Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing from the perspective of end users, further contraction in the storage industry is inevitable. This list of the top 10 storage acquisition candidates factors in the opinions of InfoStor readers, the majority of which are channel professionals – VARs and integrators. “Following HP’s $2.4 billion acquisition […]

HP has launched a new set of training and certification programs, dubbed HP ExpertOne, as the company attempts to train IT pros to operate and manage converged infrastructures. As an added incentive, HP (NYSE: HPQ) will fast track those with existing Cisco certifications, according to this report from Enterprise Networking Planet. “HP today launched new […]

The approaching wave of cloud computing has already begun to turn IT on its head as traditional ways to work are being forever altered. Getting ahead of the curve may be the only way for IT pros to secure their jobs and for incumbent vendors to avoid being uprooted by the cloud, sister site Datamation […]

Research from Gartner, Inc., points to tepid growth in worldwide enterprise IT spending as the industry faces major changes fueled by the information explosion. Calling information the “oil of the 21st century,” Gartner senior vice president Peter Sondergaard told the 7,000 attendees at this week’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando that information will be the “resource […]

Quantum’s latest offering in the disk-based backup space is the DXi8500 virtual tape library (VTL), which will compete directly with the EMC Data Domain DD880. Quantum (NYSE: QTM) claims the performance of the DXi8500 is better than the DD880, but the real advantage may be found in the price tag. According to sister site InfoStor, […]

IBM made a splash this week with the launch of the Storwize V7000, a midrange storage system that incorporates elements of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) SAN Volume Controller (SVC), as well as its Easy Tier technology and the XIV interface. But something’s missing. Even though the V7000 carries the Storwize name, it doesn’t include any of […]

Marathon Technologies’ recently released everRun MX software is said to keep Windows servers and applications up and running without the need for specialized, fault-tolerant hardware. InfoStor reports that the everRun MX software provides fault tolerance and high availability for symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) and multi-core CPU servers. “Based on Marathon’s ComputeThru technology, everRun MX is designed […]

QLogic’s latest offerings upon the altar of network convergence include a pair of board-level products and a chip, all operating at 10Gbps speeds. The newest members of the QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) converged network adapter (CNA) family support IP/Ethernet, iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) concurrently, with full hardware offload for all protocols, according to […]

Enterprise Networking Planet reports a major advancement that could make Ethernet 50 percent more power efficient. The IEEE has ratified the 802.3az standard for Ethernet power efficiency as Broadcom rolls out new silicon to support deployment efforts. “Ethernet is becoming a whole lot more power efficient, thanks to a new standard from the IEEE. “The […]

There is a new crop of RAID arrays on the market, all designed with an eye toward meeting the storage needs of small businesses. Data Robotics, Dot Hill and MicroNet Technology, are all shipping new RAID systems for the SMB, sister site InfoStor reports. “Data Robotics introduced the newest member in its Drobo line of […]

There are several ways to simplify the process of managing and protecting data in a small business setting – even if you lack IT experience. This story from Small Business Computing outlines six tips for setting up a better small business storage and data protection infrastructure. “Small business owners must ask and answer many questions […]

Disk drives are getting bigger, performance acceleration technologies abound, and capacity optimization tools are everywhere. All of these factors are affecting the perceived and actual cost of storage systems. As the way storage purchases are made continues to change, one thing is clear – the cost per raw gigabyte of storage capacity has become a […]