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Mac users have a new server platform to choose from. ProVUE Development has released the Panorama Enterprise Server , billed as the first completely RAM-based general purpose database server for Mac... More >
What's to explain the rising tide of WAN optimization solutions these days? Well, heavy demand, for one thing. But there's also the fact that optimization lends itself very nicely to the adage "There... More >
Storage arrays intended for small and medium-sized businesses are pushing the capacity envelope, a sign of the increasing reliance of data services beyond the corporate environment. D-Link Can... More >
It started as a trickle, but virtualization is now flooding into the enterprise. New research indicates that the vast majority of organizations are rolling out the technology with expectations that i... More >
Data center resources are continually making the leap from the real world to the virtual, but the fact remains that virtual environments are just as prone to disruption as physical ones. So it's no s... More >
Much of the Fibre Channel industry is eagerly awaiting what many believe to be the ultimate savior of the technology, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), which is due for final ratification this fall... More >
Storage processing firm Hifn and semiconductor developer Applied Micro Circuits Corp. have joined forces on a new reference design that aims to lay the groundwork for a new generation of devices ra... More >
It looked for a while like the promise of blade technology was about to give way to the hard economic realities of rising energy costs, but a slew of new developments seems to have placed them back o... More >
A new name has emerged in the iSCSI SAN market. PrimeArray Systems of Natick, Mass., has released the AutoStor system, billing it as a high-end system priced for small and medium-sized enterprises.... More >
The future of enterprise storage may belong to the solid-state drive, but small-form magnetic disks seem to be doing OK in the present. New lines of 2.5-inch drives, ostensibly targeted at the... More >
Microsoft is charging into the data warehouse industry in a big way with the purchase of DATAllegro for an undisclosed amount. The deal will very likely bring some order to a market segment that ha... More >
As the IT universe contemplates 10G, 40G and even 100G networking, little notice is being given to the new generations of fiber optic technology that will make it all happen, or to the ways in which ... More >
F5 Networks has released a new application delivery platform that promises top-tier functionality at a price point in the range of most mid-level enterprises. The new BIG-IP hardware/softwar... More >
Are thin clients the wave of the future? A new generation of technology is gunning to overcome the traditional resistance to thin clients -- that they're not powerful enough, don't provide the kind o... More >
It's a $3 billion gamble, but most observers see Brocade's announced purchase of Foundry Networks as a good move to shore up its stance against Cisco for the hearts and minds of the data center. &n... More >
Samsung and Sun Microsystems are working on a new kind of flash technology that supposedly will boost the performance of server-based solid-state drives (SSDs) to better handle high-bandwidth applic... More >
Solaris 10 users will be pleased to know that they now have access to Emulex' Virtual HBA technology using the StorageTek version of the 4 Gb LightPulse device. Known in Sun circles as the S... More >
Enterprise search is one of the hottest growth areas today, but the wide variety of hardware, software and service-based approaches makes it difficult to determine the best approach for any given ent... More >
I came across this interesting blog on ZDNet by enterprise consultant Oliver Marks describing General Electric's internal collaboration network. The company's "SupportCentral" network is p... More >
New technologies come along and relegate old technologies to the trash heap -- that's the rule of thumb. But like any rule, there are exceptions. Tape is one of them. Despite the falling costs... More >
EMC has quickly discovered that in the cloud, nothing operates in a vacuum. The company recently tweaked its Retrospect Express software to act as the go-between for the Mozy online service ... More >
Fibre Channel over Ethernet is coming to an enterprise near you this fall, but the questions remains: is it the customers that need it, or vendors that want it? Expect to see a heavy push for ... More >
Clustered storage vendor ONStor has released a powerful new solution that is not only capable of scaling into the multi-petabyte range but packs a healthy I/O infrastructure to get all that data in a... More >
Will the OVF, the Open Virtual Machine Format, really make it easier to manage virtual resources across multi-platform environments? Like any standard, that depends on how much support it gets... More >
Application performance may be more crucial to the bottom line that most of us realize. While many of us have long known that our networks don't provide the level of application support we would like... More >
Sun and Fujitsu have come out with a new line of enterprise servers using the new quad-core SPARC64 VII devices said to improve virtualization and HPC performance some 80 percent compared to existing... More >
10 GbE technology seems to be a bright spot in an overall flat Ethernet market, according to the latest IDC research . And even though Ethernet sales are dominated by a handful of top vendors, the ... More >
AMD and Intel have put in a lot of time and effort devising CPU power management schemes for their multicore devices aimed at trimming the energy draw of the server farm. But new questions are... More >
The fact that Seagate Technology introduced a disk drive that exceeded 1 TB this week is no big surprise. The company has been steadily ratcheting up the capacities of its leading models for some tim... More >
While the decision to virtualize the server farm is an easy one (more processing from the same hardware equals higher efficiency), some of the secondary considerations are not so clean-cut. An... More >
Sanbolic introduced an interesting software package this week called the Kayo File System , which purports to eliminate the need for dedicated SAN volumes for individual Hyper-V machines. The... More >
A company called Talari Networks is adding a twist to the WAN optimization market with a technology that supposedly provides enterprise-class connectivity over consumer cable or DSL lines. Mos... More >
Macs in the enterprise are still something of a novelty item, but that might not be the case for very long. With new backing from third-party suppliers and increasing user demand, Macs stand a very g... More >
Data backup is challenging enough, but trying to get it done in a heterogeneous environment can be a true nightmare. A company named Zmanda has what it calls the most complete open source back... More >
The steady drumbeat of cloud computing continues to echo around the IT industry, leaving little doubt that it will soon show up at an enterprise near you. The question remains, though, what role will... More >
One of the main challenges of increased reliance on distributed network architectures is maintaining control through centralized management. The more widespread and varied the infrastructure, the har... More >
Expect to see a growing number of servers with on-board solid state drives (SSDs) this year and next as the demand for both faster throughput and lower cost operation kicks into high gear. HP and ... More >
AMD is targeting increased storage throughput with its latest southbridge chip , the SB800, the first of the company's expected "Fusion" design that sports an integrated GPU. Details released... More >
Only a short time ago, virtualization management simply meant controlling virtual sprawl. Times have changed, though, as enterprises are quickly realizing that full management encompasses everything ... More >
Now that enterprises are transforming their IT infrastructures to more service-based applications using cloud technologies and advanced data fabrics, the need for sophisticated network simulation and... More >
There's a trade alliance for just about every conceivable enterprise activity these days, so I guess it was only a matter of time before the Macs-in-the-enterprise crowd got into the act. Soft... More >
At first blush, it looks like Overland Storage's purchase of Adaptec's Snap Server NAS line is a no-brainer. It's a $3.6 million investment in a business that generated more than $18 million in sal... More >
The big three virtualization vendors -- VMware, Microsoft and Citrix -- tend to grab most of the headlines by virtue of their market clout, but the smaller players are keeping busy as well, pursuing ... More >
The blade server has been a boon to small and medium-sized businesses -- and a fair number of larger ones as well. But while blades offer convenience and an attractive price point, they also increase... More >
British firm Plasmon PLC has unveiled its latest archiving appliance, claiming it to be the first enterprise-class device that combines long-term, online storage with bundled data management to ensur... More >
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