InfoStor articles from February 2005

InfoStor archives from February 2005

Make way for SATA II.(forecast of serial advanced technology attachment )
February 1, 2005... Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives took the market by storm last year, and the popularity of high capacity (400GB per drive), low-cost SATA subsystems is expected to continue unabated this year. For example, International Data Corp. (IDC) expects...

VARs, users weigh in on Symantec-Veritas deal.(value added resellers, VERITAS Software Corp.)
February 1, 2005... There was no shortage of financial analysts willing to weigh in on the blockbuster Symantec Veritas acquisition back in December when the deal was announced. But what do users and value-added resellers (VARs) think about the deal? Last...

Compliance: be afraid, be very afraid.(survey on regulatory compliance)(Editorial)
February 1, 2005... JUST KIDDING. I don't want to fan the Y2K-like hysteria surrounding regulatory compliance. The vendor community is trying to scare you (into buying lots of storage) by emphasizing the fines and imprisonment that await companies who fail to...

Cisco and EMC announced a deal whereby the two companies will combine Cisco's wide area file services (WAFS) technology (which Cisco got from its acquisition of Actona) and EMC's NAS products to create a consolidation solution for remote-office data.(Business Briefs)
February 1, 2005... Cisco and EMC announced a deal whereby the two companies will combine Cisco's wide area file services (WAFS) technology (which Cisco got from its acquisition of Actona) and EMC's NAS products to create a consolidation solution for...

Unitrends Software.(shares)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Unitrends Software has secured $8.1 million in Series B funding.

GlassHouse Technologies has acquired Fortified Technologies.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... GlassHouse Technologies has acquired Fortified Technologies, a storage services company, for an undisclosed sum.

Revivio.(shares)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Revivio has secured $25 million in Series C funding, bringing total equity financing to date to $55 million.

Riverbed Technology.(Aether Systems Inc. shares on sell)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Riverbed Technology has secured $20 million in Series C funding, bringing total capital raised to $37 million.

University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Thirty vendors participated at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) 4Gbps Fibre Channel "plugfest." Participants included manufacturers of host adapters, switches, components, routers/bridges, drive decoders,...

Intransa has signed a channel agreement with RedBridge IT.(Business Briefs)(RedBridge Technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Intransa has signed a channel agreement with RedBridge IT to provide RedBridge and Intransa customers with an IP SAN family of network storage solutions.

SMBs address data-protection issues.(Case Studies)
February 1, 2005... InfoStor recently took a look at how four small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are tackling their data-protection challenges. We found a lot of the same data-protection drivers influencing both SMBs and larger enterprises, regardless of the...

McData ships 256-port backbone director: announces CNT acquisition.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 1, 2005... In announcing the Intrepid il0K backbone director last month, analysts say McData not only filled a notable void in its product lineup but also took a lead position in promoting the concept of "tiered," or "hierarchical," storage architectures....

Overland intros software PACs.(programmable automation controller, Overland Storage Inc.)
February 1, 2005... Overland Storage last month introduced the first in a series of software application PACs, or modules, for its REO series of disk-to-disk (D2D) backup-and-recovery appliances. The first module--Multi-SitePAC--is focused on remote backup...

ONStor ships low-cost NAS gateway.(network attached storage)
February 1, 2005... ONStor last month marked its one-year anniversary with the introduction of its second product, the Bobcat NAS Gateway. The gateway is a smaller, less-expensive rendition of the company's SF4400 SAN Filer, which it introduced a year ago. The...

Veritas courts SMBs with BE 10.0.(VERITAS Software Corp., Backup Exec )
February 1, 2005... Virtually every storage vendor is going after the SMB, or SME, market, and Veritas is no exception. Last month, the company released an enhanced version of its backup-and-recovery software--Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers--that addresses...

How users are addressing regulatory compliance.(Special report: case studies)
February 1, 2005... If you're in the healthcare or financial industries, regulatory compliance has likely become a significant issue over the past couple of years. Although you may have already implemented or plan to implement technologies (e.g., storage...

Capacity planning for storage on demand: successful capacity planning is a prerequisite to supplying storage on demand in a storage utility model. Is capacity planning black magic, good luck, science, or all three?
February 1, 2005... The storage utility model's basic premise is to provide storage in much the same way as electricity, phone services, cable TV, and water are delivered. Utilities serve as centralized or consolidated suppliers that predict usage, loads, and new...

Build a SAN in less than an hour: Hewlett-Packard and QLogic combine forces to develop HP's SMB SAN Kit.(storage area networks, small to medium-sized business)
February 1, 2005... FOR MANY SMALL to medium-sized business (SMB) sites, the construct of a SAN is as remote as executing a lunar landing. Fibre Channel-based SANs have until recently been very costly and complex to implement. As a result, demystifying SANs and...

SNIA sets aggressive goals for SMI-S: SMI-S 1.1 will include services for NAS, host volume management, performance monitoring, health/fault management, iSCSI, policy management, and security enhancements.(Storage Networking Industry Association)
February 1, 2005... THIS YEAR IS POISED to be productive for the advancement of interoperable storage technologies. Reacting to end-user demand for heterogeneous storage solutions, vendors are supporting storage management standards that address users' "pain...

Serial ATA product roundup.(serial advanced technology attachment)
February 1, 2005... Shipments of Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives are expected to surge from 1.6 million units last year to almost 3.6 million units this year and more than 6 million next year--and that's not including desktop drives (see "Make way for SATA II," on...

Calendar.(information technology services industry meetings)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
February 1, 2005... March 7-9 Network Storage Conference--Milpitas, CA The conference is dedicated to analyzing new architectural processes in network storage. Sessions focus on integrating systems, networks, and storage; provisioning and managing...

Atto, FalconStor, rackable target iSCSI.(internet small computer systems interface, ATTO Technology Inc., FalconStor Software)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Last month, Atto Technology released the third generation of its iSCSI-to-SCSI bridge line. The iPBridge 1550E/D supports Microsoft's iSCSI software initiator, the lEFT 1.0 iSCSI specification, and a variety of third-party hardware and software...

NTP Software goes 64-bit.(Quota & File Sentinel )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... NTP Software has extended its user-driven, policy-based QFS management software and Universal User-based Management technology to include 64-bit platforms. Compatible with 32-bit versions of QFS, the 64-bit Windows-compatible storage resource...

UltraBac upgrades backup software.(New Products)
February 1, 2005... The 8.0 release of UltraBac Software's backup and disaster-recovery software includes new features such as UltraCopy for creating duplicate media for off-site storage, bar-code media pool support, differential image backup, and native 64-bit...

Abrevity launches analysis service.(New Products)(File Management and Storage Analysis)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Abrevity, a start-up in San Jose, has launched a File Management and Storage Analysis service based on its FileBASE software technology. The service provides detailed storage resource analysis coupled with recommended actions to lower file...