Paul Shread

Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) is unveiling a new data deduplication appliance that slashes the price for its highest-end features by more than a third. The new DD660 is based on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) quad-core chips, like the high-end DD690. And while it doesn’t have quite the performance or the data storage capacity of the DD690, […]

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today pushed its Open Storage efforts in a new direction with the launch of its “Open Cloud” service — even as rumors swirl that the company could soon be acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM). Sun announced today that it has tapped open source backup provider Zmanda to provide data backup and […]

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is pushing its vision of converged data center fabrics to a new level with the new Unified Computing System — and is threatening to shake up the data storage market in the process. The new systems, which unite servers, networks and storage in a single platform, could provide a big boost for […]

In the 14 months since EMC (NYSE: EMC) announced that it was adding solid state drives (SSDs) to its high-end data storage arrays, one company seems to have benefited more than any other. STEC (NASDAQ: STEC), which boasts SSD deals with most of the major data storage vendors, reported last night that its SSD sales […]

EMC (NYSE: EMC) says it plans to hang on to its VMware (NYSE: VMW) subsidiary, even as Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has been rumored to be interested in acquiring the server virtualization leader (see Could Cisco Buy VMware?). Joe Tucci, CEO of data storage giant EMC, said at an analyst event yesterday that the company […]

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) is proposing a new flash data storage form factor, which the company will release to open source communities and standards bodies. The new form factor — roughly the size of a laptop memory card — is designed to save space over solid state drives (SSDs) that emulate hard drives, said Graham […]

HP (NYSE: HPQ) is adding to its data storage product portfolio with new solid state drives (SSD) and broader support for storage virtualization. The offerings include the new Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 6400 and 8400 storage systems, HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform 2.1 (SVSP 2.1) and a new version of HP Data Protector software, and […]

The market for data storage hardware may be suffering through its first slump in more than five years, but the market for storage software is hanging on — barely. EMC (NYSE: EMC), Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) managed to grow their storage software sales in the fourth quarter, IDC reported today, while NetApp […]

A recent FTC settlement has raised the already high stakes for companies that suffer data and security breaches, according to one technology vendor. The FTC and Compgeeks.com, which operates Geeks.com, and its parent company agreed to settle charges last month that the online computer and electronics seller “violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable […]

It took the failure of Lehman Brothers and AIG to do it, but the data storage market finally stopped growing in the fourth quarter. IDC reported today that worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues declined by a half percent in the fourth quarter, the first quarterly decline for data storage sales in more than […]

Digital Reef came out of stealth mode this week with new data search and classification technology that promises to make pressing issues like e-discovery less painful. Brian Giuffrida, the company’s vice president of marketing and business development, sums up the company’s value proposition thusly: “If you’re involved in litigation, you need to know what you […]

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and Fusion-io both have new CEOs, big news for one of the data storage industry’s top names and the startup that hired (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak. HDS announced today that is promoting COO Jack Domme to CEO, succeeding Minoru Kosuge, who will become chairman. The change will become effective April […]