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One of the newest green data centers is finally online, the result of a two-year consolidation and refurbishment project at Sun Microsystem’s Broomfield, Colo., facility . The project involve... More >
This is either the most effective viral marketing campaign in history, or the sloppiest. I’m talking about Google’s GDrive, which has been generating low-level Internet buzz for close to two y... More >
Intel is coming out with the details of its eight-core Xeons, code-named Beckton, although it's unlikely we'll be seeing the devices in any enterprise-class machines until 2010. The company is set t... More >
How will the cloud affect current application architectures? This is more than just an academic question now that many enterprises, or rather enterprise employees, are rushing headlong into the cloud... More >
CommVault says it is ushering in a new level of enterprise storage automation with the latest version of its Simpana platform. Simpana 8 offers upwards of 140 new features, but the most intri... More >
In recent months, we’ve seen a wave of specialized blade servers aimed not at general processing of application workloads but very specific tasks, namely networking. Some people are calling th... More >
Times may be tough, but there are those who still think the U.S. is the land of opportunity. One of them is NEC, which has decided that the time is right to make a play for North America now t... More >
While long-term planners are focused on the cloud and other esoteric developments in the pipeline, there are still a lot of near-term concerns facing the data center. One of them is network co... More >
In a falling economy, the challenges are many. And while it may seem like one of the few bright spots in a recession is falling prices of data center equipment, the reality of the situation is a litt... More >
HP is shoring up its networking capabilities with new third-party integrated applications in what many see as a stance against Cisco and other rivals in the data center optimization field. The... More >
It’s long been an article of faith that virtualization is a tremendous boon to backup and recovery operations by virtue of its ability to make duplicates of data and application environments elsewh... More >
Wow, that was fast. Usually a technology sees the first wave of deployment before the talk shifts to the next upgrade. But in the case of solid state storage, some eyes are already turning tow... More >
Everybody’s talking about how to get the cloud up and running for the enterprise, but once the initial launch period is over, another more important issue will emerge: How to get the cloud to work we... More >
6 Gbps SAS will likely become a fact of life before you know it as the list of OEM designers integrating chip-level technologies continues to grow. The latest to join the ranks is Super Micro ... More >
Intel and Citrix have cooked up a plan that they say will deliver the consolidation and flexibility benefits of server virtualization -- to the desktop. An agreement between the two companies ... More >
Fujitsu has unveiled its newest Primergy NAS blade that can accommodate a full chassis of blade servers and scales up to 3.7 TB. The Primergy NX650 integrates data access from a full BX600 S... More >
Ever since the notion of cloud computing started to take hold, the idea of leveraging the same technology behind the enterprise firewall has proven to be equally appealing. These private cloud... More >
Is it time to start talking about wide area storage? ADVA Optical Networking and Germany’s COLT data management firm say they have successfully deployed the first 8 Gbps Fibre Channel wide ar... More >
The end of the mainframe has been predicted too many times to count over the years, so it’s with a jaundiced eye that I view any pronouncement of the workhorse’s sudden demise now. Still, it’s... More >
Small businesses are likely to find iSCSI a much more compelling storage network protocol going forward, due both to its use of existing Ethernet capabilities and the fact that even lower-cost start-... More >
It’s been an interesting week for Symantec customers, especially those who are heavily invested in the company’s data archiving technology. The big news was the decision to open up the Enterp... More >
An interesting new low-cost back-up solution came out of Hitachi Data Systems this week, a high-capacity storage appliance aimed at SMBs that provides disaster recovery operations for multiple server... More >
For a market that was supposedly flattening out for the time being, enterprise routing sure seems to be quite active lately. Aside from the major news of Nortel declaring bankruptcy this w... More >
Well, it’s a sad turn of events for Nortel. The company filed for bankruptcy after all despite having some promising technologies in the pipeline. And while it’s unlikely that the company ... More >
A steady stream of upgrades to leading desktop virtualization releases are taking aim at some of the crucial shortcomings in the technology in the hopes that financially strapped enterprises will sta... More >
Seagate is bucking the trend away from large disk drives with a pair of 3.5-inch additions to its Cheetah line aimed at Tier 1 storage environments. The new Cheetah 15K.7 and Cheetah NS.2 ar... More >
Under normal circumstances, the introduction of a new switching technology that advances data center capabilities at a very attractive price point would be welcome news. But the issues surrounding No... More >
Even though mid-market organizations don’t have the network complexity of top-tier enterprises, the need is still there for advanced functions at a reasonable cost. Tools like application acce... More >
It's been an article of faith that virtualization will help save the enterprise money, turning it into one of the few growth areas of the coming year. But some folks are starting to take a hard look ... More >
Windows users: Is virtualization causing you to outpace the clustering capability of your SAN? Sanbolic says it has a fix. The company recently beefed up the Melio clustered file system with n... More >
Cloud computing is the technology du jour for the enterprise these days. But some sharp eyes are focused on another sector that could have as great or even greater impact on the way data is created, ... More >
Some interesting reading for Mac folks here on Enterprise Storage Forum . It seems now that Macs are a hot property in the enterprise, a raft of storage vendors are looking to get in on the action. ... More >
As expected, there’s a lot of activity surrounding cloud computing as leading vendors attempt to shore up their positions for what is likely to be one of the few bright spots in next year’s economy. ... More >
Managing data across multi-tier Fibre Channel RAIDs is about to kick into high gear with the advent of some powerful new 8 Gbps technology. ATTO Technology has released an 8G version of the F... More >
It’s getting to the point where talking about virtualization is like talking about the weather: important, yes, but not worthy of too much attention until something goes wrong. But while much ... More >
Samsung charged into the enterprise SSD market in a big way this week with a new drive aimed squarely at the current crop of 15k magnetic drives that are currently considered the workhorses of the da... More >
Despite some of the more breathless predictions for cloud computing in the coming year (2009: The Year of the Cloud!), I suspect that most enterprises will stay largely on the sidelines, experimentin... More >
Dell is kicking off the new year with a reorganization aimed at serving customer categories as opposed to geographic regions in the hopes that faster innovation and better responsiveness will posit... More >
Consolidation in the enterprise networking space will likely pick up in the coming year as companies look to provide more effective turnkey solutions serving a broader set of needs. The recent... More >
Looking for an instant SAN? DataCore might have just the ticket. The company took the idea of a low-cost, entry-level SAN to new extremes this week with the introduction of a line of “starter... More >
Looking into the new year, most eyes are focused on big-picture issues like the emergence of cloud computing and the expansion of virtualization beyond the server. But on a more practical leve... More >
I’ve blogged about long-haul Infiniband in the past , but a new series of tests by the Department of Energy has taken the concept to the extreme. Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laborat... More >
There's an interesting analysis here on what could be a major new technology from Google. It’s no secret that for some time the company has been using its own class of x86 motherboard, suppo... More >
Of all the new year predictions surrounding the data center, the most intriguing center on the cloud. More precisely, how will the cloud impact current data center hardware and software infrastructur... More >
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