InfoStor articles from February 2006

InfoStor archives from February 2006

IT sets sites on storage security.
February 1, 2006... Strict regulations for data retention and the rise of information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies are causing more and more interaction between storage and security in many IT organizations. This trend, according to a study from...

Trends to watch in 2006.(internet small computer system interface)
February 1, 2006... The Needham & Co. investment banking firm last month released a report that reviewed the key storage trends of 2005, as well as the trends and technologies to keep an eye on over the remainder of 2006. Topping their list (in no particular...

Is InfiniBand poised for a comeback?(InfiniBand Trade Association )
February 1, 2006... InfiniBand, the interconnect that enjoyed 15 minutes of fame more than five years ago, finds itself back in the spotlight, and this time around storage professionals might want to take a closer look at the technology. While many in the storage...

To encrypt or not to encrypt.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
February 1, 2006... OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO WE'VE BEEN BARRAGED by press releases from storage vendors that exploit the issue of lost tapes, which seemed to be an epidemic last year (e.g., Citigroup, Ameritrade, Bank of America, Time Warner, etc.). The releases...

Intel has founded the Intel Storage Community (ISC), bringing together more than 40 storage vendors, integrators, and application developers whose goal is to meet the demand for storage solutions based on Intel building blocks.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Intel has founded the Intel Storage Community (ISC), bringing together more than 40 storage vendors, integrators, and application developers whose goal is to meet the demand for storage solutions based on Intel building blocks. ISC members post...

Emulex has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with Ingram Micro, which is also a distributor of IBM and Hewlett-Packard products.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Emulex has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with Ingram Micro, which is also a distributor of IBM and Hewlett-Packard products. Ingram Micro will distribute Emulex's LightPulse family of Fibre Channel HBAs.

XOsoft has an alliance with BMC Software, whereby BMC will enhance the data-protection capabilities of its SQL-BackTrack.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... XOsoft has an alliance with BMC Software, whereby BMC will enhance the data-protection capabilities of its SQL-BackTrack by integrating XOsoft's WANSync with embedded CDP technology.

Cloverleaf Communications has completed interoperability testing between its Intelligent Storage Networking system and the NetApp FAS200.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Cloverleaf Communications has completed interoperability testing between its Intelligent Storage Networking system and the NetApp FAS200, FAS3000, and FAS900 systems supporting NAS, SAN, and iSCSI.

Alacritech has a partnership with emBoot Inc., a supplier of network boot products, to provide netBoot/i software to Alacritech customers.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Alacritech has a partnership with emBoot Inc., a supplier of network boot products, to provide netBoot/i software to Alacritech customers. Alacritech's accelerators have been qualified and natively support netBoot/i to enable Windows-based...

DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliance (S2A) products have been certified for use.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliance (S2A) products have been certified for use with ONStor's 2280 NAS gateways.

Global Technical Systems (GTS) will resell Sepaton's S2100 family of virtual tape libraries (VTLs) as an authorized General Services Administration (GSA).(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Global Technical Systems (GTS) will resell Sepaton's $2100 family of virtual tape libraries (VTLs) as an authorized General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) participant.

Archiving tools relieve database bloat.(need of data storage increased)
February 1, 2006... Data growth has joined death and taxes as one of the only guarantees in life and, as a result, database-specific archiving tools are growing in popularity. Sometimes referred to as "active archiving," these tools are only offered by a small...

Who's minding the message store?(email management software)
February 1, 2006... Storage professionals are fairly comfortable in the world of backups, remote replication, off-site disaster recovery, and disk-based restore. However, comfort levels tend to drop as talk turns to the company's e-mail management and archiving...

EMC continues acquisition spree.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
February 1, 2006... Last month, EMC continued to push beyond its storage-centric roots with two acquisitions: managed IT services provider Internosis, and information and grid technology from Acxiom. The acquisitions are a continuation of EMC's strategy to...

Tacit acquires Mobiliti.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
February 1, 2006... Tacit Networks recently expanded its line of wide area file services (WAFS) products down to the smallest of branch offices and remote worker environments today with the introduction of an entry-level WAFS appliance and the acquisition of...

Modest growth expected in the channel.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... A survey of 50 value-added resellers (VARs), conducted by the Robert W. Baird investment research firm, indicates that Q4 2005 reflected "reasonably healthy" VAR revenues. The survey also suggests sound prospects for modest growth in 2006. ...

Seagate to acquire Maxtor.(Seagate Technology Inc.)
February 1, 2006... Seagate Technology is in the process of acquiring rival Maxtor in an all-stock transaction worth approximately $1.9 billion. Maxtor and Seagate will continue to operate as separate businesses until the acquisition is finalized, which is...

QLogic introduced 4Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs that support Mac OS X.(SANblade Pro QLA2460)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... QLogic introduced 4Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs that support Mac OS X. SANblade Pro QLA2460 Series HBAs, deployed in conjunction with SANbox 4Gbps switches, allow Mac users in video and graphics environments to stream data at twice the speed of...

Exanet.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Exanet has inked reseller deals with Advanced Systems Group, AuraGen Technologies, Cutting Edge Audio & Video Group, Key Code Media, and Saturn Business Systems.

Finisar.(introduces Bus Doctor RX, protocol analyzer)
February 1, 2006... Finisar has expanded into the consumer market with a protocol analyzer--Bus Doctor RX--that supports the Consumer Electronics-Advanced Technology Attachment (CE-ATA) interface. CE-ATA is the nextgeneration interface for portable devices such as...

Western Scientific is integrating Chelsio Communications.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Western Scientific is integrating Chelsio Communications' 10Gbps Ethernet adapter--the T210 Protocol Offload Engine--into its Fusion high-performance computing and FusionSA storage systems.

Tandberg Data has entered into an agreement with D&H Distributing, a computer products and consumer electronics distributor.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Tandberg Data has entered into an agreement with D&H Distributing, a computer products and consumer electronics distributor, to distribute Tandberg's StorageLoader, InteliStor, and LTO tape drive product lines.

AmeriVault has acquired Schenectady, NY-based Capitalbackup.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... AmeriVault has acquired Schenectady, NY-based Capitalbackup, a service provider specializing in data protection and disaster-recovery services.

Bell Microproducts will launch a new line of network storage devices that incorporates Zetera's SoIP technology Z-SAN.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Bell Microproducts will launch a new line of network storage devices that incorporates Zetera's SoIP technology, Z-SAN. The new product line will be released under Bell's Hammer Storage brand.

JMR Eiectronics has selected Eastman Kodak Company's worldwide service organization.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... JMR Eiectronics has selected Eastman Kodak Company's worldwide service organization to be the exclusive provider of on-site warranty and post-warranty service for JMR's complete line of storage systems.

Qualstar will integrate Imation's new Ulysses removable disk-in-tape technology.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Qualstar will integrate Imation's new Ulysses removable disk-in-tape technology in certain models of its automated tape libraries.

Ricoh has named Kano Technologies as the North American master distributor for its Intelligent CD-R media, which incorporates Ricoh's CD-ROM + CD-R (RR) technology.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Ricoh has named Kano Technologies as the North American master distributor for its Intelligent CD-R media, which incorporates Ricoh's CD-ROM + CD-R (RR) technology. Kano has recently introduced Ricoh's first RR product, EncryptEase for...

CA and StoreAge Networking Technologies have an agreement whereby CA will resell StoreAge's cross-platform virtualization and multi-tiered data-protection solutions with its BrightStor intelligent storage management software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... CA and StoreAge Networking Technologies have an agreement whereby CA will resell StoreAge's cross-platform virtualization and multi-tiered data-protection solutions with its BrightStor intelligent storage management software. The combination...

Chelsio Communications and DSG Storage Inc. (DSG) have an OEM relationship under which DSG is offering Chelsio's T204 quad-port GbE and T210 10GbE TOE/iSCSI acceleration adapters as embedded components of its upcoming storage systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Chelsio Communications and DSG Storage Inc. (DSG) have an OEM relationship under which DSG is offering Chelsio's T204 quad-port GbE and T210 10GbE TOE/iSCSI acceleration adapters as embedded components of its upcoming storage systems. These...

3PAR and FalconStor announced Utility Virtual Tape Library (VTL), a utility-class virtual tape library solution that allows customers to scale and consolidate all of their online, nearline, and VTL application data onto a single platform.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... 3PAR and FalconStor announced Utility Virtual Tape Library (VTL), a utility-class virtual tape library solution that allows customers to scale and consolidate all of their online, nearline, and VTL application data onto a single platform. The...

Imation and Memorex International have entered into a definitive agreement under which Imation will acquire Memorex International in an all-cash transaction worth $330 million.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... Imation and Memorex International have entered into a definitive agreement under which Imation will acquire Memorex International in an all-cash transaction worth $330 million. Additional cash consideration ranging between $5 million and $45...

EMC has qualified QLogic SANbox 5602 4Gbps and 5202 2Gbps Fibre Channel stackable switches.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... EMC has qualified QLogic SANbox 5602 4Gbps and 5202 2Gbps Fibre Channel stackable switches as EMC E-Lab Tested for use with EMC Clariion AX100 and CX300 networked storage systems.

AMCC and Nimbus Data Systems have established a strategic partnership to develop IP storage reference designs for leading server and storage OEMs.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
February 1, 2006... AMCC and Nimbus Data Systems have established a strategic partnership to develop IP storage reference designs for leading server and storage OEMs. These new products will enable AMCC's customers to accelerate their development of iSCSI storage...

D2D backup meets the need for speed.(disk-to-disk backup )
February 1, 2006... "... It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else you must run at least twice as fast as that!" --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass It wasn't too long ago that data was...

Adoption of tiered storage accelerates; tiered storage is viewed as a necessary step toward information lifecycle management (ILM).
February 1, 2006... A recent end-user survey conducted by Peripheral Concepts and Coughlin Associates, 2006 Tiered Storage Report, targeted medium-sized IT organizations with 1TB to 200TB of raw disk storage. More than 2,000 IT managers answered a screening...

How to plan for information lifecycle management; is ILM simply a repackaging of old methods with a glossy veneer of vaporware, or can you actually improve your operational costs and efficiencies?(information lifecycle management)
February 1, 2006... Despite hardware and software vendors' tendency to redefine information lifecycle management (ILM) in terms of their own products, the reality is that ILM is simply a philosophy of ensuring the storage infrastructure is periodically aligned...

Information lifecycle management, from A to Z: Part two of a three-part series examines ILM issues such as data location, information paths and perimeters, data lifecycles, and the changing value of information.(information lifecycle management)
February 1, 2006... In Part 1 of this series we introduced information lifecycle management (ILM), unstructured and structured information, and the importance of context (see InfoStor, January 2006, p. 38). Many ILM decisions will be based on location of the...

Data protection over WANs: recovery and restoration: note: the first two parts of this article series appeared in the November 2005 and January 2006 issues of InfoStor.(Part 3)
February 1, 2006... Four attributes need be considered with respect to data recovery over wide area networks: speed, accuracy, security, and convenience. Several conditions can trigger the need for data recovery, including compliance reporting; audits that...

Corporate profile.(FilesX Inc. )(Company Profile)
February 1, 2006... Business Description: FilesX Inc. is revolutionizing the backup and recovery market by enabling a true Tapeless Enterprise[TM] environment. The Company's 3-Tier Block-Level Data Protection Technology[TM] overcomes the durability, mobility...

Users moving toward NAS virtualization; to improve performance and ease management headaches, end users are virtualizing NAS environments.(Network attached storage)
February 1, 2006... An end-user survey conducted by Peripheral Concepts and Coughlin Associates, 2005 NAS and NAS Virtualization Report, targeted IT organizations with at least one NAS system and a minimum of 1TB of raw disk storage. More than 2,000 qualified...

LTO loader provides impressive performance; Tandberg Data integrates its half-height LT02 tape drive with clever robotics to solve SMB and remote-site backup woes.(small to medium-sized business, )
February 1, 2006... TARGETING TAPE AUTOMATION for small to medium-sized business (SMB) sites and remote applications, Tandberg Data introduced the first 1U autoloader based on an LTO2 drive. To minimize rack space, the StorageLoader LTO2 uses Tandberg's...

Seagate goes perpendicular.(Seagate Technology Inc.)(usage of perpendicular drives)
February 1, 2006... Perpendicular magnetic recording has emerged as an answer to a leveling off in the density of data that can be stored on hard drives with traditional longitudinal recording. So far, perpendicular drives for notebooks and consumer electronics...

BlueArc doubles speed, capacity.(product introduction )(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... BlueArc's new NAS gateways, the Titan 2000 series, provide twice the performance, throughput, and scalability of the previous generation, as well as simplified data management. Both the Titan 2100 and Titan 2200 can scale up to 512TB. The 2100...

ADIC upgrades tape libraries.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... ADIC has doubled the drive count of its Scalar i2000 enterprise tape library and is offering optional media integrity analysis software that allows users to store, download, and analyze the pattern of alert trends in media and drives. ADIC...

Unitrends enhances data recovery.(UniTrends Software Corp.)(Rapid Recovery System)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... Unitrends' new Rapid Recovery System is now included in the company's Data Protection Unit (DPU) and Data Protection Vault (DPV) appliances. Targeted at small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Rapid Recovery System features include "Continuous...

Intradyn ships e-mail archiving appliances.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... Intradyn has expanded its product line to include a series of e-mail archiving appliances for medium and large enterprises. New models of the ComplianceVault06 e-mail archiving and retrieval appliance include 2U and 3U rack-mount configurations...

Idealstor adds encryption.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... Disk-to-disk backup vendor Idealstor recently added encryption to its line of backup appliances and removable disk cartridges. The company introduced target folder encryption and Quick System Recovery (QSR) disks as part of the latest release...

iQstor: 4Gbps FC-SATA RAID.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... iQstor Networks' 3U iQ2280 RAID subsystem includes four 4Gbps Fibre Channel host connections and up to 15 Serial ATA (SATA) II disk drives for 7.5TB of capacity (assuming 500GB drives). Features include native command queuing (NCQ), support for...

AC&NC ships 4Gbps RAID.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... AC&NC's JetStor SATA Model 416FC4 is a 16-by RAID array that combines high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives and 4Gbps Fibre Channel host connections. The arrays include a 400MHz, 64-bit RISC processor, parity-assist ASICs, cable-less...

SANBlaze emulator supports FC.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... Supporting 12 or 24 Fibre Channel ports, SANBlaze's GargantuLUN SAN target emulation system comes in a 3U chassis and includes features such as error injection and scripting and configurable drive parameters. Two configurations are available: a...

KOM adds replication for DR.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... KOM Networks recently added file replication to its KOMworx storage management suite. The new replication tool, called KOMworx e-WORM++, lets users maintain multiple copies of files in different locations and automatically replicate files to...

Calendar.
February 1, 2006... April 24-27 NAB2006-Las Vegas, NV The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference features more than 160 sessions within multiple conference tracks targeting every area of electronic media all supporting the technologies and...

CA to resell StoreAge software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2006... Computer Associates has begun reselling StoreAge Networking Technologies' cross-platform virtualization and multi-tiered data-protection software with its BrightStor storage management software. StoreAge Virtualization Manager (SVM) is offered...