Paul Shread

Cisco Systems on Tuesday unveiled an integrated branch office solution that combines WAN optimization, application acceleration and wide area file services (WAFS) in a single offering. The release adds Cisco to the growing list of vendors like Riverbed that are combining WAFS with WAN optimization and acceleration, a market dubbed wide area data services (WADS). […]

After three straight quarters of double-digit growth, the storage market slowed in the second quarter to a still-healthy 8.5 percent growth rate, according to IDC. It was the 13th consecutive quarter of growth for the industry. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Tracker, worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues grew 8.5 percent to […]

Storage industry consolidation continues apace, with three mergers announced overnight Tuesday. Emulex announced plans to acquire storage chipmaker Sierra Logic, while Rackable Systems picked up Terrascale Technologies, and Exabyte agreed to a combination with Tandberg Data. Emulex will pay $180 million in cash for Sierra Logic, which has made a name for itself by getting […]

ONStor and 3PAR unveiled new storage offerings on Monday that they hope will give users an alternative to Network Appliance and EMC. ONStor said its new Pantera Clustered NAS system undercuts the price of midrange solutions from NetApp by 50 percent. And 3PAR unveiled the InServ E200 Storage Server, which the company said compares favorably […]

Symantec has refreshed its e-discovery offering to add support for new federal regulations, along with new services and partnerships. Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator 6.0 extends the basic search functionality of Enterprise Vault e-mail and file archiving software to collect, preserve, search and produce e-mail and other electronic records. Version 6.0 has been developed specifically to […]

Quantum completed its $770 million acquisition of ADIC late Tuesday, creating what the company claims is the “largest independent” backup, recovery and archiving company, with $1.2 billion in sales. Quantum said it expects to save $75 million to $80 million in synergies in the deal, higher than the $45 million it initially estimated, as it […]

Nimbus Data Systems today unveiled MySAN, which the company claims is the first free iSCSI target software for Microsoft Windows. The company claims that with MySAN anyone can create an IP SAN in seconds using their existing server and storage hardware. Nimbus said MySAN works by turning any Windows partition, such as a hard drive, […]

Data protection specialist Double-Take Software has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. The filing late Thursday is the third this year for a storage company, which has also seen CommVault and Riverbed file IPO plans. Double-Take, which changed its name earlier this year from NSI Software to reflect the name […]

IBM is taking an unusual approach to the small and mid-sized business (SMB) storage market, trying to outdo competitors by features instead of price. IBM this week unveiled a new System Storage DS4000 Series model — the DS4200 Express — and upgrades across the rest of the line. Big Blue said the DS4200 Express offers […]

Kazeon has turned its early success in the information classification management (ICM) space into big bucks. Kazeon on Monday will announce a $21 million second round of funding, bringing its total haul to date to $44 million. Menlo Ventures, Focus Ventures and all previous investors participated in the oversubscribed round. With a couple dozen customers, […]

EqualLogic has overhauled its iSCSI SAN platform to add a number of new features aimed at high-end users. Version 3.0 of EqualLogic’s PS Series storage array firmware allows multiple pools of storage in a single SAN for flexible data segmentation. The refresh also coincides with the release of EqualLogic’s new high-capacity PS400E, which uses 750 […]

Microsoft on Friday will release the iSCSI target technology it acquired from String Bean Software earlier this year. The iSCSI Software Target Application Pack will be available through Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Microsoft said the IP SAN software “provides the functionality to centralize, consolidate and easily manage storage in a […]