Brian Fonseca

Pillar Data Systems Inc. will come out of stealth mode and launch the Pillar Axiom Storage System this week. The fledgling storage companys hardware and software product portfolio is designed to unify and manage SAN (storage area network) and NAS (network-attached storage) environments together or separately on a single platform, said Michael Workman, president and […]

AppIQ inc. and Veritas Software Corp. are tightening their support of Windows environments and third-party storage products to help customers handle applications that are becoming more dependent on storage infrastructure management. This week at the Gartner PlanetStorage Summit in Orlando, Fla., AppIQ will introduce new modules for its enhanced StorageAuthority Suite 4.0 platform. Available next […]

As customers abandon existing tape libraries for more efficient disk-based secondary storage options, vendors are responding by upgrading their archival, compliance and data life-cycle management offerings. This week FileNet Corp. will introduce FileNet P8 Active Storage and Retrieval Services. The new ASAR capabilities allow FileNets P8 ECM (enterprise content management) platform to be integrated with […]

Backed by one of ITs most aggressive and successful visionaries, Pillar Data Systems is set to rattle the cages of large-scale enterprise storage vendors through its data prioritization technology and favorable storage costs. Pillar Data Systems Inc. will officially launch its company and Pillar Axiom storage system next week. Formed in 2001, the storage startup […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is bulking up its storage portfolio to help customers brace for looming compliance, archival and data management woes by adding Storage Technology Corp.s tape and backup technology to its systems management approach. Last week, Sun purchased StorageTek in a cash deal for approximately $4.1 billion. StorageTek, of Louisville, Colo., has built its […]

Veritas Software Corp. is tuning its new Web-based “Panther” file retrieval software to enable the convergence of data and e-mail discovery and filtering, security, and data management—all woven together at the storage and policy level. According to Veritas officials, another version of Panther, due next year, will allow users to index and search data and […]

CHICAGO—Veritas Software Corp. is putting Web-based file recovery and retrieval directly into the hands of users with the public beta of its new “Panther” data protection software, built using re-architected Backup Exec technology. Panther will enable the convergence of data and e-mail discovery and filtering, security, and data management—all woven together at the storage and […]

Enterprises looking to get more out of existing backup and recovery infrastructures will see several new options from storage vendors at this weeks Storage Decisions show in Chicago. BlueArc Corp., FalconStor Software Inc., Softek Storage Solutions Corp. and Onaro Inc. plan to debut offerings at the show. Rolling out the first software suite for its […]

From our faces to our bodies, careers, homes and even families, sometimes the entire country seems preoccupied with extreme makeovers. Lets face it—weve become obsessed with perfection and have little tolerance for anything less. It should come as no surprise, then, that companies in the beauty industry are equally focused on results. That was the […]

Guardium Inc. and IPlocks Inc. are giving customers greater control over database SQL activity to better safeguard their data repositories from unrestricted access, tampering and theft of confidential information. Last week, Guardium launched SQL RemoteGuard, a software probe that provides continuous monitoring and auditing of remote database access activity. Designed to pick up on any […]