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St. Bernard Software Open File Manager product has been awarded Tivoli Ready certification with IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager backup solution. Tivoli Ready is the official program where products are tested and certified for compatibility with Tivoli solutions. The program recognizes third-party products, such as Open File Manager, which have met interoperability and functionality requirements with […]

Selecting a storage solution is not as simple a decision as opting for network-attached storage (NAS) or a storage area network (SAN), particularly for smaller enterprises. Take, for example, an interesting decision process undertaken by a small enterprise to address its burgeoning storage needs. The company, with about 100 employees, uses a single server for […]

Network Appliance today unveiled new data availability offerings: the NearStore R100, SnapMirror, SnapVault, and SnapRestore. The NearStore R100 is the first storage appliance to debut in the NearStore product family, and is used for rapid data backup and recovery, archival of infrequently accessed files, and simplified data migration. The company said it is ideal for […]

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Netreon, Inc., a developer of storage management software, has hired Edward Cooper, a former marketing executive at Novell and Legato, as Vice President of Marketing. “I am delighted that Ed is bringing his experience in the storage industry and marketing acumen to Netreon’s executive team,” said Bob Davis, president of Netreon. “Ed has the right […]

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, (FCPA), a supplier of hard drives and computer peripherals, has formed the Partner Force Program for storage solution providers and value added resellers (VARs). The company said the program will offer pre-sales, post-sales, and technical support to the company’s partners. According to FCPA, the Partner Force Program was developed to […]

FalconStor Software, Inc. and Novell, Inc. have formed a partnership to deliver what they call advanced network storage infrastructure to Novell NetWare platforms over IP/iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs). The companies said they have teamed up to jointly develop a storage vendor and interface agnostic SAN solution for NetWare platforms, enabling the […]

Legato Systems, Inc., an enterprise storage management software vendor, has made available Legato NetWorker 6.2, which the company said adds the capability for Windows-based backup servers to deliver enterprise-level protection of UNIX and Windows data for NDMP-compliant (Network Data Management Protocol) Network Attached Storage (NAS) file servers. Legato said NetWorker simplifies, centralizes, and automates backup […]

Hitachi Ltd. of Japan has completed its certification of Vixel Corporation’s 9200 16-port 2 Gb/s switch for use with its Hitachi SANRISE 1000 Series of storage solutions (available from Hitachi Data Systems outside Japan as the Hitachi Freedom Storage Thunder 9200). Also certified by Hitachi Ltd. was Vixel’s 9300HA 16-port 2 Gb/s switch, which features […]

Emulex Corp. has completed interoperability testing with Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group, for compatibility between its LP9002L Fibre Channel host bus adapters and Tivoli Storage Network Manager software in Windows 2000/NT operating environments. “Tivoli Storage Network Manager helps IT professionals meet the challenge of managing tremendous data growth,” said Jose Iglesias, director, Tivoli Storage, IBM […]

StorageNetworks, Inc. , a provider of data storage management software and services has tested and certified Fujitsu GR720 and EMC Clariion IP4700 storage arrays through STORlabs, the company’s interoperability lab. StorageNetworks said the certifications enhance its multi-vendor technology support in its STORos software. According to the company, in addition to the Fujitsu and EMC storage […]

Dell and EMC today announced enhancements to EMC’s software family for customers running Dell/EMC storage area network (SAN) solutions. The companies said that among the enhancements to Dell/EMC ControlCenter Navisphere software, MirrorView software and SnapView software suites is the ability for customers to securely manage storage networks from remote locations and increase the storage network’s […]