Brian Fonseca

Laying the groundwork for simplified IP SAN (storage area network) adoption and storage virtualization within the enterprise, Sanrad on Feb. 21 introduced its new iSCSI V-Switch 3800. Available at the end of Q1, the V-Switch 3800 is designed to allow larger-sized organizations to consolidate multivendor and multiprotocol storage deployments into a single, centrally managed pool […]

Adaptec on Feb. 21 rolled out its new Snap Server 500 Series boxes in conjunction with the release of Adaptecs StorAssure Personal Edition CDP (continuous data protection) hardware. The release marks the debut of the companys NAS (network-attached storage) platform on customizable 64-bit AMD Opteron architecture within a 1U form factor. Ranging from departmental to […]

Hewlett-Packard is sprucing up its storage hardware and software portfolio to simplify IT consolidation efforts across customers online, backup and remote/branch office storage environments. Set to be unveiled on Feb. 20 during its HP Asia-Pacific StorageWorks Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, HP will announce new plug-in and connectivity features to its EVA (Enterprise Virtual Array) […]

Rolling up continuous data protection for backup and recovery into a plug-in appliance tailored for small and midsize businesses, SonicWall on Feb. 13 announced its new CDP Solution Series box. Introduced at the RSA Conference in San Jose, Calif., the new disk-to-disk-based SonicWall CDP offering is the first re-branded product from SonicWalls acquisition of Lasso […]

Symantec will launch a new Intelligent Archiving Partner Program on Feb. 27. The programs goal is to help customers more easily extract context from, search for and analyze information within overflowing electronic messaging systems, and weave that data seamlessly into records management systems. Initially the program will be geared toward e-mail, but will eventually encompass […]

Sun Microsystems and Deloitte Consulting LLP will join forces on February 21 to unveil their co-developed new CTGC (Center for Technology Governance and Compliance). The physical- and virtual-based CTGC will provide customers with a framework to weave together Deloittes professional services with assorted Sun hardware and software to combat regulatory compliance demands. As part of […]

The Trusted Computing Group is one step closer to encrypting and protecting peripheral storage devices such as hard drives, flash memory drives, digital tape drives, and optical drives from misuse or tampering, by introducing seven new application use cases surrounding its imminent framework for trusted storage. Use case documents are now available on the TCG […]

PGP announced on Feb. 13 its new PGP Command Line for the IBM zSeries and IBM iSeries platforms at the RSA Conference in San Jose, Calif. The move allows organizations and financial institutions to extend encryption toward mainframe environments and IBM-based midrange platforms. Slated for release on March 1, PGP Command Line for SUSE Linux […]

NBC on Feb. 10 in Turin, Italy, begins a stretch of broadcasting that should provide a record 418 hours of in-depth coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics over the next 16 days. In order to pull off the Herculean task, the network will lean heavily on Isilon Systems clustered storage technology to help handle the […]

Asigra is branching out its Televaulting remote office backup and recovery software to incorporate new centralized mass deployment capabilities and provide added support for systems target sources, including VMware, Macintosh, and major database platforms. Released on Feb. 6, Televaulting v.6.0 offers new hot agentless backup for IBM DB2 Universal Database, Oracle Database 10g and Microsoft […]