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Disc drive manufacturer Seagate today announced its latest Cheetah enterprise-class disc drives, the Cheetah 15K.3 and the Cheetah 10K.6. The new disc drives are designed for all enterprise applications and serve the needs of IT managers focused on lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their storage systems by using drives with the highest […]

The SCSI Trade Association (STA) and the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) announced today that the Serial Attached SCSI proposal presented to INCITS Technical Committee T10 at their May 2 meeting was accepted and that T10 voted to develop a Serial Attached SCSI standard. T10 is responsible for developing and maintaining all SCSI […]

The STORServer Inc., S10000 Backup Appliance is a small, low cost Backup Appliance that includes everything a company needs when it comes to complete storage. It’s an all-in-one backup solution that offers three distinct products in one package: backup, archive and disaster recovery. The new S10000 contains all the functionality of a larger Backup Appliance […]

MTI Technology Corp. announced today it is working with QLogic Corp. to make storage area networks (SANs) more affordable. For less than $50,000, small and medium businesses can set up an entry-level SAN solution for applications such as Microsoft Exchange and SQL, using the QLogic SAN Connectivity Kit 1000 and the MTI Vivant(TM) D100. “With […]

Data protection and continuous availability are top priorities of IT managers and C-level executives alike, but as companies allocate additional resources to ensuring 24×7 access to data and applications, the question of what strategy and products to employ emerges. With that in mind, this article will help you better understand the role of off-site replication […]

VERITAS Software Corporation today announced that United Technologies Corporation has chosen VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter(TM) to provide comprehensive data backup and recovery across United Technology Corporation’s (UTC) six operating companies. UTC’s information systems consultant, Computer Science Corp., recommended VERITAS Software in this multi-million dollar deal and will execute the standardization of UTC’s North American data centers […]

Sony has achieved the world’s highest tape storage density for next-generation, high-capacity recording by demonstrating the storage of more than 11 billion bits of data on one square inch (11.5 Gb/inch2) on magnetic tape. This breakthrough, made possible through advancements in read/write heads, encoding techniques and metal evaporated media technology, nearly doubles the previous tape […]

IBM today announced it gained 3.2 market share points, more than any vendor in storage management software in 2001according to a recently released report from Gartner Dataquest. Of the top three leaders in the market, IBM leads with 32% YTY sales growth in 2001. The other two vendors had 13.7% growth and 10.6% growth respectively. […]

JNI Corporation and StorageTek today announced the JNI 2 Gb Ready FibreStar. FCE-6460 Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) has been certified to connect StorageTek’s leading tape automation and virtual backup/restore solutions to Windows-based servers. The FCE 6460 has now been certified as a supported Fibre Channel HBA for multiple operating system environments, including Windows […]

VERITAS Software Corporation today announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with Cisco Systems, Inc. to engage in joint delivery of next-generation storage networking solutions. “VERITAS Software and Cisco are industry leaders in cross-platform storage software and IP networking solutions, and their close collaboration should expedite the delivery of next-generation networking solutions that […]

Quantum Corp. today announced its highly acclaimed Snap Server(R) family of products has reached a milestone with an installed base of over 100,000 units, more than any other Network Attached Storage (NAS) vendor. Quantum has also recently received top honors from key industry publications, including “Best New Technology at FOSE 2002” in the server category […]

Adaptec, Inc. has signed an OEM purchase agreement with IBM to become a global supplier of 1Gbit and 10Gbit iSCSI host bus adapter cards and related chips. “This agreement validates Adaptec’s top position in the iSCSI TOE sector, and shows IBM’s further commitment to iSCSI across the board,” stated Steve Duplessie, senior analyst at The […]