Computer Technology Review articles from April 1 2004

Computer Technology Review archives from April 1 2004

How xSPs can use data backup to develop a new profit center.(Internet)(X Service Provider)
April 1, 2004... In the service provider industry (ISPs, ASPs, etc.), there are multiple tiers of xSPs fighting for the same subscriber base. These include Internet giants like AOL, MSN, Earthlink and Yahoo, as well as smaller regional and local xSPs. In...

Why WiFi? Productivity and convenience.(Internet)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Professional research firm InsightExpress recently released an interesting report regarding the adoption of WiFi. The report concluded that according to a lightning quick survey of 600 online Americans, 10% of online Americans are currently...

Changing support requirements for the wireless end user.(Internet)
April 1, 2004... The rapid expansion in wireless services has extended the reach of these services beyond what was originally projected. Now, with the recent ruling allowing wire line users to move their wire line numbers to wireless service, providers have the...

Fast lane to China: companies that never thought of doing business overseas are now looking to the thriving Chinese economy.(Business of Technology)
April 1, 2004... China's manufacturing industry has taken the world by storm. Some industry analysts estimate that China now produces 50% of the world's cameras, 30% of the air conditioners and televisions, 25% of the washing machines and 20% of the...

OEMs need flexibility, upgradeability when integrating Fibre Channel support: understand the tradeoffs, know the options.(Connectivity)(Order Entry Management System )
April 1, 2004... With demands for networked storage growing, the choice for OEMs isn't whether to incorporate Fibre Channel storage connectivity in servers, but in what form to provide that support. The choices range from very tight integration on the server or...

Anatomy of a Serial ATA storage enclosure.(Connectivity)
April 1, 2004... As a company's demand for on-line and near-line data storage grows, the job of balancing the cost of equipment against performance and reliability becomes more and more challenging. New storage products based on Serial ATA architecture are...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best: backup & disaster recovery, Part 2.(Disaster Recovery & Backup/Restore)
April 1, 2004... In March CTR, Part 1 stressed the importance of regular periodic backups with disaster prevention in mind, and a focus on the ultimate goal of disaster recovery while implementing a plan for disaster prevention. Hardware The device...

Disaster recovery: regulatory issues.(Disaster Recovery & Backup/Restore)
April 1, 2004... In response to the events of September 11th, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Board, and Securities and Exchange Commission jointly issued a white paper on September 5, 2002 titled Draft Interagency White Paper on...

Preparing for disaster with an effective business continuity strategy: overcoming potential dangers to your information infrastructure.(Disaster Recovery & Backup/Restore)
April 1, 2004... Like many technology-dependent businesses, you are most likely aware of the vulnerabilities of your critical information and communication systems--but how well prepared are you? Can you be absolutely certain that, should disaster strike, your...

IP SANs to the rescue: fortifying business continuity.(Disaster Recovery & Backup/Restore)
April 1, 2004... The escalating demand to protect vital corporate assets has propelled business continuity and disaster preparedness into the mainstream. With initial deadlines for Sarbanes-Oxley looming and the list of regulatory requirements growing across...

Implementing an IP SAN for disaster recovery: using iSCSI as an enabler.(Storage Networking)
April 1, 2004... Staying competitive in today's business environment requires constant access to up-to-date information. Highly-available access to customer and competitor data, financial documents, online transaction processing and ecommerce applications are...

Serial ATA: hits & misses.(Storage Networking)(Advanced Technology Attachment)
April 1, 2004... It was a rising star in data storage. The technology promised new data speeds for desktop and laptop PCs, pencil-thin cables and power-thrifty electrical designs that would spawn a generation of smaller, cooler-running systems, and a price...

DVD burners at ceatec: inside looking out.(Storage Networking)(DVD Burners)
April 1, 2004... Let's get this out of the way quickly: Few burner manufacturers are making a lot of money even as the number of manufacturers and volumes swell. They all have dual formats. Cheap no-name and brand name manufacturers are moving rapidly to...

Tale of the tape: deciphering data storage for SMB backup.(Storage Networking)(small to mid-size businesses)
April 1, 2004... Disk and tape storage technologies have been battling it out for total supremacy for years. If you read the headlines, the two probably appear to be mortal enemies, throwing blows for the heavy-weight title as if they were Mohammed Ali and Joe...

A new approach to SRM: the modular advantage.(Storage Management)(Storage Resource Management)
April 1, 2004... Storage Resource Management (SRM) is the current hot industry buzzword, sparking a frenzy as enterprises and small to mid-size businesses rush to evaluate their SRM options, hoping to cash in on the potential cost savings promised by SRM...

Been there. Done that. Seen it all. Interview with AL Shugart on the 50th anniversary of disk.(Golden Anniversary of HDD)(Interview)
April 1, 2004... If there is an industry icon in the hard disk space, it is Alan Shugart. Starting with RAMAC in the early '50s, Shugart has been in place for every major development that disk drive technology has to offer--as engineer, business wizard, or...

The most important invention of the 20th century? To one who was there, it was disk.(Golden Anniversary of HDD)(Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce)(Interview)
April 1, 2004... The original IBM RAMAC shipped to its first customers in 1956, and the history of magnetic recording changed forever. The first impact was felt in inventory control, where the direct access of the huge drive saved serious money and time. One of...

IP storage: taking it to the next level.(Internet Protcol)
April 1, 2004... Storage demands are growing at such a high rate that existing architectures like Fibre Channel SANs and Gigabit Ethernet NAS are already starting to reach their limitations. Fortunately, the new iSCSI protocol--which facilitates data transfers...

The dumb disk is dead: viva the smart disk!(Golden Anniversary of HDD)
April 1, 2004... Microprocessor performance has largely kept pace with Moore's Law, with performance doubling roughly every 18 months. However, disk performance has not improved at anywhere near the same pace, causing today's CPU to waste more time waiting for...

Where have your tapes been?(First in / First out)
April 1, 2004... John is the storage administrator for a multi-national company. Although business is good, the purchasing department at MMI is under heavy pressure to get the best possible prices for all office supplies. Last year, they substantially reduced...

The disk drive: 50 years of progress and technology innovation: the road to two billion drives.(Golden Anniversary of HDD)
April 1, 2004... 50 Years of Hard Disk Drives A Golden Anniversary It seems like only yesterday. You remember yesterday, a storage world filled with clunky metal monsters hoarding bits the way banks hoarded cash--and just as inflexibly. IBM changed all...

The first step to storage security: admit you're vulnerable.(Connectivity)
April 1, 2004... Over the last two months, we have examined differing areas of SAN security from a functional point of view: How to protect data at rest and data in motion, and the central fact that access control is a paramount consideration. But when an...

Data protection strategies: are they too complex?(Storage Management)
April 1, 2004... Data protection disaster recovery and security are possibly the three most critical issues facing the I.T. industry today. Clearly, the impact of terrorist activity, natural disasters, a much higher fiscal responsibility, and the globalization...