Clint Boulton

In a time when business contingency plans are huge for computerized data storage, Houston’s Compaq Computer Corp. Monday unveiled Fibre Channel and Internet Protocol (FC-IP) technology to implement global data replication networks. Also known as storage tunneling, FC-IP enables the transmission of Fibre Channel information by tunneling data between storage area network (SAN) facilities over […]

Normally fierce rivals Compaq Computer Corp. and EMC Corp. loosened up a bit Thursday when they agreed to cross license storage system application programming interfaces (APIs). The deal means each firm will work on creating storage management applications capable of managing both firms’ storage disk systems. APIs are methods by which a programmer writing an […]

Fresh off a multi-billion-dollar reselling and co-branding pact with storage giant EMC Corp., Dell Computer Corp. Monday unveiled three new network-attached storage (NAS) servers. Released under the company’s PowerVault line are the 755N, 750N and 715N storage servers, all of which are based on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system. And Dell recognizes […]

While IBM Corp. had nothing to new to offer at Storage Networking World Fall 2001 last week, it made up for it Tuesday with the release of a number of storage products targeted for mid-market customers, including a new storage server that provides 2 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity. Also added to Big Blue’s storage menu […]

One month to the day after the heralded IP storage data transmission project took flight, the gaggle of firms behind the Promontory Project said Wednesday that they have managed to transmit data at a peak throughput of 215 megabytes-per-second (mbps) and a sustained throughput of over 200mbps between Sunnyvale, Calif., and Newark, N.J. Using the […]

IBM Corp. Tuesday unveiled breakthrough storage products in its quest to gain market share from storage standby EMC Corp., which has had its troubles in recent months. Big Blue plans to roll out a fiber channel-based connection (FICON) for customers’ high-end disk systems, under the belt of its TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server, or “Shark”, as […]

Palo Alto, Calif.’s Hewlett-Packard Co. Wednesday made a major move to fatten its storage management strategy Wednesday by buying Bridgewater, N.J.’s software maker StorageApps for $350 million in stock. HP inked the deal to help customers set up and manage storage networks more easily. In usurping StorageApp’s technology, HP will also be able to allow […]

In legal matters peripheral to anything going on with Microsoft Corp., StorageNetworks Inc. this week fired off a lawsuit against optical IP infrastructure provider Metromedia Fiber Network Services Inc. for failing to provide enough fiber optic capacity per an agreement. StorageNetworks, a Waltham, Mass. provider of, yes, data storage management services and software, cited breach […]

With many analysts putting the figure for the data storage market in the billions over the next few years, it’s no wonder top tech firms are both pumping out upgraded products, and scrambling to ink new deals with key partners. But a recent Goldman Sachs report questioned how long it would be before the companies, […]

While storage giants such as EMC Corp. and Brocade Communications Systems regale tech-heads with positive outlooks for their sector at the Merrill Lynch Hardware Technology Conference in New York City this week, one smaller competitor is putting the finishing touches on an IP storage solution suite. Campbell, Calif.’s SAN Valley Systems has teamed with leaders […]

The explosion of messaging collaboration at corporations has paved the road for some companies to get together to develop killer solutions. For example, Network Appliance Wednesday continued its hot streak of storage partnerships by tabbing Redwood City, Calif.-based Openwave to create a collaborative messaging solution with storage capabilities. The pairing should help Openwave, a communication […]