InfoStor articles from March 2007

InfoStor archives from March 2007

Users combine VTLs and data de-dupe.(virtual tape libraries)
March 1, 2007... Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) have been thoroughly vetted by the end-user community and have proved to be a reliable, cost-effective option for speeding the backup-and-recovery process. In fact, according to a recent InfoStor QuickVote poll of...

Brocade reveals post-merger road map.
March 1, 2007... Now that the deal is done and Brocade has officially acquired McData for close to $1 billion, the company is beginning to pull back the curtain on its highly anticipated product plans and answer questions about which products will--and will...

A caveat about user surveys.(internet small computer system interface)(Editorial)
March 1, 2007... IN THE FIRST OF THE TWO ARTICLES that make up our Special Report on iSCSI in this issue (see "iSCSI goes beyond SMBs and Windows," p. 22), we present a number of pie charts that show the changing pace of our readers' adoption plans for iSCSI...

EMC has extended its partnership with FalconStor through 2013.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... EMC has extended its partnership with FalconStor through 2013 and will continue to resell FalconStor's virtual tape library (VTL) software.

CA.(changing its brand name strategy)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Over the next 12 to 18 months, CA is dropping its various subbrands (i.e., eTrust, Unicenter, BrightStor, etc.) and product brand names (i.e., PestPatrol, Endevor, FileSurf, etc.). Instead, the company will use "CA" and a product descriptor....

3PAR and Riverbed have partnered to deliver a disaster-recovery consolidation solution.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... 3PAR and Riverbed have partnered to deliver a disaster-recovery consolidation solution that includes Riverbed's Steelhead appliances and 3PAR's InServ Storage Servers with Remote Copy.

Acopia Networks is teaming with IBM Global Services to deliver services that integrate Acopia's ARX systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... Acopia Networks is teaming with IBM Global Services to deliver services that integrate Acopia's ARX systems into IBM Global's solution sets.

NeoScale's CryptoStor Tape security appliance has been qualified by Symantec and Hewlett-Packard.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... NeoScale's CryptoStor Tape security appliance has been qualified by Symantec and Hewlett-Packard within their respective testing programs--the Symantec Technology Enabled Program (STEP) and the HP Tape Automation Compatibility (TAC) Partner...

iStor Networks.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... iStor Networks has named StorageRep LLC as a worldwide manufacturing representative for the video market.

QLogic's SANblade 4050 Series iSCSI HBAs now support VMware Infrastructure 3.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... QLogic's SANblade 4050 Series iSCSI HBAs now support VMware Infrastructure 3. Separately, EMC has qualified QLogic's SANbox 9100 and 9200 Fibre Channel core switches as EMC E-Lab Tested for use with Clariion and Symmetrix DMX systems.

Abrevity has signed a distribution agreement with Tech Data that enables the distributor to resell.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... Abrevity has signed a distribution agreement with Tech Data that enables the distributor to resell Abrevity's Information Classification and Management (ICM) software.

SCSI Trade Association.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... The SCSI Trade Association (STA) announced its new Board of Directors for 2007. Re-elected to the position of president was Harry Mason of LSI Logic. New to the board are Heidi A. Smith of Hewlett-Packard and Martin Or of Emulex. Paul Vogt of...

QStar Technologies' HSM archive management software has achieved qualification with Veritas NetBackup 6.0 software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
March 1, 2007... QStar Technologies' HSM archive management software has achieved qualification with Veritas NetBackup 6.0 software through the Symantec Technology Enabled Program (STEP).

Enterprise Vault 7.0 automates classification.(NEWS: ANALYSIS+TRENDS)
March 1, 2007... Symantec is beefing up its digital archiving software with a new level of automated data classification, broader support for upcoming Microsoft applications, and support for a variety of enterprise content management (ECM) platforms. Enterprise...

EMC beefs up Symmetrix security.(NEWS: ANALYSIS+TRENDS)
March 1, 2007... EMC officially began integrating security technology from its RSA Security division into its enterprise storage hardware last month with the news that stronger authentication, authorization, and audit capabilities are now native to the...

IBM upgrades TSM.(NEWS: ANALYSIS+TRENDS)
March 1, 2007... IBM recently unveiled the latest version of its Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) software with an eye toward better data security, improved application performance, and tighter integration with its storage hardware systems. Topping the list of...

Hitachi acquires Archivas.(Hitachi Data Systems Corp.)
March 1, 2007... Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) increased its presence in the content archiving and management market recently with the acquisition of privately held digital archiving specialist Archivas. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HDS...

Vendors tackle information access.(Fast Search and Transfer ASA introduced FAST Adaptive Information Warehouse and FAST Radar)
March 1, 2007... The advent of new federal electronic discovery (e-discovery) regulations, coupled with the recent list of vendors splicing enterprise search with indexing technologies, is resulting in a wave of new data-classification tools designed to clean...

HP enhances virtualization, security.(NEWS: ANALYSIS+TRENDS)
March 1, 2007... Hewlett-Packard recently announced enhancements to a range of its hardware and software products in the areas of virtualization, file services, switching, and security, all of which are designed to help users consolidate and manage their...

Open source project challenges traditional storage.(NEWS: ANALYSIS+TRENDS)
March 1, 2007... A number of open source storage projects have popped up in recent months, most with a focus on developing heterogeneous storage management software. But the latest group to come on the scene is not aimed at building out the SMI-S storage...

Vendors address power, cooling.(NEWS: ANALYSIS+TRENDS)
March 1, 2007... Some call it a crisis, and others call it a growing problem, but everyone agrees that powering the data center is becoming increasingly expensive. Power and cooling problems are creeping to the forefront of hot-button IT issues and, in some...

iSCSI goes beyond SMBs and Windows: iSCSI is now supported on virtually all operating systems, and larger enterprises are using IP SANs in a wide variety of application environments.(SPECIAL REPORT)
March 1, 2007... Until recently, iSCSI was generally deployed only in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) running Windows applications. Enterprises that required the high performance and rich features of Fibre Channel rarely considered iSCSI as a viable...

iSCSI breaks through all market tiers: iSCSI-based IP SANs are also crossing operating system boundaries and going beyond small Windows environments.(SPECIAL REPORT)
March 1, 2007... Introduced only a few years ago, iSCSI SANs have clearly hit the mainstream and are now hosting virtually all types of applications, although e-mail, Web applications, and Microsoft Exchange are still the most popular. A recent survey conducted...

Creative solutions for creative challenges.(information storage and retrieval )
March 1, 2007... Studios are turning to new storage technologies, products, and configurations to meet stringent quality, budget, and deadline requirements. Among those technologies are shared file systems, high-speed (4Gbps) SANs and RAID arrays, clustered...

It's not disk vs. tape; it's disk and tape: for most IT organizations, a combination of the two technologies provides the optimum data-protection solution.(OPINION)
March 1, 2007... RECENTLY, TAPE BACKUP HAS RECEIVED a lot of press in the technology community--much of it negative. There have been stories of tapes and data vanishing at some of the largest financial institutions, as well as other horror stories that have...

Clustered storage: Isilon targets SMBs.(introduced OneFS 4.5 for small and medium business)
March 1, 2007... Isilon is trying to make clustered storage more affordable for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with the introduction of the IQ 200. Priced at just under $40,000, the new model includes Isilon's OneFS 4.5 operating system software. ...

Siafu encrypts IP storage.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2007... Siafu Software has added hardware-based data encryption on all of its Swarm series IP storage arrays. The appliances include AES 256-bit encryption, automatic and integrated tape backup, disk-to-disk snapshots, high-availability features,...

NAS: Adaptec aims for the enterprise.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2007... Adaptec recently added the Snap Server 650 to its line of NAS appliances. The 650 doubles the performance of the company's existing NAS devices and scales from 1.2TB to 64.2TB. Adaptec optimized the Snap Server 650 for applications such as...

MonoSphere includes auto-collection.(MonoSphere's Storage Horizon 3.0 data storage management software)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... MonoSphere's Storage Horizon 3.0 expands the capacity-planning software to include auto-collection of data from storage arrays. The software then correlates the connection between storage supply and demand. It also generates a capacity plan,...

DataCore upgrades virtualization.(DataCore Software Corp. introduced SANsymphony Enterprise Edition 6.0)
March 1, 2007... DataCore Software has begun shipments of its SANsymphony Enterprise Edition 6.0 virtualization software. Features include * New SAN domains that provide virtual SANs within the physical SAN; * "Span the SAN" services that allow...

Calendar.
March 1, 2007... April 14--19 NAB2007--Las Vegas, NV The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference features more than 500 sessions within multiple conference tracks targeting every area of electronic media--all supporting the technologies and...

Teneros extends e-mail protection.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2007... The Teneros Application Continuity Appliance extends e-mail continuity on the LAN to remote disaster recovery on the WAN. The appliance located in a remote location provides e-mail operation and access during an outage of the primary e-mail...

DNF ships hybrid drives.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2007... Dynamic Network Factory (DNF) is shipping Hyper Solid State (HSS) drives that combine standard disk drive technology with random access memory (RAM). The HSS drives store 120GB or 200GB in a 3.5-inch form factor with a Serial ATA (SATA)...

Revinetix enhances D2D2D software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2007... In the 2.0 release of its RevOS software, which works with the company's Sentio and Volo lines of disk-based backup appliances, Revinetix has added a number of new features, including a Microsoft Exchange Server Agent, support for NAS, enhanced...

Olixir: low-cost compression and encryption.(Olixir Technologies's SC-1000 backup system)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Olixir Technologies has added the SC-1000 Hardware Accelerated Compression and Encryption option to its line of FastRestore SE and Enterprise disk-based backup appliances. The company claims compression ratios of 2:1 to 4:1 for most database...