Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

Loudcloud, Inc. , a managed services provider that offers solutions for outsourcing global Internet operations for enterprises, application service providers and large-scale Internet businesses, has updated its managed storage services offering, Loudcloud Storage Management Services 2.0. According to the company, Loudcloud Storage Management Services are available with the Loudcloud Managed Services, which provide outsourced Web […]

EMC Corporation has released what it said is a major new version of its EMC ESN Manager software, bringing EMC’s networked storage management software to both EMC and non-EMC storage environments. Leveraging EMC’s WideSky storage management middleware, EMC said ESN Manager is an important element of the company’s Automated Information Storage (AutoIS) strategy and provides […]

Exabyte Corporation , a tape backup vendor, and CommVault Systems, a provider of data management solutions, announced that Exabyte’s native Fibre Channel Mammoth-2 (M2) tape drive and X80 and X200 libraries have been certified for CommVault Galaxy data management software version 3.7 for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Sun Solaris 8 operating systems. “This […]

Datalink Corporation , a company that designs storage infrastructures has appointed Charles Westling as vice president of corporate and business development. Responsible for driving incremental corporate revenues, Westling will focus on developing strategic partnerships and business alliances with complementary companies. The company also said he will also play a vital role in future merger and […]

Eclipsys Corporation announced that it has entered into a reseller agreement with EMC Corporation. EMC has become Eclipsys’ preferred provider of online information-storage solutions. “This agreement provides our customers with access to EMC’s Symmetrix and CLARiiON Enterprise Storage systems, which employ proven, flexible, compatible architectures and advanced software to offer fast, scalable and highly reliable […]

SANcastle Technologies newest product, the GFS-2,is the copmanies entry into the gateway market for interconnecting Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet networks. “SANcastle is one of the few vendors in the FC/IP market that offer the option of using a single port solution for point to point configurations and a higher port count switched solution,” said […]

BakBone Software , a provider of storage management software, announced the appointment of John Fitzgerald to the position of Chief Financial Officer. “I am delighted to appoint John Fitzgerald as Chief Financial Officer. Over the past year he has been a key player in the growth of BakBone. I am confident that John will play […]

Maxtor Corporation has entered into a strategic OEM agreement with Network Appliance. Maxtor said its Network Systems Group is supplying the storage subsystem modules that are being integrated into Network Appliance’s recently announced NearStore product family. NearStore systems are designed to provide backup consolidation, rapid data recovery, and online archive solutions for the enterprise. “We […]

JNI Corporation, a provider of enterprise storage connectivity products, has signed an exclusive liscensing agreement with Troika Networks, a provider of storage infrastructure products. JNI said it has licensed the exclusive rights to Troika ‘s Fibre Channel software and hardware products that provide high availability storage area network (SAN) solutions for enterprise class servers running […]

Alacritech, a provider of TCP/IP acceleration solutions, Nishan Systems, a supplier of native IP storage solutions, and Hitachi Data Systems announced that they have achieved wire-speed iSCSI (Internet SCSI) throughput on a single Gigabit Ethernet connection. In the demonstration, an Alacritech Gigabit Ethernet Server and Storage Accelerator was connected to a Nishan IP Storage switch […]

Retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co. plans to implement 95 new terabytes of EMC networked information storage, as well as open management software and global services, in a move to improve customer satisfaction and the performance of 2,500 stores nationwide. “The retail business is tougher than ever, with aggressive competition in both price and assortment. Our […]

American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has released the altest version of its network attached storage (NAS) software, StorTrends(tm) NAS software version 1.1. The company said this updated version, with added support for Apple and NetWare, is ready for integration into AMI’s StorTrends and ServTrends storage solutions. New features in version 1.1 include: Apple support (AFP and […]