Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

Quantum earlier this week announced that the Network Storage University, of which Quantum is both creator and major sponsor, will host a national seminar series for storage professionals, “IP Storage – Extending the Enterprise,” featuring noted author and consultant Jon William Toigo. The series will be held in 12 U.S. cities beginning Aug. 21 in […]

Seagate has decided to use a Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology to cram more and more bits of information per square inch into hard disc drives, pushing the limits of magnetic recording even further beyond what was ever thought possible. The Company yesterday demonstrated its revolutionary HAMR, which records data magnetically on high-stability media […]

StorageTek has launched a new Tape Mirroring automated tape replication solution aimed at cutting the time, cost and risk involved in simultaneously creating a safe copy of critical information. The new technology forms part of StorageTek’s range of data protection solutions designed to ensure that companies always have timely access to their information assets. Speaking […]

PowerQuest has announced the release of V2i Protector(TM), a disk-to-disk backup and disaster recovery solution for Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Advanced servers. PowerQuest V2i Protector is supported by PowerQuest’s Storage Lifecycle Automation Management (SLAM) architecture. According to the company, by leveraging it’s Virtual Volume Imaging (V2i) technology, V2i Protector provides businesses a faster and […]

Rhapsody Networks and FalconStor Software have announced that they will deliver an advanced solution designed to help enterprises more effectively manage large and growing corporate data requirements. The companies believe that the solution will bring unprecedented efficiencies to storage administrators responsible for the ongoing management and protection of corporate data attached to storage area networks […]

I recently finished a banter on a newsgroup thread related to disaster recovery and ‘off-site tapes’ and it occurs to me that the great debate between disk and tape will never be over. The reason for this is that the debate is as irrelevant as arguing whether everyone should drive pickup trucks or luxury sedans. […]

Cisco today announced a comprehensive family of multilayer intelligent storage switches, which deliver a number of storage networking innovations to customers and will drive SAN consolidation, increase data availability, and allow customers to more efficiently manage their storage resources. The introduction of the Cisco MDS (Multilayer DataCenter Switch) 9000 Family represents Cisco’s entry into the […]

Sun Microsystems has announced StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager (ESM) software for SAN management. The new software provides a centralized management platform for viewing and managing storage environments. The “single pane of glass” incorporates the core management services of SAN topology reporting, device configuration, and proactive health monitoring and diagnostics — helping to increase uptime and […]

‘Zip’ drive creator, Iomega Corp, announced today that it is now shipping a new line of Windows Powered Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers, built with an optimized version of Windows 2000 technology. The new Iomega NAS P400M, P405M, and P410M servers are designed to offer seamless integration into Windows 2000 networks for cross- platform file […]

Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) announced today that it has again been named market leader for the largest segment of the worldwide tape automation market by a leading analyst firm. Gartner Dataquest’s 2002 Tape Cartridge Automation Market Share and Forecast report named ADIC as the number one market share leader in terms of both revenue […]

E-business security provider Cylink Corporation has announced a joint product solution with Expand Networks with solution for accelerating compressed, encrypted data streams. According to the company, Cylink’s encryption devices, coupled with Expand’s ACCELERATORs, will deliver 100-400+% acceleration and yield a 50-80% reduction in bandwidth requirements for business continuity and storage area network applications. Accorinding to […]

Maxtor yesterday announced it is discontinuing the manufacturing and sales of its MaxAttach branded network attached storage (NAS) products. The company will work with current NAS customers for an orderly wind down of the business, and it will continue to support end-users with installed MaxAttach products under existing contracts. “Since we entered the network attached […]