InfoStor articles from July 2006

InfoStor archives from July 2006

Intel reinvests in networked storage.
July 1, 2006... Intel's presence in the data storage industry has always been an enigma. The chipmaker has dabbled in the development of storage technologies here and there with an eye toward improving its own processors, but the company has often been content...

Lack of apps hinders intelligent switching.(CASE STUDIES)
July 1, 2006... Intelligent switches have long been the harbinger of a new wave of storage management applications, and the idea of putting applications such as virtualization, replication, and data migration in the fabric has been generally accepted by the...

From SANs to FANs.(file area network, storage area networks)(Editorial)
July 1, 2006... The creative thinkers at the Taneja Group research and consulting firm may have outdone themselves recently with the creation of their latest acronym--FAN, or file area network. Don't underestimate these guys: They're the ones who came up with...

EMC recently acquired Newton, MA-based ProActivity Software Solutions Ltd., a privately held provider of content management software for business process management (BPM).(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... EMC recently acquired Newton, MA-based ProActivity Software Solutions Ltd., a privately held provider of content management software for business process management (BPM). ProActivity will be integrated immediately into the EMC Software Group....

LSI Logic's Engenio 4Gbps Fibre Channel technology has been selected to power the next generation of data warehousing products offered by Teradata.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... LSI Logic's Engenio 4Gbps Fibre Channel technology has been selected to power the next generation of data warehousing products offered by Teradata, a division of NCR.

Arkivio, Enigma Data Solutions Ltd., and Scentric have joined the Hitachi Data Systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Arkivio, Enigma Data Solutions Ltd., and Scentric have joined the Hitachi Data Systems independent software vendor (ISV) partner program.

Acopia Networks.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Acopia Networks has secured $20 million in its latest round of funding. Meritech Capital Partners, a new investor in the company, led the round.

Marathon Technologies has signed a distribution agreement with Sky IT Group, a Premier IBM Business Partner.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Marathon Technologies has signed a distribution agreement with Sky IT Group, a Premier IBM Business Partner. The alliance was facilitated through joint participation in Arrow Electronics' Enterprise Computing Solutions Program. Under the terms...

AmeriVault has selected Asigra Televaulting as the software platform.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... AmeriVault has selected Asigra Televaulting as the software platform for its ServerVault online data backup service.

Revivio and Copan Systems have forged a technical alliance.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Revivio and Copan Systems have forged a technical alliance that will facilitate the delivery of integrated solutions.

Data Domain and Datalink have a new partnership agreement to provide Data Domain's next-generation data-protection solutions to Datalink's customers.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Data Domain and Datalink have a new partnership agreement to provide Data Domain's next-generation data-protection solutions to Datalink's customers. Under the terms of the agreement, Datalink will add Data Domain's DD400 Enterprise Series to...

Emulex's LightPulse 4Gbps Lpe1105 Dual Channel HBA will enable SAN connectivity for the new HP BladeSystem c-Class.(host bus adapter, storage area network)
July 1, 2006... Emulex's LightPulse 4Gbps Lpe1105 Dual Channel HBA will enable SAN connectivity for the new HP BladeSystem c-Class. Separately, Emulex will provide Hewlett-Packard with a custom version of its FibreSpy Model 850 embedded storage switch for the...

KOM Networks and EqualLogic have deployed a joint Hard Disk Archiving (e-WORM) and iSCSI SAN data archival solution.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... KOM Networks and EqualLogic have deployed a joint Hard Disk Archiving (e-WORM) and iSCSI SAN data archival solution. The combined solution allows users to simplify the deployment and operation of consolidated storage and to take advantage of...

EMC has qualified Emulex's 4Gbps PCI-Express and PCI-X HBAs.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... EMC has qualified Emulex's 4Gbps PCI-Express and PCI-X HBAs as compatible with the new Clariion CX3 UltraScale series of networked storage systems.

CA has acquired MDY Group International, a provider of enterprise records management software and services.(Computer Associates)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... CA has acquired MDY Group International, a provider of enterprise records management software and services. CA will market and support the full suite of MDY products and services, which address all aspect of records management. CA also plans to...

ProStor Systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... ProStor Systems has secured $12.2 million in Series B financing, bringing the total funding to date to $18.6 million. Sutter Hill Ventures led the round, with New Enterprise Associates and Boulder Adventures also participating.

NeoPath Networks has received $11 million in a funding round that included participation by Cisco Systems and previous investors August Capital.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... NeoPath Networks has received $11 million in a funding round that included participation by Cisco Systems and previous investors August Capital, DCM-Doll Capital Management, and Gabriel Venture Partners.

Hitachi's CAS takes on EMC's Centera.(Hitachi Data Systems, content-addressed storage)(Hitachi Content Archive)
July 1, 2006... Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) last month announced a content-addressed storage (CAS) solution designed to compete directly with EMC's Centera CAS platform. The Hitachi Content Archive Platform stores data in its native format and allows queries on...

HP VTLs aimed at SMBs.(Hewlett-Packard, virtual tape libraries, small to medium-sized business )
July 1, 2006... Hewlett-Packard recently began shipments of virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and a range of data-protection hardware and software products aimed at the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market. The StorageWorks Virtual Library System 1002i...

Sepaton de-dupes data.(Sepaton s2100-ES2 virtual tape library )
July 1, 2006... Sepaton is continuing its quest to make disk-based backup cost-competitive with traditional tape libraries with the introduction of its DeltaStor software for the company's $2100-ES2 Virtual Tape Library (VTL) appliance. The software...

Evaluating data encryption options.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
July 1, 2006... In May, the names and Social Security numbers of 26.5 million US veterans were stolen from a Veterans Affairs' data analyst when his home computer was snatched during a burglary. Like many banks and other businesses that have sustained data...

Decru launches key-management appliance.(Lifetime Key Management)
July 1, 2006... Addressing demand for scalable key management, Decru recently introduced a new key-management platform, the Lifetime Key Management (LKM) 3.0 Appliance. LKM debuted in mid-2003 as a software solution deployed on Decru's DataFort storage...

NetApp launches HPC OS.(Network Appliance Corp., high performance computing operating system)(Data ONTAP GX operating system)
July 1, 2006... When Network Appliance acquired Spinnaker Networks in late 2003 it had plans to merge its own Data ONTAP operating platform with the global namespace and clustering capabilities of Spinnaker's SpinFS software. More than two years later the...

IBM upgrades virtualization platform.(International Business Machines Corp., System Storage SAN Volume Controller 4.1)
July 1, 2006... IBM last month rolled out the fourth version of its flagship storage virtualization platform. The System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) 4.1 has a variety of new features, including support for 4Gbps Fibre Channel SAN fabrics, additional...

Enterprise search meets data archiving.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
July 1, 2006... The continued rise of information life-cycle management (ILM) and data retention requirements handed down from the folks in Washington have served as a catalyst for the crossbreeding of enterprise IT technologies--namely, a steady stream of...

Raptor Networks Technology has completed certification of the GigaStorATX 10GbE from iStor Networks.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Raptor Networks Technology has completed certification of the GigaStorATX 10GbE from iStor Networks, which, in combination with Raptor's "distributed core" 10GbE technology, provides a new generation of iSCSI IP SAN infrastructure solutions.

Riverbed Technology has signed a strategic OEM agreement with NEC whereby NEC will license and resell Riverbed's wide-area data services (WDS) solution, the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS).(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Riverbed Technology has signed a strategic OEM agreement with NEC whereby NEC will license and resell Riverbed's wide-area data services (WDS) solution, the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS). NEC will combine RiOS with its server product line...

TimeSpring Software announced the availability of TimeData for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... TimeSpring Software announced the availability of TimeData for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services-continuous data protection (CDP) software that allows SharePoint administrators to rapidly recover lost, corrupt, or deleted documents.

CA and Arkivio have an agreement.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... CA and Arkivio have an agreement whereby CA will incorporate the Arkivio auto-stor enterprise file management solution into its BrightStor product line.

Hitachi Data Systems is adding the Brocade SilkWorm 4900 SAN switch to its portfolio.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Hitachi Data Systems is adding the Brocade SilkWorm 4900 SAN switch to its portfolio of networked storage solutions.

Double-Take Software has acquired its strategic partner, Sunbelt System Software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Double-Take Software has acquired its strategic partner, Sunbelt System Software, headquartered in Paris, with offices in the UK, Germany, Sweden, and Belgium.

Kasten Chase.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... Unsuccessful in its attempts to establish a reseller arrangement with an established vendor or be purchased, Kasten Chase, based in Mississauga, ON, Canada, has declared bankruptcy and is closing its doors.

ProStor Systems, a provider of removable disk storage solutions, and Tandberg Data have signed a nonexclusive licensing agreement.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
July 1, 2006... ProStor Systems, a provider of removable disk storage solutions, and Tandberg Data have signed a nonexclusive licensing agreement that allows Tandberg to manufacture, market, distribute, and support ProStor Systems' new RDX removable disk...

Is server virtualization the 'killer app' for 10GbE? The transition to 10Gbps Ethernet will enable IT organizations to realize the full potential of virtualization.
July 1, 2006... This article focuses on a strategic approach to data-center server networking based on 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) that promises investment protection, increased efficiencies, and enhanced business agility. Enterprises that invest in such a...

Making the transition to SATA, SAS: one of the key advantages of Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is that they were designed to work together.
July 1, 2006... Set the WayBack machine to 1979. Shugart Associates, led by storage industry pioneer Alan Shugart (who later founded what became Seagate Technology), created the Shugart Associates Systems Interface (SASI). This early ancestor of SCSI was...

User survey reveals ILM reality: IT professionals have varying views on what information lifecycle management is, and what benefits (and drawbacks) it brings.
July 1, 2006... Storage, IT, and records managers hold widely differing views of information lifecycle management (ILM), according to a recent survey of 345 IT and data management professionals conducted by StorageNetworking.org and the Information Storage...

Automating information lifecycle management (ILM): areas to focus on include data classification, auditing and tracking, decision-making, and moving and copying.
July 1, 2006... It is possible to implement ILM without any software or hardware at all. ILM is, first and foremost, a process. It is a very difficult process to implement without tools, however. Tracking information and complying with ILM policies sound...

Storage management fundamentals: storage management can loosely be divided into categories such as SRM, SAN management, data management or HSM, and ILM.(Information lifecycle management, storage resource management, storage area network, hierarchical storage management)
July 1, 2006... Management is a diverse and complex topic. In addition, the storage industry is currently undergoing widespread evolution with regard to management technologies and techniques. For example, disparate management tools, each designed for a...

Most valuable product awards.(Association of Storage Networking Professionals, Storage World Conference)
July 1, 2006... In conjunction with the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (www.asnp.org), InfoStor annually co-sponsors the Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards. Members of the ASNP, industry analysts, and InfoStor's editors narrowed a field of...

Data reduction, VTLs, CDP drive NGDP: technologies such as data reduction, virtual tape libraries (VTLs), and continuous data protection (CDP) are fueling the trend toward next-generation data protection (NGDP).(ANALYST VIEW)
July 1, 2006... THE TRADITIONAL IT DATA-PROTECTION model is being slowly ripped apart as three key emerging software technologies drive a shift to next-generation data protection (NGDP). These technologies are data reduction, virtual tape libraries (VTLs), and...

Storage implications of 10GE: 10Gbps Ethernet isn't required for NAS and iSCSI-based IP SANs, but adoption of the high-speed networking technology may spur further adoption of--and applications for--those storage technologies.(SNIA on STORAGE)
July 1, 2006... THE STANDARD FOR 10 GIGABIT Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ae) was approved in June 2002. Positioned as a high-speed networking technology for LANs, MANs, and WANs, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) was also hyped at that time as a key enabler of IP Storage...

Dell expands storage offerings.(began shipping new disk, tape, and storage management solutions )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Dell recently began shipping new disk, tape, and storage management solutions in addition to introducing the ninth generation of its PowerEdge servers. The initiative includes new functionality for direct-attached storage (DAS), NAS, tape...

CommVault improves RTO, RPO.(recovery time objectives, recovery point objectives)(AT&T COMMVAULT Systems launched 'RecoveryDirector 6.1' systems and data security software)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... In an effort to improve recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs), CommVault has integrated two of the products in its QiNetix portfolio--QuickRecovery and Galaxy Backup and Recovery. The combined product, called...

Aptare upgrades DPM software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... Aptare added support for IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) software in the latest edition of its StorageConsole data protection management (DPM) software. Storage Console 5.1 also includes new features such as a personalized homepage for...

TimeSpring ships CDP for SharePoint.(continuous data protection)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... TimeSpring Software has released TimeData for Windows SharePoint Services. The file-based continuous data protection (CDP) software allows SharePoint administrators to rapidly recover any or all lost, corrupt, or deleted documents. TimeData...

MonoSphere adds capacity planning.(updated its storage management software 'Storage Horizon 2.2')(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... MonoSphere has added a capacity-planning module to its Storage Horizon storage management software. The Storage Planner module calculates when additional storage will be needed, how much will be required, where it will be needed, etc. The...

Teneros appliance targets SMBs.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... Teneros has added a small-business version of its Application Continuity Appliance (ACA), which provides fail-over and e-mail continuity in the event of planned or unplanned downtime of Microsoft Exchange. The small-business version scales the...

Nexsan upgrades security appliance.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... New features in the 4.0 version of Nexsan's Assureon appliance, which is designed for storage security, business continuity, and regulatory compliance, include a user interface for reporting, data-retention management capabilities, and...

Storewiz compression appliance adds iSCSI.(Storewiz STN-5000)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Storewiz recently released the STW-iSCSI data compression appliance for block-level volumes. STW-iSCSI is a new iteration of the Storewiz STN-5000 compression appliance for NAS. The company claims to shrink data to one-third of its original...

Kazeon integrates with Google.(to launched appliance for searching large backup stores 'Information Server IS1200')(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Kazeon has partnered with Google to extend enterprise search further into the storage infrastructure. The solution integrates Google's OneBox for Enterprises, a new feature of the Google Search Appliance, with Kazeon's Information Server1200...

Qualstar ships high-capacity library.(Qualstar XLS library)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Qualstar recently introduced a high-capacity tape library that can scale from 140TB to more than 4 petabytes. On the performance side, the XLS library can scale from 4 to 96 LTO-3 drives with 27TB-per-hour native throughput. The XLS...

Tandberg breaks $3,000 barrier.(Tandberg Data began shipment of new tape drive 'StorageLoader')(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Last month, Tandberg Data began shipments of an LTO-1-based tape autoloader with a price tag of less than $3,000. The 1U StorageLoader uses half-height LTO-1 tape drives and has a native capacity of 800GB (1.6TB compressed) and a transfer rate...

Spectra Logic adds encryption.(released new backup systems 'Spectra T950' and 'Spectra T120' tape libraries)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Spectra Logic has begun shipments of its T950 and T120 tape libraries with integrated AES-256 encryption. The libraries can write to both LTO tape and disk, combining backup and encryption in a single step. Spectra's BlueScale Encryption offers...

Breece Hill integrates retrospect software.(Breece Hill Technologies Inc.'s BizGuardian backup system)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Breece Hill's BizGuardian is an integrated hardware and software disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) appliance for the SMB market. The internal migration of disk to tape is designed to reduce network congestion. BizGuardian resembles Breece Hill's...

Idealstor launches SATA B/R system.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Idealstor, a manufacturer of ejectable disk-to-disk backup systems, has launched Idealstor SATA, a backup-and-recovery system equipped with Serial ATA hard drives. The SATA drives offer increased backup speeds up to 150Mbps. Idealstor will...

Calendar.
July 1, 2006... September 18-21 2006 Developer Solutions Conference & Showcase--San Jose, CA Sponsored by the SNIA and produced in conjunction with the SNIA Technical Council, the conference features more than 50 sessions covering iSCSI, storage...