Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

CommVault has announced Simpana 9, one of the biggest releases of the company’s flagship data protection platform in years. New to the software are integration with array-based snapshots, extended support for virtual server environments and support for source-side deduplication, sister site InfoStor reports. “CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT) officials claim that Simpana 9 has more than 500 […]

From traditional colleges and universities to vendor-specific training courses from EMC and NetApp, there are many avenues available for those seeking to improve their data center IQ. This article from ServerWatch details 10 opportunities for elevating your data center knowledge and cashing in as a successful IT professional. “Cisco offers more than routers, load balancers […]

As former HP CEO Mark Hurd gets settled in as president of Oracle, HP has named former SAP boss Léo Apotheker as its next president and CEO. According to this report from Datamation, Apotheker will join (NYSE: HPQ) HP and take a spot on the board of directors Nov. 1, replacing interim CEO Cathie Lesjak, […]

IBM’s latest acquisition has come in the form of networking and virtualization switch vendor BLADE Network Technologies. The acquisition of BLADE will bring top-of-rack switches, management software and network virtualization technology to Big Blue, as the company continues to build out its portfolio of products for cloud computing and virtual data center environments, sister site […]

The members of the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition have joined forces with global IT service provider Orange Business Services to bring cloud computing to the masses. As part of the initiative – dubbed “Flexible 4 Business” services – Orange will offer cloud solutions based on the VCE coalition’s integrated Vblock system, which combines networking, […]

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has revamped it biggest storage system and is now shipping a new flagship product – the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP). HP is also shipping its own branded version of the VSP. Both systems are based on platforms from OEM partner Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), and include automated storage tiering. Sister […]

Dell has once again beefed up its server and storage portfolio for small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers with a new PowerVault NAS system and a pair of PowerEdge small business servers. According to this report from Small Business Computing, Dell is betting that the official end to the recession will prompt smaller customers to […]

Solid state disk (SSD) specialist STEC added to its arsenal of high performance drives this week with the news that it is now shipping SSDs that utilize a range of solid state memory, including DRAM, single-level cell (SLC) and multi-level cell (MLC) NAND Flash. Sister site InfoStor has the story. “STEC (NASDAQ: STEC) recently added […]

Violin Memory today announced the 3140 Capacity Flash Memory Array, a RAID array based on solid-state disk (SSD) drives with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND Flash technology. The company claims performance of up to two million I/Os per second (IOPS) per rack, assuming 4KB blocks and a 70/30 read/write ratio, according to this report from sister […]

Riding high on new software licenses and an uptick in sales of the Exadata database machine, Oracle reported a big first quarter. The company’s new president – embattled ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd – also hinted that next week’s Oracle OpenWorld conference would be the launching pad for a pair of new high-end systems that combine […]

Brocade is at the forefront of vendors attempting to usher in the era of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) with the unveiling of the MLXe Core router, which can deliver performance of up to 15.36 Terabits per second. Using Brocade’s (NASDAQ: BRCD) so-called “secret sauce,” the MLXe core router promises increased density over Brocade’s previous generation […]

CommVault announced a cloud storage partnership with Mezeo Software and extensions to its existing relationships with Rackspace and Dell at this week’s Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit in Las Vegas. The new deals pave the way for the integration of a cloud-optimized version of CommVault’s (NASDAQ: CVLT) Simpana software with Mezeo’s Cloud Storage Platform, a […]