InfoStor articles from June 2007

InfoStor archives from June 2007

Hitachi revamps high-end arrays.
June 1, 2007... Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has raised the stakes in the enterprise storage game with the launch of a bigger, faster version of its high-end disk array complete with thin provisioning, virtualization services, and a new approach to providing...

SAS enters the mainstream.(PRODUCT ROUNDUP)
June 1, 2007... Although adoption of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is still in the infancy stages, the next 12 months bode well for proponents of the relatively new disk drive/ array interface. For example, in a recent InfoStor QuickVote reader poll, 27% of the...

IBM ships LTO-4, broadens encryption.
June 1, 2007... This month, IBM began shipments of a series of products, most of which centered on tape and encryption. First, the company announced shipments of a variety of tape drives and libraries based on LTO-4 technology, which doubles the capacity...

Wikibon and predictive markets.(www.wikibon.org, www.storagemarkets.com)(Editorial)(Website overview)
June 1, 2007... AS STORAGE PROFESSIONALS, you may already be aware of, or may be participating in, a couple of relatively new Websites/ projects, but in case you're not, we encourage you to check out www.wikibon.org and www.storagemarkets.com. According...

VMware filed the initial Form S1 registration statement with the SEC related to its intention to offer VMware stock via an IPO.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... VMware filed the initial Form S1 registration statement with the SEC related to its intention to offer VMware stock via an IPO. VMware will be offering approximately 10% of its Class A Common Stock. The IPO is expected to be completed in the...

IBM has entered into an OEM agreement with Bycast whereby Bycast's StorageGRID software will become the basis for IBM's System Storage Grid Access Manager Software, which addresses data archiving.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... IBM has entered into an OEM agreement with Bycast whereby Bycast's StorageGRID software will become the basis for IBM's System Storage Grid Access Manager Software, which addresses data archiving. In addition, IBM will use Bycast's File System...

Tek-Tools announced its Alliance Partner status with LSI whereby Tek-Tools' Storage Profiler will support all LSI Engenio storage systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Tek-Tools announced its Alliance Partner status with LSI whereby Tek-Tools' Storage Profiler will support all LSI Engenio storage systems that are delivered through LSI's OEM partners.

Sonasoft recently signed distribution agreements with Synnex in North America.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Sonasoft recently signed distribution agreements with Synnex in North America, Netswitch in the Asia-Pacific region, and Bell Microproducts in Europe.

StoneFly, a subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory (DNF), announced support across its entire IP SAN product line for Solaris 10.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... StoneFly, a subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory (DNF), announced support across its entire IP SAN product line for Solaris 10. Separately, StoneFly has a technology partnership with emBoot.

Dot Hill Systems and Promark Technology have expanded their partnership.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Dot Hill Systems and Promark Technology have expanded their partnership. Promark will be a systems integrator for Dot Hill's 2730 disk array under the brand name "R/Evolution 2730," sold through its channel of resellers and integrators. The...

Sepaton has signed a distribution agreement with Tech Data for its virtual tape technology.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Sepaton has signed a distribution agreement with Tech Data for its virtual tape technology. Separately, Sepaton and Hifn have partnered to deliver data-protection solutions combining Sepaton's S2100-ES2 virtual tape library and DeltaStor data...

Bell Microproducts has signed a distribution agreement with Fabrik, which provides storage, memory, and content management services.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Bell Microproducts has signed a distribution agreement with Fabrik, which provides storage, memory, and content management services. The new agreement will enable Bell Micro to distribute Fabrik's line of SimpleTech-branded memory and storage...

QLogic and Onaro signed an agreement in which QLogic will license a version of Onaro's SAN-screen SME Edition software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... QLogic and Onaro signed an agreement in which QLogic will license a version of Onaro's SAN-screen SME Edition software, which allows SAN administrators to achieve real-time feedback about their SAN infrastructure.

Through an OEM agreement with AvePoint Inc., IBM has added Microsoft Sharepoint to the list of platforms.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Through an OEM agreement with AvePoint Inc., IBM has added Microsoft Sharepoint to the list of platforms supported by its Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup-and-recovery software.

CaminoSoft's Managed Server HSM software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... CaminoSoft's Managed Server HSM software has been certified for HP's StorageWorks File Migration Agent (FMA) and Reference Information Storage System (RISS) platform.

Northern has become a member in the NetApp Partner Program.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Northern has become a member in the NetApp Partner Program as an Advantage Partner.

Incipient's Network Storage Platform (iNSP) has completed interoperability testing with select IBM TotalStorage systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
June 1, 2007... Incipient's Network Storage Platform (iNSP) has completed interoperability testing with select IBM TotalStorage systems and has become a certified member of the IBM System Storage Proven program.

Correction.(Correction notice)
June 1, 2007... An article in the May issue (see "CAS users wary of vendor lock-in," p. 1) incorrectly stated that Baptist Memorial Health Care uses HP RISS platforms. The organization's primary CAS platforms are EMC Centera systems.

EMC unites SRM, VMware.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
June 1, 2007... It has been two years since the last major update of EMC ControlCenter (ECC), but the company this month began shipping version 6.0 of its flagship storage resource management (SRM) software. The new release includes a number of enhancements,...

NEC targets US disk array market.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
June 1, 2007... NEC, a major player on the global IT scene for more than four decades, is taking a crack at the North American storage market with the launch of a new series of modular disk arrays that can scale to more than a petabyte with zero downtime. ...

NetApp extends de-dupe beyond backups.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
June 1, 2007... Data de-duplication has, to date, been relegated almost solely to the role of a space-saving technology for backup solutions. But Network Appliance has a broader view of where the technology can and should be applied in storage environments....

The benefits of SANs for SMBs: although many SMBs have yet to install SANs, those companies are missing out on advantages in the areas of storage management, capacity planning, asset utilization, and data protection.(SPECIAL REPORT)
June 1, 2007... Although SAN, are pervasive in larger enterprises, many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have yet to take the plunge and are still tethered to direct-attached storage (DAS) configurations. Those companies are missing out on a number of...

The real state of SRM, part 1: in the first part of a three-part series on storage resource management, we look at what SRM tools are good for--and where improvements are required.
June 1, 2007... Storage administrators have come to know the benefits and shortcomings of storage resource management (SRM) tools all too well. From array-based software supplied by OEMs to third-party tools, SRM's limitations leave many storage administrators...

Data classification: use brains, not brawn data-classification initiatives increasingly rely on business value criteria, necessitating a move toward auto-classification using system-generated metadata.
June 1, 2007... The current state of data classification is largely a by-product of historical hierarchical storage management (HSM) implementations where data age is the primary classification criterion. Early visions of classifying data based on business...

How to develop a practical storage model: establishing a strict storage model will help you contain costs and manage capacity growth.
June 1, 2007... Is your storage growth out of control, and are your storage purchases unpredictable? Do your vendors just tell you to "buy more storage" to fix storage capacity issues? Is your tiered storage model not realizing the promised gains? Is your...

Intransa delivers 10Gbps IP SAN.(StorStac Performance Controller Unit 100 for storage area networks)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Intransa recently introduced the 10Gbps StorStac Performance Controller Unit 100 (PCU100) for IP SANs and applications such as video-on-demand, IPTV, digital imaging, video surveillance, data mining, and other I/O-intensive applications. ...

Copan touts MAID for archiving.(NEW PRODUCTS)
June 1, 2007... Disk-based backup and archiving specialist Copan Systems has upgraded its Revolution 220A File Archiver product by increasing the system's scalability and adding new software features for storing, retaining, and searching archived data. The...

Unitrends unveils all-in-one appliance.(Data Protection and Rapid Recovery 3.0 security software)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Unitrends has released its Data Protection and Rapid Recovery 3.0 appliance and a new Multi-Drive Archive device. The appliance-based backup, recovery, and archiving platforms include bare-metal recovery, disk-based backup and retention, and...

Calendar.
June 1, 2007... September 10-13 2007 Developer Solutions Conference & Showcase--San Jose, CA Sponsored by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and produced in conjunction with the SNIA Technical Council, the conference features more than...

Onaro ties apps to storage.(NEW PRODUCTS)
June 1, 2007... Onaro has added to its SANscreen family of storage resource management and monitoring software with the debut of software that directly links storage resources with application requirements. SANscreen Application Insight 2.0 combines...

Akorri links VMware to storage.(BalancePoint 1.5)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Akorri released a new version of its management software specifically aimed at improving application performance and storage resource utilization in VMware environments. Akorri's BalancePoint 1.5 provides cross-domain management for...

Sharpeware manages exchange.(NEW PRODUCTS)
June 1, 2007... Sharpeware's SPACEWatch for Exchange is an e-mail analysis and storage management solution for Microsoft Exchange that addresses capacity planning, compliance, governance, and e-mail analysis and management. The software joins the company's...

Siafu supports VMware.(NEW PRODUCTS)
June 1, 2007... Siafu's Swarm series of IP SAN appliances for encrypted iSCSI storage are now available for VMware Infrastructure 3 environments. Key features on the Swarm for VMware appliances include active-active fail-over, 1TB to 7.5TB of capacity,...

Double-Take adds reporting.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Double-Take Software added a reporting feature to its core Double-Take software, as well as SQL and Exchange data-protection enhancements to the Application Manager module. Reporting Center features include * Centrally collect...

Asempra upgrades CDP software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
June 1, 2007... Asempra's Business Continuity Server (BCS) 2.5 has several new features in addition to scalability and performance improvements, including support for Windows applications running in a VMware environment, integration with tape, and Microsoft...