InfoStor articles from August 2008

InfoStor archives from August 2008

Software market to surpass $17 billion.(NEWS analysis + trends)
August 1, 2008... According to a recent report from International Data Corp. (IDC), "Worldwide Storage Software 2008-2012 Forecast," the global market for storage software will exceed $17 billion by 2012, representing a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

HP adds data de-dupe options.(NEWS analysis + trends)
August 1, 2008... Hewlett-Packard recently began shipping a new crop of enterprise-class virtual tape libraries (VTLs) equipped with data de-duplication software OEM'd from Sepaton, as well as a homegrown de-duplication feature for its family of disk based...

It's all about data protection.(EDITORIAL)
August 1, 2008... As is often the case, the bulk of the features in this issue focus on data-protection technologies and trends. For example, in Evaluating ROBO data protection, Taneja Group analyst Eric Burgener takes an in-depth look at the various options for...

Adaptec has sold its Snap Server NAS business, including the brand and all assets related to Snap Server networked and desktop storage appliances, to Overland Storage for a net consideration of $3.6 million.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Adaptec has sold its Snap Server NAS business, including the brand and all assets related to Snap Server networked and desktop storage appliances, to Overland Storage for a net consideration of $3.6 million. Under the terms of the agreement,...

Hewlett Packard will resell Sonasoft's backup-and-recovery software for Microsoft Exchange.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Hewlett Packard will resell Sonasoft's backup-and-recovery software for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Windows servers.

Storage Networking Industry Association.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has approved the eXtensible Access Method (XAM) version 1.0 specification and released a working draft of the associated XAM Software Development Kit (SDK). The XAM specification is now being...

NetEx's HyperIP bandwidth optimization appliance has been certified.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... NetEx's HyperIP bandwidth optimization appliance has been certified by FalconStor Software.

Hifn has signed a distribution agreement with Promark Technology for US distribution of Hifn's Swarm Unified Storage Bundle.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Hifn has signed a distribution agreement with Promark Technology for US distribution of Hifn's Swarm Unified Storage Bundle.

Emulex's LightPulse 8Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs have been selected by IBM.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Emulex's LightPulse 8Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs have been selected by IBM for use within System X servers.

Rebit Inc. and ASI Computer Technologies, a distributor of computer components and peripherals.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Rebit Inc. and ASI Computer Technologies, a distributor of computer components and peripherals, have a partnership that offers the Rebit appliance to more than 20,000 VARs throughout North America.

Mimosa Systems has certified its Microsoft Exchange content archive software.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Mimosa Systems has certified its Microsoft Exchange content archive software, NearPoint, for use with Plasmon's UDO archive appliance to help companies meet current compliance requirements and ensuring data protection and "one-click" disaster...

InMage Systems is now a principal partner in the Sun Partner Advantage Program.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... InMage Systems is now a principal partner in the Sun Partner Advantage Program, for ISVs.

Cisco enhances virtual data centers.(NEWS analysis + trends)
August 1, 2008... Cisco recently began shipping several additions to its portfolio of Data Center 3.0 unified fabric products and services aimed at helping customers virtualize data centers and provision applications more efficiently. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Dell adds storage services.(NEWS analysis + trends)
August 1, 2008... In an effort to streamline its storage consulting services, Dell is bringing together technologies and storage expertise from recent acquisitions and partnerships to improve its storage management, data protection, and disaster-recovery service...

Pillar accelerates disk arrays.(NEWS analysis + trends)
August 1, 2008... Pillar Data Systems continued to push its arrays from the midrange into the enterprise with the launch of the Axiom 600 and 600MC (Mission Critical), which have more horsepower and application provisioning profiles than previous versions. ...

SAS/SATA array leverages PCIe.(NEWS analysis + trends)
August 1, 2008... On the surface, the latest addition to JMR's BlueStor line of disk arrays appears to be a "me too" SAS/ SATA subsystem. Features of the 3U RAID array include 16 SAS or SATA drives for up to 16TB of capacity with SATA drives or 4.8TB with...

Dot Hill was chosen as a subcontractor by General Dynamics C4 Systems.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Dot Hill was chosen as a subcontractor by General Dynamics C4 Systems to provide technology to support development of a conduction cooled RAID controller storage module for the US Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program's Integrated Computer...

Peer Software has partnered with Parallels, a developer of virtualization and automation software.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Peer Software has partnered with Parallels, a developer of virtualization and automation software, to provide continuous data protection (CDP) for Parallels' Virtuozzo Containers virtualized environments. Peer's software provides disaster...

LeftHand Networks.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... LeftHand Networks' Partner Program has added 145 new VARs to its global program since November 2007.

Atempo and Nirvanix have announced the integration of Atempo Digital Archive (ADA).(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Atempo and Nirvanix have announced the integration of Atempo Digital Archive (ADA) with the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network (SDN).

Reldata's iSCSI products have been verified for VMware Infrastructure 3 and are listed on the Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for VMware ESX 3.5.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Reldata's iSCSI products have been verified for VMware Infrastructure 3 and are listed on the Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for VMware ESX 3.5. Hifn's Swarm Series has also been certified with VMware ESX 3.5 and VMware ESX 3i.

InMage Systems has a partnership with Marathon Systems, a provider of fault-tolerant, high-availability software for physical and virtual servers.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... InMage Systems has a partnership with Marathon Systems, a provider of fault-tolerant, high-availability software for physical and virtual servers. Marathon will offer InMage's flagship DR-Scout solution.

Sepaton has renewed its worldwide OEM agreement.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Sepaton has renewed its worldwide OEM agreement with Hewlett-Packard.

Parascale.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Parascale, a provider of cloud storage solutions for rich media content in traffic-intensive applications, has secured $11.37 million in Series A financing, led by venture capital firms Charles River Ventures and Menlo Ventures.

Intronis Technologies, a provider of online data backup, archiving, and recovery services, has recently partnered with CRC Technologies.(Business BRIEFS)
August 1, 2008... Intronis Technologies, a provider of online data backup, archiving, and recovery services, has recently partnered with CRC Technologies to address the growing need for business continuance in the healthcare market.

LTO-4 encryption secures data: encryption is often necessary to secure data on tapes, and LTO-4 includes drive-level encryption.(Special REPORT)
August 1, 2008... About 70% of all data is stored on tape. As such, security is a challenge, with corporate governance, e-discovery requirements, and state and federal regulations driving the sometimes conflicting calls for personal data privacy, data...

Guidelines for tape media management: adhering to simple procedures can extend the life of your tape media and ensure data protection.(Special REPORT)
August 1, 2008... Like any storage or networking technology, some degree of management is required to make sure that a tape library continues to provide reliable recovery of vital business records and information. And data-center veterans know that faulty tape...

Evaluating ROBO data protection: protecting data at remote office and branch office (ROBO) locations is an IT imperative, but there are many product and services alternatives available.
August 1, 2008... Although remote office and branch office (ROBO) environments host a large percentage of a company's critical data, they usually receive short shrift in terms of data protection. A company may have an excellent data-protection infrastructure in...

What is data-protection management (DPM) 2.0? DPM tools have evolved from narrow reporting on backup jobs to expansive control of the data-protection environment.
August 1, 2008... Managing an effective enterprise backup environment can be an extreme challenge, and data-protection management (DPM) tools are necessary to meet that challenge. DPM software sits in a layer above the backup applications and storage devices...

When will we see FCoE? Adoption of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard will require cooperation between the IT storage and networking teams.(ANALYST view)
August 1, 2008... Since Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) was first proposed as a standard more than a year ago, the noise surrounding the technology has been deafening. Touted as the next-generation networking and storage technology, FCoE appears to be an...

NEC scores RAID OEM deal.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... NEC Corporation of America has struck a deal with RAID Inc. under which NEC's D-Series will be offered as RAID Inc.'s Xanadu product line. The arrays can scale from 219GB to more than 1.5PB of capacity with support for SAS and SATA drives in a...

Sans Digital ships eSATA/USB arrays.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... Sans Digital has introduced a number of JBOD/ RAID arrays in its TowerRAID product line. The TR4U and TR8U are four-bay and eight-bay JBOD enclosures with spanning modes for drive access. The TR4M (four-bay), TR5M (five-bay), and TR8M...

ONStor takes aim at NetApp.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... With NetApp in its sights-specifically, the FAS3070A, FAS6040A, and FAS6080A--ONStor last month announced the Cougar 6000 series of NAS gateways, which are higher-performance versions of the company's Bobcat NAS gateways. The company...

JMR debuts desktop storage.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... JMR Electronics this month introduced the BlueStor Desktop line of storage subsystems, which are available in three configurations: an eight-drive SAS/SATA JBOD with SFF-8088 mini-SAS host connectivity, an eight-drive server loaded with...

Atto adds SAS adapters.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Atto Technology's ExpressSAS R30F is a half-height SAS RAID adapter with 16 internal ports for SAS/SATA drive connectivity. Features include support for PCI-Express and Atto's Advanced Data Streaming (ADS) technology for high-speed...

DNF upgrades NAS/iSCSI appliances.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... Dynamic Network Factory (DNF) has added a number of enhancements to its StorBankXL appliances, which combine NAS and iSCSI in a "unified IP storage" platform. Upgrades include support for 10,000rpm and 15,000rpm SAS drives (as well as SATA...

AIC launches 10GbE iSCSI.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... Developed in partnership with iStor Networks, Advanced Industrial Computer's (AIC) XI2000 is an iSCSI RAID array with either four Gigabit Ethernet ports or one 10Gbps Ethernet port. The XI2000 is based on iStor's GigaStor "storage system on a...

Tek-Tools targets virtual servers.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... Tek-Tools Software has introduced an enhanced version of its Profiler Suite resource management software with improved end-to-end data path mapping between virtual and physical resources, a new module for virtual tape library (VTL) support, and...

UltraBac: Continuous data protection for IA64.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... UltraBac Software recently released the 8.3 version of its UltraBac backup/recovery software, as well as UBDR Gold version 4.0, both of which are certified for Vista and Windows 2008. The UBDR Gold 4.0 backup-and-recovery software enables...

Replication software supports Citrix.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... SteelEye Technology's SteelEye Protection Suite, which enables business continuity and disaster recovery, now supports Citrix XenServer virtual server environments. The software provides real-time LAN-and WAN-based replication of Xen virtual...

BakBone speeds up recovery.(NEW PRODUCTS)
August 1, 2008... BakBone Software recently released NetVault: Real-Time Data Protector, a software tool that offers recovery of Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and Windows file system data in as fast as 30 seconds, according to company officials. Real-Time...

Calendar.(Calendar)
August 1, 2008... SEPTEMBER 17-18 DISKCON USA--SANTA CLARA, CA Sponsored IDEMA, the two-day conference addresses technical challenges the industry faces in meeting tomorrow's storage mandate. Topics focus on manufacturing and future storage,...