Brian Fonseca

Doubling the performance of its first-generation Titan network storage system and allowing a single storage pool to swell to 512TB, BlueArc rolled out its two Titan 2000 Series products on Feb. 6. The new boxes are designed to push NAS (network-attached storage) scalability heights by featuring new virtualization, global namespace, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities. […]

Dipping its toe into storage appliance waters for the first time, ATTO Technology on Feb. 7 unveiled its new FastStream 5300 hardware, which is built to add parity RAID protection, storage provisioning, and boosted performance speeds to any SCSI storage device attached to a storage system. The ATTO FastStream 5300 fits within a slim 1U […]

MPC Computers rolled out the newest version of its DataFrame iSCSI SAN (storage area network) this week featuring improved RAID performance and allowing customers the option of running either iSCSI or Fiber Channel network connectivity on the same box. Currently available, the new 3U-rack mount chassis DataFrame 440 supports 16 hot-swappable 250GB or 500GB SATA […]

Dynamic Network Factory purchased IP-SAN pioneer StoneFly Networks on Feb.7 for an undisclosed price. The move gives DNF a new weapon with which to accelerate its iSCSI development aspirations toward larger enterprise deployments, and brings a broader cache of backup and Fibre Channel SAN (storage area network) optimization capabilities under its hood. StoneFly Networks will […]

Hewlett-Packard is buying OuterBay, a maker of information lifecycle management software that culls inactive data from databases to make a leaner, swifter, less expensive way to administer production databases. OuterBays ADM (Application Data Management) Suite relocates inactive data—what users may consider closed transactions—to less expensive servers and storage technologies, while retaining user and application transparency. […]

Network appliance is working to broaden its appeal to enterprise customers by rolling out technology and services that pack more data onto backup disks without disrupting existing third-party backup software. On Feb. 7, NetApp will unveil its new NearStore VTL (virtual tape library), the appliance family that comprises the single-head NearStore VTL600, which can scale […]

EMC on Feb. 6 introduced Insignia, its new line of refurbished hardware and software products specifically tailored toward small and midsize businesses. The Insignia portfolio features lower-priced and downsized disk array, replication, and backup and recovery offerings for SMBs to more easily manage and share storage within their increasingly complex storage environments. Building on its […]

A healthy spending environment, with businesses and users snatching up servers and PCs, last year pushed sales of hard disk drive units to grow by 25 percent unit in 2005. Leading the HDD charge, Seagate Technology shipped 108 million drives to customers and organizations, according to a new report by TrendFocus. In the desktop HDD […]

Network Appliance is working to broaden its appeal to enterprise customers by rolling out technology and services that pack more data onto backup disks without disrupting existing third-party backup software. On Feb. 7, NetApp will unveil its new NearStore VTL (virtual tape library), the appliance family that comprises the single-head NearStore VTL600, which can scale […]

Kazeon Systems is lending its storage indexing and classification capabilities to Google to help the software giant expand search deep into storage infrastructure, and shake off Web-enabled enterprise content search limitations. This week, Kazeon announced that it will integrate its Information Server IS 1200 product with Googles enterprise search offerings. This will allow customers running […]

An open-source initiative called StorageRevolution.com has been created to build a common framework for application-aware storage management. The initiative addresses the age-old dilemma of squeezing better administration and improving integration within multivendor storage environments. StorageRevolution.com will develop and eventually make available an open-source-based storage management framework referred to as “CAPSAIL,” to help storage administrators and […]

OpenPages on Jan. 30 announced the availability of OpenPages ORM, its new risk management technology that allows companies to prevent unexpected outcomes by identifying, monitoring and measuring controllable factors through tracking and analysis techniques. Combining quantitative and qualitative methodology into an integrated software offering, OpenPages ORM pushes better understanding and increased visibility of risk across […]