Brian Fonseca

NSI Software Inc. is preparing software capabilities designed to increase failover reliability and to simplify the complexities of Microsoft Corp. Exchange server management and protection that are frequently a heavy burden to systems administrators. This week, NSI will introduce the newest edition of its Double-Take Exchange Failover Toolkit, which includes the XPW (Exchange Protection Wizard) […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Hitachi Data Systems Corp. are shrinking their respective storage virtualization offerings to help midtier businesses squeeze better return on investment and performance from storage environments. Last week, HP unveiled the StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array, a slimmed-down version of the companys XP12000, released last year. Geared toward a wider range of smaller customers […]

Hitachi Data Systems on Monday unveiled several midrange offerings designed to bring its storage virtualization capabilities to a small-to-midsize audience experiencing rapid growth and shrinking storage capacity. HDS, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., announced the TagmaStore Network Storage Controller Model NSC55, a slimmed-down version of its virtualization-driven TagmaStorage Universal Storage Platform released last year. Currently […]

EqualLogic Inc. is easing server and storage consolidation by building iSCSI-based technology capable of observing storage patterns to determine the most efficient way to keep data. Set for release in the first quarter of next year, EqualLogic is designing new SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and SATA (Serial ATA) disk drives on its flagship PS Series […]

IBM is putting newly enhanced information management software into the hands of customers to help them gain greater control over integrating disparate data repositories and applications within the enterprise. Last week, the Armonk, N.Y., company announced an open beta program for two key components of its WebSphere Information Integration platform that will be available in […]

Oracle and IBM are building native XML indexing capabilities into their respective database platforms to help customers rein in new applications not easily integrated with traditional data structure models. The next release of the Oracle 10g database will feature XML Path Indexing, said Sandeepan Banerjee, Oracle Corp.s director of product management for XML, in Redwood […]

Hewlett-Packard this week is launching its revamped Storage-Works Scalable File Share appliance, which supports a host of performance and scaling improvements on Linux clusters. Based on HPs StorageWorks Grid Architecture and due for re-lease next month, HP SFS 2.0 is three times faster than the previous version; offers triple the bandwidth, to more than 35G […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. this week will announce the availability of its StorEdge 5310 Compliance Archiving System for enterprises seeking to achieve greater compliance assurance. Featuring new ISV support for enhanced application interoperability and enterprise content management, the system was developed using Suns StorEdge 5310 NAS (network-attached storage) appliance. It supports offerings from iLumin Software Services […]

One year after the products initial release, Hewlett-Packard this week is launching a new version of its revamped HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share appliance featuring a host of accelerated performance and scaling capabilities geared toward Linux clusters. Based on Hewlett-Packard Co.s StorageWorks Grid architecture and due for release next month, HP SFS 2.0 is three […]

Placing its network-attached storage reputation into largely unfamiliar security waters, Network Appliance agreed to purchase privately held Decru on Thursday for about $272 million in cash and stock. The acquisition is expected to close in October. Decru Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of security functions tailored toward storage environments offering encryption, authentication, compliance and […]