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Yesterday's post on SSD deployment got me thinking about the future again -- in this case the future of storage. While it may be true that many applications don't lend themselves well to solid-state ... More >
For mid-market firms, being able to monitor storage networks is all well and good. But wouldn't it be nice to extend that management out over the LAN to better coordinate data flow to the server farm... More >
It's pretty well-known that SSDs are poised to make a big splash in enterprise storage environments, and by the same token most storage experts recognize that not all situations call for a wholesale ... More >
Data center virtualization may be a pot of gold to some out there, but for others it simply could not produce a meaningful revenue stream despite some bold new ideas. The latest casualty is Cassatt C... More >
All right, so we all know that the data center is about to become more flexible, efficient, responsive and all around better than it is now through the convergence of virtualization, advanced network... More >
There's an interesting article on Infostor this week questioning the validity of SAS-based SANS -- not that the technology isn't viable or does not have some appreciable benefits, but whether anyone ... More >
Probably the most annoying fact about the current recession is that while profits may be down, data requirements keep going up. The means enterprises at all economic levels will have to continue maki... More >
Small businesses are starting to see some of the high-end, open source storage applications that used to be reserved for large organizations. OnStor recently introduced two new Pantera storage appli... More >
Questions are still swirling about the fate of Sun hardware now that the company is about to become a unit of software giant Oracle Corp. Although it's likely that technologies like Sun Fire and Sun ... More >
Shifting workloads to public or even private clouds is becoming less of a burden with a new generation of tools aimed at bridging the integration issues that applications face across multiple environ... More >
Ask a dozen people what cloud computing is and you're bound to get a dozen different answers. To some, it's all about service levels. To others, data migration and load balancing. Still others like t... More >
8 Gbps Fibre Channel is rapidly making its way down-market, bringing a higher bandwidth storage connectivity to mid-level enterprises. LSI Corp. recently introduced a new class of its Engenio 7900 s... More >
Solid-state drives (SSDs) are clearly the greener solution when it comes to storing enterprise data. But that doesn't change the fact that SSDs are not necessarily the better choice for all your stor... More >
Merger seasons seems to be hitting full swing -- influenced both by sluggish returns that are lowering valuations for many high-tech firms and expectations that the economy will pull out of its swoon... More >
VMware formally took the covers off the new vSphere 4 "cloud operating system" this week in a bid to move beyond mere virtualization by allowing companies to build and maintain their own internal clo... More >
Virident Systems has come out with a new line of servers optimized for Internet-based services with promises to relieve bottlenecks in high-throughput environments and to simplify network architectur... More >
For a company that was facing a financial brick wall, Sun Microsystems should count itself lucky to have had so many buyout options on such short notice. You've probably heard that Oracle has offered... More >
The green enterprise movement is still a going concern despite fears that it was beginning to lose its steam, although more firms are looking at it as a way to produce short-term gains rather than lo... More >
I've spent a lot of time talking about storage speed this week, particularly when it comes to building cloud-based architectures. But the simple fact remains that there is still quite a gap between h... More >
EMC may concentrate on the high end of the storage market with its new Symmetrix V-Max platform, but it still has an eye out for the low end through Iomega. The subsidiary just launched a low-cost ... More >
Like virtualization, cloud computing offers a radically new way of looking at the data center and data center resources. No longer are you limited by the physical constraints of your own hardware -- ... More >
Add another name to the list of SAN virtualization vendors. Vicom has announced the release of its Storage Virtualization Engine (SVE) , the heart of what it terms an end-to-end solution that builds... More >
Say this much for VMware, they know when the times are a'changin.' The company is gearing up to launch the newest version of its hypervisor, dubbed vSphere, and word on the street is that it will lea... More >
Some good news for enterprises putting off desktop virtualization because they don't like Vista: The latest enhancement to Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack will let you run your older applications... More >
If I'm starting to sound like a broken record, I apologize. But I just can't help noticing that as new cloud-optimized data center systems hit the channel, the focus of development is shifting away f... More >
More and more applications are being delivered online, putting greater pressure on providers to maintain the kinds of performance levels that users have grown accustomed to with their enterprise or e... More >
The shift in storage technology away from greater capacity toward faster data delivery continues unabated as enterprises struggle to keep up with the advances in throughput taking place on the wider ... More >
A high-capacity RAID that costs less than 70 cents per gigabyte? As they say in Hollywood, "Is that something you would be interested in?" Active Storage has released a new version of its XRAID syste... More >
When it comes to greening up the data center, there are two basic elements to a comprehensive strategy. One is to invest in the newest technologies, like virtualization and SSDs, that maintain perfor... More >
The new Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) is finding its way into more than servers and desktops. Advantech just announced a new application acceleration appliance designed for multi-core security and high-bandwid... More >
Managing a virtual environment is a lot like cleaning your car: No matter how many times you run the vacuum head over the carpet, the sand just bounces around among the fibers. In the IT world, virtu... More >
Call it Instant Backup in a Can. Data Robotics has released a professional version of its Drobo storage appliance designed to provide a direct-attached backup system for either servers or workstati... More >
Should the enterprise adopt public clouds as promoted by Salesforce and other SaaS/IaaS promoters, or are internal/private clouds the way to go? The fact that so many people are still asking either/o... More >
Brocade threw its hat into the Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) ring this week with a new switch and pair of Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) that the company says allow for a non-disruptive and ra... More >
Like much of the desktop and server industry, Apple was quick to jump on the new Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) processor. But is that enough to turn the Mac into a strong contender for enterprise hearts and mi... More >
NEC America is among the first out of the gate with a new server designed around the Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) processor. The company just released the Express5800/SigmaBlade and Express5800 rack system ... More >
Speed is truly taking precedence over capacity as data storage architectures head into the future with performance hitting 1 million IOPS and more. And while Flash technology has always had the edge ... More >
Someone in your enterprise is in need of a dedicated processing environment. In olden times (all of two years ago), this would have been a major hassle for IT, but nowadays the user can simply provis... More >
For those who think tape storage is the old way of doing things, outclassed by newer, more efficient and low-cost disk systems, I have news for you: It turns out that only does tape still cost less t... More >
It shouldn't come as a surprise, but the latest estimates on the health of the IT economy are sobering nonetheless. Gartner's crystal ball shows downward trends across nearly all sectors of the indu... More >
Converged networking is likely to become standard operating procedure in most data centers before too long now that new generations of server and storage technologies will have the capability built i... More >
Further evidence of the growing relationship between the cloud and appliances : Intel has tapped a company called GroovyChannel to help devise a series of database appliance servers, dubbed GroovyDB... More >
For some, it may be the end of an era -- for others, simply the inevitable outcome for a technology past its prime. The storied life of Silicon Graphics came to an end this week with the announcement... More >
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