14 March 2010
Sunday
NetApp unveils new design guides for building cloud storage offerings; HP and IBM now sell Emulex FCoE adapters; QLogic's 8100 Series CNAs gets certified by Cisco.
IBM extends its data deduplication; Dot Hill Systems ships next generation SAN series; Bus-Tech launches MDL VTL version 7; QourumLabs improves business continuity system.
One of the greatest challenges facing organizations today is the protection of corporate data. The issues that complicate data protection are compounded by increasing demand for data capacity, and higher service levels. As the demands for data capacity and higher service levels grow, protecting corporate data becomes more challenging. Continuous Data Protection, as discussed in this white paper by Evaluator Group and IBM, can cost-effectively improve security with minimal impact to business.
IBM's Scale-Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) is based on the company's General Parallel File System (GPFS).
When Larry Ellison and company announced their storage strategy on Jan 27, it started to become clear that not everyone in the former Sun storage product portfolio will survive. To be sure, nothing is set in stone as yet but if you read Oracle's storage roadmap, you can see the cracks forming right under the OEM suppliers of Sun storage.
The Sun Microsystems implosion into Oracle is finally getting the push it needs. EU regulators have given their nod to the deal so Oracle head honchos will be meeting in days to iron out the new battle plan. It would be interesting to see what remains and what goes. Here are my few thoughts plus excerpt from the former heads at Sun.
Bocada expands IBM contract; KOM Networks gets CommVault certification for its KOMpliance data archiving appliance; Index Engines validates Celerra.
IDC predicts that 2010 will see more consolidation via M&A with IBM buying Juniper Networks. This will further add fuel to the long running rumors of Cisco buying EMC. Is there anything new in all this?
Can enterprises take an old data center and make it more energy-efficient and give it more capacity? Can it avoid spending millions of dollars on a new data center by extending the life of existing assets? Steven Sams highlights some issues plaguing data centers today and the choices they can make.
Panasas launches ActiveStor Series 9; Emulex, IBM team up on encryption; Dot Hill launches AssuredSAN family.
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Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.
This paper looks at Simpana as a platform for seamlessly extending local backup and archive to a new tier of cloud-based storage. Virtually unlimited storage capacity from our integrated cloud storage partners helps users dramatically reduce costs and operational complexity while improving long-term compliance.
The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.
Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.
