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The Coming Software-Defined Storage Revolution

Just as virtualization and software-defined networking are transforming the data center, SDS is poised to have a huge impact on storage.
Tags : software, virtualization, Storage, software-defined storage

Six Hot Storage Startups

These young companies are offering products related big data, the cloud, virtualization and SSDs.
Tags : Flash, cloud computing, virtualization, SSD, startups, big data, Storage

Software-Defined Storage Buyers Guide

These four products provide flexible, scalable software-defined storage.
Tags : cloud computing, virtualization, data center, Storage, Software Defined Storage

Top 5 Backup Trends (Plus Five Bonus Trends for Active Archiving)

Deduplication and virtualization continue to be hot topics.
Tags : virtualization, deduplication, backup, tiering, active archive

F5 Networks Storage Buying Guide

If you're seeking a file storage solution, one of F5's many product offerings may be just the answer you're after.
Tags : virtualization, storage virtualization, Buying Guide, dedupe, F5, file storage

8 Hot Storage Startups to Watch

These eight storage companies are pushing cloud, SSD, big data and virtualization to the next level.
Tags : cloud computing, virtualization, storage virtualization, SSD, start ups, big data

Tintri Looks to Remake Storage for the Virtualization Era

With VMstore, Tintri aims to mitigate one of virtualization's biggest pain points: storage.  The company is billing the 8.5 TB hardware appliance as the industry's first VM-aware storage system.
Tags : virtualization, storage virtualization, Storage, vendor to watch

Virtual Storage Startup Channels 'Consolidation 2.0'

Fresh out of stealth mode, Nutanix is on a mission to help enterprises tear down the wall between storage and computing in their virtual data centers and in the process reduce costs and complexity.
Tags : virtualization, virtual storage, SAN, NAS, data center virtualization

Is It Time to Add More Storage?

Bigger, better, faster, more. Is adding storage the solution? Is there a cure for storage addiction?
Tags : virtualization, Storage Budgeting, Storage

DataCore ships SANsymphony-V

SANsymphony-V storage virtualization software is tuned specifically for virtual server and virtual desktop environments.
Tags : virtualization, storage virtualization

Dot Hill Moves Into Unified Virtual Storage

The new AssuredUVS (Unified Virtual Storage) appliance virtualizes heterogeneous disk arrays and supports SAN and NAS I/O.
Tags : virtualization, storage virtualization, Dot Hill, Unified Storage

10 More Reasons to Virtualize Your Data Center

If the cost savings and consolidation benefits of virtualization haven’t caught your eye, here are 10 more reasons you should virtualize.
Tags : virtualization, server virtualization, virtual machine, VM, StorageVirtualization

Top 10 Ways to Trim Storage Costs

There are many ways to lower the costs associated with storage. Here are a handful of tips for making storage more cost efficient.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, deduplication, thin provisioning, tape

CommVault Adds Source-Side Dedupe to Simpana 9

The new version of CommVault’s flagship data protection platform includes array-based snapshot integration and source-side data deduplication.
Tags : virtualization, CommVault, snapshots, data deduplication, Simpana 9

IBM to Buy Networking Vendor BLADE Technologies

IBM announced plans to acquire privately-held networking vendor BLADE Network Technologies for an undisclosed sum as it continues to build out its cloud computing portfolio.
Tags : cloud computing, IBM, virtualization, BLADE Network Technologies

VMworld Storage Product Highlights: Round 3

The third and final roundup of storage products announced at this week’s VMworld conference in San Francisco.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, VMware, VMworld, vSphere

VMworld: Virtensys Boosts Virtual Bandwidth for VMs

New I/O virtualization appliance supports 80Gbps of sustained Ethernet bandwidth to VMs.
Tags : virtualization, VM, I/O Virtualization, Virtensys

Best Storage For Server Virtualization

Expanding a virtual server infrastructure means dealing with storage challenges.
Tags : virtualization, server virtualization, storage management

Xsigo Claims Virtual I/O Breakthrough

Xsigo Systems is hinting that it has hit on a "breakthrough" in virtual I/O for the data center.
Tags : networking, virtualization, storage networking, virtual I/O

Actifio Decouples Data Management from Storage

Storage software startup Actifio is trying to do for data management what virtualization did for servers.
Tags : virtualization, data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity

Hitachi: Storage Virtualization Should Be Simple

Hitachi Data Systems says that systems to enable virtualization of externally attached storage should be simple.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage virtualization, storage management, storage system

Safeguard Virtualization With SAN Uptime

Virtual environments place a heavy load on centralized storage infrastructures and it all points back to your SAN infrastructure.
Tags : virtualization, SAN, SAN monitoring, Virtualized Networks

Storage Arrays Do the Grunt Work in vSphere 4.1

VMware has unleashed vSphere 4.1 with a slew of new storage features that bring storage hardware acceleration to the company’s virtualization platform.
Tags : virtualization, VMware, ESX, Virtualization Management, vSphere 4.1

The Benefits of Storage Networking Virtualization

A report from the Aberdeen Group highlights some of the benefits that come with storage virtualization.
Tags : virtualization, storage virtualization, storage networking

Using Virtualization to Improve Networked Storage Management

If server virtualization is the first step to better storage management how will storage requirements evolve?
Tags : virtualization, storage management, virtualization technilogies

Free StorageVIEW Utility Offers Storage Latency Assessment

A new data center capacity management utility makes it easier to collect information on storage latency in virtualized environments than with VMware's vCenter.
Tags : virtualization, StorageVIEW, storage management software, Capacity Analyzer

How Virtualization Changes Data Storage Management

Many new storage trends are the result of successful server and desktop virtualization.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage management

EMC Atmos Virtualizes Non-EMC Storage

EMC's cloud storage array, Atmos, can virtualize the competitors' arrays.
Tags : EMC, virtualization, virtual storage

VM6 Makes Virtualization Easier for Small Businesses

VM6 Software claims to have a solution for small businesses that haven't been able to afford virtualization.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage networking, Hyper-V, small business

NetApp to Ride Virtual Data Storage Wave

The company is betting on customers wanting to deploy virtual storage.
Tags : cloud computing, virtualization, virtual storage, NetApp

Virtual Storage Gains Traction with Vendors

Storage virtualization is back in the news and provisioning virtualized storage is getting a great deal of attention among vendors.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage virtualization, policy

Aprius Ethernet-Based I/O Virtualization for Storage, Networking

The company's new platform offers a simple approach for I/O provisioning and management.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage networking, storage controller, Storage

Virtualization Makes Disaster Recovery Affordable

Using virtualization technology small to midsize enterprises find business continuity and disaster recovery more affordable.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage management, disaster recovery, business continuity

Small Business Storage Virtualization Guide

The number one issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to virtualization for the SMB is storage.
Tags : virtualization, storage virtualization, SMB, server virtualization

Xiotech: Virtualization Has Changed Data Storage

Seagate-spinoff Xiotech says that storage vendors don't understand that with virtualization, the intelligence needs to be in the applications.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, Xiotech, Storage

Storage Networking World Calls for More Virtualized Storage

IT execs at SNW Spring 2010 called for more virtualization, commoditization and utility pricing of storage.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage networking

Automate with Application-Managed Storage

A number of technologies will facilitate automated data and storage management.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, application, storage management

QNAP Adds 10TB Pro Turbo NAS to Business Lineup

QNAP adds a new 5-drive desktop model to its Business Series Turbo NAS lineup.
Tags : virtualization, NAS, storage system, business storage

Storage Management: Virtualizing Data Storage

Growth in data storage is higher than any other part of the IT environment—it's not an option to stop storing data.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, storage mangement

Storage Consolidation Trends Change IT Costs

New technology trends are changing current IT calculations.
Tags : Cloud, virtualization, infrastructure, consolidation, Storage

Xiotech Announces Intelligent Application Storage

The company claims to solve growing application/storage conflicts.
Tags : data storage, cloud computing, virtualization, legacy storage

Server Virtualization Drives Storage Networking Sales

Virtualization users find that their storage costs can greatly exceed what they paid to virtualize their servers.
Tags : virtualization

DataCore's Data Storage Virtualization Software Awarded

The Riding the Crest 2009 Award was given to DataCore for the Best Selling Virtualization-Storage Management Product.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, hardware, disks

The Enterprise and the Lack of Integration

According to this report, a lack of integration is holding up progress in two key areas of online enterprise IT.
Tags : integration, virtualization, storage networking, backup

10 Things the Data Center Will Pass on in 2010

In the data center, trumpeted developments of today are unlikely to materialize.
Tags : virtualization, data center, technology, standalone server, unified integrated systems

NetApp Capitalizes on Growing Demand for Data Storage Solutions

Total revenue came in at just over $1 billion for the quarter, showing just how strong the the company's data storage product line is.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, NetApp, VMware

Virsto Simplifies Storage Management with Virtualization Software

Virsto has introduced a new brand of storage virtualization software — delivered as a simple plug-in to a hypervisor.
Tags : software, virtualization, storage management

Up-and-coming Virtualization Companies

These ten virtualization companies have its own unique solution that tackles virtualization problems in the data center.
Tags : virtualization, virtualization companies

NetApp, Microsoft Team Up on Cloud, Storage

A three-year deal extends the vendors' commitment to deeper integration, joint sales and marketing endeavors on cloud-based storage and virtualization apps.
Tags : data storage, Microsoft, virtualization, NetApp

Virtualization, SRM and FCoE Are Hot at SNW

It wasn't all clouds and SSDs at Storage Networking World this week.
Tags : virtualization, SSD, Cloud Storage, FCoE, Storage Resource Management

Citrix Offers Free Hyper-V Storage Management

The free version of Citrix's application simplifies storage management in Microsoft-based virtual environments.
Tags : data storage, Microsoft, virtualization, Citrix, Hyper-V

Acronis Adds Data Dedupe to Backup

The company's backup and recovery product supports virtualization environments and adds deduplication support for the first time.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, deduplication, backup, Acronis

IBM, NetApp Take on Virtual I/O Bottlenecks

BlueArc and Panasas are also among the storage vendors working to solve the problem of I/O constraints caused by server virtualization.
Tags : data storage, IBM, virtualization, I/O, NetApp

Virtualization and the Cloud Will Change Data Storage

Storage and IT luminaries gathered last week to discuss the future, and they agreed that it's in cloud and virtual environments.
Tags : data storage, cloud computing, Cloud, virtualization, Cloud Storage

HP Unveils Storage, Virtualization Offerings for Small Businesses

HP says it has made storage management and virtual server adoption easier for small businesses.
Tags : data storage, Microsoft, virtualization, HP, Windows Storage Server 2008

Is HDS Set to Take On EMC?

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.
Tags : data storage, EMC, virtualization, Hitachi Data Systems

EMC Wins Round One in Donatelli Lawsuit

EMC has won the first round in its battle to keep its top data storage executive from defecting to HP.
Tags : data storage, EMC, virtualization, HP, servers

What's Microsoft Up To In Storage?

A recent move by the software giant suggests that it thinks the future of storage is in the cloud.
Tags : data storage, Microsoft, virtualization, Windows Server 2008

Server Virtualization and iSCSI Keep Small Business Running

A small information management services company turned to DataCore and Citrix for an affordable storage and virtual server environment that worked.
Tags : data storage, virtualization, Citrix, servers, iSCSI

EMC Unveils Virtual I/O Tool for VMware

EMC was just one of many data storage vendors announcing support for VMware's new vSphere 4 cloud operating system.
Tags : EMC, virtualization

HP Combines Storage, Virtual Servers

HP rolls out its first offerings from its acquisition of LeftHand Networks — and the company's global reach could mean a quick return on its investment.
Tags : virtualization, HP

Server Virtualization Breathes New Life Into DAS

Server virtualization is creating a new market for an old storage technology, as HP's latest products show.
Tags : virtualization, HP, SAN, server management, DAS