its biggest library system to 150PB of capacity.
Tags : Oracle, tape storage, tape, Tape Library, StorageTek
Storage startup Coraid may face legal action from NetApp if the company does not cease plans to sell the Coraid EtherDrive Z-Series NAS appliance based on the open-source Zettabyte File System (ZFS).
Tags : Oracle, NetApp, NAS, ZFS, Sun Open Storage
Enhancements to the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System include support for Fibre Channel and data deduplication.
Tags : Oracle, fibre channel, storage array, data deduplication
High-end tape storage is the most reliable enterprise storage media, orders of magnitude better than SAS drives, so why can't it be put to better use?
Tags : Oracle, IBM, tape storage, archiving, LTO-5
Oracle is reassuring its Sun StorageTek data tape customers of its long-term commitment to the technology.
Tags : Oracle, Sun Microsystems, tape storage, archiving, backup and recovery
What do you get when you put ZFS, OpenSolaris and Debian together? For open source storage vendor Nexenta, it's a new enterprise storage approach that's winning converts.
Tags : Oracle, ZFS, open storage, OpenSolaris, Nexenta
How Google, Microsoft and Oracle are Driving Competition in the Storage Industry
Tags : Oracle, Google, Microsoft, storage networking
The clustered file system will remain open source, but paid support for version 2.0 will require new hardware.
Tags : open source, Oracle, clustered file systems, Sun Open Storage, Lustre
Hitachi's high-end storage arrays leave Oracle's data storage product lineup; will others follow?
Tags : Oracle, file systems, Hitachi Data Systems, Sun Oracle merger, Sun Open Storage
Is Oracle seeking to do away with OpenSolaris?
Tags : open source, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Sun Oracle Merger Open Source Storage, open storage
HP gets kicked to the curb as Oracle picks the company it's acquiring for the next-generation Exadata servers.
Tags : database, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, mergers and acquisitions, Exadata
Sun and Oracle have been silent as their merger nears approval, but pundits have been anything but quiet.
Tags : open source, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, mergers and acquisitions, open storage
The HP Oracle Database Machine processes data in a hurry, thanks to InfiniBand, smart software and other features.
Tags : database, Oracle, business intelligence, HP, data warehouse
The deal gives the database giant new high-availability and data integration capabilities.
Tags : database, Oracle, data migration, applications, high availability
Mergers, hostile takeovers, turf battles, high-profile defections... We look at what's behind the turmoil in the IT industry — and what it means for the future of storage.
Tags : Oracle, EMC, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, mergers and acquisitions
Sun's latest Open Storage offering includes cluster and dual controller options for high availability.
Tags : open source, data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems
An old data storage technology is providing Sun Microsystems with a surprising source of growth.
Tags : data storage, Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems, tape
Larry Ellison says Oracle will hang on to Sun's hardware business, including the data storage and tape lines.
Tags : data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems
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.
Tags : open source, data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, open storage
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.
Tags : open source, data storage, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, open storage
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.
Tags : Oracle, EMC, Sun Microsystems
Oracle's sudden move into the data storage business has industry analysts wondering — and storage vendors on edge.
Tags : data storage, Oracle, EMC, Sun Microsystems, mergers and acquisitions
